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Location: Broxton, Ga | Top 5 sub species of Barrel Racer
NUMBER 5- The Clinic Groupy This barrel racer spends thousands on clinics, equipment, and clothing endorsed by their one favorite clinician. They regard their idol in the manner akin to hero worship and can quote their movie word for word better than Val Kilmer’s Doc Holiday one liners in Tombstone. They drop his or her name in every sentence and will defend the clinician in a fight to the death. They’re often seen on the internet forums and private FB groups in scathing arguments defending any questionable intentions or dealings their idol has. Occasionally the clinician wrongs them in some way in which they promptly turn on their once hero and begin a smear campaign against the very person they used to fantasize about having a life size bronze image of in their arena.
NUMBER 4- The supplement chef Ulcer medication manufacturers have made millions on this species. Horses being fed several different feed additives many of which might not react well together all to enhance the horses performance only to eat a hole in the horses gut. There is very little verified science proving the effectiveness of these concoctions and if you will notice they run a lot of sales and specials in the spring about when the green grass is coming in and the horses are shedding off. A molecular biologist can not make heads or tails of all the ingredients going to these horses buckets but the ad on the internet promised the horse to look like Impressive, run like Secretariat and turn like Hot Shot.
NUMBER 3- The Saddle Tramp These people are forever on the quest for the perfect saddle because they think their troubles with their horse begin and end with saddle fit. It’s not just one horse they have that might be hard to fit it’s EVERY horse. In reality these riders just want a new saddle but they’re going to use that hit barrel as an excuse to buy one even though it might have been that they jerked a little to hard on that outside rein forcing the shoulder in. Only one person I know does that successfully everyone else should stop it. Becoming a saddle tramp is often a side effect of ordering a saddle that’s too small. This needs a bigger pocket, it needs more swell, it needs a tilted horn the problem is seldom recognized as too small a seat so the saddle is returned and the vicious cycle begins again. These often are the fashionistas of the horse industry as well.
NUMBER 2-The horse hypochondriac- Every Veterinarians nightmare or hero depending on the size of the bank account funding the horse hypochondriac. Bay looks gloomy off to the vet we go. Bucky clocked 2 tenths off it has to be a shoeing issue. Nothing is the horses fault it’s always “There’s an issue” Many veterinarians wives rock bigger rocks on their fingers thanks to the horse hypochondriacs. The opposite of the horse hypochondriac is the penny pincher. This barrel racer doesn’t have the money to get the horses teeth done or feet x-rayed but they are at at least 2 barrel races a weekend. The barrel racing Penny Pinchers can be best spotted rocking the East Texas Hock Injection. This is a tie down that is sucked down way too tight, applied to help the horse “get on its rear” even though a set of hock and stifle injections would do the same thing.
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NUMBER 1- The Bit Junky- This is the horse person equivalent of a shoe addict for those who don’t know horses. There are not the gorgeous handcrafted Pollards, Kelly’s, Klapper’s, and Crockett bits you see being traded on the internet valued for their purchase, balance, and feel. No these are any bit the Bit Junky doesn’t have in the trailer that might lift, rate, smooth, tuck, or collect old Speedy. Seldom will 90% of these bits ever be used more than once and many will be resold years later on FB or possibly even a malicious husband might use them as very effective leverage in a nasty divorce because he lost out to barrel racing.
http://thismommasacowgirl.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/top-5-sub-species-of-barrel-racers/ |
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  That's White "Man" to You
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| I know some who fit into all 5! LOL |
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Posts: 554
| So true and we all know a few, and some friends I have that trail ride have the same issues as listed. |
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | i believe we could use these 5 catagories for titles under BB's names |
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 Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | OK, I'm caught....#1 for sure!  |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I am totally Type 2... And not in the penny pincher version!!! Thanks for the laughs!! |
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Location: Okla | I got caught too (#1) Somebody must have seen my tack room and my wall "full of bits" |
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Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | tripleE - 2014-08-12 2:43 PM I got caught too (#1) Somebody must have seen my tack room and my wall "full of bits"
Now I know you have 2 of some of your favorite bits, like I do....LOL.  |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I guess I'm #4 with a splash of #3...considering the horses' Smartpak order just arrived and my sister yelled out in agony "my God Kendra, how much horse medicine did you BUY!?" In my defense, it's a month supply for 2 horses and she's a wuss.
Edited by cavyrunsbarrels 2014-08-12 3:35 PM
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| Shouldn't #2 be HYPERchondriac, not hypo? |
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 There Could Be Aliens Out There
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Location: North Central Kansas | I'm at #1...definitely a bit hoarder! I think we have over 20 headstalls in our horse trailer alone and we only have 3 horses! haha! Lately though I have been #3. Trying to find the perfect saddle to fit my mare. |
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Location: Way up North | Pfft I'm not a liar. I'm at least a tiny bit of all 5 and usually at the same time! |
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Location: South Dakota | Hittin that nail...right on the head...dead on! |
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| I am definetely #2 however, I try really hard to contain my crazyness to myself and a few select friends. I try and be as sane as possible with my vet / farrier. inside however im a total cray cray...
And I have like 6-7 bits... but I dont use them all... and some were from old horses... and some were when I was seasoning my horse and we were trying a few things... and ones just a snaffle... and ones a hack... (does this mean its worse because im denying it?) |
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| Totally number 2.... except i'd like to think my horses just are out to make my life horrible and love to be hurt. Maybe its just ME!! Lol |
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| I'm definitely a bit of all of them. Depends on what kind of day I'm having LOL |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | cheryl makofka - 2014-08-12 4:27 PM
Shouldn't #2 be HYPERchondriac, not hypo?
hy·po·chon·dri·ac
?hip?'kändre?ak/
noun
1.
a person who is abnormally anxious about their health.
synonyms: valetudinarian, neurotic More
valetudinarian, hypochondriacal, malingering, health-obsessed;
neurotic, paranoid, phobic
Etymology:
hy·po·chon·dri·a
Origin
late Middle English (in the Greek sense): via late Latin from Greek hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo ‘under’ + khondros ‘sternal cartilage.’ Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gallbladder, spleen, etc.
Edited by svincent 2014-08-13 12:41 AM
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