Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video

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Griz Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-07-29 5:35 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Industrial Srength Barrel Racer Posts: 7268	Way to go!!
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spitzh Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2014-07-29 9:28 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Elite Veteran Posts: 602	rodeowithjoker - 2014-07-28 9:26 AM My gray horse has had a rough year but I think we finally have things lined out with him so I entered some big pen rodeos last week & weekend and gave him a shot. I didn't ride him very well on Wednesday in Iowa and we were a few spots out of the money but I went into Friday night with a good feeling about him. At our "hometown rodeo" 18 miles from the house, he made his best run of the year and when we left we were sitting second. WHEW!!!! I was feeling a lot of pressure with so many friends & neighbors in the crowd! There were 28 girls including a bunch of toughs entered Saturday night so I figured we'd get moved a few spots but I was hoping to hang in there and place. We cooled out quickly and hustled down the road 50 miles to run in slack at Paola - a rodeo that has made huge improvements to their ground in recent years - later that night. There was enough slack that Chance had about an hour to chill at the trailer before I had to saddle him back up. He made an even better run although he has traditionally not run well in slack, and when we left, we were sitting 4th with 14 girls left to run on Saturday. They moved us one spot at Paola and 6 spots at Iola so we got one check out of the weekend and it was URA/IRA approved so helps us out in both sets of standings. Iola - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fl1oYAfBlw&feature=youtu.be Paola - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Ia0_J1otY&feature=youtu.be Best of all, he seems to be feeling great and we're getting our timing back down. This was his first rodeo check in 11 months, though I've only run him at 9 rodeos in 2014 so he hasn't had a lot of opportunities to place. Its not like he's been WAY off the pace, but we obviously needed to make some adjustments to get back in the money so I've been slowly tweaking some things to find the right combinations. Congrats! You guys looked great. Im surprised Chance left space around the barrels. Usually your leg is rubbing paint.
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MS2011 Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-07-29 10:12 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Own It and Move On Location: The edge of no where	Very nice runs! Wow....it's been a looonnnnngggg time since I ran anywhere without an ally. Great job setting him up.
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barrelracr131 Reg. Aug 2011	Posted 2014-07-29 10:14 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Hungarian Midget Woman Location: Midwest	Nice Job!
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Imharrypotter Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2014-07-29 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Elite Veteran Posts: 738 Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!!	very nice
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rodeowithjoker Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-07-29 11:53 AM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Am I really the Weirdo? Posts: 11181 Location: Kansas	Thanks guys. We have a lot of side gate rodeos around here and luckily Chance handles those well. Most of his rodeos this year have been side gates. Clifford is my paint peeler and I didn't even realize it during the run, but last night we almost rubbed the second barrel all the way around. My family has frequent almost-heart attacks watching me run him LOL. ETA video of Cliff's winning run last night at a shodeo/youth rodeo/jackpot deal in Iola. First time we'd run anywhere since he decided to run off 3 rodeos in a row. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmrmGoFxWNs&feature=youtu.be Edited by rodeowithjoker 2014-07-29 1:33 PM
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1left2right Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2014-07-29 3:08 PM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Mrs. Txdad Posts: 14084 Location: the fantasy txdad married	Good boy Clifford! he was just testing you, lol
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rodeowithjoker Reg. Jun 2006	Posted 2014-07-29 3:37 PM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Am I really the Weirdo? Posts: 11181 Location: Kansas	1left2right - 2014-07-29 3:08 PM Good boy Clifford! he was just testing you, lol No kidding. It was frustrating to have him come untrained like that. I need my big red bad ground monster to work like last night every time! He got lots of cookies and love after that run. Ground was pretty weird but he let me handle him and keep him stood up around 2nd & 3rd.
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classicpotatochip Reg. Mar 2011	Posted 2014-07-29 10:23 PM Subject: RE: Chance won his first rodeo check in 11 months! w/video
Owner of a ratting catting machine Posts: 2258	Your runs have been super duper! I enjoy the commentary in your videos! :)
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