I figured I'd start a thread to show you guys Star's progress on barrels and to gather tips whenever. I haven't been on HorseForum in months so I'm glad to be back and hopefully I'll be more active.
So a brief introduction for those who don't know me, my name is Kate and I'm 15. I've been learning to barrel race for almost 2 years. I own a 19yo Arabian named Roman and a 6yo Quarter Horse mare named Star, whom this thread will be focused on.
I purchased Star in September 2015 and began training her on barrels in October. Our training started out a bit wrong but with the help of many wonderful people (thank you!) I started to really think about what I needed to do to train her. So let's just say January-ish is when I started to really train her and from there we began to move forward.
Up until now, I have pretty much been trotting through the barrels. She's been doing great! A few errors here and there and mainly me not riding right 😂 but we've been making progress.
I have decided to start cantering through the barrels. I had taken her back to a trot to work on a few things. Then I told myself the only way to get better at cantering is to canter! And of course making sure we can do it at a walk/trot.
This will document her progress. I will post videos tomorrow when I am on a computer so you can see what she was like at the very beginning, in between, and recently.
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So a brief introduction for those who don't know me, my name is Kate and I'm 15. I've been learning to barrel race for almost 2 years. I own a 19yo Arabian named Roman and a 6yo Quarter Horse mare named Star, whom this thread will be focused on.
I purchased Star in September 2015 and began training her on barrels in October. Our training started out a bit wrong but with the help of many wonderful people (thank you!) I started to really think about what I needed to do to train her. So let's just say January-ish is when I started to really train her and from there we began to move forward.
Up until now, I have pretty much been trotting through the barrels. She's been doing great! A few errors here and there and mainly me not riding right 😂 but we've been making progress.
I have decided to start cantering through the barrels. I had taken her back to a trot to work on a few things. Then I told myself the only way to get better at cantering is to canter! And of course making sure we can do it at a walk/trot.
This will document her progress. I will post videos tomorrow when I am on a computer so you can see what she was like at the very beginning, in between, and recently.
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