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| Curious how many of you over 60 still compete. What level, type of horse, etc. I'm in my early sixties. Great health wise until earlier this year, now some issues. I expect I'm not alone in this scenario. How many of you have had health issues, have overcome them and have come back to continue to be competitive. I'm not talking Martha Wright or June Holeman level, I mean maybe 2 or 3 D level. |
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Location: Red Oak, Texas 75154 | In the Dallas Ft. worth area there are several over 60, some over 70. Not as fast as we used to be, require a good honest horse that takes care of us. Our competition is very tuff, so placing in the 3,4,5 D is great. |
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| I am 65 and I am just happy to go and make my donation. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | I.m 56. I prefer 1D if I can, 2D if the horse is young/green, whatever. I can still hang on, and the one I have going now makes riding her pretty easy..just hang on n trus.t Started back at gym to strengthen and tone core and stretching a lot. Probably going to get a helmet. Just in case... |
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I just read the headlines
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| I am just coming back to barrel racing after a 15 year absence and man, it is NOT as easy as I thought it would be. I have some knee, hip and shoulder injuries, so I go the chiro at least monthly, take my Cur-Ost Ultimate daily and need to get back to my yoga and cardio again. All these help me stay pain free and hopefully, help me conquer my fear of speed on a really strong, aggressive mare. I am aiming for the 3D but that is not where I want to be consistently - I would love to return to 1D/2D again. I am not even competing yet, but as soon as my daughter moves to Colorado, I will get more serious about competing. Any travel money/time I have go to visiting her in Ft. Worth until after the first of the year. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I am 61 and have not run competitively in about 15 years and then I was consistently in the 1D. I have a very nice mare I am training and hopefully, by spring, I will be entering her. In the past I have come back after broken vertebrae, a broken rib, and now after a major heart attack a few years ago, I think I can, I think I can! I plan to work hard and be just as competitive as I ever was, although maybe not quite as fast. I will still aim for the 1D. |
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| 68 but still riding. When they go fast I pass them on to the younger crowd.  |
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Location: Texas Big Country | Moved to West Texas 3 years ago and the Over 58 crowd of ladies is the nicest most supportive group I have ever encountered. There are a bunch of them eveywhere I go. I am 58 and feel like the kid in the pack, and these ladies bring the mail and take no prisoners. They dominat the 1D at lots of these huge races down here. If you are 60 you have plenty of comapny and lots of fun to look forward to. Dive in, the water is fine!!!! Oh and too your point about heatlh issues, we all commiserate about what hurts and how best to deal with it. Some of the conversations might make you blush!  but we getter' dun.
Edited by crossarrowk 2015-10-27 10:44 AM
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 Ima Cool Kid
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Location: TN | not quite 60 yet, but i am running every week end....... |
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