Barrel Racing - No Reins

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Cowgirl Tuff/Cimarron Sizzler at Winona, MN, July 15-17, 2011. This is one of my favorite examples of the bond a horse and rider can develop. As a videographer, it is my greatest reward to provide horse owners with videos like this that allow them to keep a wonderful memory fresh and clear in their minds forever because of the video I was able to create for them. I thank God for this gift and opportunity!!

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@abowen841 8 жыл бұрын

Well trained horse with a few years of racing behind him/her, that horse knew what to do, impressive. Thank god the reins didn't get caught.

@savannahchristine6020 8 жыл бұрын

the whole time i was like please dear lord don't let that horse step on the reins..

@kaitlynne2108 7 жыл бұрын

Me too i was like, "OMG If that horse steps on those reins..it's not gonna end up pretty". I was so glad that horse didn't..

@elliegreen7966 7 жыл бұрын

Talk about one hell of a trained horse.

@katiemartin4878 10 жыл бұрын

I would be afraid that the horse would step on the reigns

@maddog72703 9 жыл бұрын

They r super short reins

@sevenyes7 11 жыл бұрын

This is a classic example of the old saying about Barrel Racing; "The horse's job is to get around the barrels, it's your job to let him - by not falling off". She did it brilliantly!~

@SwavyCurlyCourtney 11 жыл бұрын

Loved how they turned the second! Looks like she didn't even see that she flipped the reins over his head till she went to switch hands. Too bad he didn't finish the third. Would have been epic. However, it still ranks in the awesome category! :-)

@tracitetrick4304 8 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that even though she lost her reins, the horse knew the pattern and kept going. that's impressive!

@XxBigDAWG22xX 8 жыл бұрын

Any high class barrel horse can do that and a lot of them would have probably even took the third barrel tighter and been around 14.6 seconds. Not bad by no means but depending on the horse they can make that even better with no reins.

@3ssoaddictzz 7 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest example of the bond you should have with your horse.

@melaniewillard4007 9 жыл бұрын

Yeehaw!!! Ridem girl. Rock on with ur bad self. Horse did not wig out. Rider kept her cool. A great outcome considering the circumstances.

@jamiev.9106 10 жыл бұрын

What an awesome horse! Sure he broke the pattern but wow that second barrel with no reins! PLUS the fact that you stayed on! Looks like a very quick horse and made lots of quick dodges at the end! NICE riding!

@myriamwest 11 жыл бұрын

That could have been a nightmare if the rider didnt remain, so calm. Thank god the reins werent long, or the horse would have stepped on them and went down. But accidents happen! no need for everybody to freak out over it. Great job on horse and rider! great seat positioning and theres a huge amount of trust between the horse and rider, which is such a beautiful thing to see. You really have a great horse!

@LaurenEades2011 11 жыл бұрын

A 15.2 time with no reins!!!!!!! Holy cow! Broke the pattern but how amazing that was! That horse and rider really love what they do! Thanks for sharing!!!

@creativecause62 9 жыл бұрын

Thank the Lord that the horse knew his job for that could have gone very different. That's how you know the animal loves their job because they keep on doing it with or without you.

@clegay5958 9 жыл бұрын

Damn that horse is beautiful.

@fastfdgreasytacilve3281 7 жыл бұрын

Wow even though she lost the reins, that was an impressive run, very fast, wish mine was like her's

@stillcowgirl4821 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! she didn't even mind she didn't freak out good rider

@lexifeldmann5353 11 жыл бұрын

More then the fact you are a great help to people...you dedicate your gift to God. That means a lot to me that people still will state their belief!! I've been on a runaway pony bareback...thank goodness she was small!! it's not fun.

@cckat05 11 жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing! You know that horse loves barrel racing

@kaitlynrichardson1176 10 жыл бұрын

I know I could never do that. but the horse was like"Letz go mama!"

@tigersgirl79 10 жыл бұрын

ive done that sorta.. ONLY CAUSE I LOST THE REINS WHEN THEY BROKE..

@tigersgirl79 10 жыл бұрын

The bay in your photo looks JUST LIKE a gelding I had back in KS btw.. I kinda miss the lug.. LOL

@Mokojin33 8 жыл бұрын

This si a barrel racer who knows what they are doing. They have a bond with their horse. It would be a pleasure to meet this girl unlike the people who jab their horses with spurs and whip them.

@crystalarthur9669 8 жыл бұрын

Most people tend to whip their horses because, they slow down way before the eyes which then causes then to get a slower time and lose points. Same thing for spurs. Hope that clears it up.

@audreytaylor3700 7 жыл бұрын

Butthole Licker yes, but as long as you don't kick the shit out of horse horse or whip them a bunch i think personally its fine

@lauraross3423 11 жыл бұрын

its amazing that your horse will still do the barrels even though he could do what he pleases if you dont use your legs GREAT JOB!

@downhomecowgirl95 11 жыл бұрын

If you look closely it looks like she lost her rope around the secong barrel. To be able to ride and control your horse going at that speed without reins is amazing. They must have a great bond. I hope to be able to do this with my horse one day. Man, is she truckin'. You go girl!

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you, RockingHEperformance! How refreshing to know that there are still people out there that appreciate a video (and the people/horses in it) for what it is REALLY intended to show. I appreciate you submitting this comment and making my day!! :)

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

No injuries, Holli. There was a warm up arena at the exit, so the horse stopped on its own. :)

@TheBanana1226 11 жыл бұрын

wow awesome! the rider kept calm and patted the horse to keep him calm, and they just kept on goiung how amazing

@sweeneytoddjoanna 11 жыл бұрын

Lol only reason is cuz that horse has done barrels and only barrels. He didn't know why the rider stopped giving him commands but heck he's doin barrels so he continued doing them. Around that third barrel he realized he was "free". Well done!

@jenniferjones2424 11 жыл бұрын

that happened to me in Pole Bending once. if the horse in this video hadnt broke the pattern that would only be MORE AWESOME!! Good job stayin on!

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Shelby, There was a warm-up arena beyond the gate, so her horse stopped on its own when it got back there. :)

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

There are numerous horses in the world that LOVE and are bred to gallop, but they still stop when asked by their rider. I'd say you were extremely lucky that day and should seek out a reputable trainer or clinician that can help you train your horse to WANT to stop when asked!! I'm so glad that you and your horse weren't hurt. :)

@laraearin 11 жыл бұрын

You know what, anyone can spout off with "You shoulda" crap. That girl handled it perfectly. She kept her seat, checked for the third barrel and rode it through. I had a bridle break once just before the second barrel that put me in the same situation and I also finished the pattern. Leg training and seat ques saved my butt. I think this girl did an amazing job! All those that haven't been in that situation should shut it (righteous "trainer" or not)! Great job!

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

Kopiskehorses, I completely agree with both of your comments. My previous posts were only in response to Dandyizbeasts comment about HER horse, which she stated in a later message to me, is young and very green. I professionally video barrel racers, reiners and cutters all the time, and as you mentioned; MOST barrel horses are extremely well trained. Also, there are horses that do "stop on a dime" at a full gallop, they are reiners...watching them do a sliding stop is amazing! :)

@ShortyTheDireWolf 11 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!!!

@summerstormuo4474 11 жыл бұрын

Don't care what anyone says, that girl had an awesome seat and a cool head. Trust is everything :)

@lexinewlon1379 10 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!!!!! That was also a pretty good timing!!!!

@somecrazyfangirl 11 жыл бұрын

This is impressive. It reminds me of my old mare that i could ride without reins.

@ltltwister 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are wonderful people!! :)

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Horseluva39, Thank you for your comment. At first glance, it looks like the tie down is broken, but those are actually the reins. If you watch closely in slow motion around the 3rd barrel, you will see the tie down is still intact and functioning as it should. :)

@10barrelracer 11 жыл бұрын

that was amazing! coming out of the 2nd barrel i thought you were gonna start sliding off but you didnt! awesome job staying on!

@annawhelan6165 10 жыл бұрын

You can seriously tell either how amazing of a rider you are or how amazing of a horse this is. Obviously it's a combination of the both of you here! Also, were there any injuries to either of you? I hope not! And this is seriously amazing that your horse kept listening and that you stuck it throuh!(:

@IUseThisSite 11 жыл бұрын

That is one good barrel horse. :)

@evamcknight6474 11 жыл бұрын

ok that was an awesome run. The stopping thing I would have panicked over, I trained my horse to listen to voice commands to that does help.

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

Hi ConfederateGirl523 - there was a warmup pen where the racers enter and exit, so the horse stopped in there. She is doing great - didn't get hurt at all. :)

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!! LOL I'd love to get a video of that. ;-)

@hollijones7405 11 жыл бұрын

Such a connection between horse and rider! I have/ride horses and I can tell when a rider has worked with their horse! Bravo to the rider for sticking it out! Might I ask what happened after the arena exit? I hope there weren't any injuries!

@MyGirlCajun 11 жыл бұрын

My mare does. It's about training. She stops instantly every time I game her. The second I sit back and say woah, her haunches go down and she stops dead; and this is a mare who ran a course in only 2 seconds under a girl's time who had made STATE records in the event.

@ltltwister 13 жыл бұрын

@SkySpy000: Thanks for your comment. Yes, unfortunately it was a 'no time', but in my book they were the best team of the weekend.

@SkySpy000 13 жыл бұрын

NICE JOB! so awesome that you kept your cool and held onto the horn and he did exactly what he was supposed to! although was it a no time since he was on the other side of that barrel?

@Riv22xRainbow6 11 жыл бұрын

that was amazing he was jus like "hey i got this" aww haha glad she was ok though that could of gone wrong, really shows staying calm and knowing your horse pays off :D xox

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

horsegirl07: Thank you for your positive comment. The reins slipped over the horse's head around the 1st barrel. You can see it better during the slow motion. :)

@LivLifeLikeYouLoveIt 10 жыл бұрын

That horse just knows what to do!

@coramackowiak4295 11 жыл бұрын

nice job sticky to it!!! I only she would have not gone outside the second that would have been awesome!!! but keep your hands down that happened to me before and my horse handled it almost the same and I saw I hade my hands to high so yeah :) amazing job :)

@sarahcarlton6902 8 жыл бұрын

I know this is a really old vid ,but did they count her time? I was just wondering since she kind of broke pattern going home since she went outside of the 2nd barrel...

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is out of pattern. However, this video wasn't uploaded to show a time. It is just for fun to show how the horse and rider work so well together. :)

@haleybrumbaugh6557 10 жыл бұрын

i just got a new horse and his name is Dirt he is an amazing barrel racer the only problem is, he gets himslef to worked up and he tries to go to fast and when he turns his hoofs slid ut from under him and on the way back he bucks so i still need some work whith him but he is so good other than that and that horse and rider have an amazing bond never loose that...ok.

@stang1970 11 жыл бұрын

yeah I agree. my horse was a do ALL horse. work or play to competing. I could hook a cart, drag out some logs, or run him in a speed show. And turn around and through a little kid on him to ride. it didn't matter I worked with him and we enjoyed each other! anyway he would stop. it might not have been as quickly as using the reins, but he would listen to me

@BeTh-kx9xj 9 жыл бұрын

i love how the horse new egsactly what it was doing and the rider looked like she had complete trust in the horse

@XxBigDAWG22xX 8 жыл бұрын

If your barrel racing you have spend so much time on a horse that you know it just like walking. All finished barrel horses should be able to run a complete pattern but some horses wouldn't have taken barrel 3 as wide and would have still ran a 14.6 or 14.7 there.

@jadem8820 9 жыл бұрын

im a little confused why they are telling her to "watch the gait" when shes on a horse thats going at full speed without reins and she cant stop, maybe someone of should went out there and helped her by trying to stop her horse

@ltltwister 9 жыл бұрын

Jadeand Nick They were not telling HER (the rider) to watch the gate, they were telling the people in the warm up area that is located just beyond the entrance/exit alleyway (gate). There is no way in God's green earth anyone would have been safe trying to stop her horse. It wasn't like she was in any danger, she was just fine in the saddle and she knew DJ (her horse) would stop as soon as he was through the gate, which he did. The people were just yelling to warn the riders in the warm up area that a horse was coming back there full speed. :) Hope that clears up any confusion.

@theequinesimmer3341 8 жыл бұрын

+Jadeand Nick They were telling her to "Watch the gate"...

@jadem8820 8 жыл бұрын

+ltltwister ahh I see

@horsegirl07 11 жыл бұрын

That is amazing, but I have to admit alittle scary too!! Did her reins break or did she lose grip of them? I couldnt really tell. Good horse and rider team! Glad the rider stayed calm!

@suntzuwarsword1964 11 жыл бұрын

AWESOME !!

@mgillespiegmail.commakayla5903 8 жыл бұрын

wow! your horse really knows the pattern.😮

@HorseCraze23 10 жыл бұрын

This is a horse that knows its job!

@Bridgette654 11 жыл бұрын

The horse went around the barrels because he's a push-button horse and knew the pattern and knew his job. Yes, she may have been guiding with her legs, but he would've dont the pattern with or without the reins.

@SonicStorm12 11 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. If only the horse wouldn't have broken the pattern coming out of that last turn, that run would've been smoking! Still awesome regardless. Wonder if my horse would do that in poles if I lost the riens. xD

@montanasolomon2478 10 жыл бұрын

Do you know Russ & Nicole Ratowski?

@melissabernosky2162 11 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a good video. I can see there's a lot of trust between horse and rider...as it should be. Sure the pattern was off a bit at the end...but no one panicked and no one got hurt. I say this because it could have been very easy for the horse to trip on the reins. Good job, and good ride!

@kopiskehorses 12 жыл бұрын

I realized you weren't talking about barrel horses in general shortly after I sent you those messages. Sorry. And yes, reiners are amazing. Reining is one of my favorite disciplines. They at least have sliders to somewhat help ease the stress on their joints.

@TXbarrelCowgirl 11 жыл бұрын

I would have been flipping out...Ive had accidents with the reins I would be worried he would get caught up in them....but thats pretty awesome i must say

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

Hi ConfederateGirl523, There is a warmup pen where they exit, so he stopped. She is didn't get hurt at all. :)

@taylorsmith4697 12 жыл бұрын

my bridle broke off completeley. reins and all on the way to the first. we finished WITH a time. 15.989. just sat up there and my mare did it all.

@doodlebug747 12 жыл бұрын

nice run but thats the most scariest thing in the world that could happen beside a fall nice rid

@BarrelRacerZip 11 жыл бұрын

Wow. Amazing. She is lucky the horse didn't get a hoof caught on the reins! That could have been a disaster! But she did a great job of just riding it out and the horse must just love to run!

@kopiskehorses 12 жыл бұрын

No offense, but for those who think this horse isn't trained well enough because it cont. to run obviously don't know much about barrel horses. Almost all the barrel horses I know are very well trained. They are great at flexion, collection & getting underneath themselves. What u all don't understand is that barrel horses at this level love their job & are trained specifically to run hard. (c)

@elisesweg3496 11 жыл бұрын

She is very !! GOOD !!!!!!

@ltltwister 12 жыл бұрын

Yes, she was ok. :) There was a warm-up arena at the exit, so her horse just stopped in there.

@SkySpy000 13 жыл бұрын

@SorensenRacer54 i love watching these vids ;) shows true trust between rider and horse. too bad it was a no time :( bummer, but it made for a great run for the weekend i'll bet! lol

@nataliespittler477 8 жыл бұрын

Why it's important to have a bonded relationship not controlled relationship :)

@lombarmm 11 жыл бұрын

Amen to that. :)

@ltltwister 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Amberd123456789: Thank you SOOO much for asking! Yes, you can definitely use this in your video as long as the final production still makes it look high quality like this one in HD; OR if you also add something in the credits that mentions that the original video wasn't used. It is just really important to me that people know high quality videos are something I strive to produce and that I don't settle with anything less. :) I'd love to see your final video. :)

@elizabethwinningham1081 11 жыл бұрын

nice ive never seen a horse complete barrels buy its self most go crazy or turn around and im surpised she stayed on koollll

@TheFiyre 11 жыл бұрын

way to hang in there but this is why you need to put your hands down... it is a pet peeve for me to observe barrel racers anymore because the always have their hands far above the horses neck most of the time..I barrel race once in a while and its not impossible to keep your hands down and forward. Ive seen this happen before and the reins got looped around her horses front leg.luckily it was a hackamore and the reins broke and both horse and rider walked away from the accident.

@louisegill3223 11 жыл бұрын

this is why i love horse riding!!! i hate it when you see kids smacking ponys with whips to go faster and i think its horrible. A WELL TRAINED HORSE KNOWS ITS JOb REGARDLESS OF TRAINING AIDS (REINS, SPURS OR ANYTHING ELSE) this just shows why its better to train a horse correctly otherwise she would be on an uncontrolable horse once the reins were gone. shes a true rider and i think shes fantastic and so is the horse xxxxx

@SnowFlakee15 11 жыл бұрын

I like that horse .....

@LovelyMissFirefly 11 жыл бұрын

she broke the pattern

@Lexielex321 11 жыл бұрын

Why didnt her time count?

@shelbypheonix375 11 жыл бұрын

that would scare me if that ever happened. im a little curious as to see how she stopped.

@SamCowgirl658 11 жыл бұрын

That would have been a fantastic time if the horse had just turned the last barrel tighter and when straight home instead of going wide. Bet it would have made a rockin' run!

@TwoHeartsOnePassion 12 жыл бұрын

Thats what you call a finished barrel horse

@TheMattd546 11 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see what happened at the end of the gate.

@MsRodeoFan 11 жыл бұрын

Umm no offence or anything but don't you think if he had of grabbed the reins one of two things would have happened at that pace? 1) the horse stopped/turned to quickly and got hurt or 2) he would have got ripped off his feet and drug along the ground, possibly spooking the horse? Also I've never seen anyone jump in front of a galloping horse because a) they could spook the horse or b) the horse could plough straight over top of them. If he had done either of those things it could have ended bad

@horseluva39 11 жыл бұрын

her tie down broke coming to the third barrel

@171kotaforever171 11 жыл бұрын

It was still a pretty fast time considering

@funsizedruple 11 жыл бұрын

Out of pattern??? Or does that not count wher ever this was?

@ConfederateGirl523 12 жыл бұрын

Did somebody stop him for you ? Are y'all ok ?

@blueroanfilly1 11 жыл бұрын

AMEN tell em

@amberd123456789 11 жыл бұрын

ok thanks

@kkatelyc 11 жыл бұрын

haha! thats so cool!

@dibade1961 7 жыл бұрын

that horse wants to run!!

@hopegracecowgirlfaith2963 8 жыл бұрын

it's not a actual pattern since her horse went in between the barrel and the fence in the way home, but she handled it amazingly. I would've passed out if that happened to me 😂