Post by Neco on Dec 10, 2018 18:31:22 GMT -5
Barrel Racing Rules & Info
Barrel Racing is one of the most popular equestrian sports in the Western discipline and probably the most well known - and by far the most exciting. A horse sprints from the chute in an indoor ring to gallop a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels in the fastest time possible and without knocking over any of the barrels. It's a test of speed, agility and rider skill and a sport that is a staple in every Western show.
SO HOW BOUT WE GET IN ON SOME O DAT?
How Barrel Racing Works on SS
Barrel racing here is a combination of pose and dice rolls, much like eventing - buuut less complicated.
There are three poses - the gallop in, the turn around the barrels and the gallop out. You MUST use a gallop - no canters or trots, your horse must have speed to spare. You can use any gallop that has one leg on the ground, all four off the ground spread out or all four legs tucked under the belly off the ground. You must have one facing left as the horse enters the arena and one facing RIGHT as the horse leaves - NO FLIPPING POSES. It's super easy to tell, so don't be lazy or a cheater.
Gallop in
Gallop out
The barrel turn is fairly easy to get! Find a toy your horse reallyyyy wants - but don't throw it! Hold onto it and your horse will drop into a play bow, and occasionally feint to the right in its excitement. THIS is the photo you want - this closely resembles a horse sprinting tightly around a barrel and it looks pretty neat too. The horse can either be looking at the toy or off to the right - as long as the horse is happy, it's fine!
Dice Rolls
There will be dice rolls for both the time and each barrel. One six sided die will be thrown for each barrel - a 1, 2 o r 3 indicates the barrel stays up, while a 4, 5 or 6 indicates the barrel is knocked over. The goal is to complete your run with zero barrels knocked down.
You also must be fast fast fast! Three six sided dice will be rolled for the time - whoever has the highest score was the fastest horse!
Judging
Here are the basic rules for judging:
Poses: You must have 3 poses, all relatively well aligned - but they don't have to be perfect. You must have two gallops and one barrel turn. TACK IS NOT ALLOWED. The horse should look calm or excited - wide open eyes ARE ALLOWED. Sad or angry eyes ARE NOT ALLOWED. The ears should be closely aligned, but again not perfectly because its' HARD in gallops, and the body should be somewhat straight. A straight gallop with bright eyes and aligned ears is the tops. A barrel turn should have the horse looking excited or calm (angry and sad are again DQ'd) and the horse should LOOK like it's turning - the body should be tucked close at the inside shoulder with one foreleg up or extended. The back should be set as the pivots - Misty in the above example is what you wanna shoot for.
Barrels: No barrels should be knocked down. If two horses have great poses, but one knocks down a barrel, the horse with the clean run places higher.
Time: The horse with the highest time, cleanest run, and best poses wins. If three horses have stellar poses, but one knocks down a barrel, he's third, despite if he has a fast time or not. If the next two horses both have great poses and clean runs, but Horse B ran faster, Horse B is first and Horse A is second with his slower time.
To summarize: The horse with the best poses, cleanest round and fastest time wins! It's up to a judge's discretion on poses but the examples above and descriptions are what you really want.
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If this proves popular, I will make it an official Western Discipline so enter enter enter!
Barrel Racing is one of the most popular equestrian sports in the Western discipline and probably the most well known - and by far the most exciting. A horse sprints from the chute in an indoor ring to gallop a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels in the fastest time possible and without knocking over any of the barrels. It's a test of speed, agility and rider skill and a sport that is a staple in every Western show.
SO HOW BOUT WE GET IN ON SOME O DAT?
How Barrel Racing Works on SS
Barrel racing here is a combination of pose and dice rolls, much like eventing - buuut less complicated.
There are three poses - the gallop in, the turn around the barrels and the gallop out. You MUST use a gallop - no canters or trots, your horse must have speed to spare. You can use any gallop that has one leg on the ground, all four off the ground spread out or all four legs tucked under the belly off the ground. You must have one facing left as the horse enters the arena and one facing RIGHT as the horse leaves - NO FLIPPING POSES. It's super easy to tell, so don't be lazy or a cheater.
Gallop in
Gallop out
The barrel turn is fairly easy to get! Find a toy your horse reallyyyy wants - but don't throw it! Hold onto it and your horse will drop into a play bow, and occasionally feint to the right in its excitement. THIS is the photo you want - this closely resembles a horse sprinting tightly around a barrel and it looks pretty neat too. The horse can either be looking at the toy or off to the right - as long as the horse is happy, it's fine!
Turning round the barrel
Dice Rolls
There will be dice rolls for both the time and each barrel. One six sided die will be thrown for each barrel - a 1, 2 o r 3 indicates the barrel stays up, while a 4, 5 or 6 indicates the barrel is knocked over. The goal is to complete your run with zero barrels knocked down.
You also must be fast fast fast! Three six sided dice will be rolled for the time - whoever has the highest score was the fastest horse!
Judging
Here are the basic rules for judging:
Poses: You must have 3 poses, all relatively well aligned - but they don't have to be perfect. You must have two gallops and one barrel turn. TACK IS NOT ALLOWED. The horse should look calm or excited - wide open eyes ARE ALLOWED. Sad or angry eyes ARE NOT ALLOWED. The ears should be closely aligned, but again not perfectly because its' HARD in gallops, and the body should be somewhat straight. A straight gallop with bright eyes and aligned ears is the tops. A barrel turn should have the horse looking excited or calm (angry and sad are again DQ'd) and the horse should LOOK like it's turning - the body should be tucked close at the inside shoulder with one foreleg up or extended. The back should be set as the pivots - Misty in the above example is what you wanna shoot for.
Barrels: No barrels should be knocked down. If two horses have great poses, but one knocks down a barrel, the horse with the clean run places higher.
Time: The horse with the highest time, cleanest run, and best poses wins. If three horses have stellar poses, but one knocks down a barrel, he's third, despite if he has a fast time or not. If the next two horses both have great poses and clean runs, but Horse B ran faster, Horse B is first and Horse A is second with his slower time.
To summarize: The horse with the best poses, cleanest round and fastest time wins! It's up to a judge's discretion on poses but the examples above and descriptions are what you really want.
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If this proves popular, I will make it an official Western Discipline so enter enter enter!
