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Posted on January 15, 2019

You Don’t Have the Talent

You read the title to this blog and you already thought I was talking about you, huh? Ugh. It felt ugly just typing that title into the box. I guess it felt extra ugly and familiar because I've spoken those words to myself . There's a good chance someone else has even said them about …

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Posted on December 11, 2017December 11, 2017

Lessons Learned at the BFA

When striving to reach a new goal or compete at a new level, it is so easy to get nervous or intimidated. To second guess everything you have done to prepare, to wonder if you are out of your league, to back down from the pressure or safety up. Competing at the BFA World Finals …

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Posted on August 26, 2017August 26, 2017

3 Ways You’re Adding Time on The Clock

It's no secret that I'm completely obsessed with barrel racing. I love to sit and watch at a barrel race and analyze what is going on in a run. I totally don't do this in a judgmental way, I'm just really analytical and its fun for me to watch a horse's leg movement, balance, and …

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Posted on August 16, 2017August 16, 2017

5 Quick Tips to Improve Your Accuracy

Sometimes the most basic things can give you the biggest advantage in a competition. I have experienced this first hand when I watched one of Fallon Taylor's old YouTube videos where she offered a few basic ideas to help you clock faster. They seemed so simple that I didn't think it would work. Until I …

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Posted on July 17, 2017

High Speed Horsemanship and Sky High Goals

I have never really considered myself a "barrel horse trainer". In fact when people would ask what kind of training I do I would respond with, "Mostly colt starting.". Partly because I haven't  had a chance to prove myself as a barrel horse trainer, and partly because I would rather be labeled as a horsewoman …

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Posted on May 14, 2017May 17, 2017

Dear Struggling Barrel Racer

Dear struggling barrel racer, I see you... I see the worried look in your eye as you attempt to prepare your colt in the warm up pen. I see you shoot a glance at the other riders and silently compare your horse to theirs. I see you second guessing everything you're doing just moments before …

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Posted on April 24, 2017

3 Reasons Why Silence is Golden

Since as far back as I can remember, I have been called shy, quiet, soft spoken, standoffish, etc. It used to bother me that people defined me that way. I hated those labels and always wished I was more outgoing. The funny thing is, as I've gotten older I have started to embrace those things, …

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