Fine Tuning Barrel Horses: Technical barrel horse training manual (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439254615)

Fine Tuning Barrel Horses, by champion barrel racer and barrel horse trainer Jessi Mead, is for every horse owner wishing to produce a top-level barrel horse. This detailed manual based on Mead's thirty years as a champion barrel racer and trainer outlines such training and fine-tuning techniques as determining the horse's training needs and meeting them; developing barrel turns, measuring barrel pockets, marking pocket points, teaching the horse collection and controlled speed. Every element of the barrel pattern is explained in clear diagrams using math, physics, and science. The chapters on rate and turn, detecting and correcting problems, and information on all phases of competition are essential. Her unique use of visual aids for horse and rider enhances the training and learning process, increasing the accuracy and consistency of barrel runs. The most thorough and informative manual available today, and a must for everyone involved in barrel racing.

Author: Jessi Mead
ISBN-10: 1439254613
ISBN-13: 9781439254615
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2009
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.29d