A Barrel Racing Curly...the rest of the story.

Hello All,

We had a blast these past Sunday afternoons running the barrels at Golden Curls Ranch. Well, actually we walked the barrels...a lot! Our class was a nice size of four ladies with an very knowledgeable instructor. The class members are all good friends from way back which makes it nice when your instructor keeps yelling at you "You're on the wrong lead - which was translated by English riding friends as "diagonal". 

The first part of class we would patiently sit in front of the big marker board inside the barn while trying to understand Barrel Racing division breakdowns and what the heck an arc was and why you need to correct your bowing, so that we could saddle up our horse. 

Everyone rode a Curly. After a nice grooming, we would put on our saddles and bell boots. The first two Sundays it was muddy and even rained during our class but hey "what's a little rain - we joked, nobody's gonna melt". The last two Sundays were perfect. So we met early just to ride more:)

My favor memory was watching, Mr Wide-derriere, Lakota flexing his hind end and turning those barrels like they were tiny teapots in the sand with Lynn's soft, gentle hands. And Marion determined to ride in a dressage saddle; more comfortable she claimed; while our instructor said..."there 'aint enough leather on that saddle for me". Still, Marion and Lakota showed us they could dance their way around the barrels.

We had a great time and we will definitely have more classes. Once again, our Curly horses have proven to the horse world they are versatile as well as handsome and intelligent.

Best wishes from Texas

Angie