Barrel Racing @ Lauderdale, MS PRCA Rodeo 4-17-09

[daph9095]

i dont understand why you have to whip your horse when thier running thier best for you.

[Shazamm17]

Again, stop whipping Comet. He runs for you like a pro. You whip him so violently, too...it's ridiculous. You've got a fanastic barrel horse, give him the respect he deserves as he works very hard for you. Stop whipping him.

[countrysammy]

hey anyone that lives near byhalia ms please send me message i barrel race and dont have many friends that ride

[BarrelRacinChick123]

DANG! What a loooong haul to that third barrel.. But Comet looked like he was stretching outt ! : )

[jrdenapoli]

no back cinch!!!

[BarrelRacinChick123]

haha.. Im working on uploading that video of my mom and jade.. overall I believe we had the Stop N Turn too tight on her.. I had noticed it when she was warming her up.. but there wasn't much we could do.. (no hole puncher) So I told her to try and ride with her hand foreward..She tried.. We have this weekend at rainbow to try again ! : )

[KryptonitesPony]

Thats stupid that they make arenas like that!

But still great run

[flynbytoofast]

Its not stupid, not all arenas are just for barrel racing purposes. It makes your horse hunt the barrel more when they have to come in from wierd places.

[jrdenapoli]

I wyould personally rather have my horse hunt the 1st barrel from a blind alley way than a side gate. I watched five out of ten girls in the perf hit the first barrel that took off from the side. I didn't want my horse to drop his shoulder coming across the pen like that but going in and setting up screwed up our timing. So next year I might just run from the side.

[flynbytoofast]

I wouldent have run in from the side gate. I would have trotted a circle at the other end of the pen to line up. But i know some rodeos are wierd about letting you do circles.

[jrdenapoli]

That's what I wanted to do but they parked the tractor right where I wanted to circle back and you only had one maybe two strides before you hit the timers.

[KryptonitesPony]

Too me its stupid

[jrdenapoli]

I agree, I also think it is stupid to have the tractor sitting down there and to not use the whole arena and move the timers back and barrels. But that's rodeo!