How long will it take to train my horse to barrel race?
I have a very broke, supple, responsive 10 year old quarter horse I would like to teach to do a nice barrel pattern. I’m not planning on being real competative in it I just want him to do a nice clean pattern whenever I would want him to. He is about 15 hands and real stocky, athletic and powerful. I use him for high school equestrian team and we excell toghether. He is a good learner too. The only thing I can think of taking awhile is teaching him to gain speed. For some reason he doesn’t like to go fast with someone riding him. He runs around in the pasture a lot and he is very fast. Sometimes he has a tendancy to be a bucker too. lol. So how long do you think it would take to teach him to do a nice, smooth barrel pattern? Will it take long to fix my issue? WIll it be hard to teach him it’s ok to move out?
I agree with Chey 100% that’s exactly how my parents and I always trained our horses to barrel race.
I would just add, if he doesn’t seem like he’s really listening to you and if he isn’t stopping on a dime, throw him back in the round pen and bring him back down to beginner and make him run around and make him stop on a dime, it’s amazing what bringing him back to that will do. Horses always like refreshers! Also it may take time for him to feel comfortable to shift his weight to his hind quarters with you on him, just make sure you know how to shift your weight with him because you don’t want him on top of you, that hurts, I broke ribs, arms, legs, everything. But, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!
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