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Location: Alabama | There is Soooooooooo much new stuff on the market now, all to give you the winning edge or step ahead.... i thought it would be fun to have a thread for worth it or waste. For all the new products, supplements, etc on the market!
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PHT, Back On Track, Draw It Out, OE nutraceuticals, Oxygen Products, aculife patches, equiwinner patches, shoulder relief girths, etc. | |
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Location: Sunnyland Florida |
One guarantee, this will be an interesting post!! You are correct, there are sooo many products/gimmicks on the market now, and they all see what we barrel racers are already willing to pay out on fees, stalls (usually higher than other events hosted in same venues), fuel, feed/hay and supplements. They get top or competitive barrel racers to endorse their products (who may or may not even use them) and convince us we need them all to run in the 1D. We buy them, try them, and their clever tactics win and line their pockets.
I, for one, stopped lining those pockets some years ago. I'm down to one prerace supplement, one feed supplement and zero "magnet contraptions", zero special magic saddle pads, zero special magic bits, zero patches, zero shaky rubber thera-plate(LOL), zero magna-wave treatements, etc.
My horses are running the fastest and best ever. I do believe less is more. They eat quality hay and a little feed, get ridden and run on weekends and they look and feel great. Oh, and my pocketbook is getting fatter since I stopped contributing to the supplement, paste, gimmick, bit, sadde pad, magic treatment products, LOL!
Lots of my friends use certain products they swear by, and there is nothing wrong with that. But, we can't use them all!..... or can we?
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| I try not to be over the top, but we also walk a fine line of .001 being the difference between money and no money.
I have an original PHT sheet. I bought it about 5 years ago when I had a saddle sore a back up badly. He wore it all winter under his turnout and I saw a very noticeable difference when I would take it off for a day or 2 in how well he moved. I don’t know if I see quite as drastic results now, but I also like how it doubles as a fly sheet. I don’t know if I can justify upgrading though, but I’m not going to sell it.
I just invested in BOT quick wraps. My good gelding now tends to hold some fluid on his legs and the quick wraps take it right away. I’ll have a better review once I’ve used them for a season.
I use Air Power when it’s humid to help open him up, I’ve tried a few pastes but haven’t been impressed with any in particular.
Other than that we feed good hay, good feed and Platinum. Make sure our tack fits and our horses are in top condition.
If I was going to make an investment in something I’d be looking at a nebulizer. As an asthmatic myself I feel especially in humid weather that it could be beneficial. | |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Barrelracingroper12 - 2017-12-21 12:45 PM There is Soooooooooo much new stuff on the market now, all to give you the winning edge or step ahead.... i thought it would be fun to have a thread for worth it or waste. For all the new products, supplements, etc on the market! Examples; PHT, Back On Track, Draw It Out, OE nutraceuticals, Oxygen Products, aculife patches, equiwinner patches, shoulder relief girths, etc.
I was doubtful on the PHT until my show horse started to show back soreness. I also noticed an improvement in my gelding with the broken pelvis...before we knew it was broken as well as when I use the hock wraps on my son's old horse that just won't fuse. So I am a believer. They get my money
I love THE but that is no secret as well as Forco.
Love and use Draw It Out and Sore No More
Love and use Ice Horse products. Bought a tendon leg wrap and a hoof boot when I was having so many issues with my show horse. The ice boot saved a mare from foundering, helped get her stable so we could travel to the vet.
I have BOT for my horses but haven't used them much. I do however have the socks and gloves for me and LOVE them. Also have a mat type pillow I lay on for my back. It honestly works.
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Location: Oklahoma | I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!!
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Location: Sunnyland Florida | OhMax - 2017-12-21 3:36 PM I try not to be over the top, but we also walk a fine line of .001 being the difference between money and no money. I have an original PHT sheet. I bought it about 5 years ago when I had a saddle sore a back up badly. He wore it all winter under his turnout and I saw a very noticeable difference when I would take it off for a day or 2 in how well he moved. I don’t know if I see quite as drastic results now, but I also like how it doubles as a fly sheet. I don’t know if I can justify upgrading though, but I’m not going to sell it. I just invested in BOT quick wraps. My good gelding now tends to hold some fluid on his legs and the quick wraps take it right away. I’ll have a better review once I’ve used them for a season. I use Air Power when it’s humid to help open him up, I’ve tried a few pastes but haven’t been impressed with any in particular. Other than that we feed good hay, good feed and Platinum. Make sure our tack fits and our horses are in top condition. If I was going to make an investment in something I’d be looking at a nebulizer. As an asthmatic myself I feel especially in humid weather that it could be beneficial.
I agree, the air power is good stuff, that's the one prerace I use.
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The THE Calming Cookies work very well on young ones just getting seasoned, or nervous horses as a prerace. I use those one of mine.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 1:39 PM I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!!
I agree to a point. We ranch so my horses are rarely shod, they live outside 24/7 and most just on pasture grass and loose salt/mineral. They get to be horses. When I start to haul they get some special treatment and then my go to after a long weekend is to turn them out for a couple of days to be a horse again. Even my show horse spends as much time in pasture as he does in a stall.
My question is, do you think Louie would be competing at the level he is now, if Lisa rode and took care of him like they did 40 yrs ago? Scamper won big year and year and Charmaybe still did a few special things for him, but she admitted in interviews that it was nothing like how she kept the other horses running and winning in todays competition. Records are getting broken in every event, every year. We are more knowledgeable now than we were just 10 yrs ago. I never treated a horse for ulcers until my gelding was 18ish. He ran one of his fastest times on a pattern that yr, than he ever did when he was younger. The diff was he had the ulcers cleared up, I started to baby his old joints more-liniments and such. | |
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Location: Oklahoma | wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:04 PM
Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 1:39 PM I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!!
I agree to a point. We ranch so my horses are rarely shod, they live outside 24/7 and most just on pasture grass and loose salt/mineral. They get to be horses. When I start to haul they get some special treatment and then my go to after a long weekend is to turn them out for a couple of days to be a horse again. Even my show horse spends as much time in pasture as he does in a stall.
My question is, do you think Louie would be competing at the level he is now, if Lisa rode and took care of him like they did 40 yrs ago? Scamper won big year and year and Charmaybe still did a few special things for him, but she admitted in interviews that it was nothing like how she kept the other horses running and winning in todays competition. Records are getting broken in every event, every year. We are more knowledgeable now than we were just 10 yrs ago. I never treated a horse for ulcers until my gelding was 18ish. He ran one of his fastest times on a pattern that yr, than he ever did when he was younger. The diff was he had the ulcers cleared up, I started to baby his old joints more-liniments and such.Â
No I don't think he could. I agree hauling to that many rodeos and having a horse stand in a trailer for long hauls will take a toll on them, and they do need special care. But I was mainly talking about people who only go 1 or 2 times ever 2 weeks to a barrel race or roping or whatever and they think their horse needs something special because the person who just won the barrel race, or roping has their horse on 20 different supplements. So then they go out and buy those 20 different supplements for no reason for their horses . But then again Lisa can afford all the things she does for Louie. If my horses were winning millions, believe me they would be on everything! But my horses don't win me millions they win me hundreds and sometimes not even that. So to each their own, if you can afford it and it makes you happy, and it makes your horse happy that's all that matters right? Is your partner and team mate is happy! | |
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Location: California | I haven't tried much out there, but I definitely do believe in BOT products. I used them on my old dog, my self and my horses. I have noticed a difference everytime.
Obviously I noticed the most on myself because I can actually feel it vs see it. I use the knee wraps, and they make a huge difference for me.
Also, essential oils. I use that for myself-haven't really tried on my horses (but i'd imagine it might be the same/similar). | |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 2:20 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:04 PM Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 1:39 PM I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!! I agree to a point. We ranch so my horses are rarely shod, they live outside 24/7 and most just on pasture grass and loose salt/mineral. They get to be horses. When I start to haul they get some special treatment and then my go to after a long weekend is to turn them out for a couple of days to be a horse again. Even my show horse spends as much time in pasture as he does in a stall.
My question is, do you think Louie would be competing at the level he is now, if Lisa rode and took care of him like they did 40 yrs ago? Scamper won big year and year and Charmaybe still did a few special things for him, but she admitted in interviews that it was nothing like how she kept the other horses running and winning in todays competition. Records are getting broken in every event, every year. We are more knowledgeable now than we were just 10 yrs ago. I never treated a horse for ulcers until my gelding was 18ish. He ran one of his fastest times on a pattern that yr, than he ever did when he was younger. The diff was he had the ulcers cleared up, I started to baby his old joints more-liniments and such. No I don't think he could. I agree hauling to that many rodeos and having a horse stand in a trailer for long hauls will take a toll on them, and they do need special care. But I was mainly talking about people who only go 1 or 2 times ever 2 weeks to a barrel race or roping or whatever and they think their horse needs something special because the person who just won the barrel race, or roping has their horse on 20 different supplements. So then they go out and buy those 20 different supplements for no reason for their horses . But then again Lisa can afford all the things she does for Louie. If my horses were winning millions, believe me they would be on everything! But my horses don't win me millions they win me hundreds and sometimes not even that. So to each their own, if you can afford it and it makes you happy, and it makes your horse happy that's all that matters right? Is your partner and team mate is happy!
I agree again. For those that just hit an open 4D here and there and trail ride etc the rest of the time, they don't need all the extras. Our ranch horses get rode and used harder than most event horses and they get nothing special, but they last the longest and have the fewest lameness issues. | |
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Location: Oklahoma | wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:32 PM
Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 2:20 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:04 PM Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 1:39 PM I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!! I agree to a point. We ranch so my horses are rarely shod, they live outside 24/7 and most just on pasture grass and loose salt/mineral. They get to be horses. When I start to haul they get some special treatment and then my go to after a long weekend is to turn them out for a couple of days to be a horse again. Even my show horse spends as much time in pasture as he does in a stall.
My question is, do you think Louie would be competing at the level he is now, if Lisa rode and took care of him like they did 40 yrs ago? Scamper won big year and year and Charmaybe still did a few special things for him, but she admitted in interviews that it was nothing like how she kept the other horses running and winning in todays competition. Records are getting broken in every event, every year. We are more knowledgeable now than we were just 10 yrs ago. I never treated a horse for ulcers until my gelding was 18ish. He ran one of his fastest times on a pattern that yr, than he ever did when he was younger. The diff was he had the ulcers cleared up, I started to baby his old joints more-liniments and such. No I don't think he could. I agree hauling to that many rodeos and having a horse stand in a trailer for long hauls will take a toll on them, and they do need special care. But I was mainly talking about people who only go 1 or 2 times ever 2 weeks to a barrel race or roping or whatever and they think their horse needs something special because the person who just won the barrel race, or roping has their horse on 20 different supplements. So then they go out and buy those 20 different supplements for no reason for their horses . But then again Lisa can afford all the things she does for Louie. If my horses were winning millions, believe me they would be on everything! But my horses don't win me millions they win me hundreds and sometimes not even that. So to each their own, if you can afford it and it makes you happy, and it makes your horse happy that's all that matters right? Is your partner and team mate is happy!
YES YES YES, you hit the nail on the head!!! They last the longest, you don't have to worry about lameness, or colic!!! | |
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| Runaway - 2017-12-21 2:02 PM
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The THE Calming Cookies work very well on young ones just getting seasoned, or nervous horses as a prerace. I use those one of mine.Â
Agree with this! I used to have a very sensitive minded mare, these worked great for her! I have used the magnetic boots before (not name brand though) and I did notice a big difference with healing a soft tissue injury. In my experience, I've never had luck with the sore no more really doing anything =/ | |
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Location: MN | Exceed 6 way, Sore No More, Soft Rides when traveling & BOT quick wraps/saddle pad liner.
I keep it pretty simple but it works for my guy. If it keeps him happy and comfortable, I'm happy until he shows me otherwise!
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Location: North Dakota | Barrelracingroper12 - 2017-12-21 1:45 PM There is Soooooooooo much new stuff on the market now, all to give you the winning edge or step ahead.... i thought it would be fun to have a thread for worth it or waste. For all the new products, supplements, etc on the market! Examples; PHT, Back On Track, Draw It Out, OE nutraceuticals, Oxygen Products, aculife patches, equiwinner patches, shoulder relief girths, etc. I can say 110% back on track and the Total Saddle Fit shoulder relief cinch are not gimmicks. Maybe not everyone needs one, but my horse has a forward girth groove and big belly that pushes saddles forward over his shoulders. That shoulder relief cinch holds the saddle in the right place. For BOT, I can say that my horse's back inflammation flares up in cold weather. Bad enough that I can't ride him. I bought him a BOT turnout blanket, which he wears 24/7 I the winter, and his back is a million times better and I can keep riding him all winter. I think before spending money on a lot of different things, spending time on your horse is most valuable. A horse that is using his body correctly and conditioned properly isn't going to stress their joints and backs and all that nearly as much as a horse that is allowed to go around with their back hollow, neck up, etc. I spend a lot of time warming up and cooling down my horse, stretching him and making him bend and move in all directions. My horse looks forward to carrot stretches. He likes any excuse to eat, but I can tell he feels good when we do them too.
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Location: Oklahoma | Do you think people would buy all this stuff if the PRO barrel racers weren't endorsing it? I mean really if someone came up to me and said hey buy this strip that opens your horses airway up and its 100% safe no one has ever heard of it....I would be like ummmmmm NO. But you see famous people endorsing everything! And you have to think this stuff is only selling because someone famous is using it. As humans we want what others have. So to add to this question would you as a barrel racer use flair strips, calming paste, cookies or whatever else is out there if Brittany Pozzi, Michele McLeod, Sherry Cervi, and Lisa Lockhart weren't behind the products?? | |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I will say that I’ve fallen into some gimmicks. But right now, we’re pretty simple. I quit feeding supplements to see if I noticed a difference, and I didn’t/haven’t. Now, I LOVE THE MM. But feeding it to three horses was getting a little expensive for us. My group is all on good alfalfa, free choice Bermuda, and a soupy bucket of beet pulp, rice bran, and ground flax.
I have one gelding on Red Cell, but he’s a dull, unenergetic toad without it.
I have a lower end magnetic blanket that I don’t put much faith in, but I’ll still throw it on them sometimes for giggles. My mare uses BOT hock wraps that I believe in 100%.
Aside from that, I love 5 Star pads, a new set of shoes, and a good fitting saddle. Oh! And I have a Shoulder Relief cinch that I love, but not sure that’s considered a necessity for me. | |
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 2:39 PM
I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!!
You and I must have been separated at birth!! My horses regimen seems so simple compared to all my friends’ but it works for us!! I do feed oxygen XT10 to replenish magnesium, and am a solid believer in BOT. but around here we don’t do a lot of fancy stuff!! | |
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Location: Southern Indiana | In all honesty my favorite and most useful thing I've purchased this year were some leg sprinkler things to cold hose legs with. So handy not having to hold the hose and cold water is probably one of the best therapies you can do. I really like my no hit bit too! It's a great training tool!! WORTH IT!!!
I bought a couple pht poll packs a couple years ago and all they did was get dirty and one got a hole rubbed in it. I like pht but I felt like they did nothing but make my halter look cool. I did get most of my money back out of them though! I also bought a benefab sheet and it was just not made well at all. The owner provided great customer service but your money is better spent on pht or bot. WASTE IT | |
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| Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 3:37 PM
wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:32 PM
Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 2:20 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2017-12-21 3:04 PM Gennap1010 - 2017-12-21 1:39 PM I am young, but I am old fashion and I have grown up with "old" time cowboys(those who don't believe in special needs for a horse). And if you ask me less is more. My horses are grass fed (hay in the winter) they have salt blocks and water that's it! They don't get all these special blends that go in their feed, or any calming medicine, if your horse needs calming medicine to me he isn't broke (that's just my thought though). The less you do to them and the less crap you put down their throat the less you have to worry about. Yes some horses need special feed I have had many like that, and if you are hauling hard some stuff is a MUST. But if the horse doesn't need something DONT put them on anything. If you horse is running 1D times, and you feed him oats and nothing else then dang he is happy and is doing his job. If your horse is running 4D times and you want to run 1D times, putting him on supplements, changing your saddle,your bit and going out and buying thousand of dollars worth of stuff you don't need wont make your horse a 1D horse. Horses have been living and thriving for MANY of years without all this BS out there.. Now with that being said when I haul my horses do get BOT boots, and BOT blankets I am a HUGE believer in BOT!!!! I agree to a point. We ranch so my horses are rarely shod, they live outside 24/7 and most just on pasture grass and loose salt/mineral. They get to be horses. When I start to haul they get some special treatment and then my go to after a long weekend is to turn them out for a couple of days to be a horse again. Even my show horse spends as much time in pasture as he does in a stall.
My question is, do you think Louie would be competing at the level he is now, if Lisa rode and took care of him like they did 40 yrs ago? Scamper won big year and year and Charmaybe still did a few special things for him, but she admitted in interviews that it was nothing like how she kept the other horses running and winning in todays competition. Records are getting broken in every event, every year. We are more knowledgeable now than we were just 10 yrs ago. I never treated a horse for ulcers until my gelding was 18ish. He ran one of his fastest times on a pattern that yr, than he ever did when he was younger. The diff was he had the ulcers cleared up, I started to baby his old joints more-liniments and such. No I don't think he could. I agree hauling to that many rodeos and having a horse stand in a trailer for long hauls will take a toll on them, and they do need special care. But I was mainly talking about people who only go 1 or 2 times ever 2 weeks to a barrel race or roping or whatever and they think their horse needs something special because the person who just won the barrel race, or roping has their horse on 20 different supplements. So then they go out and buy those 20 different supplements for no reason for their horses . But then again Lisa can afford all the things she does for Louie. If my horses were winning millions, believe me they would be on everything! But my horses don't win me millions they win me hundreds and sometimes not even that. So to each their own, if you can afford it and it makes you happy, and it makes your horse happy that's all that matters right? Is your partner and team mate is happy!
YES YES YES, you hit the nail on the head!!! They last the longest, you don't have to worry about lameness, or colic!!!
But, the lifestyle of the ranch horse is much different the up and down the road rodeo barrel horse.
I think a lot of products are created out of a need to keep horses sound on a rodeo road that keeps getting longer and harder. Does the average local barrel racer really need everything the pros do? Probably not, but I’m also a capaitalist so good for them - good for the small, independent sole proprietors like Julie (PHT) who’s created a quality product we can count on.
I also think (no, I know) Barrel racers are a different breed. If you look at the NFR team ropers you see they do use a lot of the same products the pro barrel racers are using - they have horses to keep sound on the long road too. But if you go to a local jackpot roping you don’t see a 10th of the products that you see at a local jackpot barrel race. But I’ve also pointed out to my husband when he tries to judge me that if his horse feels off his game he can throw 2 coils at the steer and be done with it - if my horse doesn’t fire I’m likely SOL. | |
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