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    Location: Oklahoma | Looking at making the trip for the Crawfish Craze this year. What can you tell me about this race? arena? area? |
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  Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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          Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | lol all I have is that my sister lives in West Monroe and I'm willing to meet any BB there for some crawfish and beer :) As far as the area, Duck Dynasty dudes live there and have a store there and my sister has some really neat trails on a hunting lease if anyone wants to go for a ride with us :) |
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          Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I've been several times and always enjoyed it. It's a very nice facility. I've never stayed tho--usually just drive down. If the ground is worked right, it's good, and I've never had a problem with it at this particular event. |
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   Location: Winging It in KY | Bumping up for more answers. Am also interested. |
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| I have neer been to the crawfish craze barrel race but have attended rodeo finals there. We stayed the weekend. Facility is comfortable and there are lots of restaurants near by. There is a movie theatre also, we went to kill some time. |
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Elite Veteran
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  Location: Arkansas | I live close enough to drive back and forth but for those of you staying just wanted to let you know that the stalls floors are concrete so you can come prepared. |
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| We are going... I hear the purse is good, and each D receives the same amount of money. I'm going for the crawfish and cold beer with the Rajon Cajons!!!!! |
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Elite Veteran
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    Location: Oklahoma | Was wondering about the arena, size, walls, ground, alley? |
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          Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | strawfly special - 2015-03-10 3:42 PM We are going... I hear the purse is good, and each D receives the same amount of money. I'm going for the crawfish and cold beer with the Rajon Cajons!!!!!
If I remember right, it's not equal pay, but they do divide the added money equally. |
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          Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | lynn_racer - 2015-03-10 4:09 PM Was wondering about the arena, size, walls, ground, alley?
Here is a winning run from last year. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuq63WmXvw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuq63WmXvw
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     Location: Texas | moorehorses - 2015-03-10 3:32 PM I live close enough to drive back and forth but for those of you staying just wanted to let you know that the stalls floors are concrete so you can come prepared.
Stall mats are available, $40 per set |
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  Keeper of the King Snake
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    Location: Dubach, LA | It's just like any other indoor. The ground is a crapshoot. It's always a fun race though. There are two big runs within 30 minutes of each other that weekend. Both producers will work with you. |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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     Location: North MS | You have three great covered arena/warmup areas to warm up in. You can walk directly from your stalls to the arenas without getting wet. The stalls are located in the very back, warmups close to main arena and the main arena is made smaller with indoor panels. You walk in and its a HUGE arena and building but they make the pen smaller. Check out the video run for sure. No off site shavings. Plenty of good food options available around the arena. Arena is located off the interstate but in its own little area so it is very safe. All of the hookups are located behind a single entry point. Harder for thieves to come in and steal un-noticed if any happened to attempt. I'm not aware of any attempts. The final check cutting was a little slow last year but that would be the only complaint. LOVED the little games and scavenger hunts throughout. We were blessed with AWESOME weather last year. I can't wait for this year- just need to decide how many horses to take. Hope the young one steps up. |
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Elite Veteran
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    Location: Oklahoma | Thank you everyone for the information. Always nice to know ahead what to expect. We are excited about making the trip. Thanks for posting the video. |
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