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3turns Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-09-21 9:10 PM Subject: Sitting down in turns??
Morale Booster!! Posts: 1459	This may be a dumb question, but since I have come back to barrel racing after taking 7 years off to take kids to high school rodeos, I can seem to sit in my turn and my mare really wants to turn out from under me. There fore, I feel I am coming off or I pull on the reins to get my balance. I tell myself to sit and really pull with my horn, but I cant get it. Or I get it for a couple of runs and then its gone again. Any suggestions?
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CYA Ranch Reg. Feb 2008	Posted 2014-09-21 9:21 PM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
More bootie than waist! Posts: 18425 Location: Riding Crackhead.	Build muscle memory doing slow work. I don't care if its at a walk you go through the exact same motions you do during a run until its stuck in your head.
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GLP Reg. Oct 2013	Posted 2014-09-21 9:27 PM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
I just read the headlines Posts: 4483	Instead of pulling on the horn, push on it. I was taught to pull up leaving the barrel and push down to keep your butt in the saddle during the turn.
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newracer Reg. Sep 2005	Posted 2014-09-21 9:30 PM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
	I wonder if you need a saddle with a deeper seat to help? I have the opposite problem, I sit too much..lol
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outrundaizy Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2014-09-21 11:00 PM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
Don't Wanna Make This Awkward Posts: 3106 Location: Texas	newracer - 2014-09-21 9:30 PM I wonder if you need a saddle with a deeper seat to help? I have the opposite problem, I sit too much..lol What saddle do you ride in? Lol I would love to have that problem
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melaself Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-09-22 8:49 AM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
I'm Over It!! Posts: 2830	Before you go looking for another saddle, try letting your stirrups down a notch or two. They may be too short.
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newracer Reg. Sep 2005	Posted 2014-09-22 8:54 AM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
	outrundaizy - 2014-09-21 11:00 PM newracer - 2014-09-21 9:30 PM I wonder if you need a saddle with a deeper seat to help? I have the opposite problem, I sit too much..lol What saddle do you ride in? Lol I would love to have that problem Like another person said, try maybe lowering your stirrups. I ride in a Shiloh by Cecil Phillips. It sits me back and deep quite a bit. I also have a Sady Lane which is very similar to Triple Creek. I also have a friend who drilled it in my head to sit sit sit. After I flew off my free running mare in the turn, I really had to change my way of riding.
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~BINGO~ Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-09-22 11:46 AM Subject: RE: Sitting down in turns??
Serious Snap Trapper Posts: 4275 Location: In The Snow, AZ	I have a problem sitting in the first turn. Then after I bobbled all over the place, regained balance, and a few choice words, I usually remember to sit the second two.
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