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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
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| We drag every ten around our neck of the woods. I put on a show about two weeks ago that had just under 90 in the open. We drug every 10, I honestly think people would have gotten mad if we drug every 5.
Around here people want to be in and out, and home! Now if we were consistently putting on larger shows and people asked me to drag less then 10 I would likely consider it...as I just try to do what the majority of people want.
Now personally-the shows I have NOT put on and gone to the only time that I noticed they were not dragging 10 is the larger arenas and bigger super shows, but I feel as if they didn't drag every 5, it was more like every 7.
I don't really mind either way, I want to try to develop a horse that can handle top and bottom of the ground all the way to rodeo footing, so number of horses between drags doesn't really cross my mind. It is the number of big drags and the overall condition of the arena I keep my eyes on throughout the show. | |
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  Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I'm just glad to know that there are in fact other places that still drag every ten.
I don't necessarily have an issue with it because it is allowed, and it is common, and quite frankly, if you are going to run rodeos (which I used to) then you better be prepared for anything.
I just opt not to attend when I have so many other shows to choose from......until my jerk of a horse pulls a shoe again two days out..... | |
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | casualdust07 - 2014-09-03 12:25 PM When I started running we would drag 5, 7, or 10 depending on the arena. That was in 2002, and I remember running every 7 at some pens and even every 10. That ended not long after I started running. Now our local shows and big shows alike drag every 5, big drag every 50, and we have a random 1-5 drawing before the race to set when we drag, so people can't get there and pick top of the ground before everyone else. Rodeos drag every 10 and it is what it is… I thnk we could get away with more horses in the drag but when you do that and go against the industry standard you are basically begging for people to complain about your race.
I don't get it, can you explain what you're talking about? | |
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Damn Yankee
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | dashnlotti - 2014-09-03 11:44 PM casualdust07 - 2014-09-03 12:25 PM When I started running we would drag 5, 7, or 10 depending on the arena. That was in 2002, and I remember running every 7 at some pens and even every 10. That ended not long after I started running. Now our local shows and big shows alike drag every 5, big drag every 50, and we have a random 1-5 drawing before the race to set when we drag, so people can't get there and pick top of the ground before everyone else. Rodeos drag every 10 and it is what it is… I thnk we could get away with more horses in the drag but when you do that and go against the industry standard you are basically begging for people to complain about your race. I don't get it, can you explain what you're talking about?
Alot of shows I have been to let you pick where you want to run. You just write your name down on the sheet.
To prevent ppl from always picking top ground etc, they will pull a number 1-5. Say that number is 3....they will run the first three horses, then start the drags at every 5 from that point. So 4-8 then drag, 9-13 then drag, and so on..... | |
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Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | missroselee - 2014-09-03 10:58 PM dashnlotti - 2014-09-03 11:44 PM casualdust07 - 2014-09-03 12:25 PM When I started running we would drag 5, 7, or 10 depending on the arena. That was in 2002, and I remember running every 7 at some pens and even every 10. That ended not long after I started running. Now our local shows and big shows alike drag every 5, big drag every 50, and we have a random 1-5 drawing before the race to set when we drag, so people can't get there and pick top of the ground before everyone else. Rodeos drag every 10 and it is what it is… I thnk we could get away with more horses in the drag but when you do that and go against the industry standard you are basically begging for people to complain about your race. I don't get it, can you explain what you're talking about?
To prevent ppl from always picking top ground etc, they will pull a number 1-5. Say that number is 3....they will run the first three horses, then start the drags at every 5 from that point. So 4-8 then drag, 9-13 then drag, and so on.....
Gotcha! I've never been to a show that offers anything like that, always random draw.
To contribute to the discussion, pretty much every show around here drags every 5. Added money shows typically do big drags. In my opinion, it's more important that the tractor driver know what he's doing that how often the ground is worked. I've seen the ground go from good to terrible because the tractor driver(one of the HS kids that works for the arena) had no clue what he was doing. If you have a big added money show, bring someone in that knows how to work the ground.
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