When you ride, ride with purpose. While you head out to catch your horse, while you are tacking up, think about your plan for the ride. In order to accomplish goals, you need a plan and parts of that plan are being executed with every ride. You don’t want to miss an opportunity to get closer to your goals by …
Three Key Questions to Ask Yourself Fall is often a time to reflect about what has transpired during the first three-quarters of the year. You’ve got time now before the beginning of 2011 to think about what worked this year, what didn’t work, and what you would like to do in the future. Maybe you want to buy, sell or …
Here is a great barrel racing drill or exercise to remind your horse to stay locked on a turn and not to leave it too soon. What you will do is circle the barrel twice (and sometimes more if necessary to get it right) before moving on to the next barrel. Remember to properly prepare your barrel racing horse for …
A Quick Fix for Nerves … or … The Eyes Have IT! You’re cruising along just fine. Suddenly, that awful, tight, stomach knot spazzes-out in your tummy. Then, it goes north into your throat like a choke hold! We’ve all felt that sensation. Nobody escapes it. But, it’s not about the fact that you feel anything from nervousness to downright …
Many barrel racers often struggle with knowing when to ask their barrel horses in training for an increase in speed. Joyce Loomis-Kernek is a very experienced barrel racer and coach to many. Her website offers many articles and tips to help you become a better barrel racer. You can check out the tips archive here. One article I particularly enjoyed …
A valuable resource available to barrel racers includes the website of World Champion Barrel Racer Charmayne James. Each month Charmayne contributes an article to the Barrel Horse News magazine. If you aren’t a subscriber you can still access this information. On Charmayne’s website she has a link called Barrel Horse News where you can find the articles organized for reading …
In this video Kristen Weaver-Brown talks about what she looks for in a horse before she goes to the pattern. She states she finds that many of the horses she gets in for training don’t have the basics required to start barrel racing. We get many questions here at Free Barrel Racing Tips and on our Barrel Racing Tips page …
Learn How to Let Go, Trust Yourself, and Tap Into Your True Talent and Skill Do your hands and seat come naturally and spontaneously … or … do you analyze everything you do? Try this test: Crumple up a piece of paper and set a trash can 15 feet away. Your objective is to toss the paper into the basket …
Martha Josey and her Josey Ranch Team have a great website with many resources available. There is information there suited for the beginner barrel racer just learning to barrel race, to the advanced racer that needs to freshen up and be reminded that good horsemanship is where it all starts. In Martha’s Winning Ways section for the website you will …
We had great feedback on our Facebook page when we posted some videos with Dena about bits for barrel racing. Now Dena has her very own channel on YouTube! I think this video on positioning your horse around the barrel for a turn is great. It is a caption from her new video “Dena’s One Smooth Motion”. Have a look …
