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Splash slow work on barrels

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#1 ·
There is no excuse why it was a bad work. I mean there is but im not a baby we should have done better.

sorry its was clowdy that day and the video took weird.



please comment here not youtube.
 
#3 ·
At a walk/trot, I'd take my turns a lot wider, exaggerate the pocket and push his hip towards the barrel, and exaggerate that as well while leaving the barrel, crossing in front of the barrel (hard to explain) it helps them complete their turns a lot better. (I'm about to post a video from a couple weeks ago with my mare, you can see there how much room I give her on the front side of the barrel and how tightly she comes around the back)

Loping between barrels is okay, but I'd ask for him to slow down into a trot for the barrel, as he doesn't look quite ready to take the turns at a lope. (might be the grass, nothing to dig into) I'd also make sure I'm on the correct leads, especially with such a nice guy like him, just loping along like a perfect gentleman, so laid back and calm!

I didn't get the chance to watch the whole video.
I'd like so see how he is in your actual riding area.
 
#5 ·
I figgured I'd get that :) its not tilled yet but it'll be a better video! For exagerating turns ill try that's mostly just him he wants to be close. I don't think he will get sour we have been playing with barrels for a year. Just playing tho this is his first year of me getting him set up with a good pocket ect. Thanks for all the advice ill use it to 0the max and ill def watch that video!
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#4 ·
To help prevent him getting sour, try working on segments of the pattern, perfecting your right turns as at speed the horse will often go quite wide. Get him moving his hips over when you ask. A wide turn on number one will result in a knocked number two as the more inexperienced rider will direct the front end, coming in at a tighter angle. When the turn is asked for the shoulder usually hits the barrel because it is now a pretty tight turn and with the lean, over it goes.
 
#6 ·
Yes! Awresome advice I never thought. about disecting the pattern ibet hed love that! And he does move his back end I have to work on it bc I haven't done it in forever none of my friends run there horses like that so they wouldn't have told me to do so! but it sounds like major help!
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#10 ·
She's saying take0 it wide on the start of the barrel to come out closer to the barrel to set you up for a good pattern for no.2 and no.3 so you will hit your pocets better, if you take0 it tight like my horsewants to, with added speed andhim leaning he will nock it. Correct?
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#12 ·
My friend last night, who runs 50000 doller horses told me to put a 2nd barrel on the outside of the 1st it creats something for the horse to look at so he has to go wider.
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#14 ·
I would refrain from practicing on grass until your arena or area is disked up. It's not safe and horses learn to compensate which creates bad habits.

Always do slow work with larger pockets. In wide out close.
 
#19 ·
Nope I sure wouldn't. I have too much money invested to risk an injury on a trail....besides my horses run a barrel pattern....not down a trail.

Have you ever gotten shin splints from lots of running on hard ground?
Same principle....hard ground puts alot more concussion on joints.


I used to practice my rodeo horse in shallow dirt to change it up bc he'd encounter it at rodeos....but that's it
 
#20 ·
So, is it bad that I chase cows with my roping and barrel horses? They get run, stopped and turned hard on all kinds of footing, and they've never come up sore.

But then again, my barrel horses and rope horses are ranch horses before anything else. They can all go to a branding and drag calves, or I could, if need be, rope a cow off of the and I have no worries about crippling them.
But whatever.
 
#21 ·
Studies have shown that hard ground is good to an extent bc it helps build bone density.

We're not talking about roping horses...were talking about hard tight turns on slick ground repeatedly.

The effects totally depend on the horse. I long trot my horses down the levee which is hard ground but I don't do it every day
 
#22 ·
I haveranthis horse for milesonhard ground, roped cows, done ranch work for many people and he has a bad leg due to unrelated work and never comes up lame after I doit but if your horses can't handle ranch work and barrels I'm sureyou know what's best for yours. And we don't trail ride oftenbut its the best for conditioning a sport hore. In my opinion of course.
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#23 · (Edited)
He has a bad leg but isn't lame?

I trailride...gather cows and swing ropes off my horses. I don't run them on trails tho. IMO it's stupid.

Now a long stretch of even ground I can understand doing occasionally. It really depends on the mindset of the horse and what will blow them up. I enjoy a nice relaxing trailride....not a horse that's waiting to run
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#25 ·
Yeah he has a bad leg and IS NOT LAME. last time he was lame was about 3 years. Ago and it was for a whole 3 days. Must. I say it again? I have nothing to proove to you, so please just don't give me your "advice". My horses are taken care of as well as my friends 50000 doller barrel horse if not better. I would never do a thing I thought dangorous to him and as you see in the video he's a happy horse happily working. I agree QHridderKE my horse does more breezing and playing then actual work might say he's spoiled but who cares?
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#26 ·
LOL.
Somebody is riding the defensive bus.

Quit throwing your friends "50000 doller barrelhorse" out there.

Not impressed.

Actually I think your horse looks uncomfortable.

If you'd quit being so defensive you might learn something.
 
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