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Location: Idaho | Here's a little poem I threw together. Its a poem about barrel horses and this is a barrel racing discussion board, so I thought Id share ??
I call it- It's Easy To Be A Winner.
It's easy to be a winner.
Atop a horse that wins it all.
When they're on top,
they can't be stopped.
Whenever they get the call.
It's easy to be a winner.
When all they do is win.
Their runs are fast,
they bring home cash.
Do it over and over again.
It's easy to be a winner.
If obsessed with winning, you are.
But when times get tough,
and the going gets rough.
You'll find out if you are up to par.
It's easy to be a winner.
But be wary of being on top.
Winning is fleeting,
and like a heart beating.
Both will eventually stop.
It's easy to be a winner.
Seen it time and time again.
It was never the horse.
It was me, of course.
I don't need that horse to win.
It's easy to be a winner.
On to the next prospect they go.
How hard can it be?
They're ridden by me.
I'm the winner, don't they know?
It's easy to be a winner.
Until all they do is lose.
This is now hard.
And they don't get far.
In settles the post-winner blues.
It's easy to be a winner.
When you ride a barrel horse that's strong.
But aware you must be,
to be able to see,
It was always the horse all along.
It's easy to be a winner.
When you finally see it connect.
It was actually the horse,
who was the winning force.
Now so easy to see in retrospect.
It's easy to be a winner.
When your perspective is finally clear.
Priorities straight.
You recognize great.
And why those horses are here.
It's easy to be a winner.
When you learn from every one you ride.
The slow. The quick.
The sweethearts. The pricks.
In all of them, you take pride.
It's easy to be a winner.
When God finally grants you the one.
Because of your past,
you remember the last.
And how few and far between they come.
It's easy to be a winner.
But humble and grateful you must stay.
Yes, you win money.
But isn't it funny?
How quickly it can be taken away.
It's easy to be a winner.
Keep in mind, it's only for a short spell.
Until they're called home,
to Heaven's pastures to roam.
And all you have is memories to tell.
It's easy to be a winner.
When next to you, they stand tall.
Here they are.
They are the Star.
It's all about them, and not you at all.
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | seems a tiny bit bitter
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Location: Idaho | 1DSoon - 2018-09-23 12:52 PM
seems a tiny bit bitter
Intersting take on it. It really isn't bitterness, in my opinion.It's about people thinking being a winner is easy, even winners get into that mindset. What it's about is realizing a barrel racer is only as good as the horse they ride. Its always been interesting to me how many people end up on a great horse but don't realize its the horse that made them great not the other way around. When that horse is done, they struggle. And find out how hard it is to just buy or make another great horse. Good horses come along all the time, but great horses are few and far between. We put so much value on winning that we don't see or appreciate the value of the gifts we've been given until they are gone. I guess I can kind of see how you could read some bitterness there but thats truly not the place it came from. Thanks for your take on it. :)
Edited by TSlashO 2018-09-24 8:58 AM
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| TSlashO - 2018-09-24 7:53 AM
1DSoon - 2018-09-23 12:52 PM
seems a tiny bit bitter
Intersting take on it. It really isn't bitterness, in my opinion.It's about people thinking being a winner is easy, even winners get into that mindset. What it's about is realizing a barrel racer is only as good as the horse they ride. Its always been interesting to me how many people end up on a great horse but don't realize its the horse that made them great not the other way around. When that horse is done, they struggle. And find out how hard it is to just buy or make another great horse. Good horses come along all the time, but great horses are few and far between. We put so much value on winning that we don't see or appreciate the value of the gifts we've been given until they are gone. I guess I can kind of see how you could read some bitterness there but thats truly not the place it came from. Thanks for your take on it. : )
If you have experienced it, it's not biter at all. For me it really struck a chord. When I was young I had a couple of really super horses and winning felt so easy. After them I've had some nice horses but nothing that made winning easy. Like many I've struggled, and now I know your only as good as the horse you sit on, so appreciate them. | |
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Location: Kaufman, TX | Im blessed to enter. I don't making winning runs and in the current days not clean runs. I still have fun. I have sat on sidelines so it is a blessing to be there. I remember my younger days and I think why am I making this harder than it has to be. I love my horse and I love my friends and I love to go. I am very humbled when I say for me just being there is a blessing. | |
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