Preventing a Rodeo Horse from Shouldering a Barrel

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Holly Heidemann on behalf of Expert Village and in the sport of barrel racing there is something that happens that's called shouldering a barrel that a horse will do where they actually, I'll show you on Bailey, if the barrel was sitting here he would drop this shoulder down into the dirt and he would try and turn like that. To keep that from happening we want to get that horse's shoulder stood up. So I'm going to lift that inside rein up, I'm going to keep my shoulder up and I'm going to keep this horse from shouldering this barrel by lifting that shoulder up. You notice my hand is in this area, it is not down here pulling, if I were to come down, I'm going to run over my cameraman, but if I were to come down like this, notice what happens with that horse's shoulder. See how straight his shoulder goes with his head. Watch the difference between that and when I bring my hands up. My hands up, my shoulders up. Watch how his shoulder stands up his nose comes in and he's able to keep himself aligned and in that turning pattern much easier."