Tack and Equipment

Charmayne James Offers Sound Advice

May 18, 2010

A valuable resource available to barrel racers includes the website of World Champion Barrel Racer Charmayne James. Each month Charmayne contributes an article to the Barrel Horse News magazine. If you aren’t a subscriber you can still access this information. On Charmayne’s website she has a link called Barrel Horse News where you can find [...]

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Dena Kirkpatrick on bits for barrel racing

January 26, 2010

Here is a great 2 part video put together by Barrel Racing Buzz with accomplished barrel horse trainer Dena Kirkpatrick. Dena goes through a pile of bits and talks about the uses of each one and how they should each fit. She discusses several different types of snaffle bits, some gag bits including the popular [...]

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Rein Length and Hand Positioning with Ty Mitchell

September 14, 2009

In this feature video on Barrel Racing Buzz, Josey Ranch Team Member Ty Mitchell talks about the importance of rein length and hand positioning for your run. This is great little video you can watch online but here is a recap of the video: Ty emphasizes that how much control and how much leverage you [...]

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Why your barrel saddle needs to fit

August 18, 2009

A fairly general article but it has some great points I felt were mentioning. Could not have said it better so I have copied this ezine article in its entirety. ~ Michelle ______ When most people begin to start out with barrel racing, they think that just any barrel saddle will do. But the case [...]

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Saddle Fitting for Barrel Horses

August 12, 2009

This is a great video that demonstrates why it is so important we don’t place our saddles ON the shoulder. Also, why correct saddle fit is so important. They are using an English saddle but the principle is the same.

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