laura,bet you will check in more often now,we just have you all fixed up don't we?lots of skeeming on here,once again i do want to thank you for your vote of confidence,i did think about it what you said warming up. of cource hubby say swhen i told him i won money ,what did they have a 10 d?
haha...that is just not right! lol....
Seriously remember this! You might have no support system with your barrel racing or you may have the best support system but nothing works mentally
if you don't believe in yourself! Everytime you run, you have to believe. And I'm not talking about trying to make yourself believe that you are going to win the darn thing, I'm talking about believing in your horse and what you know and making the best run YOU CAN MAKE that day. Every thought, every bit of body language is what the horse picks up on. If you are not confident, he will not be confident...Say to yourself when you get to the barrel race...I ride this horse EVERY DAY. I know my horse. I did the work. Now I am going in there to make the best run I possibly can for this day.
Then when its over. Remember you can't rehash your run right then and there. Your mind is not clear. Come out of the arena and find one good thing
that you did during that run and congratulate yourself! Ask Cy....when I was done yesterday...and little bit had some problems....Ask her what I said...
I said, "well things didn't go exactly right but man did I hustle that horse....I was riding the heck out of him...I never quit kicking or driving"....Pat yourself
on the back right then! You may have no one to tell it to, but tell yourself! Good Job!! I don't care if the best thing you did was not fall off....Good Job!!
You have to build your own ego...no one does that for you....remember that....if it didn't go well, you will go home and fix it. The barrel race is over,
and there's next week!! :cheeze: :cheeze: :cheeze:
