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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:34 AM I wrote Carley earlier. I havent heard back. I'm sure she is much too busy right now. I can assure you that IF Carley runs him tonight it wont be out of greed by any standards...it will have meant that she TRUELY believes him to be sound and OK. I doubt very much that she runs him...but I know how much she loves that horse and can assure you that she is confident in Boy enough to jump on him if she things that Radio is not 100%. Boy is no slacker for a backup horse...both are very capable.
Carley knows her horses better then anyone, I'm sure she will do whats best. I bet shes watching Radio like a hawk today.. |
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| doglady - 2015-12-08 10:37 AM MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:34 AM I wrote Carley earlier. I havent heard back. I'm sure she is much too busy right now. I can assure you that IF Carley runs him tonight it wont be out of greed by any standards...it will have meant that she TRUELY believes him to be sound and OK. I doubt very much that she runs him...but I know how much she loves that horse and can assure you that she is confident in Boy enough to jump on him if she things that Radio is not 100%. Boy is no slacker for a backup horse...both are very capable. I love reading your posts but I am a hundred years old and your script is really hard to read. Sorry i m probably the only one but I have to skip you a lot because I can't read it. Is there anyway you could change it or make it bigger??
Better? I am on a computer, my eyes are horrible too haha. |
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Location: western Nebraska | MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:40 AM doglady - 2015-12-08 10:37 AM MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:34 AM I wrote Carley earlier. I havent heard back. I'm sure she is much too busy right now. I can assure you that IF Carley runs him tonight it wont be out of greed by any standards...it will have meant that she TRUELY believes him to be sound and OK. I doubt very much that she runs him...but I know how much she loves that horse and can assure you that she is confident in Boy enough to jump on him if she things that Radio is not 100%. Boy is no slacker for a backup horse...both are very capable. I love reading your posts but I am a hundred years old and your script is really hard to read. Sorry i m probably the only one but I have to skip you a lot because I can't read it. Is there anyway you could change it or make it bigger??
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| doglady - 2015-12-08 10:41 AM MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:40 AM doglady - 2015-12-08 10:37 AM MOTIVATED - 2015-12-08 10:34 AM I wrote Carley earlier. I havent heard back. I'm sure she is much too busy right now. I can assure you that IF Carley runs him tonight it wont be out of greed by any standards...it will have meant that she TRUELY believes him to be sound and OK. I doubt very much that she runs him...but I know how much she loves that horse and can assure you that she is confident in Boy enough to jump on him if she things that Radio is not 100%. Boy is no slacker for a backup horse...both are very capable. I love reading your posts but I am a hundred years old and your script is really hard to read. Sorry i m probably the only one but I have to skip you a lot because I can't read it. Is there anyway you could change it or make it bigger??
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Location: North Dakota | I hope Radio is feeling alright. It made me sick to watch him fall like that.
But as for this thread... |
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Location: Florida | I think all the girls should agree to high-lope through the pattern tonight as a joint protest to the ground conditions!
Edited by kk65 2015-12-08 10:49 AM
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Location: the end of the rainbow | iheartrodeo - 2015-12-08 8:20 AM
Surely it's not the concrete! I hope not. I thought it was just where his hip pancaked. Like when a horse rolls...they really smooth out the dirt...
One if my Facebook friends posted a decent quality video from right to the left of the alley and down low in the seating. From that video the spot looks exaclty like the tire tracks of the truck that dropped off the barrels. Same shade of color and everything. I hope you're right.Hope Radio us feeling good this morning. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I had to go watch the round after seeing this thread just because....
Yes it was a bad fall. No I don't see where appeared sore after the fall. I saw where Carley safetied up and wasn't pushing hard, so he wasn't running as hard.
Every one of those ladies deserves respect from all of us. They didn't get there without caring about those horses. The ground is way better then it was last year, but getting worse each round :( |
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| brlracerchick - 2015-12-08 7:48 AM
newracer - 2015-12-08 9:46 AM I think it was right after she ran and before Bo and Taylor ran..did anyone see the ground in the spot they fell? Was that concrete showing?
I wondered what that was as well. I thought it was just a glare.
I think that was the BUTT print from Carlys horse. Kind of like what a horse leaves when they lay down on soft ground. |
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Cause the WPRA is INVITED to be there. The PRCA does not have to allow a barrel race at THEIR NFR. If the WPRA stood up against them then they would simply be told to put their own on. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | missroselee - 2015-12-08 11:15 AM I had to go watch the round after seeing this thread just because....
Yes it was a bad fall. No I don't see where appeared sore after the fall. I saw where Carley safetied up and wasn't pushing hard, so he wasn't running as hard.
Every one of those ladies deserves respect from all of us. They didn't get there without caring about those horses. The ground is way better then it was last year, but getting worse each round :(
I agree....last year it started out horrendous and they finally worked it about round 4 or 5....this year it is getting worse......I will say that if anything like that happened in ANY other event the PRCA Directors (& Judges) would be SCREAMING their heads off and the ground would get FIXED...... |
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| FlyingHigh1454 - 2015-12-08 9:58 AM
newracer - 2015-12-08 10:46 AM
I think it was right after she ran and before Bo and Taylor ran..did anyone see the ground in the spot they fell? Was that concrete showing?
A few people who were there said that it was concrete showing, talk about broken legs waiting to happen there, running full speed and hitting concrete....*shudders*.
Can't say I'm surprised really... T&M has always been sketchy ground. I just hope it doesn't take someone getting seriously hurt or killed to make it change.
I agree. The ground there has SUCKED almost every single year. It would make me SICK to get that far as to qualify and have to run on crap ground. We have this conversation EVERY year and nothing EVER changes. |
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| Another reason it was probably NOT concrete is the barrel markers. They have to be driven into the ground and pretty deep to stay there all 10 days. If a horse can move enough dirt to get to concrete no way that stake would stay there. |
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Location: Crowder, OK | Are you freaking kidding me???? to those who get on a public place and wanna tell the NFR gals how to ride thier horses and what to do....i think you need your head examined....excuse me...you are NOT there! you DID NOT work your bootie off to get there! you DO NOT know what is going on there! bashing those gals is so distasteful and uncalled for IMO and yes we are all intitled to OUR OWN OPINIONS...so there is mine!
I hope both Carley and Radio are ok, I hope all the horses and gals are ok.....they are all truely champions just to be there and especially to handle those conditions and the conditions and miles it took to get them there!
Have some respect people!
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Location: Central Texas | Bear - 2015-12-08 9:25 AM
Let's not let this turn in to a cat fight, for a change. How about it?
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Tinkerbell - 2015-12-08 11:41 AM Are you freaking kidding me???? to those who get on a public place and wanna tell the NFR gals how to ride thier horses and what to do....i think you need your head examined....excuse me...you are NOT there! you DID NOT work your bootie off to get there! you DO NOT know what is going on there! bashing those gals is so distasteful and uncalled for IMO and yes we are all intitled to OUR OWN OPINIONS...so there is mine!
I hope both Carley and Radio are ok, I hope all the horses and gals are ok.....they are all truely champions just to be there and especially to handle those conditions and the conditions and miles it took to get them there!
Have some respect people!
Really? I think you need to take a "chill pill" and re-read the thread ...there was ONE person who made a negative comment and got jumped by others for doing so..... and most were discussing the "ground"...... |
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| Griz - 2015-12-08 11:28 AM FlyingHigh1454 - 2015-12-08 9:58 AM newracer - 2015-12-08 10:46 AM I think it was right after she ran and before Bo and Taylor ran..did anyone see the ground in the spot they fell? Was that concrete showing? A few people who were there said that it was concrete showing, talk about broken legs waiting to happen there, running full speed and hitting concrete....*shudders*. Can't say I'm surprised really... T&M has always been sketchy ground. I just hope it doesn't take someone getting seriously hurt or killed to make it change. I agree. The ground there has SUCKED almost every single year. It would make me SICK to get that far as to qualify and have to run on crap ground. We have this conversation EVERY year and nothing EVER changes.
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Location: Prosser, WA | Three 4 Luck - 2015-12-08 6:48 AM
WrapSnap - 2015-12-08 8:36 AM FlyingHigh1454 - 2015-12-08 8:28 AM I was wanting her on her backup horse, but I didn't want Radio to get hurt. :( I bet she does give him a night off though, I know when I had the accident on the horse in my prof picture and she did the splits like that, she was lame for a few weeks (she got up lame though, and he finished his run pretty well, it'll all depend on how he looks when the adrenaline wears off.) I'd rather be safe than sorry with this good of a horse. I'm sure that Carley will have Radio checked out thoroughly before making any sort of decision on who to run from here on out...
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Location: The Great Midwest | It is concrete under the dirt. I saw pictures on facebook before they brought in the dirt and its solid concrete. Ill try to find them but you know how facebook is, posts seem to vanish if you don't post them to your wall. |
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Location: Missouri | Just a crack champ here...
but I made a run a couple months ago after the girl in front of me fell. Let me tell you, that smashed, shiny spot was TERRIFYING! It looked slick and awful. I'm pretty sure I just closed my eyes and pitched the reins! lol! Thankfully, my horse knew where to put his feet and managed fine.
I agree that the ground looks much better than last year. I also don't think the bad/slick areas seem consistent... as if they are working on it???
Wishing all the girls safe and fast runs tonight! |
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