Barrel Racing
Barrel racing is just that – a race against time requiring pure precision, timing and teamwork between horse and rider.
The earliest barrel races were done in either figure eights or the cloverleaf pattern. Eventually the figure eight was dropped in favor of the more difficult cloverleaf pattern. There is no ‘official measurements’ for barrel racing. The Standard of the barrel racing pattern, according to the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Rule Book, is,
“ninety feet between barrel one and two, one hundred five feet between barrel one and three, and between barrel two and three. Sixty feet from barrels one and two to the score line. The score line should be at least sixty feet from the end of the arena, if allowed, and not less than forty five feet.’- “The History of Barrel Racing” by Gail Hughbanks Woerner
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