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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | My friend trains barrel horses and she sends all her babies off to get broke and started. It doesn't take anything away from what she does with them in the arena, that someone else broke or put the first 30-60 days on them.
Honestly, the prospects I have gotten over the years were at least track broke- and I didn't do that- and it doesn't take anything away from what I've done with them either. It's okay if you didn't do EVERYTHING with them.
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 I Don't Brag
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| I have been battling with my courage for 10 years now after getting dumped on my head off of a "broke", finished barrel horse on a shopping trip. I ended up with a green broke 10 yr old last spring that was born here...... SHE never did much of anything wrong but I too was haunted by "What if...." I hated it!
I now have 2 3 yr olds that need to be broke. I have rode the colt bareback a few times at a walk, geehawing him around and so far, so good, but still not sure if I have the guts anymore to really get him broke. Haven't been on Faith yet as she is not quite as well developed as the colt. Am going through the same thought process as y'all as far as sending them both off to get broke...hopefully BEFORE they reach 10.  |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I would send him off for 30 days, but not until you're able to ride everyday, like when the weather gets better. No point in spending money on rides when you can't continue riding after he comes back. Keep doing ground work until you can send him. Nothing wrong with having someone send him through his paces to "jump start" him and you finish his training. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Those young ones can gain or loose so much confidence in those early rides that I believe it is most important to have a rider who is 100% confident on their back. I have had a few that were gentle enough I thought I would give a shot at starting, but I didn't have the confidence and knew they would come back better than if I did it myself. You spend less time and money doing things right the first way than having to go back and fix them later. I had a friend that trained hers to be a bucker (among other habits) because he got away with it twice early on and was always testing to see if he could do it again. She ended up having to send him out anyway to try and fix the holes she created from lacking the confidence and knowledge. |
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 Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | My filly is with a friend who is putting her first 30 days on her. I have done 'all' of my own training up till now on all the horses I've had in the past.
I'm working and just don't have time to get those first consistant rides on her....plus this girl is 20 years my junior and still has some bounce IF she comes off.
I miss my filly, however, she is doing great and once I get her home, I get to play with her.
I would send the horse off for the first month of rides and go from there. |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
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Location: Jersey Girl | I would send him off. |
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 Don't Wanna Make This Awkward
Posts: 3106
Location: Texas | Send him off for 60 days, get him well broke not with a barrel horse trainer that way you know he never see's a barrel, then you train him yourself on barrels that way if he's an awesome barrel horse you can still take pride for it and you don't have to break him |
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| I used to break all of my own horses. Have been thrown and everything else. Ended up in the hospital for three with a head injury and I thank God everyday that I did not end up in a wheelchair. That did not stop me from breaking colts. I am older and wiser now and I just send mine to a trainer. I have always trained my own barrel horses and found that my trainer can do more in less time without the frustrations. I think riding should be FUN. When it is not you should make some changes. Let someone else break the horse. Take it from someone who has bee there and done that, it is just as much fun, maybe more, to let someone else break and train your horse. You can get going a lot faster. |
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