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Location: Somewhere around here | How many of you have a horse that can go either direction on the pattern at a run? Does this make their value go up? If so, how much do you think it does go up? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Why should the value go up on a horse that can run either way?  |
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Location: Deep South | In my opinion it does not add value to the horse.
I don't care which barrel it runs to first, only how it clocks. I've seen several horses advertised as being able to run either direction, and I do not think they were priced any higher than other horses of the same caliber and that ran to a specified barrel first. |
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| I would say no, it doesnt make them worth more. You can train any horse to go both ways if necessary because I have swapped several. Not to mention that you pretty much never randomly swap which way you run barrels, its usually pretty early in the training process if you figure out that they have natural ability better to one side than the other, unless an issue comes up, and then I dont want to buy that horse anyways. |
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Location: Texas | Shouldn't increase the value of the horse. If someone tried to sell me a horse with a higher price tag simply for the ability to "run either direction" I would laugh and walk away. |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | I wouldn't say it would make the price go up. It's helpful in some situations if they can, but i certainly wouldnt pay more for one. |
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Location: Kansas | horsiace1025 - 2017-06-22 12:45 PM
I would say no, it doesnt make them worth more. You can train any horse to go both ways if necessary because I have swapped several. Not to mention that you pretty much never randomly swap which way you run barrels, its usually pretty early in the training process if you figure out that they have natural ability better to one side than the other, unless an issue comes up, and then I dont want to buy that horse anyways.
My top rodeo horse is one of those that can run either direction and clock equally well. He's qualified for rodeo finals running primarily left, primarily right and also switching mid-year. Sometimes he will get kind of stale and just not be working great one direction, so I'll switch him for a little while and get us out of the rut. I will also take him left if the ground conditions favor a lefty. I've been to some rodeos that really were better for lefties, so he got to be one that night. :)
He doesn't like to start out running on the left lead so I run him to the right anywhere with a center gate. If I tune on him, a lot of times I tune him going left to keep things fresh in his mind. This is a horse who gets bored easily and is incredibly smart so he needs extra mental stimulation sometimes.
In my opinion, if they can run either direction, they're probably pretty smart and super solid, which increases the price value on its own. If I had a lefty I was marketing, I might try to make sure he/she could run right just because there are some folks who won't run a lefty and that would increase the horse's appeal. |
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| ANY " Good" barrel horse should be able to go both ways anyways. Its kind of like saying a student will do better in school if they can write with both hands, lol they just need to get the job done |
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