How not to use barrel racing drills and exercises

Barrel racing drills and exercises have been used for years to train and school barrel horses. An important point I want to make is that while the word used is “drill” this doesn’t mean you need to drill these exercises into their head or drill them into the ground doing them. Exercise is maybe a more appropriate word to describe …

“Wanna be More Fit to Ride? Ways to Get it Going!”

Riding is one of those sports where you don’t “have to” be fit to participate. Hmmmmm.  It does make a huge difference however. Every part of your riding improves the more fit you become. Fitness is not only a benefit for the obvious physical reasons, but also for the strength of your mind and the resilience of your emotions. One …

Recipe For Success

For most of us, barrel racing is our hobby and our passion rather than a full time job.  Sometimes it can be difficult to balance our desire to barrel race with our other responsibilities like work and parenting.   Personally, I work from home with a flexible business while raising two children under 3.   I have to admit these kids have …