Barrel Racing for the Fun of It

Written by Bill Dunigan


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Barrel racing is a wonderful activity for anyone who enjoys being outdoors, excitement, an adrenalin rush, andrepparttar chance to really communicate with horses. When you travel at top speed your communication skills need to be on time and accurate. This is one sport that seems to holdrepparttar 138080 interest of entire families. Evenrepparttar 138081 teenagers stay with it. That could be due torepparttar 138082 fact that most ofrepparttar 138083 time you win cash and not ribbons.

If you think that your ready for a little excitement, don't hesitate, give it a try. Don't be put off byrepparttar 138084 idea of competing or evenrepparttar 138085 speed. Many of my students don't go out and start competing right away. Some never want to compete. They simply want to enjoy havingrepparttar 138086 ability to do it andrepparttar 138087 opportunity to give it a try. Most of all they are thrilled to be able to do something so completely different from anything they have ever done before. Barrel racing provides them that fulfillment and excitement, and I feel certain that it will dorepparttar 138088 same for you if you let it.

You have permission to copy and reuse this article provided there are no changes made torepparttar 138089 article and credit is given torepparttar 138090 author andrepparttar 138091 link to his website remains in place. Please notify him by email if you are going to use this article. You may contact Bill Dunigan through his website: http://www.BarrelRacingClinic.com

Bill Dunigan has been teaching and competing in excess of 40 years. He has taught and competed in Barrel Racing, Hunter/Jumper, Eventing, Dressage and served as President of a local Dressage Association. During this time, he Fox Hunted four days a week with two different Hunt clubs, one of which he served as Joint Master. Bill qualified six years in a row for the World Championships with the National Barrel Horse Association.


Why All The Fuss About Relaxation

Written by Bill Dunigan


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If we are doing things correctly, each time we work our horse should be better thanrepparttar last time. We are building onrepparttar 138079 previous work. Each workout laysrepparttar 138080 foundation forrepparttar 138081 next one. Of course, if we don't haverepparttar 138082 relaxation to begin with than it's not very likely that we will haverepparttar 138083 progress. The twe go hand in hand. You can't separate them.

Now, what about us asrepparttar 138084 rider. If we are tense, uptight, worried, whatever, that transfers directly into our horse. If you are worried about something and unable to shake it than it might be better to lunge that day rather than ride. Be realistic about it. How are you ever going to make progress if you upsetrepparttar 138085 horse. Now I'm not talking about lettingrepparttar 138086 horse get away with things, or spoiling, or just takingrepparttar 138087 easy way out. If you really feel that you are not doing anything to cause tension in your horse, get some other opinions. Most of us are not vary good at self critiquing. None of us hasrepparttar 138088 time or interest in spinning our wheels for nothing. If you are not making progress, something is wrong. Withrepparttar 138089 amount of time, money, and effort it takes to bring along a horse these days, you and your horse deserve to do it right and make progress. Don't hesitate to getrepparttar 138090 help you need. One ofrepparttar 138091 most common things I see over and over again is a parent who rides and has children who ride. They are more than willing to do anything to enable their child to improve but simply are unable to justify spendingrepparttar 138092 money on themselves. What kind of example are they setting forrepparttar 138093 child? One that says it's ok to flounder around making mistake after mistake going nowhere. Think about it that way for once and you just might be able to do something about it. Remember they learn much better from example.

So you see relaxation is a crutial element for both horse and rider regardless ofrepparttar 138094 chosen diciplin. All ofrepparttar 138095 top trainers and riders value it because they know from experience how difficult it is to get maximum cooperation, positive performance results, and remain injury free without it. This is not a new concept. It is something that has been an indespencible part of training horses handed down throughrepparttar 138096 centruies. When so many who have gone before us place so much emphesis on this particular aspect of training, why would any of us feel that it isn't that important. We all need relaxation in both horse and rider for hunter/jumper, dressage, barrel racer, roper, etc. It isrepparttar 138097 foundation that enables us to build everything else. Without a solid and stable foundation nothing can standrepparttar 138098 test of time. Build on a firm correct foundation and your work will enable you to show steady growth and progress with a much happier and relaxed horse. You have permission to copy and reuse this article provided there are no changes made torepparttar 138099 article and credit is given torepparttar 138100 author andrepparttar 138101 link to his website remains in place. Please notify him by email if you are going to use this article. You may contact Bill Dunigan through his website: http://www.BarrelRacingClinic.com

Bill Dunigan has been teaching and competing in excess of 40 years. He has taught and competed in Barrel Racing, Hunter/Jumper, Eventing, Dressage and served as President of a local Dressage Association. During this time, he Fox Hunted four days a week with two different Hunt clubs, one of which he served as Joint Master. Bill qualified six years in a row for the World Championships with the National Barrel Horse Association.


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