Day: June 30, 2005

DO YOU WORK YOUR HORSES IN DEEP SAND?

HAVE MY HORSES AT A TRAINER AND I AM HAVING A LOT OF LEG PROBLEMS GOING TO AND FROM THE VETS . THE VET SAID I NEEDED TO STEP BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT THE PICTURE SOMETHING IS WRONG… REAL WRONG

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Just out od the Money

Hi, I have a barrel horse I have been competing on for almost 18 months, I trained him myself and in the beginning if I didn’t wear spurs he would drop his shoulder coming into his drums, so over the next twelve months I always wore spurs in competetion, he improved greatly in his pattern and eventually would constantly be just out of the money. Many people would say things like ‘your horse is running funny’ or ‘he’s not stretching out’. So a couple of months ago I took a gamble and took my spurs off in

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Building an Outdoor Arena

I am just now building an outdoor arena in Denver. Just got a bid from an excavation company for $100,000.00 to put in the soil, crushed granite and sand. Is there any place to get good specifications on proper ground work for an arena floor. The approximate size of this arena is 250′ x175′. Thank you any guidance will be greatly appreciated. I am not qualified to advise you on this subject but I believe if you will do a search for “arena ground preparation” you may find some good reading that will answer your question or

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Get faster

i have my frist rodeo to go to. in sept 5 or 7 and my hust to ran on barrels a 35….. some thing and now he rideds a 20.057how can i ggt him faster?

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Training To Hard

any of the “know-it-alls” at my stable tell me he is being worked too hard and I should be careful of problems with his legs

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Problem leaving the first barrel

My horse is not firing away like he should and driving to his point. His approach and back side is very snappy however once he is leaving he is sloppy and I lose time cause I am having to force him to get over

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Drop the outside rein

I have a six year old gelding we bought about two months ago. He was already trained by the other owner so we took it slow to get used to him

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