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Location: Texas | I'm glad I had the people in my life that I did that helped me learn. Most of what I've learned about bloodlines has been from the people I've met on BHW and the friendships I have cultivated. Same thing with bits. Funny, I actually have been selling a lot of bits and have found a select few I use all the time.. Don't need a ton of them anymore.
There's different training methods from how big a pocket to give, where to check, even the shape the horse makes around the barrel. There's not one correct way to do it. I learned from a few people and have figured out my way that works for me.
I bet if you were to look back on the posts I made when I joined here in what.. 2005... I would be really embarrassed about the questions I have asked. But I have learned a lot along the way.
I'm also glad I had friends who let me rodeo with them when I had no idea what to do, who explained the way things worked and let me tag along when I really had no business being out there with the horse I originally was on. They never judged me or told me I was under-mounted.
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Location: on my horse | casualdust07 - 2015-07-07 2:25 PM I'm glad I had the people in my life that I did that helped me learn. Most of what I've learned about bloodlines has been from the people I've met on BHW and the friendships I have cultivated. Same thing with bits. Funny, I actually have been selling a lot of bits and have found a select few I use all the time.. Don't need a ton of them anymore. There's different training methods from how big a pocket to give, where to check, even the shape the horse makes around the barrel. There's not one correct way to do it. I learned from a few people and have figured out my way that works for me. I bet if you were to look back on the posts I made when I joined here in what.. 2005... I would be really embarrassed about the questions I have asked. But I have learned a lot along the way. I'm also glad I had friends who let me rodeo with them when I had no idea what to do, who explained the way things worked and let me tag along when I really had no business being out there with the horse I originally was on. They never judged me or told me I was under-mounted.
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Location: North Dakota | outrundaizy - 2015-07-03 8:47 PM Some of the comments i've seen lately are just... Wow
Some from people I respect too!
There needs to be a proper explanation on saddle fit.
How bits work.
What products/companies are scams.
How you enter rodeos.
How you find barrel races.
How to tell if your horse is sore.
What you do about the soreness
The difference between PHT & BOT
I'm sure there is many more as well..
I completely understand when people are asking questions and are truly curious to learn, but I just saw someone try to say the difference between pht and bot and the amount of false information in the comment could not have been any greater.
There's just so much to learn and so much that so many people don't know.
Umm, there is?
http://www.amazon.com/Charmayne-Barrel-Racing-Western-Horseman/dp/0911647767/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436366902&sr=1-1&keywords=charmayne+james
http://www.amazon.com/Barrel-Racing-Completely-Sharon-Camarillo/dp/0911647562/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436366924&sr=1-6&keywords=barrel+racing+books
http://www.amazon.com/Barrel-Racing-Fun-Fast-Times/dp/1628737883/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436366924&sr=1-7&keywords=barrel+racing+books
I know there are others, but I personally have all these books myself and they go through all of what you said... except maybe the PHT vs BOT.
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | astreakinchic - 2015-07-06 1:46 PM The replies to all those questions are different according to what level you are on and everyone is right its a journey and overtime your answers will change according to what is going to work for your life and your horses at the time. Plus not everyone is as serious as some people. Some are in it for a hobby and some for a business making those answers different as well.
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| Itsme - 2015-07-05 8:02 PM
Brrlracengirl - 2015-07-05 6:52 PM
I think the sport has evolved so much that the basics aren't just the basics anymore!!! I feel like I'm pretty knowledgable and then I get humbled every time!! It's a quickly evolving industry and it's hard to keep up! I may ask what seems like a dumb question to someone else, but to me it's a chance to learn something. There is plenty of material out there to get someone started, but in the beginning, who would even think about feeding schedules, recovery equipment and bits?? That just takes time and experience to learn. We all started somewhere and we had to learn somehow!
Evolved or devolved?
I believe a lot of the new trends are BS and driven by social media and people with their hands in the cookie jar. A lot of the older class riders are still kicking butt and not spending a fortune on the so called latest and greatest gadgets.
Amen! And to think I've been riding and barrel racing for 40 years and I don't have BOT or PHT, yet the horse I have leased out is leading the northern KS NBHA 1D (although I will admit that gal I leased him to uses BOT products).
I think there are a lot more useful things for a beginner to know like nutrition, proper vet care, etc, than learning about the latest "gimmick." |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | IowaCanChaser - 2015-07-03 9:16 PM I agree 100%! I can't imagine how hard it is these days to start barrel racing without having a rodeo background. There is false information and bad advise everywhere!! Anyone have the time to write a book?! Lol
is these days to start barrel racing without having a rodeo background
I don't agree with this.... I started out going to gymkhana shows then after that got old went straight into jackpot/barrelracing. I've only entered 1 open rodeo and that was after I had been running jackpots for 6 months or so. I would think a person would want to enter jackpots first then decide if they wanted to go the rodeo circuit. Rodeo is a lot tougher than jackpots imo. |
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