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Location: Alabama | I finally got the horses, the truck, the trailer and the hauling partner. I'm ready to chase my dream and hit the pro rodeo road in 2015... So to get prepared, what are your must and best tips for being on the rodeo road?? Any & everything will be appreciated!! |
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 I keep my butt inside
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Location: Weatherford, Texas | Talk to those that go (be careful who though) and don't enter everything. Enter wisely so you don't over run your horse and yourself. The runs aren't as hard and the hauling is on them. And bad ground will cause slips etc- turn out if you even think they need the day off instead of thinking they are ok.
Be prepared for anything on the road- you never know where you are going to need something so have it all with you.
And coggins must be within 6 months to get over or back from Canada. Before you head up north for the summer get fresh sets of coggins and health papers etc.
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I keep my butt inside
Posts: 3281
Location: Weatherford, Texas | Oh- and research passes that are not trailer suitable. A few rodeos are close but the passes are too steep and will burn your brakes. Plan ahead and mark them clearly in a BIG atlas. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Barrelracingroper12 - 2014-05-13 1:02 PM
I finally got the horses, the truck, the trailer and the hauling partner. I'm ready to chase my dream and hit the pro rodeo road in 2015... So to get prepared, what are your must and best tips for being on the rodeo road?? Any & everything will be appreciated!!
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | add good vet and farrier to that mix!
I miss it so bad. I miss my hauling partner from when I was going in 2011… she and I both went back to school and I think we are both itching to go again.
On a positive note my sister turns 18 next March so for her birthday- she gets her permit and we are going to go! She beats me anyway.. LOL
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Location: Victoria, Texas | If you are going over 350 miles from home, make sure you have a fully stocked vet box with Vet Wrap, syringes, needles, surgery tape, sterile bandaging and pads, Bute, Banamine, Dex, Electorlytes, Lasix, etc. Some horses respond very differently in different climate types, when you are up in the mountains you will know what I am talking about! Don't assume you can get a good vet away from home because sometimes you will need to step up to the plate and be the vet, with giving IV shots, giving fluids, etc... Learn about giving proper medicaitons now, dosage amounts, etc. You can never learn as much as you will need to know, but you should start reading everything you can on traveling with horses and proper maintnance and medications. I see too many rookies out on the rodeo road who colic there horse, or worse road founder them, and have no idea what to do or why it happended, having a routine for your horse is must, same feeding schedule day in and day out, and same amount of hours in the trailer day in and day out. Best thing you could do would be haul with an experienced professional who could teach you the ropes! |
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