Your horse’s position around the barrel is important, and needs to be trained correctly at a slow speed before you take the pattern fast. You want your horse’s nose to stay soft around the barrel. The bend in his neck should match the bend of the circle you are making around the barrel. Don’t let [...]
The second day of the barrel horse training clinic we were broken in to groups of four. Then within those groups, we went through one at a time and got feedback from Charmayne. One big thing I learned was in regards to proper hand position around the barrel. When you make your turn, go to [...]
The day after Foster’s “heat stroke” I went to check on him mid afternoon. His breathing was labored and rapid again, but his fever was not as high as the day before. When he still wasn’t breathing right the day after that, I called the vet. We took him in, and after blood tests to [...]
Foster’s 2 months of sickness has just been one thing after another. First he was just slightly lame and sore in his back. I had my vet look at him, and he said I should give him 3 days off. After that, I got back on but he wasn’t sound. We decided to give him [...]
It’s been quite a summer. My gelding, Foster, has been sick or lame for the past two months. I was able to attend a horse training barrel racing clinic at the end of August with Charmayne James. I borrowed a 4 year old cutting horse mare from a friend of mine and rode her since [...]
