Barrel Racing...

...is always such a good source of bloopers. Gotta love the horse trying to run the barrels on his own, encouraged by the commentator. And that second girl had insane stick-ability.

I'm not posting this to knock barrel racers - some of them have great horsemanship and others terrible, but that's not inherent to the sport. Oh, ow, somebody just hit the fence head first. I DO wish they'd wear helmets...

I also stopped criticizing their bit use after attempting to game a big, hot Quarter Horse in a snaffle. Nope. Borrowing a pelham next time...