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Help on First barrel Moderators: luluwhit, gotothewhip, cindyt, crossspur, ForumAdmin Jump to page :	Last activity 2014-05-28 2:06 PM 2 replies, 2463 views View previous thread :: View next thread
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EmtRoper Reg. Jul 2012	Posted 2014-05-28 9:57 AM Subject: Help on First barrel
Extreme Veteran Posts: 399	Hello all, my gelding gets too deep on his first on the backside of his first and we are losing all of our time on that. Any drills or suggestions on how to fix this. He goes to the left first and he just dosnt snap around it like he does with his second and third. he goes in nice and goes out tight but just goes so far past it on the backside by the fence
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kissmybarrelbutt Reg. Feb 2012	Posted 2014-05-28 1:53 PM Subject: RE: Help on First barrel
Elite Veteran Posts: 1119	I would try just rating him and sitting a little earlier first before you try drills.
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casualdust07 Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-05-28 2:06 PM Subject: RE: Help on First barrel
You get what you give Posts: 13030 Location: Texas	I had a lefty who would do that as well. I found usually when he did that, we were either rolling too hard to the first barrel from the alley, or we were too tight coming into the barrel and cut out our pocket. My horse was ratey too and it never made sense why he would do that. I made sure to really shape in the alley and start correct, and give him the right amount of room going in. That combined with sitting and saying whoa did the trick. When I would slow work I would stop at the same spot every time, shift my weight back and get a pattern of muscle memory down. That way at the same spot every time, we rated down. Then I would at least double wrap the barrel keeping him round and keeping enough room around the barrel (like how Dena K does it in her videos) with his inside hind leg driving around. If their shoulder is pointing at the barrel, or "if their shoulder gets to the barrel first" they have no option but to either go past the barrel, or hit the barrel. I would always make sure I "kept the barrel behind my leg" when I would slow work and it helped.
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