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3 Horses running

3 Horses Running... Jayden has three horses that she works with, loves, calls her own, and competes on. Each has a unique running style, each one is at a different level, and each one has pros and cons. There is so much to barrel racing and the horse you run. Friday Jayden took Joker and Astro to a barrel race in Elkhart. She has been working on different things with each one. Joker is 6 and has a good foundation and is starting to run better and faster times. I still see more speed in him once he really gets pushed. Right now Jayden is fine tuning his turns and runs. Astro is a speed demon, he runs like no other, so much so that it is hard to make the turns. Jayden has been working on having control in her run and getting him to keep his shoulder up so as not to hit barrels. He also has started to blow out on the outside of the second barrel. He has been by far the hardest horse to ride. When practicing and working on things, he tends to get bracey and hot. Jayden has been trying different bits and tie downs, asking friends for advice. He is a hard horse to ride. At the barrel race, Joker ran a good run, had a small slip and still won Jayden some money in the 4D. She ran Astro a little slower holding him back for some control and ran a faster time than Joker but didn't fall in the money placings.
 Ace has always had a special place in Jayden's heart. He is a sweet puppy dog, but he also can be the fire breathing dragon. He is so split personality I am starting to think he is bipolar or schizophrenia. He can be perfect and at times absolutely crazy. He has always ran good for Jayden. He runs hard and turns tight. He makes Jayden work at it though as he tries to short his turns and will knock a barrel. His biggest trouble is at the gate. In February she took Ace to a vet, a local vet that branched out on his own after being at ISU for several years. He injected Ace's navicular bursa's in order to alleviate pain. I was not there at the time, however she talked of all the blood. From what I know and researched and asked people about, there should be no blood. Ace wasn't any better from the injections and I was convinced that it wasn't effective and it wasn't done correctly. Jayden basically decided he was retired as a barrel horse. That is until she met Dr. Solomon who was here for our neighbors graduation from Washington. Recently with the hope from Dr. Solomon, we went back to ISU for injections that were done correctly and within a few days Ace was so much better. So, it was time to run Ace once again.
On Saturday night, Luke and I went with Jayden to Lake City with Ace. It was terrible hot. I always question why on earth we are going to rodeos in extreme heat. The humidity was high and the heat index was around 112. We were crammed into the parking lot piling in trailer after trailer. We were surrounded by rodeo families all of whom we knew well. It seemed too hot to visit long. We turned on the generator for some A/C in the camper for about an hour until it quit, probably because it was too hot! Jayden was up in the performance and ran great. Ace was difficult going in and it took awhile to get her horse in the arena. At one point Ace banged into a panel and his rein came unhooked. Thankfully a rodeo dad, Joe T., was right there and clipped it back on just before she was in and running. I told him he was her guardian angel. No doubt someone was watching out for her. Both Mark and I do a lot of praying while Jayden is getting ready to run. The run was great! Ace ran hard and made tight turns and run one of his best runs. It was so good to see him make a good run for her!

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