Get Tighter Turns Today with this Barrel Racing Drill
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Fourth of July. Fireworks. Troops. Wrangler. Ranch Rodeo. #Merica! This past Independence Day was one for the record books and a humbling experience that I will never forget.
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Do all of your friends have identical personalities? Of course not. Every friend group has an alpha, the attention-seeking boss who insists on setting the agenda and picks the dinner spot every time. Then there is the caretaker/peacemaker, the one who just wants everyone to get along and is sensitive to each person’s needs and preferences. Then there is the comedian, the one that keeps everyone rolling in the aisles with side-splitting laughter, even when they aren’t trying.
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When people ask me how I condition my horses, it is a far more complicated answer than listing a bunch of drills. I break conditioning into three equally important categories. All three need to be in balance in order to have a happy, healthy horse that will consistently clock winning times. For Stryker and for all my horses, I want to keep them in peak physical and mental condition.
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Have you ever dreamed of spending a week with World Champion Barrel Racer Fallon Taylor & Jenna Smeenk? What could you learn by hanging out with them, riding horses with them, getting business insight from them?
I had the rare opportunity to do all of the above and now I want to tell you all about it – no detail left out!
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I get it. Winter is the most difficult time to ride. Limited daylight, freezing cold temperatures, furry, filthy horses, and rock hard dirt buried under 15 inches of snow. If you are like me and not blessed with a private, heated, indoor arena, you are at the mercy of a public city arena battling availability, a plethora of riders of varying disciplines and knowledge of public arena courtesy, as well as terrain that is more jagged than a rock-faced cliff.
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Ok, I think I am finally putting things together on my new barrel racing journey...It is like buying a manual transmission muscle car, packed with raw power, and having no earthly clue how to drive a stick shift. What the heck do you do? You find someone to teach you, duh. Easier said than done because winning strategies in any game are closely guarded secrets. Finding the right coach is hard but not impossible.
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How does a barrel racing career begin? With a hair-brain idea born of a competitive spirit from a relentless soul, that's how. When I was studying for the GMAT in preparation to apply to a graduate program, I made a deal with myself that when I finished my degree, I would open the next chapter of my life - barrel racing.
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