Arena Etiquette

Arena Etiquette

August 21, 2019 | by

One of my biggest pet peeves is people riding every different direction in the warmup pen. I have ridden in many warm-up pens of various disciplines in the western world, from cutting and reining to barrel racing and gymkhana and it seems to be all the same. Everyone is riding in whichever direction they please. This is dangerous and I have seen some bad wrecks because of it. Fortunately, not at the gymkhanas, but we need to teach our kids proper arena etiquette and that starts with us as adults. If you enter the arena and other riders are already
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Show Prep — How to Prep for My First

Show Prep — How to Prep for My First

May 6, 2018 | by

As my first gymkhana approached, I reorganized my horse trailer and made sure I had everything I needed to make my first show in a year and half, fun successful and as stress free as possible. I put the word out on Facebook asking my friends how they prep and I got some pretty cool answers...
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SL Barrel Horses’ 1st Gymkhana Clinic 10/28/17

SL Barrel Horses’ 1st Gymkhana Clinic 10/28/17

November 17, 2017 | by

On Saturday October 28th, we hosted our first gymkhana clinic at the barn with the help of some amazing ladies from the Tri-County Riders gymkhana club. We had 3 students and 2 outside riders join us in the learning opportunity of a life time. Several wonderful ladies for Tri-County Riders joined us to help teach the kids all about the gymkhana events. We were about to ride 5 events and had so much fun! I cannot wait to do it again and to attend the gymkhana shows. Each of my girls did an awesome job and learned so much that
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Getting Ready for Boarders

Getting Ready for Boarders

August 25, 2017 | by

July and August have been busy months for us at LoneStar Riding Academy, home to SL Barrel Horses. As you know, in May we met with the owner of Corral’s R Us to discuss a design for the next phase of our build. Heidi and I met with Daniel and hashed out what are first 9-stall shedrow would look like. We had an idea in our heads and Daniel was able to put it to paper for us.
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How much is board? Wow that’s a lot!

August 6, 2017 | by

As we have been building our stalls at LoneStar Riding Academy, one of the biggest questions I get is “how much is board?” The response after I answer the question is “wow, that’s a lot!” Every boarding facility has the ability to decide what they are going to charge their boarders. Our rates are based on so many variables as well as all the other facilities around. Their is a huge difference in price between self-care, partial care and full care. When I boarded my horses in college, I paid $80/month for self-care. By self-care, I mean I had to
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Sharon Camarillo/Donna Irvin Barrel Racing Clinic 2017

Sharon Camarillo/Donna Irvin Barrel Racing Clinic 2017

July 13, 2017 | by

A couple of weekends ago, Kayla and I attended a Sharon Camarillo/Donna Irvin "Better Barrel Racing" Clinic as audits. For $100, we were able to visit Falling Oak Ranch, in Salinas, CA, for the two day clinic, sit at the end of the arena and watch 2 incredibly talented women teach a stellar group of girls how to be better barrel racers and horsewomen.
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