Real Talk on Barrel Racing Horse Training
Getting your head around barrel racing horse training usually starts with a realization that speed is actually the last thing you should worry about. It sounds backwards, right? You're getting into a sport that's timed down to the thousandth of a second, yet the best trainers will tell you to stay at a walk or a trot for what feels like forever. If you try to build a house on a shaky foundation, it's going to fall over eventually. In this sport, that "falling over" usually looks like a horse that blows past the first barrel or refuses to enter the alleyway because they're stressed out. ...