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Location: NE Texas | My 5 yo outran Kellies Chick at Denton over the winter in the first 30 days of hauling. Granted both he and she hit barrels but i'm still gonna brag about it! LOL He's clocked in the 1D or top of the 2D at every big show he's been to thus far and was sick the majority of the time. In all honesty this colt is a freak and can do things physically most horses can't. I can't take credit for any special training, in fact I took more shortcuts with him than I have any other horse i've started before. Then I had to swallow my pride and send him out to Gunnar Enlow to season when he tried to buck me off at a dead run from the third barrel because it scared the bejeebers out of me even though I managed to cover him. LOL He's by far the most talented horse i've ever seen naturally. I just hope I do him justice (aka don't fall off) when this weather clears up! |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | arion - 2015-05-15 11:21 AM I wish I had a 1d horse. Borrow one................................. from Jennifer
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | 3canstorun - 2015-05-15 10:22 AM arion - 2015-05-15 11:21 AM I wish I had a 1d horse. Borrow one................................. from Jennifer
Truth.....I'll be happy to loan you mine :) |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | arion - 2015-05-15 10:26 AM who is Jennifer?
Your Momma. |
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Location: In My Own Dream Land | I've got one like that.. Had her 4 days and was in the 2d. Had her a month and won a jackpot, and was 4th in another. Weekend later was 4th in the 1d average.. And I've yet to ask to her to run, she is just coasting... (mind you we are talking 75 horses, not 300+). |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | arion - 2015-05-15 10:21 AM I wish I had a 1d horse.
Me too. Mine is a 1d2d3d4d horse, which is very exciting just because you never know which horse you're riding that day until you go down the alley. I prefer boring horses.  |
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Location: Oklahoma | It's very possible, and I've had several through the years. The hardest thing anyone will ever do is KEEP a horse at that level. A lot of talented horses can do it in a short while, but if they're not maintained, or have a savvy rider, they will develop issues which will impact their times....also, what rider is riding the horse makes a big difference. I have 3 at the house that I regularly ride 3D/sometimes 2D, sometimes 1D/sometimes 4D. lol I can put my younger, no fear, aggressive jockey on them, though, and she'll clock a full second faster than I do on the same horse, same pattern....also, where they're running 1D and who they're running against is a huge factor as well. If all the futurity horses show up right before Ft. Smith (like last night), a sometimes 1D/2D horse might be 3D/4D. Remember, it's just a half second....that's a half blink....I think we, as barrel racers forget that one or two missteps or a stumble can make the difference in a D (or two). Take everything you read in ads with a grain of salt and evaluate the horse for what YOU think you can do with it.....that's my motto. ;) |
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| It IS very possible! Will never happen at my house though as I like to take a good, long 5-10 years to season mine! LOL |
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Location: Kansas | dianeguinn - 2015-05-15 10:53 AM It's very possible, and I've had several through the years. The hardest thing anyone will ever do is KEEP a horse at that level. A lot of talented horses can do it in a short while, but if they're not maintained, or have a savvy rider, they will develop issues which will impact their times....also, what rider is riding the horse makes a big difference. I have 3 at the house that I regularly ride 3D/sometimes 2D, sometimes 1D/sometimes 4D. lol I can put my younger, no fear, aggressive jockey on them, though, and she'll clock a full second faster than I do on the same horse, same pattern....also, where they're running 1D and who they're running against is a huge factor as well. If all the futurity horses show up right before Ft. Smith (like last night), a sometimes 1D/2D horse might be 3D/4D. Remember, it's just a half second....that's a half blink....I think we, as barrel racers forget that one or two missteps or a stumble can make the difference in a D (or two). Take everything you read in ads with a grain of salt and evaluate the horse for what YOU think you can do with it.....that's my motto. ;)
There's a lot of truth in those sentences. Hence my "up & down" process with Clifford. It seems that just when he would start to figure it out, something would happen and we'd have to back off the speed, do more slow work, go to the vet, etc. I have spent several hundred dollars finding out that I had a training issue not a pain issue with him, but I slept well at night knowing I wasn't tuning and or running a sore horse. |
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| My current mare did this. The hear of her 5 year old year I was patterning her and she was trotting and SLOW loping. I was having soundness issues due to saddle fit. She was patterned for 2-3 months. Her 6 year old year I had a saddle that fit her and ran at a large local race(300 entries) with tough 1D girls that hit the 1D pretty much where ever they go and I won the 4D. 5 Weeks later(and 4-5 runs later) I was 13th out of 300 entries and they placed the top 8. My mare is also well broke and has a good handle on her. So yes I would say it is possible to progress rapidly into the 1D-2D. |
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