Personal Narrative: Barrel Racing

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As a barrel racer, I have gone to a lot of shows and rodeos with my pony. My pony was diagnosed with moon blindness, caused from a bacteria called, leptospirosis, that got into his eyes. As he starts going blind he relies more on me, especially with barrel racing because he has to watch out for the barrels so he can turn tighter and not tip them over, but he can not do that because it is very hard for him to see. In the beginning of the summer, the pony would not move at all or go really slow when asking him to run the barrel pattern. After many attempts of trying to get the pony to walk with me on top of him, he finally started to get more confidence and knew that I would not let him run into anything while on him. During training, the pony knew the arena well enough so he would not bump into anything. After building up speed and getting better times, I thought that we were back in barrel racing. I entered the pony and I in the minnesota rodeo. …show more content…

It was a rodeo in Minnesota, with a lot of entries. It was our turn, and we were just entering the arena. I could tell the pony was scared and breathing differently. As I try calming him down before we take off, he rears up and flings me right off his back. I lay there on the ground and he is scarred running circles. People there were trying to catch him but he could hear them and take off again. Finally, I go up and talked to him saying “Its okay, you were just scared.” He heard my voice and slowly came towards me and I slowly walked towards him. After I got him, I explained that he was blind and has not been in a show since. I was still counted as disqualified because he did not complete the pattern and did not have a rider on

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