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| missroselee - 2014-07-14 5:24 PM
I seriously question the almost never votes. Â I think almost never is impossible in this game. But I still couldn't choose any of the other options. Â I would say 1 out of every ten runs. Â It is very rare that I bump on my good horse but it does happen. Â Especially in small indoor pens where the run to the first is super short. Â If he doesn't have enough speed built up going into it he will drag it coming out.
Still....I doubt the almost never votes....EVERYBODY hits a barrel at some point. Â My hauling partner ran the fast time of some races at least four different times that I can recall in the last year, only to DQ on a knock.
My old barrel horse who I ran for 11 years who was a 1d placer or winner 8 of those years knocked 2 barrels in his entire career.
My last years derby horse, I ran him 2 years and he only knocked 1
I would say all the horses I have raised and trained on average each horse knocked maybe a max of 4 times in their career most I have ran more then 3 years before selling.
Myself I have probably knocked less then 20 barrels so far in my lifetime.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I might hit one a year and that's running up to 3 horses. |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | Aqhaczy - 2014-07-14 4:10 PM Well, if your fairly new to racing, maybe think of attending a barrel clinic. There are some great clinician out there and one is bound to help you. I recommend Ed Wright, he's helped me out so much in the pass especially when I was having some issues with a particular horse. Good luck-
This is my goal for next year. I got married this year, so clinics were out for me this year. But I do have some great resources in people that I go with too!! They are very honest about my mistakes. LOL!! |
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Location: WI | Aqhaczy - 2014-07-14 4:10 PM Well, if your fairly new to racing, maybe think of attending a barrel clinic. There are some great clinician out there and one is bound to help you. I recommend Ed Wright, he's helped me out so much in the pass especially when I was having some issues with a particular horse. Good luck- I'm not new to racing, just in a slump I guess! I've been entered 18 races this year and hit barrels in 4 of them. 2 were at my geldings first 2 rodeos and he's scared of the crowd and bucking chutes, so cuts into the barrels. Seasoning, ugh!
I'm also surprised at the number that voted almost never, before this I was looking at the NFR girls and only 3 out of 15 girls had 10 clean runs, so that made me feel a little better.
Edited by linds 2014-07-15 9:46 AM
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | The horse I'm running now, 4 out of 5 runs. At least. LOL When we knock them down, it's almost always leaving and usually his hip. When we leave them standing, he peels paint and cuts my knees. We will get it eventually...putting a shadow roll on him has helped tremendously with getting him further into the turn before he sets. Last weekend, he actually ran off with me, which is out of character, but I think because his fused hock that came unfused is bothering him again. I think that's the first run we've made that we didn't at least touch a barrel.  |
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| linds - 2014-07-15 9:44 AM
Aqhaczy - 2014-07-14 4:10 PM  Well, if your fairly new to racing, maybe think of attending a barrel clinic.  There are some great clinician out there and one is bound to help you.  I recommend Ed Wright, he's helped me out so much in the pass especially when I was having some issues with a particular horse.  Good luck- I'm not new to racing, just in a slump I guess!  I've been entered 18 races this year and hit barrels in 4 of them.  2 were at my geldings first 2 rodeos and he's scared of the crowd and bucking chutes, so cuts into the barrels.  Seasoning, ugh!
I'm also surprised at the number that voted almost never, before this I was looking at the NFR girls and only 3 out of 15 girls had 10 clean runs, so that made me feel a little better.Â
I would put the NFR girls in a different category, as they are running generally the same horse in the same arena on not the greatest ground for 10 consecutive days. And trying to be the fastest.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I wonder if there is any correlation between knocked barrels and what division is being run in. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I thought that's the whole idea....see how far you can knock 'em. |
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Location: North Dakota | My old horse Beau knocked over just ONE barrel in his entire barrel racing career. And it was a "freak" thing where he hit it with his nose somehow on the backside of the turn. He was SO honest.
So far this year, Red has hit one barrel on 4 runs, and they've been my fault. I need to make sure I do my part.
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| missroselee - 2014-07-15 2:59 PM
I wonder if there is any correlation between knocked barrels and what division is being run in.Â
I think there is... the more power the harder to ride sometimes! |
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| I hit a lot but am getting better. Starting on horses that are fast and powerful made me clamp down way too soon getting ready for the turns, a bad habit that I now have to break. |
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