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Snow Stable
11:05:38 Snow❆Gem
And most jobs are like 20k-50k per year. My dad is lucky and makes more the 50k a year. :)
Gilded Roses
11:05:38 River / Brody
Snow
We sold it for cheaper, I think 200k? it wasn't even an acre, then we bought a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house on five acres for 380k. It's worth 950k now, lot's of renovating.
Vyrynth
11:05:14 Vy | Nyx
Anyone want to see photos of my dog being an absolute boss at training last night?
Snow Stable
11:04:42 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Lovely! I wish to have a small farm, but that's probably a pipe dream. lol Anything like that around here is like 200k+. O.o
Snow Stable
11:03:50 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Oh dear! O.o
Vyrynth
11:03:47 Vy | Nyx
But now my parents have a nice house in Mississippi and I live in Indiana on a farm so it all worked out
Vyrynth
11:02:32 Vy | Nyx
Oh definitely, Gem! That house was a disaster. It was cookie cutter and someone came in and flipped it before we bought it. The amount of shortcuts they made meant my parents had to redo practically everything to fix it. We were so poor at the time but the house had to survive hurricanes.
Snow Stable
11:02:25 Snow❆Gem
@river

Hm, cheaper or easier to take care of?

@eek

Circle-ish spots in some TB in real life have them.
Gilded Roses
11:00:15 River / Brody
We had a really small house when I was a kid 2 beds 1 bath. For some reason it sold in a week o.o
Snow Stable
11:00:08 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Ack! O.o Well... what's done is done and it surely needed done.
Transformers Acres
10:59:24 Geek, Eek
What is manchado? I don't know that coat pattern.
Vyrynth
10:59:19 Vy | Nyx
My parents sold a house in Virginia in 3 days with 8 showings and closed in 30. Sold it for a quarter of what it’s worth now and it’s in a not so great area. They said they should’ve kept it but we were moving to Australia for a few years and there was no way we could have kept it.
Gemstone Stable
10:58:34 Snow❆Gem
*grabby hands

LMAO
Gemstone Stable
10:58:27 Snow❆Gem
@lone star

*drabby hands*
The Lone Star
10:57:45 
Oh cool, dapple grey manchado!
-HEE Click-
Gemstone Stable
10:57:19 Snow❆Gem
My parents sold their house several years ago. Because of CO (not CO2) was coming from the ground into the house... it took almost a year for the home to sell. AND a realtor sold it for the absolute lowest price we'd take. O.o
Vyrynth
10:56:03 Vy | Nyx
I wish other breeds like RID had those patterns. I haven’t been able to find them all that easily. KNNs are shiny
Ranch Lands Training
10:53:53 Lilly/PON Addict
Lucky - Oh that would suck

We have a private sale possibly lined up if they don't take it. A family member wanted it originally but we already offered it to them for our buying price. They said go through with this opportunity, if it falls through reach back out to them
Gem Queens Estate
10:53:19 Snow❆Gem
@vy

lol He's OK for me. ;P
Vyrynth
10:52:19 Vy | Nyx
That KNN is gorgeous

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Snow Stable
11:05:38 Snow❆Gem
And most jobs are like 20k-50k per year. My dad is lucky and makes more the 50k a year. :)
Gilded Roses
11:05:38 River / Brody
Snow
We sold it for cheaper, I think 200k? it wasn't even an acre, then we bought a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house on five acres for 380k. It's worth 950k now, lot's of renovating.
Vyrynth
11:05:14 Vy | Nyx
Anyone want to see photos of my dog being an absolute boss at training last night?
Snow Stable
11:04:42 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Lovely! I wish to have a small farm, but that's probably a pipe dream. lol Anything like that around here is like 200k+. O.o
Snow Stable
11:03:50 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Oh dear! O.o
Vyrynth
11:03:47 Vy | Nyx
But now my parents have a nice house in Mississippi and I live in Indiana on a farm so it all worked out
Vyrynth
11:02:32 Vy | Nyx
Oh definitely, Gem! That house was a disaster. It was cookie cutter and someone came in and flipped it before we bought it. The amount of shortcuts they made meant my parents had to redo practically everything to fix it. We were so poor at the time but the house had to survive hurricanes.
Snow Stable
11:02:25 Snow❆Gem
@river

Hm, cheaper or easier to take care of?

@eek

Circle-ish spots in some TB in real life have them.
Gilded Roses
11:00:15 River / Brody
We had a really small house when I was a kid 2 beds 1 bath. For some reason it sold in a week o.o
Snow Stable
11:00:08 Snow❆Gem
@vy

Ack! O.o Well... what's done is done and it surely needed done.
Transformers Acres
10:59:24 Geek, Eek
What is manchado? I don't know that coat pattern.
Vyrynth
10:59:19 Vy | Nyx
My parents sold a house in Virginia in 3 days with 8 showings and closed in 30. Sold it for a quarter of what it’s worth now and it’s in a not so great area. They said they should’ve kept it but we were moving to Australia for a few years and there was no way we could have kept it.
Gemstone Stable
10:58:34 Snow❆Gem
*grabby hands

LMAO
Gemstone Stable
10:58:27 Snow❆Gem
@lone star

*drabby hands*
The Lone Star
10:57:45 
Oh cool, dapple grey manchado!
-HEE Click-
Gemstone Stable
10:57:19 Snow❆Gem
My parents sold their house several years ago. Because of CO (not CO2) was coming from the ground into the house... it took almost a year for the home to sell. AND a realtor sold it for the absolute lowest price we'd take. O.o
Vyrynth
10:56:03 Vy | Nyx
I wish other breeds like RID had those patterns. I haven’t been able to find them all that easily. KNNs are shiny
Ranch Lands Training
10:53:53 Lilly/PON Addict
Lucky - Oh that would suck

We have a private sale possibly lined up if they don't take it. A family member wanted it originally but we already offered it to them for our buying price. They said go through with this opportunity, if it falls through reach back out to them
Gem Queens Estate
10:53:19 Snow❆Gem
@vy

lol He's OK for me. ;P
Vyrynth
10:52:19 Vy | Nyx
That KNN is gorgeous

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barrel racing tips? January 2, 2025 09:51 AM


Circle F Stables
 
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hey ya'll! I was wondering if there are any barrel racers on here. I'm having trouble with my first barrel turn. My horse will trot it AMAZING but as soon as I add in the lope it's the widest turn you've probably ever seen. I've been working on it with him and doing some drills I've seen on youtube, but I was wondering if there were any you guys recommend for either the first barrel, adding speed, or both.Thank you!
barrel racing tips? January 2, 2025 10:31 AM


RFS Thoroughbreds
 
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Usually what I do when a horse does this is ask my self these questions.
Am I on the right lead?
Is my horse fully paying attention?
Are they showing signs of fear in the barrel?
Is my seat right?
Is my grip on the reins and my legs right?
Do I need to go do flatwork?
This might not help but it helps me.

Edited at March 20, 2025 02:17 PM by RFS Thoroughbreds
barrel racing tips? January 2, 2025 11:26 AM


KPH Equestrian
 
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RFS Thoroughbreds said:
Usually what I do when a horse does this is ask my self these questions.
Am I on the right lead?
Is my horse fully paying attention?
Are they showing signs of fear in the barrel?
Is my seat right?
Is my grip on the reins and my legs right?
This might not help but it helps me.


Fern I love you for this xD I know too many barrel racers IRL who don't think of ANY of the above and guess what, they get hurt, their horse gets hurt, their horse turns into an unridable rocket donkey because it's so freaked out by pretty much anything.
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The correct lead is very important, your horse won't be able to turn tight and fast if it's trying to reach one front leg over the other! Some horses like to do this anyway, so I like to backtrack a little and work with them on picking up the correct lead c:
I don't run barrels on my current horse(he's more of a ranch boy lol) but I DO like to do excersises that makes him turn tight and precisely to get him focused, like setting up cones and making him do serpentines around them, not just plowing over them x3
Loping circles and slowly tightening the circle without slowing too much can help too! Lotta horses struggle with this, and making sure he can keep up a lope for a good couple laps without slowing can also help.
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Another thing is saddle fit! If it doesn't fit right, is pinching, putting pressure on a sensitive spot, etc, he'll likely not want to turn so well. If discomfort is an issue(Which I noticed in my own horse, after getting more muscle on him, his saddle was too narrow in the shoulders and hindered movement so he was less responsive and eager to work, so I ended up switching saddles and pads and have noticed a HUGE difference in performance) you can try changing the pad first, since new saddles are SO expensive x.x
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Hope this helps!<3
barrel racing tips? January 2, 2025 12:09 PM


Impossible Estates
 
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My mare did this for the longest time!

First, I'd check to see if your horse is in the right gait, and not scared of the barrel coming up to it quicker than what she likes. Then, I'd check the saddle, make sure it sits right on her and she isn't uncomfortable with that at a faster gait. Some horses pinch in certain spots, or if you have a buckstrap that too could be bothering her if not fastened right at the faster gait.

If that's not it. I would attempt to switch the first barrel to the opposite- test which way she bends better if that makes sense. I've learn from multiple people that your horse will "look" at the barrel they like to go to first. Not every horse does it, but it's the best advice i've ever listened to. My girl never turned right around the right barrel first, so, i switched it after checking everything else and it did me wonders! Then, i learned to watch where she "looks" and listen to her, and it's done us both more favors then bad!

Edited at January 2, 2025 12:09 PM by Impossible Estates
barrel racing tips? January 3, 2025 04:55 PM


FirstLightFarms

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Flatwork flatwork flatwork
Forget about the barrel. Pick up your canter on a circle, and get your horse to canter in the circle in a spiral shape, moving off your outside leg, until he's almost pivoting around on the spot. Then push him back out with your inside leg. This should take several circles, not just one, to draw in and then back out. This is a great exercise for getting that inside hip working and the hind end engaged.
Then work on shoulder ins/outs. On the flat, again, work on pushing his shoulder towards the rail and the hind end away, and shoulder away from the rail and hind end out. Get him, again, able to engage that hind end, but also separating it from the shoulder so you can control both of those things at once. It just sounds like the quality of his canter flatwork isn't able to handle barrels yet.
Full disclosure, I'm not a barrel racer, but as a jumper we do do rollbacks and need horses that are handy, so the same skills apply. If you have a trainer, definitely talk to them about it. And if you don't have a trainer, get one.
Good luck with your aspirations! It sounds like you're working really hard.
barrel racing tips? January 3, 2025 07:17 PM


Beltane Eventers
 
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A big thing I ran into with my mare is shes better going to the left first as apposed to the right barrel first. Just like us horses have a domiant side
barrel racing tips? March 18, 2025 01:17 PM


ghost light stables
 
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My oldhorse did this to me when I was a lot younger and I fixed it by only using two barrels and riding a figure8 around them also lots and lots of flatwork without the barrels at a lope and trot
barrel racing tips? May 19, 2025 08:54 AM


SHAE Stables
 
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Is it the first barrel no matter if you take the left or right barrel first? All horses have a favored side - think right handed, left handed. I agree with the others about making sure the horse is in the correct lead for the turn. You need to make sure your horse has a good understanding of taking the lead you tell them. I also think it's important to make sure your horse has a really good flying lead change if you are going to barrel race or run poles. Make sure you tell the horse and he understands what lead to be in the second you leave the hole. And... if he's in the wrong one, you better be able to tell him to do a flying lead change before you get there.
barrel racing tips? May 21, 2025 01:09 AM


Azrail Elites
 
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Hi, I have a7 y/o OTTb i turned into a barrel racer, he had no engagement in his hind end which caused him to have the widest turns.
If you can't get him to go in barrels, start from the bottom. There's a high chance they don't understand the job and what's needed of them. This could also bring in a wide range of issues and incorrect frames, leads, or engagements.
Try with a figure 8. Start from on foot, w,t,c 2-3 times. Each time they take it too wide, take them to a trot or a walk and go slower.
Now The next questions come into play:
  • What side are they going wide on?
  • Are you driving into the turn?
  • are you RELAXED? when going into a turn?
  • are you training slow?
  • Do they blow out on the second or first barrel into the pattern?
  • Head tossing? do you run in a tiedown?
  • What bit are you riding in?
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Edited at May 21, 2025 01:10 AM by Azrail Elites

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