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| I don't know if this has been posted anywhere, there are so many threads with so much stuff in them I can't keep up.
Anywho, I never would have thought about doing this. What a good call on Fallon's part and so glad she had a clean run on BabyFlo.
Check out the picture from her running home!! 
http://copemanphoto.smugmug.com/2013Rodeos/NFR-2013/NFR-13-6th-perf... |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Yep, they are blinkers. Lots of race horse trainers use them. Biggest majority of QH's run in them. I for one prefer to not have to use them. But it was a good call to put them on. |
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| I thought she had something on her head, but it was hard to tell on Youtube. |
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| I thought it was a fly mask when I saw it last night, I was kind of confused. Blinders makes much more sense. It seemed to work, too! They had a nice run. |
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| I used to cover one eye of a horse I had years ago. lol He liked to majorly drop his shoulder on a 3rd barrel. No amount of training and slow work at home, bits etc fixed it. So, I just took a dish rag and put it over his left eye and tucked it under his bridle/Tie DOwn. WOrked like a CHARM!!!! |
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| http://www.horsetackco.com/blinker-hood-cant-see-back-quarter-cup.h...
Should be in everyones tack room! LOL |
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Location: Oz, Kansas | Look how happy she is in that picture to finally have another clean run on Babyflo. Looks like she's fist pumping on her run home.  |
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| So educate me, why do you think she used them? To keep her from hitting the 3rd or to keep BabyFlo from looking around?
I am rooting for her to win a round!
Edited by newracer 2013-12-11 12:03 PM
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | newracer - 2013-12-11 12:02 PM So educate me, why do you think she used them? To keep her from hitting the 3rd or to keep BabyFlo from looking around? I am rooting for her to win a round!
Both |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | lookout hill - 2013-12-11 11:50 AM Look how happy she is in that picture to finally have another clean run on Babyflo. Looks like she's fist pumping on her run home.
Love that the photo captured her doing that. |
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Location: South Georgia | They are blinkers. ...Also popular with Saddlebreds and Morgans. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | Kudos to her for thinking outside the box and it worked. I'm sure no one just WANTS to run in blinders but when you are running for $18,000 a night I would sure try them too.
My trainer has used them before on certain horses and weaned them off over time. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | casualdust07 - 2013-12-11 12:15 PM Kudos to her for thinking outside the box and it worked. I'm sure no one just WANTS to run in blinders but when you are running for $18,000 a night I would sure try them too. My trainer has used them before on certain horses and weaned them off over time.
Exactly. At this point who cares if someone approves or disapproves. |
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 How freakish is that?
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Location: Oregon | Kelly Currin ran Captain Biankus in blinders (blinkers?). Back in the stone age.
Edited by crapshooter 2013-12-11 12:20 PM
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Location: Texas | We use them occasionaly to keep a horse focused, or from dropping in too early. |
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Porta Potty Pants
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| I'm not running pro .. or anywhere near that, but I may have to try it! |
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Location: Texas | crapshooter - 2013-12-11 12:19 PM Kelly Currin ran Captain Biankus in blinders (blinkers?). Back in the stone age.
Blinders on carriage horses,
Blinkers on race horses.
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | Blinders are technically where the whole eye(s) are covered. Blinkers are partial blocks like she is using. That's what I was taught anyway.
Edited by horsegirl 2013-12-11 12:41 PM
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | I tried them once in the early 80's (?) on a barrel crashing horse I leased for a while. Didn't work for him.  |
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Champ
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Fun2Run - 2013-12-11 10:39 AM crapshooter - 2013-12-11 12:19 PM Kelly Currin ran Captain Biankus in blinders (blinkers?). Back in the stone age. Blinders on carriage horses,
Blinkers on race horses.
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