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A true testament to the Barrel Racing Community
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 10, 2009 at 12:01pm
Bobby "Booger" Barter's death is devastating to the barrel racing and team roping industries. With that said, his death has underscored the fact that these so-called industries are much more than just that - these are communities of people who love and ca...more
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Sad news in this week's Barrel Racing Report
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 9, 2009 at 12:45pm
This week's issue of The Barrel Racing Report delivers some terrible news for the barrel racing industry as a whole. As reported last night on World Barrel Racing Production's and World Team Roping Production's websites, Bobby "Booger" Barter has died an...more
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A Barrel Racer's Letter to Santa
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted November 29, 2009 at 12:45pm
Dear Santa,This year, I've been very, very good. I have taken my horses to the vet when I thought they were the very least bit sore, and I've rested them when they've needed it. I have cleaned my stalls each and every day, and I've always picked my horses...more
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Poll! What's your favorite PA/OH winter series?
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted November 25, 2009 at 11:13am
With many of us struggling through the snow and the wind in Pennsylvania and Ohio throughout the winter, it's great to have an indoor arena to escape to regularly. While many local arenas offer shows of some sort during the colder months, few actually hav...more
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Women's Professional Rodeo Recap
by TanaPoppino
posted November 22, 2009 at 12:50pm
Nov. 15 – The WPRA (Womens Professional Rodeo Association) Finals just concluded in Tulsa. The top women ropers competed for world titles. These gals can really handle a rope! Jackie Hobbs of Abilene, Tx, won the coveted All-Around Cowgirl title as we...more
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With a little help from my friends
by TanaPoppino
posted July 6, 2009 at 7:44pm
Cowboy Christmas is over, and, well, the week didn't go the way I had hoped. During our second run at Reno (6/23) the first barrel flipped up and caught under my foot, twisting it back and to the outside. I thought it was just sprained really bad, but x-r...more
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So you think you want to be a Rodeo Cowgirl
by TanaPoppino
posted June 22, 2009 at 8:55pm
Another chapter in the "So you think you want to be a Rodeo Cowgirl" saga...
Last night we were at Gladewater, TX, right in the heart of the severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. It was hot, and the clouds starting coming in from the north and...more
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Rachel Alexandra! Now With Video!
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 18, 2009 at 11:49am
It doesn't make a lot of sense in the abstract that we map our gender hierarchy onto animals. Horses don't have gender bias, if we understand that to be a deliberate system. That's something that human beings create for them. The athletic world that...more
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Sexism & Horse Racing: The Preakness
by One Sport Voice
posted May 16, 2009 at 6:47pm
I’m watching the pre-race coverage of the Preakness horse race right now on NBC. I’ve been following the media coverage of this race all week. Drama and debate rage on “should fillies race with stallions” due to the recent success of filly Rach...more
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Rachel Alexandra to run Preakness
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 12, 2009 at 11:32am
It must have been too much for the champion filly's trainer to watch a horse come from the back of the pack to win the Derby. Already convinced that she is this season's best horse, he knows that slower Derby times mean she has a real shot against the...more
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Root for a clean horse in the Derby
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 2, 2009 at 4:07pm
According to this lengthy and disturbing Times article, many of the horses racing at the Kentucky Derby will be doing so on a cocktail of drugs. With favorite I Want Revenge scratched, however, odds move toward Friesan Fire, one of the few horses who is...more
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New reality show takes viewers into lives of Jockeys
by Pretty Tough
posted February 6, 2009 at 5:48pm
Move over, Heidi Klum and Paris Hilton. You’ve got company on reality television.
The thrills. The spills. The rivalries and romances. And yes, the racing, too. It’s all there in a new 12-part documentary television series, “Jockeys,” that begins...more
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