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grinandbareit Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-11-12 8:16 PM Subject: RE: NEW BARREL PATTERNS - HERE THEY ARE -
Go For It! Location: Texas	rodeoveteran - 2014-11-12 11:34 AM Well none of these patterns will work in more than half the rodeos I go to up here. Many are on 60' wide race tracks and I have run on a 45' wide race track. Y'all do the math on that one! Barrels set 15' off the fence. Normally barrels are placed inside the stakes and they came and asked us if they could be put on the outside for that one. As long as they give us room to stop, I don't care how they are set up. We all have to runs the same pattern at any given rodeo. I understand that y'all are trying to get some consistency for comparison but seriously do we need MORE rules and complications? Sigh.....the hazards of being an old curmudgeon...... Thnks for your input, and please keep in mind that this is not aimed at the rodeo world. They have their own way of doing things that's for sure. If a rodeo organization wants to use it they can, but they don't have to. You are entitled to disagree, some people just aren't comfortable with change and that's fine, too. We are all different, that's what makes the world go round.
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equussynergy Reg. Feb 2009	Posted 2014-11-12 9:27 PM Subject: RE: NEW BARREL PATTERNS - HERE THEY ARE -
Swiffer PIcker Upper Posts: 4015 Location: Four Corners Colorado	rodeoveteran - 2014-11-12 10:34 AM Well none of these patterns will work in more than half the rodeos I go to up here. Many are on 60' wide race tracks and I have run on a 45' wide race track. Y'all do the math on that one! Barrels set 15' off the fence. Normally barrels are placed inside the stakes and they came and asked us if they could be put on the outside for that one. As long as they give us room to stop, I don't care how they are set up. We all have to runs the same pattern at any given rodeo. I understand that y'all are trying to get some consistency for comparison but seriously do we need MORE rules and complications? Sigh.....the hazards of being an old curmudgeon...... That sound scary! Where do we find videos of that?
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rodeoveteran Reg. Jan 2009	Posted 2014-11-12 9:59 PM Subject: RE: NEW BARREL PATTERNS - HERE THEY ARE -
I Don't Brag Posts: 6960	equussynergy - 2014-11-12 9:27 PM rodeoveteran - 2014-11-12 10:34 AM Well none of these patterns will work in more than half the rodeos I go to up here. Many are on 60' wide race tracks and I have run on a 45' wide race track. Y'all do the math on that one! Barrels set 15' off the fence. Normally barrels are placed inside the stakes and they came and asked us if they could be put on the outside for that one. As long as they give us room to stop, I don't care how they are set up. We all have to runs the same pattern at any given rodeo. I understand that y'all are trying to get some consistency for comparison but seriously do we need MORE rules and complications? Sigh.....the hazards of being an old curmudgeon...... That sound scary! Where do we find videos of that? Somewhere in this house, I have an old video (on a VCR tape no less) of running on such a pattern. I hit the second barrel which was set on the high side of the track. It took forever to fall and as I rounded the third barrel it began to roll downhill towards the first barrel. Almost everyone hit, so I begin a conversation in my mind...."The rulebook says you must pass between the first and second barrel on the way home. Does that mean where they are staked or where they ACTUALLY are??" So you can see me start to pull up my horse, then push him, doing this a couple of times before we BARELY squeak through in the foot and a half space that was closing fast. Announcer and the crowd went wild! Sadly....I did not place. I believe it was the same rodeo where I tied my hair into my wrap and hooey in the goat tying. Threw my hands up in the air with my face nearly in the tie..... Sorry for getting off topic but ya gotta admit, it's a little entertaining.
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grinandbareit Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-11-14 7:21 PM Subject: RE: NEW BARREL PATTERNS - HERE THEY ARE -
Go For It! Location: Texas	I just want to keep this bumped up for those that may have missed it... I also want everyone to know that we will be adding the 2013 NFR pattern to the "standards". Thanks again for all the support. If you haven't liked our FB page, go check it out! Be sure to mark your calendar... DECEMBER 15, 2014, we have a GREAT surprise in store!
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