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Podcast: Be Your Best Horsemanship
Episode: 3 Exercises to Improve Timed Event Performance
Description: Running hard is a reactive response for a horse. This is the same response that is triggered when a horse is afraid of something. Their natural instincts tell them to run away at a high rate of speed. In the barrel racing, we ask our horses for this same reactive response four times during a run—coming through the gate and after turning all three barrels.
For this reason, it is essential to have a strong foundation that allows our horses to seamlessly flip from the thinking side of their brains to reacting side. If we don’t ha...