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Veteran
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| Where to you look when going to 2nd barrel?
So when you leave the 1st the head is up and looking to second barrel.
Do you look at the barrel?
Do you look past the barrel to a spot on fence?
Do you look at the ground past the barrel?
My horse is an athlete and can run to his spot past the barrel and turn.
I am having a mental block coming across the pen and knowing where to look and staying up. |
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 Gotta Have a Gray
Posts: 899
Location: Tex. Panhandle | At the fence on 2nd and 3rd. My mare is super turny on those 2 and i've got to look past or we will take it down |
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I AM being nice
Posts: 4396
Location: MD | On super ratey horses, I look to a spot on the fence. On a more free running type, I'll look to a spot just passed the barrel. |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | On my mare, who is very ratey, I have to look past all 3 barrels (usually to the fence/chutes depending where I am) if I want to leave them up. So I guess the second barrel is no different than 1st or 3rd for me. |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 1062
Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | I've usually ridden free runners, not real ratey types, but Ive always been taught to look past the barrel at/to the fence. If you look at the barrel your horse will almost certainly hit it. Or, almost as bad, cut the pocket off, and you wind up vee-ing the barrel. It's ok to look at the ground, as long as you look PAST the barrel. Hope this helps. |
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Member
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| Depends on the horse but I look at the fence cause I will sit early at my 2nd if I dont |
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 I Chore in Chucks
Posts: 2882
Location: MD | Look where you want to go and you'll get there. Look at the ground and you'll end up there too.
first stride out of first look at the 2nd until I get over. Once I'm over I'm looking at the fence. |
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  More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | Fence |
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 A Bit of a Grammar Nut
Posts: 1788
Location: floating down a river | Fence |
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 Angel in a Sorrel Coat
Posts: 16030
Location: In a happy place | The ground past the barrel. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | At the fence to the right of my horses right ear. |
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 Ms. Marine
Posts: 4642
Location: Texas | I look at the fence. |
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
Posts: 13315
Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | At the fence but not directly behind the barrel but directly behind where I'm coming into my barrel. |
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Veteran
Posts: 171
| Thank for all your support. Good to know I am not alone.
I have a lot of mental work to work on. Might need to seek professional help.
Best of luck. |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
| Three feet to the side of the barrel, and three feet between the barrel and the fence, I shift back and forth from the two points with my eyes. I keep my hands up like I'm on a pole horse, until it's time to go to the horn. This helps them stand up and not get front endy. I hustle with my legs and make sure their hip stays up under them. A truly broke horse will follow you anywhere you really lock onto, and this is the most time economical path. |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 1162
Location: White Mountains of AZ | My ratey mare, I need to look past the barrel. I don't look at the fence but the spot where I want to sit for her to turn. On my gelding who is ...well I haven't quite figured him out, he doesn't seem ratey yet. But I look to the side of the barrel where I know I need to sit on him to turn. If any of this made sense. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
Posts: 11511
Location: 31 lengths farms | Ratey or free runner, I look at the ground near the entry side of the 2nd barrel...rather than remembering a whole new place to look , for me, it is easier to look at the same place, where I want their feet to go and then make the change on free runner vs ratey with how I physically ride AT the point. |
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Veteran
Posts: 171
| Thank you.....I know it is me...I just got to get past this. I am tired of hitting barrels. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 316
| I look directly at the spot I know I need to sit hard and drop my outside rein to go to my horn. I know that whenever I hit the barrel I looked directly at the barrel going into it. Took me awhile to figure this out! |
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 Extreme Veteran
Posts: 494
Location: La Frontera | At the fence about three to five feet to the right of the outside of my pocket. |
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