BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-06-01 4:17 AMThe first two videos she would leave the barrels in the wrong lead which is ok .. she has a good flying lead change .... and you would rate her out from the barrels which gave her time to do a flying lead change on both front and rear which kept her feet traveling in order around the barrel. You also rode double handed between barrels to square you and horse up before you rated her .. The last two runs I think you were over riding her and your rate was very close to the barrels and too late for her to change leads in the rear which made it flop out wide and crossfire ... videos 3-4 were to bad to watch your hands to see what you were doing except the last race .. you had a death grip on the horn all the way to the 3rd barrel. Pay attention and see if you are trying to neck rein her around the barrels ... If outside rein is too tight instead of being loose you could be tilting her nose and helping to throw her rear end out as if you were doing a one rein stop ... First barrel on 1-2 you did a better job of setting her up further from the 1st barrel ......... in the other 3 it appeared you were coming in really close and then trying to make your turn. Keep in mind that first barrel is 1 1/4 turns ... by setting up further out from the barrel you do the 1/4 turn and this makes 1st barrel a normal turn for your horse ... She is a very nice horse with a lot of try ... in race horses they can develop muscle memory pain from hard exertion after a race and start hesitating and even refusing to run as hard. As you know no pain drugs during a race ... but to soothe a horse down after a race and the next day or two ... by giving them a little bute, time on the walker and turnout so they can walk away any stiffness while muscles repair themselves really does help with soreness and mild inflammation.. If you are leery of bute ... talk to vet on using aspirin which is still a standard with a lot of horsemen ... it is the only one that works on all three ... pain. swelling and inflammation .. I couldn't see any lameness ... just the minor lack of finesse' I mentioned above ... it looks like you two are out of rhythm with each other ... some easy pasture riding might do you both some good on getting hooked back up ... FYI: I rarely hear a barrel racer say they do anything for their horse after a hard run other than tie them to a trailer and strip the saddle off of them .. Race horses are treated like royalty ... coming off a race or hard workout .. horse gets sprayed down and washed , legs mudded and wrapped if it has had soreness before, and walkered for 45 minutes ... this routine takes a good 2 hours. Makes for a long day especially when your horse is in the last race at 10:30pm .. walk back to haul in barn takes 30 minutes ... then the 2 hours above.. load to go home at 1am and then have a 2-4 hour haul home ... and may walker horses again after getting home ... lol ... a lot of times I have gone for breakfast at local café as the sun is coming up and come back to barn to start the feeding, walker or works and stall cleaning etc etc ... This scenario will either tuffen you up or kill you ... have a horse in a late night race per the above and another next day on a Sunday when races start at 12 noon or 1:00pm ... yep... your butt is dragging and you are leaving no tracks ... lol (only horses racing that day are allowed and they are isolated in the haul in barns and they cannot go to the training barns for any reason..... security checks horses you have in trailer with the daily racing sheet as you come in the gate)And you guys think you have it tuff if you have to stand in line at the sign up window ... lol ... A lot of trainers haul in their horses like barrel racers do ... race track rules sez horse must be on premise 4 hours before race time and track vet is the only one that can give Lasix which is also a 4 hour before race time... so most get there 5-6 hours prior to their race time or before the first race begins for horses to settle in and rest after being hauled.