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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I'd be the Sumo wrestler of the barrel world.....eating Twinkies and Bon Bon's before every race......asking the weigher, "did I make it? Tell me I made it! I can put on some beer weight really fast! Just give me another minute!" |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 2:19 PM LRQHS - 2015-02-25 3:16 PM Whatever, I'd totally bulk up even more for the 250+ club......you fat girls are going D-O-W-N!!! Believe that :) HEY---what about guys ?????
Bring it, Porky! I'd have to use a Hoyer Lift to be placed on my sway backed horse lol. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 1:41 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:39 PM Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 12:34 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:30 PM I want to know when everything in life got about being fair. Next qualifications could be that you only have to compete against horses in the same price range as yours so those of use with $5000 horses don't have to run against $50,000 horses. And then maybe those that can afford trainers should have a class seporate from those who train their own.....NOTHING in life is fair so I don't get why so many make such a big deal about wanting a fair chance against their competition. Nobody is forcing anyone else to compete, so if you don't like the playing field & rules....stay home. SaraJean---this is exactly my point. This was meant as a joke. LOL
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Location: kansas | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 2:14 PM RaNdI sUe - 2015-02-25 3:07 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 1:30 PM I want to know when everything in life got about being fair. Next qualifications could be that you only have to compete against horses in the same price range as yours so those of use with $5000 horses don't have to run against $50,000 horses. And then maybe those that can afford trainers should have a class seporate from those who train their own.....NOTHING in life is fair so I don't get why so many make such a big deal about wanting a fair chance against their competition. Nobody is forcing anyone else to compete, so if you don't like the playing field & rules....stay home. HAHA! 
That is exactly what I wrote on the other board, thank goodness it is a family horse or someone would be griping that not only is she small, but her family bought their way to the top!
GET OVER YOURSELVES PEOPLE!
And guess what, even with those $50,000 plus horses there would STILL be people in the 4d!
Also..... Does that mean we can have barrel races by horses size? My 1D cutting bred horse is a pony, so it isn't fair I have to run her against track horses is it?!?!?! LOL!
where the horse can be 15-2 and the jockey under 100lbs---the combinations could be endless. Heck, I may even write a race for a 15-4 hand horse.
I think we could start our own barrel racing association... We could get every single nit picky b*tchy barrel racer there is. And if there isn't a 'combination' for them we just make one, ON THE SPOT! Because after all, everyone deserves to be a winner!  
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| Don't leave out hair color. It wouldn't be fair for red heads to compete with brunettes and blondes........... |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? |
In the sport I do now, NATRC Distance Competitive Trail (I quit running barrels when I retired my guy...I discovered I like riding 30 miles in a day for some reason)...We do have weight divisions. It's a cavalry based sport riding distances of 20-30 miles per day over a weekend with vet checks and obstacles thrown in. It's timed...but not a race. If you come in outside of the time window allowed either too fast or slow...you lose points.
Any rate we have weight divisions of Heavy weight and Light weight. HeavyWt. is tack and rider over 190#....Tack and rider 190# or less is LightWt.
The reasoning being that the horses that carry more weight over that distance may be more stressed and therefore should be judged in a separate division. At the end though there is one top Sweepstakes (Hi point) horse from Heavy/Light/Junior divisions combined.
It works well for distance sports. And often the horse in the HeavyWt class still beats out the light and junior rider horses. It's not what you weigh as much as it is how balanced you ride and take care of your horse.
I know this was posed in jest...and the posts are making me laugh! Just wanted to toss out there that even in sports that DO this...it all comes down to how well the person rides and the quality/conditioning/training of their horse. (Not the cost...as that doesn't always correlate!) |
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Location: OH | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2015-02-25 3:24 PM Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 1:41 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:39 PM Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 12:34 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:30 PM I want to know when everything in life got about being fair. Next qualifications could be that you only have to compete against horses in the same price range as yours so those of use with $5000 horses don't have to run against $50,000 horses. And then maybe those that can afford trainers should have a class seporate from those who train their own.....NOTHING in life is fair so I don't get why so many make such a big deal about wanting a fair chance against their competition. Nobody is forcing anyone else to compete, so if you don't like the playing field & rules....stay home. SaraJean---this is exactly my point. This was meant as a joke. LOL
NO NO---the other contestants would have to pay the entries for the ones that cannot afford to enter. DUH---LOL. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 2:19 PM
LRQHS - 2015-02-25 3:16 PM Whatever, I'd totally bulk up even more for the 250+ club......you fat girls are going D-O-W-N!!! Believe that :)
HEY---what about guys ?????
Boys would have to have their own fat class. Fair is fair. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 2:27 PM ACEINTHEHOLE - 2015-02-25 3:24 PM Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 1:41 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:39 PM Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 12:34 PM SaraJean - 2015-02-25 2:30 PM I want to know when everything in life got about being fair. Next qualifications could be that you only have to compete against horses in the same price range as yours so those of use with $5000 horses don't have to run against $50,000 horses. And then maybe those that can afford trainers should have a class seporate from those who train their own.....NOTHING in life is fair so I don't get why so many make such a big deal about wanting a fair chance against their competition. Nobody is forcing anyone else to compete, so if you don't like the playing field & rules....stay home. SaraJean---this is exactly my point. This was meant as a joke. LOL
Well, as long as I get to compete and it doesn't cost me anything... I'm in! Hahaha! |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | And trainers will have to donate training time to those that can't afford their services right? |
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Location: N Texas | SaraJean - 2015-02-25 1:30 PM
I want to know when everything in life got about being fair. Next qualifications could be that you only have to compete against horses in the same price range as yours so those of use with $5000 horses don't have to run against $50,000 horses. And then maybe those that can afford trainers should have a class seporate from those who train their own.....NOTHING in life is fair so I don't get why so many make such a big deal about wanting a fair chance against their competition. Nobody is forcing anyone else to compete, so if you don't like the playing field & rules....stay home.
You don't hear the people who win everything complain about it being "fair"...just the people who know they don't stand a chance, so want the tough competition eliminated so they win by default. I personally know I'll never be able to hold my own against the big dogs, and everyone would have to hit a barrel for me to win the 1D, but I accept this and still compete for the pure fun of it (and keep my fingers crossed that I may bring home a check-- I'm totally fine with 5D money!)
I do know people who get excited when other riders knock barrels, because then they actually have a chance. |
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Location: Washington | Barrel racers love handicapping, until it comes to weight, to bad they don't understand it can swing both ways. |
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | svincent - 2015-02-25 3:36 PM And trainers will have to donate training time to those that can't afford their services right?
Well actually---I was thinking that the people that win will have to give free lessons to the people that don't in order to help them better themselves. |
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Location: N Texas | Mighty Broke - 2015-02-25 1:43 PM
I may even have a rule where we take someones $ 50,000 horse off of them and give it to someone else that has a $ 1000 horse cuz---well, that just ain't fair. Man, I am on a roll.
Yep, give them the $50k horse, pay their entry fees, AND give them a buckle just for showing up!! |
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Location: London Ontario | I also don't think that I should have to carry more weight around(handicapped) because of other people. I work my tushy off to be in awesome shape! There is nothing wrong with other people weighing more then me, but I shouldn't be penalized because of it. We are all BEAUTIFUL no matter what our size:) |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | Why should female horses have to run against male horses. That not fair either. Its no wonder why there are no male barrel racers on female horses because they just can control that female mind. |
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | BS Hauler - 2015-02-25 3:50 PM Why should female horses have to run against male horses. That not fair either. Its no wonder why there are no male barrel racers on female horses because they just can control that female mind.
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Location: Kansas | LRQHS - 2015-02-25 2:16 PM Whatever, I'd totally bulk up even more for the 250+ club......you fat girls are going D-O-W-N!!! Believe that :)
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| Fairweather - 2015-02-25 2:42 PM I really don't know what the deal is about stepping on the scales in public. It's not like you can hide part of yourself and keep it a secret.
How do they handle weight on the race track? Do they level the playing field there in regards to weight?
yes they they handicap them if rider does not make the wt he is supposed to carry they have lead wt the put in pockey of blankey
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Location: Up and over to the right | Bareback barrel racing, I'm bringing it back! |
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