barrel racing- how not to get your horse to go forwards.

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So as this video hasn't surfaced on here yet I thought it was worth a post. I first watched it without sound and did think it odd she kept grabbing the back of her saddle, wondered if it was a strange sort of balance thing.
Nope she has rigged up an electric shock device to it instead. Works well clearly. (police attended)
 
I would have pulled her off that horse. I could only watch less than a minute and I'm fuming and sad all at the same time :(
 
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I've seen this video (and RaleighLink does a rant of it if anyone watches them lol) and I still don't get what the point of the jigger is and from all accounts it is also illegal? What a way to make a horse never want to do anything else for a human again, and those spectators were right in saying she should be banned from everywhere. Also how could she be so brasen as to just ignore all of those people shouting at her?!
 
I've seen this video (and RaleighLink does a rant of it if anyone watches them lol) and I still don't get what the point of the jigger is and from all accounts it is also illegal? What a way to make a horse never want to do anything else for a human again, and those spectators were right in saying she should be banned from everywhere. Also how could she be so brasen as to just ignore all of those people shouting at her?!

I take this from elsewhere but suspicion that she heard that racehorse trainers combine jiggers with the start gate and somehow ended up with this?!
I can't help thinking she can't have properly thought this through, since when was a cue (any cue) behind the saddle one to go forwards...
 
I take this from elsewhere but suspicion that she heard that racehorse trainers combine jiggers with the start gate and somehow ended up with this?!
I can't help thinking she can't have properly thought this through, since when was a cue (any cue) behind the saddle one to go forwards...

I know they use them to also set bronco horses off at rodeos so God knows what she was thinking! All you would be teaching is the horse to buck, upside is she did it in front of everyone so she won't be able to escape the consequences!
 
I know they use them to also set bronco horses off at rodeos so God knows what she was thinking! All you would be teaching is the horse to buck, upside is she did it in front of everyone so she won't be able to escape the consequences!

Not a proper rodeos they don't. Bucking stock are trained and know what wearing the flank strap means.

Humans are despicable; no depths that they wont sink to for a "win".

Karma cant catch up with her and her ilk quick enough
 
I would have done my best to haul her off, what a nasty piece of work!

Same, despite the thought that I’d get in the way of some flailing hooves. I can’t understand why nobody just went up and hauled her off? What a horrible human being. I’m absolutely appalled. This has made me cry. 😢
 
Not a proper rodeos they don't. Bucking stock are trained and know what wearing the flank strap means.

Humans are despicable; no depths that they wont sink to for a "win".

Karma cant catch up with her and her ilk quick enough

You would hope they wouldn't but there are plenty of videos of it happening at 'proper' rodeos. But yes I wish Karma on all who feel they need to use a jigger.
 
You would hope they wouldn't but there are plenty of videos of it happening at 'proper' rodeos. But yes I wish Karma on all who feel they need to use a jigger.

Maybe at some of the less reputable rodeos but any organization worth their salt wouldn’t dare with the animal rights laws. I’m a volunteer for a large North American rodeo org (which I won’t say who on here) if that was happening here they’d be shut down immediately. There are enough concerns regarding the chuck wagons and that’s a whole thread on its own....
 
Maybe at some of the less reputable rodeos but any organization worth their salt wouldn’t dare with the animal rights laws. I’m a volunteer for a large North American rodeo org (which I won’t say who on here) if that was happening here they’d be shut down immediately. There are enough concerns regarding the chuck wagons and that’s a whole thread on its own....

In the PRCA rules it says that electric shocks can be used so 🤷‍♀️.
 
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