Keeping a Rodeo Horse from Ducking a Barrel

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Holly Heidemann on behalf of Expert Village, and another area we're going to focus on today is that sometimes a horse will have a problem where they'll duck that second barrel. That means is they come around the first barrel, they get going to the second one but instead of going to the correct side of the barrel, at the last second they'll duck off to the wrong side. So what we're going to do is pretend we've already turned around this first barrel to the right. We're going to come toward the second barrel, and what you would see if a horse was ducking it, is they would come to the incorrect side of the barrel like this and then you would have to stop and try and move them over so they could turn that barrel. So to fix that problem, come back with me and I'll show you a better approach to that barrel. We will have just turned this first barrel, we'll pretend, and as soon as you've finished that first barrel turn, what I want you to do instead is to life up your left reign, use your left leg and push that horse over. You're building this pocket all the way to the second barrel so that when you get over to it, you're already on the correct side of it and you're not having to move over at the last second. "