b'Running the RaceTake A Deep BreathBy Betsy Nunnhowfastdouwannab@gmail.com, facebook.com/Willnunnp3, youtube.com/user/howfastdouwannabT oday I want to talk aboutsubject at one point on my BarNunn Barrel Horses something that bothersand P3 farrier page FB.watch/80HXEeu -EB/. Please me and offends lots ofcheck it out. If I threw a fit on a horse at the barrel other people as well. I wentrace or rodeo when I was a kid you can bet my dad to a big barrel race, with amet me at the trailer and he was not happy with bunch of entries, with our daughter the other day. Weme. There are plenty of kids that I see at the rodeos entered late so we could run three head close togetherthat need to be reprimanded. I was very impressed at the end and then drive back and forth instead ofwith the folks that disqualified the person that I staying on-site. It was pretty late and we are sittingmentioned above. I would like to see this more there watching the drag before us. I looked up tooften. Now I know we all make mistakes and there is see a horse go around the pattern in a pretty whackyforgiveness and we can learn to control our emotions fashion, going the wrong direction and such. Thenbut sometimes a person can learn from being fined the horse ducks the second and runs back acrossor disqualified. The Bible talks about reaping what the score line. It then goes on to hit the fence andyou sow. I think that is a good thing for us humans the rider hits the ground. The rider jumps up, grabsto learn. If you do this, this is going to happen. If you the reins, and is jerking on them while running itplant a good fruit seed you get good fruit. If you plant backwards. The announcer says well have none ofa weed you get a weed. Do you follow me? rule. When they cross the line you explain why they that and the camera cuts to the sponsors. Theres noare in trouble, and then you discipline them in love, We need to police ourselves in a sense. If younot anger. That doesnt mean you dont spank a child. are fixing to act like a fool, then take a deepIt means you do it properly and you dont lose it. You breath and get off your horse. Go tie himthen love on them afterward and explain to them up and train on him tomorrow or later thatwhy they got disciplined. It is the same with a horse evening. Go pray and think about things andor a colt. My dad used to say, Betsy, colts are just how you can fix what just happened. Call alike kids, get after them and then leave them alone, friend that knows more than you and ask themdont just go on and on. to help you. Just go ride for a few days and realize that miles on a horse can usually helpSo with all this being said, learn from your mistakes if so many things. you have messed up. As I said before, there is grace and forgiveness but do the right thing next time and the Heres the deal if you lose your tempertime after that. Get in a good habit of being consistent and act like a dipstick do you think that thewith the things you do on your horse, in the arena, and people watching are going to think that it wasin life. Remember someone is always watching you. the horses fault and not yours? Wrong, youThey say the true character of a man shines through by are looking bad right then, not the horse.what he does with his time when no one is watching. The onlookers will forget what your horseSo make it a habit to do the same things at home that did but they will remember what you did.you do in the public. Dont sweat the small stuff and My thought on this is that the person losingalso remember, its all small stuff! their temper is embarrassed. They are walking in pride and their pride is hurt. Its a hard deal when training in the arena, he says on the mic. I cant giveyou look bad. Trust me I havent always every detail but that is the gist of it. The next day therelooked good in the arena. The thing is was word on Facebook that they disqualified thisthat we just cannot act like a pickle in person from the barrel race.the arena. There are always animal rights people watching. You may get away with I have seen people lose their temper a lot over thea few things but there will be a time years. I would even go so far as to say some peoplethat the WPRA will strap a major rule whip their horse excessively on the way home fromviolation on you and you will not be able the third barrel if they hit a barrel. That ticks meto ever run for office in that association. off. My thought is if you hit a barrel why would youI have seen this happen to gals when whip your horse home when you arent going to winthey lose their temper. Its not a good anything. Is it because you want to say you woulddeal. You can make excuses all you want have won it if you hadnt hit the barrel? Either way,for your actions. You can try to shift the they dont need to do that if they arent in the money. blame to your horse but I am not buying it. Horses need love and discipline just I am telling you this because this has always been alike kids but in the right way. When bit of a pet peeve of mine. I even did a video on thisparenting you establish the boundary/ArizonaRealCountry.com October 2021 49'