Trying to settle a 2,000 pound animal down between your legs is quite hard. Waiting to go into the arena is nerve racking because they can sense your nervousness and they start to get excited. Well my horse did anyway. Well that’s what happened to me when I was waiting for my turn to go in and run my barrel pattern. Walking into the arena staring down at the third barrel making sure that I was aligned with then it happens. I take off! Running toward the right to the first barrel at full speed making sure you don’t dodge off, I round the barrel making a tight turn and putting my feet into my horse 's side we start our take off for the second. Kicking all the way between the first and second making sure he gets the speed, checking him up to