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| We’re planning July.
I only have 1 horse to run.
I know I probably need to pick and choose a couple weeks where I go to save him. There’s a couple of instances where we’ll hit a day slack and a night perf in the same day.
How many runs will you put on one in a week? Most times we’ll be coming home so he’ll have his normal turnout etc.
We went last year, mostly to season him, for some reason it didn’t feel like the calendar was as full... |
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Location: Running barrels or watching nascar | Pick and choose. I go through the same thing. |
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| barrelracer1983 - 2018-06-11 10:51 AM
Pick and choose. I go through the same thing.
Well yes, obviously. That doesn’t really answer my question though |
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 The Worst Seller Ever
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Location: Oklahoma | I like to keep it 4 or under.. I only have 1 horse as well. If I have a big week like the 4th (6 big pen rodeos), I will make sure to give them plently of rest, light conditioning only the week before, as well as double up on my feel goods. B12, alfalfa, electrolytes, ect
Then I try to give at least 3 days completely off after.
It is easier on them if you are able to get back home every night with them. They rest so much better
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Location: Montana | Not to steal the OP's thread, but would 2 runs a week be too much for one in the seasoning stage? |
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| mtcanchazer - 2018-06-11 5:06 PM
Not to steal the OP's thread, but would 2 runs a week be too much for one in the seasoning stage?
Nope, I don’t think so...
And thanks for the feedback! I think our big 4th of July run will be 5 runs with a day of rest in the middle there followed by 3 days before we take off for the next weekend. The balance of the month is pretty peppered with something like a run and a day off and then a run again for about 9-10 days depending on how we schedule it. I’m skipping a few of the pens that just aren’t our style, but my husband will still be roping so there’s one trip up north we’ll make that he’ll have a day off but still be on the road with us. |
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Location: Loco,Ok | Pick best setups for your horse. If your only going hard a couple of weeks. And your horse is fit. You can make a run a day. Best thing is how you enter. Go long and work your way back home. Rest in between runs is important. Leave early. If your up in slack in morning. Get there early and let horse rest. We drove after perf.late setup camp. Give horse time to rest. Try not enter rodeo the drive is too between iv possible. Horses have to be conditioned to be hauled hard. They need to learn to rest when they can. Just like us. Get them ready. Ride in heat a few days. Heat conditioning. You may have to run when its 100 degrees. Jackpots are like golf tournaments. Rodeo like a bar fight. Bad ground bad weather. Tired no sleep. |
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| I try to make 2 runs a week or less, occasionally 3 runs but if you run 3 straight days, you will notice your horse quits firing because they are a little sore (even with the best of conditioning). Their muscles and soft tissue need recovery time. Definitely try to stay where they will rest and not be standing on concrete or hard ground. Use poultice or ice their legs, etc.... Walk them around several times a day, not just standing tied or in a stall. Massage their muscles. Give a gram of bute once a day to help with inflammation. |
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Location: my piece of paradise | clampitt - 2018-06-12 12:23 PM
Pick best setups for your horse. If your only going hard a couple of weeks. And your horse is fit. You can make a run a day. Best thing is how you enter. Go long and work your way back home. Rest in between runs is important. Leave early. If your up in slack in morning. Get there early and let horse rest. We drove after perf.late setup camp. Give horse time to rest. Try not enter rodeo the drive is too between iv possible. Horses have to be conditioned to be hauled hard. They need to learn to rest when they can. Just like us. Get them ready. Ride in heat a few days. Heat conditioning. You may have to run when its 100 degrees. Jackpots are like golf tournaments. Rodeo like a bar fight. Bad ground bad weather. Tired no sleep.
Jackpots are like golf tournaments. Rodeo like a bar fight lol about right. I love at jackpots when people complain being bottom of the drag of 5. Come rodeo and run bottom of 12 with deep ground and ruts.
As long as they are fit and conditioned I run them. They tell me when they need time off. I will say mine rest better when we put up our hot wire pens and can move around and lay down and not be in stall or tied out. I will also give IM B12 and keep all my running horses on Lixotinic. Just helps give them that extra boost and stamina while traveling. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | If I have an experienced horse that's in top shape I might consider 4 but likely he's going to run best if I keep it to three. I really like what Clampit said in his post. I'm from TX so when we head out I will hit one about 8-12hrs away then work my way N. from that one. Get unloaded and rest the horses a day or two then work our way S. If I don't get up the way I hoped to, to keep us from back tracking I turn out. I try not to have my horses on the trailer for more than 8 hours. We pull over and rest horses long enough that they drain their airways and bladders. If I can find an arena on the route we stop and turn them all out for this. Sometimes a state park with pens will allow for this too. I steer clear of stalls and keep my horses in pens that have sun on them. UV light will eliminate lots of germs.
I get blood work done a few weeks before leaving and make sure my pony is ready for a big trip.
It never hurts to ask locals what they do in their area for they know it so much better than we! My husband has had guys bring us alfalfa just from him asking "where do we go to get good hay?" The kindest people in the world are our rodeo family!
Since you said your going to be going back to your home base you will probably have a fresher horse. I let my horse tell me if they are up to hitting another. If they have to be caught instead of running you over to get in the trailer they are trying to tell you - hey! I've had enough. (PS That's for the normal to catch type horse.) Keep 'em hydrated and no major changes in what they eat plus care for those legs and stretch lots. Good luck in July! let us know how you do.
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