Dena Kirkpatrick believes in keeping her training methods simple and she employs the same philosophy when selecting the bits best suited to different stages of barrel horse training.
Linda Vick explains why what you can’t see matters when evaluating a barrel racing prospect for purchase.
Barrel Horse News, the most trusted voice on all things barrel racing, has announced the launch of an exciting new entity that continues the Barrel Horse News legacy of providing the most in-depth information for barrel racing enthusiasts.
From one day to the next, from one horse to the next, it’s important to remember that all riders and horses are a work in progress. Riders who keep the big picture at the forefront of their minds are committed to bettering their skills for the good of their horses. They are able to be realistic about the investment of time it takes to work and improve, and they maintain balanced expectations of their horses. It’s very important that riders are able to align their expectations with the time it takes to accomplish goals. Without devoting a significant amount of time and work to improving, it’s very hard to take your barrel racing to the next level. It’s OK to make mistakes as long as you are working to be better. None of us are perfect riders, so it’s important to learn and analyze from one horse to the next because no two are the same and each horse has something to teach us.
Parker, CO – June 12, 2013 – On the first day of week two of Summer in the Rockies at the Colorado Horse Park, staff, show management and competitors got serious about helping nearby communities ravaged by wildfires. The wildfires span 8,000 acres. A major fire is concentrated in the heavily wooded Black Forest area, northeast of Colorado Springs. Thousands have been evacuated and 80 to 100 homes have been destroyed in the blaze.
Nonprofit dedicated to natural horsemanship to give away $1M in educational materials
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (June 3, 2013) – Tractor Supply Company and the National FFA Foundation recently announced the results of their new Growing Scholars program. Tractor Supply customers across the country donated $362,324, resulting in 284 scholarships awarded to FFA members in their pursuit of a college degree.
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Moore, OKLAHOMA, more than 100 horses feared dead after the 200mph twister destroys many farms. Witnesses describe the scene as a “war zone…as if a bomb had gone off”. There are many dead animals among the debris and tangled in power lines. However, a representative from the Celestial Acres training facility said that 34 horses have been found alive as of Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Despite the fact that she is a California native, barrel horse trainer Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, had never earned a check at a California Circuit WPRA/PRCA Rodeo. That all changed when she bested the field at the Ramona Rodeo, held May 17-19 in Ramona, Calif. aboard Charlie Cole and Jason Martin’s Mossmemoe.