Posted 2014-11-21 3:39 PM Subject: RE: Hate to be a pain but......
Don't Wanna Make This Awkward
Posts: 3106 Location: Texas
For me it depends why the barrel was hit. If it's one of those that barely falls and you are making a smokin run, I would keep trying just to see the timer
Posted 2014-11-21 3:43 PM Subject: RE: Hate to be a pain but......
Total Germophobe
Posts: 6443 Location: Montana
My reasoning is if you start to slow down after a knocked barrel, it creates a bad habit and the horse will start to hit barrels so it won't have to work as hard. Just my opinion.
Posted 2014-11-21 3:47 PM Subject: RE: Hate to be a pain but......
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 507 Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa.
I keep riding as if it was a clean run. My mare is smart enough to know that if she knocks then she doesn't gonna be asked to really run. It can start a bad habit. Just watch warm ups some time and see the horses reaction when they tip one over in practice. That horse knows that they are gonna get schooled typically.
Posted 2014-11-21 3:57 PM Subject: RE: Hate to be a pain but......
Expert
Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here
Hmm ok then, thank you everyone for telling me! I sometimes wondered maybe the rider was just mad because they knocked down a barrel but I really didn't want to start thinking that and being bitter when I didn't know exactly why.
Posted 2014-11-21 4:06 PM Subject: RE: Hate to be a pain but......
Cute Little Imp
Posts: 2747 Location: N Texas
cecollins0811 - 2014-11-21 3:57 PM
Hmm ok then, thank you everyone for telling me! I sometimes wondered maybe the rider was just mad because they knocked down a barrel but I really didn't want to start thinking that and being bitter when I didn't know exactly why.
Oh, I'm sure some of them do it to "punish" the horse, but most likely it's either to see what time you would get, or to keep the horse going so they know they have keep working no matter what.
Hate to be a pain but......
