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my daughter barrel racing

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Needs to work on basic equitation and riding skills--not just going fast.

Feet are shoved dangerously through the stirrups. Heels are never down. If the horse fell, she could get her foot stuck and be dragged. The stirrup should line up with the ball of the foot. Stirrups need to be shortened.

She is also impeding the horse's movement. Look at the first photo. She's asking the horse to go, but sitting back in a chair seat. How do jockeys ride when they're running a horse? Not like that. Simple aerodynamics at play.

Yikes on the kicking, too. Feet should never have that much open space around the horse's sides. Kicking that hard slows the horse down, winds it, and hurts it. It is not in the least bit beneficial. To ask for speed, don't kick hard. Lean forward, smooch, and just waggle the legs. Don't wallop. Easy on the whip, too, as that's a quick way to sour a horse.

The tie-down she's using in the last photos is extremely harsh and has no place in an educated rider's tool arsenal. If the horse needs the application of severe pain to keep its head in the right place, it doesn't need to be running barrels at all.

Hands: Look at the second to last photo. She's crossing over the withers and unbalancing the horse. That's why his position is all wrong. She needs to elevate the shoulder without crossing the midline of the horse in order to set it up properly for the turn.
 
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I agree with a lot of what Bubba said as well. Not trying to be mean but she shows a lot of the usual lower level barrel racing harshness with her horse. I cant even count the number of girls I see kicking the snot out of their horses on the home stretch like that when the poor horse is already giving them all theyve got, its unneccesary and I feel very sorry for the horses. The whipping as well, I dont know how much she uses it but I've seen a ton of girls smacking their horses as hard as possible for no apparent reason other than to get them to move-out. If the horse needs to have his/her ribs bruised and a stinging butt to move-out then perhaps more emphasis on traning is required.
 
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