GoPro Barrel Racing

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[@averyslife4627]

Katie if you make your angle out more to the first your save more time because cookie won’t have to make extra steps to move over

[@Leah-px9dr]

You rock! Keep ut the work

[@wafflecage]

The first horse and rider seemed as if they were new to barrel racing bc they were not keeping the corners tight but no judge at all!! Beautiful horses and great job riders!

[@emmasimpson5140]

yeah the first vid the horse did not like its bit!!

[@barrelracingromeo3510]

Good vid I'm practicing to be a barrel racer

[@Horsegirl-rm6is]

Breyer girl 162 I barrel race! Your channel if cool I subbed

[@lonnierandoph153]

Barrel racing Romeo don’t take notes from her!

[@meganclark5710]

i know you will make it to the nfr

[@kaziamarty.ithink4540]

Their not very fast

[@avi_barrelracer7476]

@@kaziamarty.ithink4540 not yet!

[@sophiemaewilson2326]

an u make videos on how to do ur drills plz i want to know

[@NFRDreamers]

Miss Green Mare absolutely!

[@sophiemaewilson2326]

NFRDreamers Thx u guys help me alot

[@NFRDreamers]

Miss Green Mare you're more then welcome! I'll talk to the other girls and we might have drills as our next video! -Grace

[@arielamezcua7947]

NFRDreamers d

[@sleeplessbarrelracer3435]

why do people always hold onto their horn?! they should have enough balance to stay in the saddle without the horn!

[@NFRDreamers]

Layla Templeton Regardless of your riding skill it is beneficial in barrel Racing to hold your saddle horn, especially at high speeds. Even the best of the best at the NFR use their saddle horn. Anything to help your horse out and stay off their head can make your times faster.

[@taylorgilmore853]

Centripetal force is pulling you out and away from your horse when you turn the barrel so holding onto the horn, even for that split second where you are making your turn helps you to keep your seat and keep you out of your horses way. You're actually pushing against the horn to help yourself lean back, not just clutching it for dear life.

[@kay3963]

That is exactly why I’m learning English before western, so that I learn my balance without having anything to quickly grab onto, like when I loose a stirrup I loose balance and regain it by finding it...

[@rodeocowgirly]

This had absolutely nothing to do with balance. This is force. Regardless if you have great balance or not, you need to grab that horn around the turn to be able to properly sit, not hurt your horses back and to not come out of the saddle. Barrels saddles are made with the high seat to push the rider up. So when you round that turn you have to hold the horn to keep from that saddle from jolting you up. And believe me, barrel racers have great balance.

[@mayanobles4787]

sleep • eat • ride you seriously hold your horn n your runs

[@salithompson3227]

the first bay horse needs a lighter bit. he shouldn't be tossing his head like this. it means hes bitted up too much and your hands are too rough. every bit works differently in different hands. y'all also need to learn to use more leg. I saw little to no leg movement going into your barrels. your turns on the back side were wide, bc y'all are just pulling on your horses mouths and it not enough to set their body up in the right position to turn. they all came in too close on all their barrels and had to leave wide. using your inside leg when going into a barrel helps pop their ribs out to make a nice round turn and using that outside leg leaving your barrel helps your horse move their body around it for a tighter turn. the bay in the beginning in particular is too bendy in the neck. he turns with his head instead of his body which is why hes fighting and turning wide. again, using your legs would help him out tremendously. you also need to learn to SIT at your barrel. he goes wide because you aren't setting him up correctly but youre also not planting your butt.

[@erinrodda1988]

Sali Thompson she also needs to slide her hands down the reins farther. She goes to turn him and the ends up pulling on the outside reins and basically neck reining him. That’s part of the head tossing problem.

[@bokuto_is_bipolar_af287]

Oh shut up she can do that any day

[@NFRDreamers]

Sali Thompson The bay mare actually didn't have a bit at all. I ran her in a hackamore which requires more pressure when we're running at high speeds. She was never much of a barrel horse and I actually sold her so she's a rope horse again, like she was when I got her.

[@TH-qy2li]

why do you think they need your opinion? i'm sure they have their own trainer and no need for a youtube trainer. find a better use of your time hun

[@xxsunny.9673]

She was sitting the GoPro was looking down

[@ashleyunderwood4855]

Get that bit out of that bays mouth ,Jesus!

[@furriesareweird]

Dude it’s a hackamore, look at her comments idiot lmao

[@ameliamysterywave4456]

I may not be American or a western rider... But I think (my opinion) western rider's are cheating because of the western saddle.. as a English rider, it's a lot more harder than you think it is.. keeping our balance is a lot of work.. I don't know how westerns ride, but I do know that you just "squeeze" the horses and dangle your leg beside the saddle.. while the horse is doing all the work - Please correct me if I'm wrong

[@hol6711]

Amelia Mysterywave very wrong 😂 western is harder than a lot of people think...

[@sissydillon3448]

That statement is far from correct- as you can see on my channel, I do jumping and rodeo and they are both very hard in they’re own ways

[@countingsnowflakes6800]

Amelia Mysterywave Question- Are you an idiot?

[@TH-qy2li]

oh honey... you have no idea. i ride both english and western and it's very similar.

[@delshowhorses7419]

Sis western is so hard. It's worse falling off from a western saddle because if you hit yourself on the horn your done. Also trying to turn the horse so tight is very hard. Every horse riding sport is hard. Plz dont assume if you dont know anything about western