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Mandy at SOBRA finals 2009

Barrel racing is a sport that takes the best equipment to get the job done.  An outstanding Santa Fe barrel racing saddle can do this for you.  We have this Santa Fe barrel racing saddle that is custom rawhide covered.  It has a barrel racing saddle tree. This saddle comes with 5 year guarantee.

To run the race and come out first, you must have a great barrel racing saddle that fits you and your horse.  The best equipment that fits both the horse and you, thats the goal for Crazy Horse Saddle Shop.

Barrel Racing is my passion and I know from experience that without a great saddle the job is 10 times harder to get done. Gett’r Done!

The rawhide cover of this saddle makes sure that you stick to the barrel racing saddle and don’t have trouble staying in as you chase those cans.  When I began I had a ‘used’ barrel saddle without the rawhide roughout seat.  Believe me that is a chore to accomplish with your body sliding at each turn of the barrel. 

It will also send the wrong signals to your horse as you slide into the wrong position.

You and/or your loved one will love this saddle.

We have these barrel racing saddles in 14″, 14.5″ & 15″ seats.

The low price of $899.00.  Why pay more? The BIG plus is FREE Shipping on all Saddles!!

You can visit CrazyHorseSaddleShop.com and find the saddle and gear for you and yours.

Learning Barrel Racing by a Baby Boomer.  Believe

Racing home to win the 4D saddle

You must believe, so success will follow.

Barrel Racing and what it means to decide at 56 years young, thats what you want to learn to do.

I believe you’re never too old to accomplish a dream, if you believe.
Edith Wharton once said, There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

To me light is the accomplishment of a task with my horse. The joy that comes from getting through the cloverleaf pattern with all three barrels standing and a decent time is always nice.

I began Barrel Racing with my daughter, she was 10 and just learning to ride. I had not been on a horse in 20+ years, but the love and determination was there. So we joined a gaming club to ride once a month in a summer series.

As she learned to ride, I once again learned balance and the technique I had long since lost. In 2001 we bought a horse that was barely broke to ride, although she was 10 years old. She soon became mine and we began the long process of learning together. Since shes a little hot, being an appendix Quarter Horse, this was a challenge. We both had to learn balance and the pattern, but we did it together. The road was long and hard.

By 2004 I realized that if I wanted to accomplish my goals, I had to get together with an instructor. We have a good friend that is an awesome trainer of barrel horses, and kids. She took me and my horse under her wing and worked with us, helping us gain the technique, self confidence and balance we both needed.

She has kept us going these past years with spots of training here and there. We go to the same games so she’s there to instruct and scream (its ok) support and directions from the side lines.

Martin Luther King Jr said; Everybody can be great..You only need a heart full of grace.

I have left many arena’s in tears. One year for the series finals we hit barrels on every run, which of course means no time. We had done very well up to the finals, with very few barrels being hit. I was disappointed and I was going to quit, I felt I could never get this dream accomplished. I was too old to respond fast enough. Your horse goes from a stop to 30 miles per hour in a couple of jumps. You only have split seconds to think of your next move as your coming to the next barrel. Several of the long time gamers said its just part of it. One special lady that has been racing for years and has been to world said, we all cry, want to quit, sell the horse, go to knitting. But its worth it, hang in there and keep trying. At the end of season Award ceremony, they gave me a camp chair with a barrel racer and inscribed on it is “Betty & Niki, the school of Hard Knocks”. I love that chair!

Now I’m 63 years young. I am still trying, still racing, still learning, still loving it. My Horse has a hurt leg, I have a hurt leg and we continue to go for it. Remembering all this, speaking of it, is not just about what those outstanding women taught me, helped me and encouraged me. Its about the Teamwork, Love for my horse and her for me, accomplishment and self worth.
I like to say, we are not the fastest, but we are the funnest. Niki and I love what we do. We scream and carry on, when the run is great, I do a jig that makes my family disown me. Niki loves to run and I love riding her as fast as she chooses to go. We win some money, win some awards and have the time of our lives. I feel I have accomplished my dream. The awards we win are secondary to the accomplishment of a dream.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr said Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
It was not all I had, for I had the support of my wonderful husband (now gone, this passed last year) and a great daughter, as well as the rest of my family and very special SOBRA friends. They made sure the shoulder was there to cry on and support me through the roughest times, and scream their support and pride during the successful times.

A wonderful note from Take it from me: Life’s a struggle but you can win by Erin Brockovich/Marc Elliot reads:

You can Prevail

If you believe you’re right or you can stand up and fight for your place in the sun. If you believe you can do it, hang in for the whole 15 rounds because even if you don’t win, you will have earned the respect of everyone in the fight, including yourself, and in that sense you will have prevailed.

My gal Niki and I did prevail, we Gott’er Done!

 Niki pulled up lame the week-end before the SOBRA finals this past spring of 2009. I ran her daughter TIKI for the finals and together won the 4D saddle!

You can do it, just keep trying.

Niki & I

Stop by and browse our store at Crazyhorsesaddleshop.com  We have barrel racing saddles, english saddles, tack and accessories for all those horse lovers out there.

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