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Location: USA | What's helped you the most when you make a run or whenever you practice to help both you and your horse? What's the one thing you always remember? Mine has to be "Don't ever turn before your leg goes past the barrel" That there seems to have helped me a lot :) |
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  The Original Cyber Bartender
  
Location: Washington | Didn't you just post that your hitting barrels on your other thread? |
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 The Non Sky Diver
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Location: SE Louisiana | Remembering to load the horse in the trailer before you leave home. |
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Location: USA | Yes, but I can't help it when my horse sets herself up WAYYYY before the barrel that's why I posted the other thread. She's a ratey horse and I'm more used to free runners. My other horse ripped the muscle in between her shoulder blade and the vet said I can't do barrels anymore with her but I can breed her and her other 2 foals has also been free runners with a long stride. If I was to try and explain my ratey's horse stride it'd be Sherry Cervi's horse, Stingray, except mine might have a longer stride |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Komet - 2013-12-29 9:49 PM
Remembering to load the horse in the trailer before you leave home.
Hahahahah seriously though! One time I got to a barrel race, went to unload and realized I only brought one horse and forgot the other! I loaded her, shut the door and left. Completely forgot I had anther horse to load!  |
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The Non Sky Diver
Posts: 9004
Location: SE Louisiana | lexyy12 - 2013-12-29 8:53 PM
Komet - 2013-12-29 9:49 PM
Remembering to load the horse in the trailer before you leave home.
Hahahahah seriously though! One time I got to a barrel race, went to unload and realized I only brought one horse and forgot the other! I loaded her, shut the door and left. Completely forgot I had anther horse to load!
You want serious? One of our BBs got there and went to unload the horse she left at home!!! Empty trailer!! |
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Holy Fruit Loops!
Posts: 1708
Location: Colorado | lexyy12 - 2013-12-29 8:53 PM Komet - 2013-12-29 9:49 PM Remembering to load the horse in the trailer before you leave home. Hahahahah seriously though! One time I got to a barrel race, went to unload and realized I only brought one horse and forgot the other! I loaded her, shut the door and left. Completely forgot I had anther horse to load!
NFR roper left his horse tied to another trailer one year during 4th of July run. He left, left his horse.
Stuff happens.
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I'm just now getting to where I can actually have a complete thought during my run. Remembering not to sit too soon, not to sit too deep/hard and stay forward. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Komet - 2013-12-29 9:57 PM lexyy12 - 2013-12-29 8:53 PM Komet - 2013-12-29 9:49 PM Remembering to load the horse in the trailer before you leave home. Hahahahah seriously though! One time I got to a barrel race, went to unload and realized I only brought one horse and forgot the other! I loaded her, shut the door and left. Completely forgot I had anther horse to load! You want serious? One of our BBs got there and went to unload the horse she left at home!!! Empty trailer!!
Oh my!! Hahah! At least I had one! |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Buying a good horse! |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | If I'm not scared going to the first I'm not going fast enough...ok well might have stole that from somewhere, but it's pretty accurate....
I don't think about too much...I stay confident in that I've prepared enough before that we can go in and run a nice pattern, doesn't mean I don't ride cause I still am engaged in the run..... |
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 The BHW Book Worm
Posts: 1768
| just get first just get first just get first .. chanting over n over again till I hit my pocket lol |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Relax. |
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 Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
Posts: 16390
Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | The thing that has helped me the most before running is beer. |
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Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | LRQHS - 2013-12-30 10:29 AM The thing that has helped me the most before running is beer.
Me Too!! It's like magic in a can! |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
Posts: 4275
Location: In The Snow, AZ | LRQHS - 2013-12-30 8:29 AM
The thing that has helped me the most before running is beer.
I don't know if it hurts me or helps me.... but either way, down the hatch! |
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Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
Posts: 16390
Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | ~BINGO~ - 2013-12-30 10:40 AM LRQHS - 2013-12-30 8:29 AM The thing that has helped me the most before running is beer. I don't know if it hurts me or helps me.... but either way, down the hatch!
One thing is certain about having a little "magic in a can." I always think that I did awesome! |
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Serious Snap Trapper
Posts: 4275
Location: In The Snow, AZ | LMS - 2013-12-30 8:33 AM
LRQHS - 2013-12-30 10:29 AM The thing that has helped me the most before running is beer.
Me Too!! It's like magic in a can!
Me too! I rock my runs.....and then they call my time. Ha! I must be so "relaxed" that I forget to kick, or really do anything for that matter... |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | If I drank a beer I would throw up... or fall asleep... I'm a lightweight now lol *Before running, that is
Edited by barrelracr131 2013-12-30 10:57 AM
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Regular
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| 3 things-one for each barrel, anything more than that might just be too much for me to think and still stay on my horse LOL. The lady I bought my horse from gave me a sheet with this on it- 1st barrel- no woah, 2nd barrel- set, 3rd barrel- get out. The more I focus on just that, the better my run is. The last time I overthought, I was hanging (literally) off the side of my horse :P |
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