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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | She has the new record for fastest average! How is this safing up? If you go back and watch that mare is really honed in! Watch Sherry, she is Really riding her to keep her off the barrels! A lesser rider would have hit barrels almost every round! When a horse is that tight you CANT safety up! The
10th round she almost got the second barrel and lost her time there! |
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 Too Skinny
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | I think she earned her title. Throughout the year it takes a lot of strategy. Injuries, boredom etc are real risks in her career. I didn't see her safety up but she did ride smart and it paid off with money, title and a healthy mount. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I don't think she was riding safe at all, I think she was riding smart and to the level that you have to in order to be #1 in the world. I saw as the rounds progressed a Stingray who wanted to hunt hard, come into the barrels hard, and get a little tired overall - I don't blame her. Sherry did the right thing riding a little more conservative and leaving the barrels up.
Fast times and downed barrels don't win checks. |
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Location: Lost with the rest of the MINIONS! | She won a check IN EVERY ROUND!!! How can that be considered safetying up? |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: Puky midwest | What difference does it make, what someone said. she won it. don't be so picky. Oh, I forgot to capitalize my she and don't. LOL |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| I agree she rode hard and smart, a little more cautious on the 10th round but like someone else said, there were so many downed barrels she knew she didn't have to have a smokin run to win money.
You can't compare a barrel racer to a rough stock rider as far as playing it safe. Two totally different type events. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | why does the way she rides bother you? She's a quiet handed rider, and I for one strive to ride like her. Guess I'm confused on this one? |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | another thing that a rough stock rider doesn't have to worry about is setting up bad habits/injuries that could jepordize future wins. The one thing I don't think a winner needs to deal with is a barrel crasher. Personally she might have considered safetying up even more and gave another one of her horses some experience in the T&M but I do like it better that she rode the same horse 10 rounds and pulled checks in all 10. |
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  Fact Checker
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Just Plain Lucky - 2013-12-15 7:53 AM Hmmmmmm.....being intelligent and having a game plan to win it big oorrrrrrr being cocky and blowing it just to put on a show (and maybe win it big).
OMG WHAT A HARD DECISION! 
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I Will Not Keep Silent
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Location: GA | I actually thought that Sherry rode smart and tough all go rounds. I never once saw where it looked as if she pulled a safety. The last go round she came in kicking and worked her butt off to keep the pattern clean from there. At least that is what I saw. All of the riders and horses looked tired at that point.
Sherry did say she really wanted the average and she got it, a record at that.
I wanted to add that based on my experience and running for an average, the average verses an arena record can be more elusive.
Edited by *robin* 2013-12-15 8:46 AM
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Location: Texas | yellowhorse1 - 2013-12-15 5:52 AM
First of all let me preface my comment by saying congratulations to Sherry and Stingray. She seems like a humble person and good ambassador for the sport of barrel racing. She does a great job.
Now for what bothers me, lol. And this may be a "man" thing or old school, not sure. But it appeared that Sherry was pretty conservative in her riding after about the fourth round, and yes she did win another first place check and placed in every round, I get all that. But I guess I've always liked the approach of the Ty Murrays, Billy Etbauer, Cody Ohl and even Trevor I believe. They go hard for first every time and let the chips fall where they may. I've even heard Ty and Billy talk about they would rather get bucked of than safety up! And it's cost all of these guys some buckles before but they also won alot and you knew they left every ounce out on the dirt.
I understand what Sherry did is smart strategy and all that, and she is wearing another gold buckle tonight. But basically "playing it safe" bugs me lol
Wanted to add I'm not just picking on Sherry, I remember Charymane doing this her last championship and it bugged me then also. Maybe the barrel racers are just smarter than the guys? Lol still bugs me tho.
Flame at your convience......
All I can do is shake my head, obviously you paid little attention the last ten days. |
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 Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | WOW! she gave it her all and proved she deserved it ALL YEAR !!..the last round .. is smart.. good grief. some people are so never happy.. I have to say this board this week has been a pretty dsigraceful one. of course It doesnt matter what i think but with all the negative nellys and rude behavior and comments.. it was the NFR where was the support and excitement???. Id be ashamed..
my opinion. |
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 Sweet Tea
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Location: Home of the World Famous "Silver Bullet" | it does not bother me. a cowgirl who thinks outside the box. |
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Defense Attorney for The Horse
Location: Claremore, OK | EnterUp - 2013-12-15 8:55 AM
yellowhorse1 - 2013-12-15 5:52 AM
First of all let me preface my comment by saying congratulations to Sherry and Stingray. She seems like a humble person and good ambassador for the sport of barrel racing. She does a great job.
Now for what bothers me, lol. And this may be a "man" thing or old school, not sure. But it appeared that Sherry was pretty conservative in her riding after about the fourth round, and yes she did win another first place check and placed in every round, I get all that. But I guess I've always liked the approach of the Ty Murrays, Billy Etbauer, Cody Ohl and even Trevor I believe. They go hard for first every time and let the chips fall where they may. I've even heard Ty and Billy talk about they would rather get bucked of than safety up! And it's cost all of these guys some buckles before but they also won alot and you knew they left every ounce out on the dirt.
I understand what Sherry did is smart strategy and all that, and she is wearing another gold buckle tonight. But basically "playing it safe" bugs me lol
Wanted to add I'm not just picking on Sherry, I remember Charymane doing this her last championship and it bugged me then also. Maybe the barrel racers are just smarter than the guys? Lol still bugs me tho.
Flame at your convience......
All I can do is shake my head, obviously you paid little attention the last ten days.
Well said, EnterUp.
Yellowhorse1. I don't get on here very often but felt compelled to reply to you. Sherry did anything but be conservative ! The first few rounds the mare was pretty free and, yes, she made it look pretty easy. As the rounds progressed Stingray got more and more ratey and Sherry had to work harder to keep her off of the barrels. That's why you saw her using the outside rein more....not something you would do u less you were absolutely trying to save a run.
The last three rounds the mare was crowding all of the barrels really bad, especially the last round. There's not too many people that could have salvaged the run and left all three standing.
And finally, you can't safety up and set a new NFR record for the fastest average time. "Man thing" or not, THAT PART IS A NO BRAINER !
Edited by Liana D 2013-12-15 9:27 AM
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How can you compare riding roughstock and running barrels Sherry and Stingray are a really talented team, she did not have to go out there and prove anything. She just show what talent they have and they worked their butt's off for the world title. She won fair and square and I dont see that anybody had a problem with that. 
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2013-12-15 9:31 AM
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | She won the world, the average, and the Top Gun award and she was playing it safe? Wow... I guess I need to be "less".
I think it's pathetic to say its a "man thing" because she beat out all of the MEN to win that truck!
Edited by Murphy 2013-12-15 9:34 AM
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Murphy - 2013-12-15 9:30 AM
She won the world, the average, and the Top Gun award and she was playing it safe? Wow... I guess I need to be "less".
I think it's pathetic to say its a "man thing" because she beat out all of the MEN to win that truck!
Ha! Good point! |
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 Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | lol if playing it safes means winning the world title, winning the average & setting a new average record time doing so, placing in all 10 rounds & winning the top gun award.....I'm going to start safetying up!!!! If she was safetying up there's no way she would have placed in every round. She rode smart, made clean runs & has an incredible horse. She did what any smart competitor would do, she made the right decisions to win! |
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 Toastest with the Mostest
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Location: That part of Texas | It doesn't bother me because if she was playing it safe, it was probably the best thing for Stingray or any other horse that's put in this position. Roughstock riders only have themselves to think about when it comes to making it back the next year. Barrel racers are highly dependent on the team aspect of horse and rider. I don't see the glory in trying to make an epic run everytime you go out if it puts your horse's health at risk always going for it when it's not necessary. |
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 Saint Stacey
| She won checks in all 10 rounds. How is that being "conservative"? |
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