Daily Archives: June 3, 2009

Amber, tell me what you do to prepare for the next rodeo season, do you ride colts, or take time off all together? 
I always have something to ride, whether it is the open horse I am running at the time or some outside horses to ride and sell for customers.  I think I would go crazy out of my mind if I didn’t have something to ride.

In that time off, do you give your horses off completely, or do you still ride on a regular schedule? If so, what does that schedule look like? do you use this time for tuning, or just letting them get some daily exercise? 
The last few years I have been selling a lot of horses, so I really haven’t had anything longer than a year to give them time off.  In general I try to ride at least 3 or 4 days a week if I am going to a show or rodeo on the weekend.  Seasoned barrel horses that I take in for customers rarely see the barrels when I have them except to run.  Now if there is something I do not like that they are doing on the pattern I might work them a couple days to get them right again.