Forum: Barrel Racing Questions

Ive been starting and training eventing, hunter/jumper, and dressage horses for past 10 years, currently working at a Hanoverian breeding farm...

I'm sure there have been other posts like this, but my internet is slow and it takes to long to browse through them all. Anyways, I have a 10 yr...

how do you set your horse up to turn a perfect barrel

how do you get your horse to drop its front end when you round a barrel?

when people say to check your horse before a barrel what does it mean?

My horse and i run the pattern fine but on the first turn (right) she seems to crunch up and won't let herself bend around the barrel any ideas?

My 7yr old mare charges and dives at the cans. She really has a wild way of going to and turning the first barrel (i run right first). I have her on...

So i have been training my horse for barrels for the past 2 years and i finaly got her up to running barrels half decent, which she runs in the 19...

I recently sold my finished 2D horse for an awesome 1D prospect. He has a great pattern on him and is very consistent but his turns are a little...

okay, so i just got into barrels. (i used to ride western pleasure) i normally ride a 16 inch western pleasure saddle, what size barrel saddle should...

I am finishing a barrel prospect and I can not get him to switch his lead consistently from the first barrel to the second barrel. He was a cutting...

I do the right side barrel racing and at the last barrel when I'm running my horse wants to turn and run home before he gets to the third barrel...is...

My barrel horse is very very good but when im riding and somen pops uot like a dog or bird he runns away what should i do ?:)

I recently started avidly barrel racing for the past year or so, and have also recently moved up to a faster/quicker/hotter horse. (Hero) I have not...