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| Also a followup question to one of your answers earlier: For your older, finished horses and even younger ones competing, what is your typical conditioning routine? Length of workout, distance, etc. |
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Location: NE Texas | Thank you, Jackie, for doing this. I have followed you and cheered you on since the year Oro Leader and Uno Commander were futurity colts and my mom and I had the pleasure of seeing you run them several times that year. :)
My question would be how you got and keep getting your confidence and mental toughness back each year either after either an injury or coming back from having your kids. I know when you were much younger you had a serious horse related injury and I think that is the reason you moved to riding the treeless saddles, but how do you counter the hesitancy and the being overly cautious when you start back riding after a layoff?
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Location: London Ontario | What do you look for when looking at purchasing or taking on a futurity prospect?
How do you put the "trainer" role aside and take on the "competitor" role?
What is your favorite/go-to drill for your horses?
What advice do you have for someone dipping their toes in the futurity world?
What are your warm up routines at barrel races?
Thanks so much for coming by! |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | How do you deal with the "mental game" of being on the road? When you're just not winning a dime and seems like always one hole out of placing. How do you not "throw your sucker in the dirt?" |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | Do you start all your horses both directions and/or switch them for specific reasons? I couldn't remember if King went to the right at BFA and now goes left or if I just imagined that. How do you decide which barrel first? |
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| Hi Jackie, My daughter wants to attend one of your clinics how do I locate when and where they will be ? |
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| Thanks Jackie! We appreciate all the help and advice and I will keep this thread open for now.
Steve |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | jackieandrooster - 2015-04-28 8:25 AM mattslilwonder - 2015-04-28 9:03 AM Do you start your 2 yr olds or do you send them off to someone?
Do you wait until they are 3 to actually start them on the barrels I am very slow in starting my colts. Most of them I don't even break until very late in their 2 year old year or very early in their 3 year old year. My Dad always said that horses spend most of their lives in training and being rode. They only have a very short amount of time in the beginning of their lives to grow, mature and just be horses. I take that very seriously. The futurity industry lends itself to starting horses earlier and earlier. I do not get so wrapped up in time schedules that I start my horses too soon! I send my horses off to be broke the first 30-60 days depening on the horse. Stephan Boutin starts my colts and does a jam up job. He gets them really soft and responsive and ready to go into my training program. I never ever start a colt on the barrels until they turn 3 (by birthdate!!!). If they are going to mature enough to make a standout futurity horse they will. If they aren't going to fit that mold that is ok too and I will hold off and wait or sell them to a home that has more time to suit that horse. Every single horse isn't cut out for futurities and that doesn't have any impact on what kind of 10 year old barrel horse they make!! I think that is the key to remember when training is every horse is an individual, you can't make them all train, learn and mature at the same speed
That response right there just made me respect you so much! |
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