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 Blaines and Beauty
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If Bonnie is at a barrel race, she gets her saddle taken off, brushed (or hosed if its really hot) and then a magnetic blanket put on.
If we are working cattle at the ranch, she stays saddled all day long in case we need a horse real quick because she is the best ranch horse we got. She does get tied in the shade though, girth loosened and water. (Yea, she is still spoiled...lol!)
But I agree totally with you, I can't stand when people ride them hard, then just tie them up dripping sweat, girth still tight, breathing hard, and go socialize. I respect my horses much more than that.
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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | luckyjo - 2014-01-08 11:59 AM Well, we don't do it in Texas because people will steal the saddles right off of our horses' backs!
That's crazy. I go to reining shows in Saskatchewan and Alberta people leave their expensive shoe tack in the barns the who,e show, including me. Never hear of anything being stolen. At our barrel races I keep my tack in my horse trailer but never lock the tack the door. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | jkrm - 2014-01-08 5:42 PM luckyjo - 2014-01-08 11:59 AM Well, we don't do it in Texas because people will steal the saddles right off of our horses' backs! That's crazy. I go to reining shows in Saskatchewan and Alberta people leave their expensive shoe tack in the barns the who,e show, including me. Never hear of anything being stolen. At our barrel races I keep my tack in my horse trailer but never lock the tack the door.
Around here you can do the same as your talking with your tack. I leave it in tack stalls unlocked at weekend barrel races and when its in my trailer I leave it unlocked. |
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 Forever Young at Heart
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Location: Way down yonder in the indian nation~Oklahoma | To quote the great Clark Gabel, in Gone With The Wind: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a ****!" |
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 IMA No Hair Style Gal
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| As soon as I get done with a run I do the following:
Get off, unclip rein from one side
Loosen saddle
Take off leg wraps and feel legs
Walk/cool out
I never leave the saddle on if it will be a while. Normally if it is hot I hose legs and body and will put some sore no more liniment on my horse too.
If I am done running for the day I may poultice the legs/stifle too.
If I am not done...I repeat until I am! |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | magic gunsmoke - 2014-01-08 6:13 PM As soon as I get done with a run I do the following:
Get off, unclip rein from one side
Loosen saddle
Take off leg wraps and feel legs
Walk/cool out
I never leave the saddle on if it will be a while. Normally if it is hot I hose legs and body and will put some sore no more liniment on my horse too.
If I am done running for the day I may poultice the legs/stifle too.
If I am not done...I repeat until I am!
As soon as I'm done I
Check to see if I pee'd my pants
undo my bubber rands
get off
loosen cinch
take headstall off and leave reins around neck since they can't eat their candy very well with a bit in their mouth
take off leg wraps
walk/cool off.
If its a double header and not many girls I leave the saddle on
If its a double header and a lot of girls and my 2nd draw is at the bottom plus its super hot I pull saddle
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 Georgia Peach
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Location: Georgia | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-08 7:21 PM magic gunsmoke - 2014-01-08 6:13 PM As soon as I get done with a run I do the following:
Get off, unclip rein from one side
Loosen saddle
Take off leg wraps and feel legs
Walk/cool out
I never leave the saddle on if it will be a while. Normally if it is hot I hose legs and body and will put some sore no more liniment on my horse too.
If I am done running for the day I may poultice the legs/stifle too.
If I am not done...I repeat until I am! As soon as I'm done I
Check to see if I pee'd my pants
undo my bubber rands
get off
loosen cinch
take headstall off and leave reins around neck since they can't eat their candy very well with a bit in their mouth
take off leg wraps
walk/cool off.
If its a double header and not many girls I leave the saddle on
If its a double header and a lot of girls and my 2nd draw is at the bottom plus its super hot I pull saddle
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Runninbay - 2014-01-08 9:25 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-01-08 7:21 PM magic gunsmoke - 2014-01-08 6:13 PM As soon as I get done with a run I do the following:
Get off, unclip rein from one side
Loosen saddle
Take off leg wraps and feel legs
Walk/cool out
I never leave the saddle on if it will be a while. Normally if it is hot I hose legs and body and will put some sore no more liniment on my horse too.
If I am done running for the day I may poultice the legs/stifle too.
If I am not done...I repeat until I am! As soon as I'm done I
Check to see if I pee'd my pants
undo my bubber rands
get off
loosen cinch
take headstall off and leave reins around neck since they can't eat their candy very well with a bit in their mouth
take off leg wraps
walk/cool off.
If its a double header and not many girls I leave the saddle on
If its a double header and a lot of girls and my 2nd draw is at the bottom plus its super hot I pull saddle
Me too |
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 Ones with the Hotties
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Location: Centerburg, OH | you better not go to a ropen or a pleasure show |
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I AM being nice
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Location: MD | I like to get a horse untacked after making a run. That being said, I haul multiple horses and sometimes find myself in situations where I have to tack everyone up, get them warmed up, make a run and get to my next horse. In that case, I'll loosen my cinch, walk them as much as I can, go back to the trailer, pull bridle, boots/wraps, offer them a drink and get to my next horse. If I have the opportunity, I'll pull my saddle, but I don't feel badly if it has to wait. I've also been know to take a young horse along to ride in open arena before the barrel race and maybe exhibition them and then leave them at the trailer with their tack on to soak for a few hours. |
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Georgia Peach
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Location: Georgia | tulip - 2014-01-09 12:19 AM you better not go to a ropen or a pleasure show
Yeah it sounds like ropers aren't too concerned with how their ponies feel. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I don't have a problem with leaving a horse saddled all day, but neoprene boots do need to come off if it's feasible and hot out.
Shoot I do two-a-day workouts and leave my horse saddled in between....go to ropings all day and leave them saddled....boots off and water and they are fine. It's good for them. Builds character. |
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Location: Lost in Texas | Runninbay - 2014-01-09 12:17 AM tulip - 2014-01-09 12:19 AM you better not go to a ropen or a pleasure show Yeah it sounds like ropers aren't too concerned with how their ponies feel.
On the barrel horses depending on the horse i'll saddle a hour or two before I run, or right before I climb on and a short warm up. I USUALLY go right back to the trailer after a run and pull everything off and then walk them.
If we're working cows they usually stay saddled all day, if possible tied in the shade. If not theres usually a small pen with grass to turn them in still saddled.
I'm well aware this all makes no sense lol.
Edited by CaughtYawl 2014-01-09 8:23 AM
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Miracle in the Making
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| Runninbay - 2014-01-09 1:17 AM tulip - 2014-01-09 12:19 AM you better not go to a ropen or a pleasure show Yeah it sounds like ropers aren't too concerned with how their ponies feel.
oh that remark just fried me.......
it that you in the picture? if so i wonder how your horse feels when you come crashing down down on his back. jumping up and down on a horses back great way to sore them up
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Elite Veteran
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| WrapSnap - 2014-01-08 11:25 PM I like to get a horse untacked after making a run. That being said, I haul multiple horses and sometimes find myself in situations where I have to tack everyone up, get them warmed up, make a run and get to my next horse. In that case, I'll loosen my cinch, walk them as much as I can, go back to the trailer, pull bridle, boots/wraps, offer them a drink and get to my next horse. If I have the opportunity, I'll pull my saddle, but I don't feel badly if it has to wait. I've also been know to take a young horse along to ride in open arena before the barrel race and maybe exhibition them and then leave them at the trailer with their tack on to soak for a few hours.
This is the same position I find myself in a lot of the time. It just isn't feasible for me to get them properly cooled out, boots off, watered, AND unsaddled before I have to jump on the next one. All of my horses have been used on the ranch and are used to be saddled for long periods of time. I definitely take boots off, offer water, and loosen their cinch if nothing else. I agree with WrapSnap, there are certain young horses I will leave tacked up after their exhibitions to soak for a bit while I'm making runs. |
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 Sexy Bee Yacht
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Location: WA | Gunner11 - 2014-01-08 12:03 PM runs4fun - 2014-01-08 1:48 PM Nope, doesn't bother me a bit. When we use horses to work cows etc. they are saddle up and tied up a good part of the day to the cowpens. At barrel races, I generally loosen my girth a bit if they are going to stand at the trailer for a while and I usually put my leg gear on just before I run and take it off immediately after but it doesn't bother me when others don't. Ditto to this. If it's over 100 degrees out, I'll unsaddle between rides, but it really doesn't bother me if other people don't. I do agree about the leg wraps. I always take those off. I also always loosen the girth when they're standing tied. I guess I'm so used to seeing horses being saddled the entire time that it's no big deal to me.
Lol, I live in Western WA. If it is over 100 out, I am not at a race. Lol. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | @barrelbasher Having a saddle stolen off the back of a horse in Texas does happen. I have been witness to the agony of a young girl walking out to get on her horse and her saddle was gone. Texas is not the only state where this happens,there are crummy people everywhere. |
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Georgia Peach
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Location: Georgia | Imharrypotter - 2014-01-09 11:32 AM @barrelbasher Having a saddle stolen off the back of a horse in Texas does happen. I have been witness to the agony of a young girl walking out to get on her horse and her saddle was gone. Texas is not the only state where this happens,there are crummy people everywhere.
This is terrible! I would be livid if this happened to me. But you are right, there are crummy people everywhere. When we go to big shows, I see people leave their saddles and tack out in the aisles of the stalls and it makes me so nervous. I've never had anything stolen (knock on wood) but I would like to keep it that way.
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BHW's Simon Cowell
Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma | If the barrel race is less than 30 minutes away I usually saddle mine at home and unload them saddled. If it is more than 30 minutes or say maybe in another state, then I go ahead and saddle when I get there. LOL |
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Location: SW New Mexico |
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