[Casey02]

mammakatji- loooove that first barrel saddle

 

[1RedHorse]

Cruze 7 year old gelding....my current open and rodeo horse

Onyx...coming 4 year old gelding. My prospect.

 

[mammakatja]

RedHorse, Cruz is your Fallon Taylor purchase isn't he? Ugh I wish I could afford one of hers. My daughter is ready to progress to something a little younger and with a little more pep in it's step than her trusty 30 year old TW. She loves him to pieces but has to work harder than he does to get him to lope. Fallon has/had (I don't know if he's still there) a little gelding named Big Shot that I'd sweep up for my daughter in a heartbeat if I could. Your greys are beautiful.

 

[1RedHorse]

RedHorse, Cruz is your Fallon Taylor purchase isn't he? Ugh I wish I could afford one of hers. My daughter is ready to progress to something a little younger and with a little more pep in it's step than her trusty 30 year old TW. She loves him to pieces but has to work harder than he does to get him to lope. Fallon has/had (I don't know if he's still there) a little gelding named Big Shot that I'd sweep up for my daughter in a heartbeat if I could. Your greys are beautiful.

Yes'm
She's a personal friend and really helped me out seeing as I was in a bind w another horse.....offered me an even trade which was SUPER generous. She just got some new ones in and another friend has some kickass kids horses. Feel free to PM me!
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[huntergrl]

I love watching her advice videos and want to purchase the stop and turn bit she makes. Her website however, hasn't been up for the past week for some reason

 

[mammakatja]

Yes'm
She's a personal friend and really helped me out seeing as I was in a bind w another horse.....offered me an even trade which was SUPER generous. She just got some new ones in and another friend has some kickass kids horses. Feel free to PM me!
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I PMed you.

 

[BarrelBunny]

After being manhandled at a barrel race, panicking, and then laying down - fully tacked up - in a horse trailer, my guy was dubbed insane. He was then tied to the fence all night long - as punishment! - , and when a lawn mower spooked him, he folded a gate in half, slicing himself up in the process. They wanted nothing to do with him after that, which is where my mom and I stepped in. We bought him, knowing that we had no room, but did it anyway, just to get him out of that mess. Originally, he was supposed to be mom's.. Which would have worked out just fine, if I hadn't bonded with him so instantaneously on our first ride. Mom gave him to me, after a few days of me begging, and we've been inseparable since. We have only been to one race so far, but neither of us were ready. Let's just say it didn't go as planned, but the next one will be MUCH better! Sorry for the novel.. Here's a couple pictures! MJB Daddy Is A Rouge

 

[DukeTinCans1313]

My boy Duke. Hes my barrel and pole horse

 

[jaytee]

Here is out three, the first on is Big, he's a grandson of Freckles Playboy on his sire's side and great grandson of Okie Leo on dams side, was trained for cutting, but has found his way into barrels, this is gonna be his first full season running.
2nd is one of our 4 year old her name is Gia, she goes back to Sunfrost on sires side and On the Money Red on dams side
3rd on is our new prospect he is a 2 year old and is a grandson of Dash for Cash on sires side and is a grandson of Rare Form on dams side

 

[QHWillow]

My Barrel mare willow! We just started adding speed to our barrels but she already loves it! Shes a 7 year old Blue roan quarter horse (some pictures she was sunbleached)

 

[Casey02]

Shes gorgeous!

 

[kmdstar]

Starlite is a coming 13 yr old Standardbred/QH mare. She's the best barrel horse I could ask for and always tries her heart out. We do gaming and I can't tell you how many times I have no idea what a certain pattern is until we get to the show, she has no idea...so I study it until we're up and we go in there and she never misses a beat.

She loves weaving, poles and straightline are her favorite events.

You just gotta watch out, though, she gets kinda crazy in between classes...LOL! I've never seen a horse that go can from ready to run to ready to nap within seconds. She knows the routine...she knows after she runs she gets to nap until it's time to go again. This is me being amazed by the fact my pepsi can fits perfectly on my saddle horn (and naturally taking a picture of it) :lol: and her just hanging out in between classes.

 

[kmdstar]

And this may be my prospect...we bought her as a weanling, she is a coming 2 yr old so we'll see how it goes. She is a paint, QH on her sires side and TB on her dams side.

I am going to start her off pleasure to get her used a calm showing atmosphere and unless she is an absolutely amazing pleasure horse, she will try her hoof at barrels when she is older :wink:

 

[SorrelHorse]

Haha! That pepsi on the saddle horn thing cracks me up!

I tried that with my coffee this weekend and ended up spilling it all over the front of Selena's neck and my lap. Luckily it was too cold for it to remain hot after it came from the pot! :lol:

 

[hfhopper]

This is my son's barrel/all-around pony, Billy (aka Not A Cow). He's a 14 Y/O POA with a typical pony attitude. But somehow he's a gem for my son (most of the time). I bought him off the dairy farm where I used to work just because I was sure he was going to founder or something worse. He was pastured with yearling heifers and was eating silage, rich alfalfa hay, and about 8 lbs of sweet feed every day. Needless to say, he was a ponypotomous!:shock: My poor son has had to earn his ride with this guy, but they are now inseperable. And the pony is beginning to offer him some amazing speed! I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for them.

And this is my horse, Patron (yes, like the tequilla). He's a 10 Y/O OTTB gelding with some serious anxiety issues. I bought him to be my next dressage horse, but his brain isn't wired that way. I trotted him around the barrels one day last summer and found that he LOVES it. Went from tense and spooking to calm and focused immediately. So I've switched over to the "dark side" and am giving contesting a try. He's currently loping the barrels and trotting the poles. Hope to get him out to some local shows this year for at least the exhibition classes.

 

[Copperhead]

I don't own a barrel horse or run barrels, but I'm really enjoying this thread

 

[waresbear]

Well, he`s not a barrel horse & I don`t barrel race, however I did do it once to support the local riding club....so Scotty filled in....

 

[mammakatja]

This is my son's barrel/all-around pony, Billy (aka Not A Cow). He's a 14 Y/O POA with a typical pony attitude. But somehow he's a gem for my son (most of the time). I bought him off the dairy farm where I used to work just because I was sure he was going to founder or something worse. He was pastured with yearling heifers and was eating silage, rich alfalfa hay, and about 8 lbs of sweet feed every day. Needless to say, he was a ponypotomous!:shock: My poor son has had to earn his ride with this guy, but they are now inseperable. And the pony is beginning to offer him some amazing speed! I have a feeling that this year will be a good one for them.

And this is my horse, Patron (yes, like the tequilla). He's a 10 Y/O OTTB gelding with some serious anxiety issues. I bought him to be my next dressage horse, but his brain isn't wired that way. I trotted him around the barrels one day last summer and found that he LOVES it. Went from tense and spooking to calm and focused immediately. So I've switched over to the "dark side" and am giving contesting a try. He's currently loping the barrels and trotting the poles. Hope to get him out to some local shows this year for at least the exhibition classes.

HFhopper...your post cracked me up. :lol: I love how you described your son's pony. They look really cute together. My daughter is almost 9 and she earns her lopes out of her ride too. Her boy is 31 and prefers low gear. She gets it out of him somehow though. She runs barrels and poles on him. I love being able to share this with my kids. My daughter is living my childhood dream since I didn't get started until I was about 14.

 

[BreannaMarie]

Dirty Rose: my first real horse i could do anything with her maening anything shed go anywhere you asked withoit hesitation shes 5 this spring and honestly the best hirse ive ever had, she cant be used for speed anymore until furthure notice she hurt her ankle.

DayKota: this is my gelding my dad got me, he has a long life story and it almost ending with slaughter until i found him. He is starting on barrels and will be going to show this summer in all speed classes and western pleasure

 

[atthe4th]

This is my gaming prospect, we're waiting for the ground to de snow and de mud to begin her. She's a 7 year old APHA mare and about 90% deaf. Sweetest mare I've met, but I'll be damned if she isn't one of the most nimble things on legs that I've seen. And FAST.