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Location: B-F-E | How and what do you do with your horse to condition it for a pattern big like Pendleton?? |
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| I think Pendleton falls in a class by itself...
I have heard girls just really upping the conditioning, long trotting and loping and longer breezes.
My concern would be keeping the focus and finding the next barrel, i would probably try and simulate that. |
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Location: My own little world! | I can't remember which Pro person it was that I saw an article on years ago talking about this. But that person set up the Pendleton pattern in a wheat stubble field. They tilled up the areas around the barrels so they could practice running from hard/grass to soft dirt at the correct distances. They did slow work on the pattern as well. And of course breezed them the distance of the course to increase their air. I think they started about about a month before.
I really can't remember where I saw this at though. Maybe someone else remembers this so you don't have to take my half remembered information as a guide  |
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Location: Northwest | My friend told me that when she won Pendleton she was able to lope her horse all the way to the top of a couple mile long hill. Two other local gals have been long trotting several miles (6ish I want to say) Not sure how often they do that but I want to say it's pretty regular, both have been successful in Pendleton in the past.
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | From what I have seen ladies need to condition their horses from going from grass to dirt and back to grass. Also need to be conditioned to run. Make smooth safe turns and run! JMHO |
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Location: Oklahoma | Pendleton is not on my list! lol I like small pens and patterns! but I would think maybe talk to some racetrack trainers and combine your training. Definitely need air and so forth! Good luck hope you do great! |
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| Eons ago, I ran in what they called the Clem McSpadden's Bushyhead 101' in Oklahoma- it was a team roping with a 101' score along with a half-mile barrel race. I did a LOT of long distance trotting and loping to prepare. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Hey Griz,
I ran at Clem McSpadden's 1/2 mile barrel race, took, back in the 90's. I remember doing lots of long trotting, loping forever, trying to build up wind for it. The only difference was, though, at Clem McSpadden's there was no tilled ground around the barrels. It was all grass! Foot-high, dry, dead, scarey, slippery grass. LOL.
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Cashbaby - 2017-08-30 10:49 PM
I can't remember which Pro person it was that I saw an article on years ago talking about this. But that person set up the Pendleton pattern in a wheat stubble field. They tilled up the areas around the barrels so they could practice running from hard/grass to soft dirt at the correct distances. They did slow work on the pattern as well. And of course breezed them the distance of the course to increase their air. I think they started about about a month before.
I really can't remember where I saw this at though. Maybe someone else remembers this so you don't have to take my half remembered information as a guide
That article was in the BHN! I don't remember who it was with?!? But I remember her talking about tilling up the circles. I would say behind having your horse as fit and healthy AS POSSIBLE, the ground changes at Pendleton would be my second biggest concern to prepare for. You see a lot of slipping and sliding from horses that don't know how to carry themselves on the grass. |
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| We set the pattern in a huge field, then made a track around the outside of the field. Did a lot of long trotting but also sprinting. We live in high desert, so no grass anywhere to practice and we were fine. Just don't rate anywhere on the grass. |
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Cotton Balls are the Devil
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Location: My own little world! | Ashley Lynn - 2017-09-01 6:01 AM
Cashbaby - 2017-08-30 10:49 PM
I can't remember which Pro person it was that I saw an article on years ago talking about this. But that person set up the Pendleton pattern in a wheat stubble field. They tilled up the areas around the barrels so they could practice running from hard/grass to soft dirt at the correct distances. They did slow work on the pattern as well. And of course breezed them the distance of the course to increase their air. I think they started about about a month before.
I really can't remember where I saw this at though. Maybe someone else remembers this so you don't have to take my half remembered information as a guide
That article was in the BHN! I don't remember who it was with?!? But I remember her talking about tilling up the circles. I would say behind having your horse as fit and healthy AS POSSIBLE, the ground changes at Pendleton would be my second biggest concern to prepare for. You see a lot of slipping and sliding from horses that don't know how to carry themselves on the grass.
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| shaunar - 2017-08-31 7:19 AM
Hey Griz,
I ran at Clem McSpadden's 1/2 mile barrel race, took, back in the 90's. I remember doing lots of long trotting, loping forever, trying to build up wind for it. The only difference was, though, at Clem McSpadden's there was no tilled ground around the barrels. It was all grass! Foot-high, dry, dead, scarey, slippery grass. LOL.
YES!! That would have been when I was there! I remember the gal who ran right ahead of me had a fall and left in an ambulance - that's always good for a confidence booster - NOT! Ha |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | The two years I went for the 4th of July race I did a LOT of conditioning in the creek bed, long trotting up to about 5 miles and loping 2-3 miles @4 days a week. 2 days a week I'd haul to a local arena that is 250x200, warm up then breeze the perimeter of the arena both ways 2x, cruise thru a pattern with the barrels set as absolutely as far apart as possible, and then immediately go into one of the reining patterns to kind of mix up the "haul butt and the listen to me", or vice versa, do the reining pattern followed by the barrel pattern and breeze perimeter of arena. After that we just would do a lot of spiraling, in and out, long trotting diagonals, etc.
Mine are also turned out 24/7 so going from grass to dirt wasn't a big deal at all, the only thing I did for shoeing was to have them done about a week before the race and then I stayed out of the creek to keep edges of shoes and nails a little sharper. My horse are appendix bred also so they have a bit more "air" naturally but both of them had no issues covering ground up there and recovering pulse rate and respiratory rate quickly after their goes. Also, there is a ton of room headed into the barrels to rate on the dirt as well as accelerate on the dirt too, most of the slips I saw were horse being rated on the grass. Left barrel first it is hard to pick up the barrel over against the stands, right barrel first a lot of the horses are a little "shy" about running toward the very wild colored chutes. |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | I wonder if hanging colored blankets up at home around the barrels would help. |
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 Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | Anyone know the dimensions of the pattern? I was going to try to figure out how LONG it actually is.
I breeze my horses in the middle of the week on about a 1/2 mile stretch of grass. I was always curious how long the Pendleton pattern works out to be, in miles (or fraction of).
It is on my bucket list someday to go to Pendleton. My 6-year-old just breezed at just a breath under 41 mph this past week - a personal best for him. When I finally go someday, I definately going to keep them in breezing shape. I already do a decent amount of longer riding, so I like to think they are in good shape.
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | 60 ft from timing light to first barrel-290ft between 1st and 2nd, and I believe 290 from 3rd barrel to timing light if I remember correctly . Feels even further when you run it on foot...just saying LOL!!!
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Location: Idaho | Ive run multiple horses there both at the 4th of July race and the Round Up. Personally, I do lots of conditioning anyways. So, I have never done anything differently than I usually do for any other race. Lots of long trotting, hills, and most importantly, Breezing! I had the benefit of having a time only run on most my horses at the 4D race so they all knew what we were doing day of the race. All the horses Ive run at the Round Up had made at least one run there before the rodeo. I think the most important thing is to pick a spot and ride confidently to it until you hit the dirt. Ive seen a lot of horses getting dodgey if their rider starts sitting down on the grass, thats when things get ugly. Ive run horses barefoot, aluminum shoes and rims. Ive never put ice nails in. I think they do best with new rims. |
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Location: B-F-E | Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm going to a race the first weekend of November that mimics the barrel pattern a Pendleton except it's in a field so no crazy colored chutes. Just had no idea how to condition for it. |
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| I think it was the girl who won it 3 or 4 times... her name is Lyndsy Lindsey now (sorry about the mispelling). She is from WA. |
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Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | run n rate - 2017-08-31 5:41 PM 60 ft from timing light to first barrel-290ft between 1st and 2nd, and I believe 290 from 3rd barrel to timing light if I remember correctly . Feels even further when you run it on foot...just saying LOL!!!
Interesting. So the total length of the pattern is probably less than 1/4 mile.
I always breeze my horses for a good 1/2 mile stretch so they'd probably have plenty of gas for Pendleton!
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Yes less than 1/4 mile total . |
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Conditioning for a pattern like Pendleton