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	Barrel racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barrel racing, is a rodeo event that features a horse or barrel racer and one rider, running a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels in a triangular arrangement.
		The racer may go to the right barrel first and turn it to the right and the second and third barrel to the left, or he/she can choose to go to the left barrel first in the triangular shaped pattern and turn it to the left and the other two to the right.
		The choice of which barrel to go to first is usually made by the racer based on the specific abilities of his/her horse and if they turn better to the right or to the left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrel_racing (630 words)

	National Western Stock Show: Rodeo - Barrel Racing
		Barrel racing is one of professional rodeo’s most colorful and exciting events.
		Barrel racing began as a friendly challenge of horsemanship skills between cowgirls and has developed into a multi-million dollar professional sport.
		The lure and the thrill of barrel racing lies in the excitement of seeing equine athletes and their skilled trainers perform at their best.
	www.nationalwestern.com /nwss/rodeo/barrelracing.asp (292 words)

	ESPN.com - PRORODEO - Barrel Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Barrel racing has no judges, which means the event has no subjective points of view.
		Barrel racing is graceful and simplistic — one woman, three barrels, a horse and the ever-present stopwatch.
		Barrel racing at its core has changed little from the days when cowgirls raced for minimal, if any, prize money and support.
	sports.espn.go.com /prorodeo/news/story?page=g_BRREventDescription (395 words)

	Wildwood Manor Ranch ~ Barrel Racing in Ontario
		Barrel Racing is a timed event, where rider and horse race around three barrels in a clover leaf pattern.
		The barrels are set up in a triangular formation, with the third barrel being the top point of the triangle.
		For barrel racing, their powerful hauches allow them to accelerate away from the barrels quickly, and slow down before making a turn.
	www.wildwoodranch.com /barrel_racing.htm (764 words)

	Barrel Racing
		Although barrel racing may look less harrowing than some other rodeo events, it certainly is not for the fainthearted.
		In barrel racing, the contestant and her horse enters the arena at full speed.
		The racer rides a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels positioned in the arena, and then sprinting back out, trips the eye and stops the clock as she leaves.
	www.renorodeo.com /html/barrel_racing.html (115 words)

	Pendleton Round-Up BARREL RACING
		Because of the layout of the round-up grounds, this race is conducted on grass, with the barrels situated on the dirt track surrounding the arena.
		The first and second barrels are on the opposite sides of the track, approximately 290 feet apart, and 21 feet off the arena walls.
		The third barrel is aproximately 288 feet from the start/finish line.
	www.pendletonroundup.com /pages/barrel_racing.shtml (124 words)

	Barrel Racing - Associated Content
		Racing, dressage and barrel racing are different forms of equine sports that tests the speed and balance of the rider and the horse.
		While a standard horse race tested speed and Dressage tested the balance, Barrel racing tested both speed as well as balance of the rider with the horse.
		Barrel racing is a rodeo event where cowgirls compete with each other and the clock.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/25580/barrel_racing.html (369 words)

	Barrel Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Barrel racing has no judges, which means a rider's time is the only determining factor.
		The rider circles three barrels in a cloverleaf pattern as quickly as she can.
		A rider may touch, or even tip a barrel, but if one is knocked over, a five-second penalty is added to her total time.
	www.thefair.com /page.asp?view=3272 (112 words)

	Barrel Horse News - Industry issues: Professional Women's Barrel Racing
		What first appeared to be a simple examination of barrel racing’s value versus cost to rodeo has gotten mired in questioned motives and two-sided stories.
		Following is a look at the background that culminated in the dispute, as well as a point-by-point comparison of competing under the current WPRA versus the proposed PWBR, as accurately as BHN could discern the basics in early September.
		Julie Mankin is a regular BHN contributor, and a barrel racer and roper based in Colorado.
	www.barrelhorsenews.com /article_two/article_two.html (1136 words)

	How to Compete in a Barrel Racing Event - eHow.com
		Barrel racing is a fast-paced, thrilling event that keeps everyone out of their seat - even the rider!
		Barrel racers barely sit in their saddles; they're riding so fast they often lean forward, slightly out of their saddle, to impel the horse forward.
		The barrel racing pattern consists of three barrels placed in a triangle at the opposite end of the arena from where the horse enters, the top of the triangle being the farthest away.
	www.ehow.com /how_10969_compete-barrel-racing.html (610 words)

	Cowgirls Barrel Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Barrel racing is a timed event and looks deceptively simple with a horse and rider racing at breakneck speed in a cloverleaf pattern around three 55 gallon drums set in a triangle.
		The two have the option of rounding the barrel to the left or right first before circling the opposite barrel then charging around the center barrel and heading back for the scoring line.
		When they cut the tight turns around the barrels, the horse and rider can be at a 45 degree angle and solid footing is essential.
	www.longhornrodeo.com /barrelracing.htm (344 words)

	Barrel Racing Basics, Part 1
		But barrel racing, and some other sports or activities, especially build the closeness and the entire relationship--you're both working together to achieve a common goal; it's competetive and challenging; and best of all it's heart-poundingly fun.
		The pattern is a cloverleaf, which means there are three barrels set in the arena; one on the right, one in the middle and further down, and one on the left--basically a triangle if looking at it from above.
		Barrel racing seems to be a sport that both horse and rider can enjoy together.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/horse_training/71382 (422 words)

	News updates
		This is the Grand-daddy of races for the Barrel Futurities of America, an organization formed by barrel racers for barrel racers.
		Dale, and his wife Florence are barrel racing veterans that have run the pattern for many years.
		Barrel racing began at 6pm with the Youth World Finals.
	www.barrelhorses.com /BFA/news.html (1426 words)

	Barrel Horse Gifts, Decals & Apparel
		For the barrel racing event, the arena is cleared and three barrels are set up at different marked locations.
		The barrel distances for a standard size arena (130 ft. wide by 200 ft. long) are as follows: from the score line (starting line) to the 1st and 2nd barrels is 60 feet.
		The distance between the first and second barrels is 90 feet, and the distance from the 1st and 2nd barrels to the 3rd barrel is 105 feet.
	www.nickerstickers.com /horse/barrels.htm (870 words)

	Barrel Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although barrel racing may look less harrowing than some other rodeo events, it certainly is not for the faint-hearted.
		In barrel racing, the contestant enters the arena at full speed on a sprinting American Quarter Horse.
		Then the racer rides a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels positioned in the arena, and sprints back out of the arena, tripping the eye and stopping the clock as she leaves.
	ollie.dcccd.edu /phed1100/content/barrelrc.htm (200 words)

	Western Disciplines - Barrel Racing - From Hunter's Pony Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Barrel racing is one of the most popular events.
		Barrel racing is a contest of three 360 degree turns in which the horse and rider run figure eights around a triangular course of three barrels forming a cloverleaf pattern.
		AQHA rules specify that there must be 30 yards between the first two barrels and 35 yards between the second and third.
	www.huntersponyfarm.com /horses/western/barrelracing.html (512 words)

	Barrel Racing Basics, Part 2
		Horses that won't check their speed at the crucial turns lose those seconds in time that could cost you a win--not to mention how precious it is to have a horse who can stop and/or turn sharply at high speeds.
		When you begin loping your horse in the cloverleaf pattern, one great way to make sure he's in the correct lead going into the first barrel is by doing this: lope him in a little circle before approaching the first barrel, in the lead that you want him to be in on that barrel.
		For example, if you're hitting the right barrel first and therefore want your horse to be in his right lead, lope him in a circle to the right to ensure that he's in his right lead.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/horse_training/74029 (467 words)

	Barrel Racing Clinic
		For veteran horseback riders, the rising popularity of rodeo sports offers an option: barrel racing, a beat-the-clock event in which you spur your steed around a cloverleaf arrangement of three barrels, trying to score the best time without knocking any down.
		Barrel racing began as a women's game -- in national-level rodeos, it still is -- so its focus is on the agility of both horse and rider rather than on brute strength.
		Barrel racing's quick turns and hurried pace are pretty demanding.
	www.barrelracingclinic.com /inthenews.htm (456 words)

	Barrel Racing - Wal-Mart
		Barrel racing is one of the few rodeo events in which animals and humans work cooperatively to defeat a common foe--in this case, the clock.
		Although this particular event is so simple and is over quickly, it remains one of the most popular events of the sport and is one of the few dominated by female riders.
		The thrilling book opens by tracing the origins of barrel racing, describing the moment-by-moment breakdown of the event, and profiling various riders, including a barrel racing champion.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4723855 (532 words)

	Rodeo Barrel Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The contestant must circle three barrels positioned in the arena in a cloverleaf pattern.
		While attempting the tight turns, a contestant can touch and even move a barrel but if a barrel is overturned, it will cause a 5 second penalty.
		The fastest speed possible is maintained until the contestant races back across the finish line, stopping the clock.
	www.blueridgetexas.com /rodeo_barrel_racing.htm (100 words)

	LM Barrel Racing, Clinics, Saddles & Tack, Video Production, The Practice Pen, Toklat, Myler bits. Double J ...
		For the past 25 years, barrel racers, store owners, and horsemen in general have come to depend on anything with Lynn's name on it to be the very best available.
		In a ‘Barrel Racing Lab 501’ (so named because compared to what we have done in the past, this is now barrel racing instruction, college graduate level), the Tanner Time system breaks the pattern down into seven segments.
		All those years of filming barrel races, clinics, and Lab 501s has given Murray the equipment and technical ability to undertake and produce this project.
	www.lmbarrelracing.com (1159 words)

	Xtreme Barrel Racing Plus - Texas Barrel Racing Production Company
		From the East Texas towns of Conroe and Tomball, west to Brenham, east to Liberty, north to Crockett and south to Rosenberg we brought together barrel racing families for the sport we love.
		Our goal is to produce several barrel races and playdays per year that are run smooth, with the best ground conditions and include added money to insure a great payout.
		We believe if we have barrel races geared to the 6 and under beginners, young and novice horses, as well as youth, senior and open classes, we will keep families together and enjoying the sport of barrel racing for many years to come.
	www.xtremebarrelracingplus.com (157 words)

	National Barrel Horse Association - #1 in Barrel Racing
		The International Barrel Horse Federation (IBHF) has been established to promote international awareness and interest in the sport of barrel racing and provide international competition for member countries.
		The National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA), with headquarters in the United States, has been extremely successful in promoting the sport of barrel racing throughout the United States and Canada, using its 3D/4-D format.
		Members of the IBHF will receive professional guidance as to the establishment of a barrel racing association within their country.
	www.nbha.com /ibhf (281 words)

	Viewing a thread - What I Love About Barrel Racing
		Her father hauled him to some tough races on her way to gillet WY high school rodeo finals and he and Stacy let the barrel world know that there were good barrel racers from Las Vegas NV.
		I love to watch good horses and even though we have progressed in barrel racing I still believe that those two girls and there great horses could have run with the best in the world now.........
		I'll admit it I have a shopping/tack addiction and barrel racing IS the perfect excuse to spend.
	www.barrelhorseworld.com /forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=95919&posts=1 (995 words)

	Amazon.com: Barrel Racing: Training the Wright Way (Masters): Books: Ed Wright,Martha Wright,Glory Ann Kurtz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The XR5000RF Wireless Barrel Racing Timer with 1/1000th of a second resolution is a very professional and affordable equestrian timer.
		I have been training and riding barrel horses for 24 years and feel that this is the best barrel racing book I have ever come across.
		From selecting certain barrel racing pedigrees, ground work with colts, first rides, beginning barrel work, problems, tack selection and much more.
	www.amazon.com /Barrel-Racing-Training-Wright-Masters/dp/0962589896 (654 words)

	Barrel Racing Tips (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The rate must be asked for with the riders body position and whatever amount of pressure is necessary for the horse to respond to the riders command.
		Turn is the method used by the rider to precisely place and position a horse around each barrel.
		In the barrel race, is approach, rate and turn.
	www.angelfire.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ne/horsehill/tips.html (234 words)

	Sefton Barrel Racing Home Page - Barrel Horse Training Facility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		May was bred and raced to a speed index of 84 by Mr.
		May is a daughter of Easy Max (SI 96) out of an ROM race A Sharp Leo daughter.
		May has ROM's in Race and Performance, an AQHA Superior and Top Ten in barrels; she's a Derby and Sweepstakes winner, arena record setter and multiple saddle winner.
	www.barrel-horses.com /home.html (717 words)

	Barrel Racing
		On Saturday after the NBHA races, Diane Rameriz, produced the First Annual Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation Pink Ribbon Race which was a 50% payoff and had over 170 entries, who either ran or carried over their times from the previous races.
		Barrel racing is a timed event where the fastest time is what matters most, and cowgirls compete in the arena against each other and the clock.
		Three barrels are set up at different marked locations, and the riders enter the arena at full speed, quickly rounding each barrel and then exiting where they entered.
	www.bridleandbit.com /artman/publish/cat_index_26.shtml (1928 words)

	World Barrel Racing Productions ~ Finals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Please don’t misunderstand – the barrel racing industry is saturated with good barrel racing finals events, all worth attending.
		For these reasons, we reserve the right to cancel or postpone a barrel race due to any natural or man-made disaster.
		While we hate to include this clause in ANY of our promotional pieces, we simply don’t feel that it’s fair if only a small percentage of barrel racers can attend an event because of events that are out of their hands.
	www.worldbarrelracing.com /Finals/Finals.htm (679 words)

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