04/14/2025
"๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ." ๐๐จ
That's a quote I'll always remember from Michele McLeod, from when she described that a big breakthrough and secret to her success at the NFR was putting out a single barrel and simply walking circles around it.
This was critical, considering the more runs she made, the less her horses would have "turn on their mind." Simply walking perfect circles around a barrel helped restore that balance and ensure her horses were both ready to run AND turn. ๐ฏ
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๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต - ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ in "The Next 50 Barrel Racing Exercises for Precision on the Pattern," the concept is the same.
We know that after the "hot spot" takeoff point our barrel horse's speed can really peak and their brain sometimes seems to be in another ZIP code (and we zoom by the first barrel). Ideally - we want our horses hunting the first barrel and wanting to turn it.
This exercise helps bring that balance of run and turn back in check. ๐
"...๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ, ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ข,โ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น... ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ (๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ-๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ (๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ), ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ) ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ."
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