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| Who all uses these to run barrels and what brand/length do you prefer? Pros/cons. Thanks in advance |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Been curious of this as well! Thought about buying one a while ago but all the ones I found didn't have a wrist hoop so I gave up. |
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| I feel I would like one a whole lot better than a bat. I'm just not very familiar with them and I don't like over and unders( mainly bc I'm horrible at using one) |
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| I like my lighter one with a rubber handle. Some of the more expensive ones have metal in the handle and are kind of heavy.
I tore the loop off and I rubber band it to my hand if I carry it that way, or I carry it in my mouth (I joke i can't find an over/under but I always know where my mouth is!) |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I use mine daily. It's great for tuning or getting after one because of the length. I don't like to carry it in a run because it's easy to accidentally sting one with it, but I will if I forget to put my over n under on the right saddle and just try not to get overly excited.  |
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| Did y'all purchase them online or at feed stores/tack stores? |
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| I will run with one, but I mostly stick to my over 'n under. I do like them better than crops because I found myself sitting too far back when I had a crop but the dressage whip is long enough that I can keep my body forward and still use it. My favorite is my Weaver one with a houndstooth design on the handle. It's light and easy to hold. I strap mine on my hand with two hairties. |
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Location: Deep South | I like to run with them, I can easily reach behind me without getting out of position. With a bat, you will see most people leaning back to hit their horse, which is counterproductive.
As far as not being able to find one with a hand loop, a true dressage whip will not have one, we always attached a large rubber band as a hand loop. |
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| I run with one on one of my horses and love it! I just bought mine from a local tack store. |
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Location: CTX | I use one on my mare. It's a good 20 years old, and has no loop on it, but I rubberband it to my thumb to keep it there, but I can still go to the horn. Like it better than a crop for the same reason others already said. The crop istoo short so I move back in the saddle to use it and therefor hold the horse back. |
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Location: Florida.. | for training purposes I could see some using them but you also need to remember they sting alot more then a bat.. so you dont slap them with them..YOu touch or pop lightly. so some shouldnt even be using them IMO.. in the heat of their run they may pop to much.. the longer ones are a good training tool to use to get horse to engage his hind more by placing and tapping on rear lower legs as you are trotting or loping or even walking.. tap them.. or on top of rump it helps get them more active.. but never use it like a bat.. |
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| **Cowgirl Up** - 2016-04-22 8:59 AM I will run with one, but I mostly stick to my over 'n under. I do like them better than crops because I found myself sitting too far back when I had a crop but the dressage whip is long enough that I can keep my body forward and still use it. My favorite is my Weaver one with a houndstooth design on the handle. It's light and easy to hold. I strap mine on my hand with two hairties.
I have this one, too and I love it... Weaver Dressage Whip. It's the perfect length. 36 inch shaft, 5 inch popper, very light in my hand, and it cost about $7.
And I will add, I use it more as a training tool, exactly how Biblia stated previously.
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Location: Mountains of VA | I use one all the time during training rides and during runs. For training, I like a long one that will reach the hip/side of the horse without me having to take my hands off the reins. I switch sides depending on if the horse is dropping a shoulder, bowing out, etc.
If the horse is ready to compete, then I carry it on the side that the horse is most likely to drop the shoulder on. Sometimes just having the crop/whip tap them on the shoulder is easier and quicker than picking up the rein and applying leg pressure on the dropped shoulder side.
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| Bibliafarm - 2016-04-22 9:52 AM
for training purposes I could see some using them but you also need to remember they sting alot more then a bat.. so you dont slap them with them..YOu touch or pop lightly. so some shouldnt even be using them IMO.. in the heat of their run they may pop to much.. the longer ones are a good training tool to use to get horse to engage his hind more by placing and tapping on rear lower legs as you are trotting or loping or even walking.. tap them.. or on top of rump it helps get them more active.. but never use it like a bat..
Agreed! Hit myself one time with one, man it stung even through my jeans. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bibliafarm - 2016-04-22 9:52 AM for training purposes I could see some using them but you also need to remember they sting alot more then a bat.. so you dont slap them with them..YOu touch or pop lightly. so some shouldnt even be using them IMO.. in the heat of their run they may pop to much.. the longer ones are a good training tool to use to get horse to engage his hind more by placing and tapping on rear lower legs as you are trotting or loping or even walking.. tap them.. or on top of rump it helps get them more active.. but never use it like a bat..
Very good advice Bibs  . I have seen so many that runs barrels and use them as a bat, poor horses. |
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Location: SW North Dakota | Southtxponygirl - 2016-04-23 9:08 PM Bibliafarm - 2016-04-22 9:52 AM for training purposes I could see some using them but you also need to remember they sting alot more then a bat.. so you dont slap them with them..YOu touch or pop lightly. so some shouldnt even be using them IMO.. in the heat of their run they may pop to much.. the longer ones are a good training tool to use to get horse to engage his hind more by placing and tapping on rear lower legs as you are trotting or loping or even walking.. tap them.. or on top of rump it helps get them more active.. but never use it like a bat.. Very good advice Bibs . I have seen so many that runs barrels and use them as a bat, poor horses.
If you see videos of horses getting stung with one, they tuck their butts and shorten their strides. |
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| ND3canAddict - 2016-04-25 11:09 AM
Southtxponygirl - 2016-04-23 9:08 PM Bibliafarm - 2016-04-22 9:52 AM for training purposes I could see some using them but you also need to remember they sting alot more then a bat.. so you dont slap them with them..YOu touch or pop lightly. so some shouldnt even be using them IMO.. in the heat of their run they may pop to much.. the longer ones are a good training tool to use to get horse to engage his hind more by placing and tapping on rear lower legs as you are trotting or loping or even walking.. tap them.. or on top of rump it helps get them more active.. but never use it like a bat.. Very good advice Bibs . I have seen so many that runs barrels and use them as a bat, poor horses.
I think it's even been proven that pain doesn't make a horse run faster it actually makes them slow down.... |
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