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Barrel Racer Bios Minimize
Author: Tina Spangler Created: 12/29/2009 3:43 PM
Discover how your fellow barrel racers train, condition and prepare for a barrel race.

I am sure many of you are waiting for your bio to be posted again.  I promise you it is being worked on.  I would like to make a to make a request.  To go with the new web site, if you have a bio from the past after they are posted, please send me an

UPDATE: let me know to post for the readers anything new going on in your life you would like readers to know.  A new horse, new titles or big wins you want to post, a new business venture, website or anything you want, it's your bio.  I will not erase the past bio, I will just date the past and date the UPDATE for readers. 

As I mentioned before, I do bios pro bono for floridabarrelhorses.com and others, I think it's a great way to get to know other barrel racers, their horses, training and care ideas.  I do believe everyone has a nitch in our industry and has something to teach or share.  I feel we can always learn better ways if we keep an open mind and it's fun getting to know the people in our sport!

Thanks, Tina Spangler 

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Tomi runs mainly in NBHA FL06, but has been very successful at super shows in the South East and hopes to rodeo now that she is 18 years old. 

Tomi was born in Zepherhills, Florida.  She has been barrel racing since she was 2 years old and she will be starting school this coming year to become a doctor in plastic surgery.

She has two very nice horses;   Junior aka Dixie n Fritz, he is a bay that stands 15.2 hands.  Junior has been running for just over one year and a half now.  Tomi trained junior with her step dad Joe Brown.  Her other horse is June Bug.  Tomi says she is little but has a huge heart.  June Bug is only a red 14.2 hand mare.  Her Mom trained her when she was 6 years old and she has been running barrels for 6 years now.  Her horses have gotten her pretty far says Tomi.  Junior won Tomi a title at the Florida NBHA State Show in the Youth.  They also went to Youth World in 2009 and won a title on June Bug.   Junior is her rodeo horse.  She hopes to be running hard in the rodeo scene this year.  Her long term goals are to make it to the NFR one day.

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Mandy is absolutely hands down one of the happiest, most supportive barrel racers out there.  Always quick to pay a compliment to anyone, even someone she doesn't know.  I have enjoyed getting to know Mandy and watching her barrel race.  If any of you Facebook then you know Mandy gives a lot of updates to what she is up too and is full throttle all of the time with the horses.
 
Mandy was born in MA, and then moved to VT, then NY.  Mandy has been involved with horses for as long as she can remember.  Her mom grew up with horses and that’s where she got her passion, it runs in her blood.  Mandy has been competing in speed shows/gymkhanas since 1994 and barrel racing since 1999.  She trained her 1st horse when she was 10 years old.   Mandy was born in 1985 and she is 24 years old, currently. She graduated from high school in NY in the year 2003.  Her hobbies: beach, clubs, taking pictures, making web sites, dancing, anything to do with HORSES!  She works at Glen Hill Farm right now and she has since Oct 08.  She breaks and trains the TB yearlings for the race track.  Before that she worked for Rapid Run Farm owned by Jimmy Miranda, and she worked there for 3 years.  Mandy has been in Florida since Sept of  05.  She worked at a Thoroughbred farm in Saratoga NY before moving down here.  Along with working at a tack store (starting at age 14) throughout high school and after she worked at another tack store before starting to work on Race horse Farms.

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The first time I ever heard of Teal Hampton was at NBHA State Championships in 2006 after she won the Youth 1D title!  Since that time she has been successful in College Rodeo.  I have been lucky enough to get to know Teal and the ladies she runs with and they are a wonderful group!  Sue Parker was running that year too, Teal's mentor and trainer and I took notice to her winning on "On the Money Red" horses.  I meet them all in person a couple of years ago at my ranch and have since enjoyed our friendship.  I hope you enjoy hearing about Teal's barrel racing career and her wonderful horses.  She is one of the most loving and respectful young ladies I have enjoyed getting to know!   

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Jaime Wright
 
Jaime is probably best known most recently winning on her gorgeous palomino mare, Eloquent Brisco! They are one of my favorite teams to watch, as I have a Brisco County Jr mare as well!  Jaime shares alittle bit about her life, family, business and horses with us.  I hope you enjoy the great common sense advice and love she approaches her barrel horses and racing with!
 

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 I started competing at barrels and poles at 8 years old.  I have trained professionally since 1992.  I've been successful with many horses that I have owned, trained and competed on.  The unique knowledge I have from starting colts to finishing basics to competing on the 1D barrel horse and 21 second pole horse has taught me more than the average competitor.

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Tina's Tips Minimize

Colic Season! 

Sometimes you can do everything right and still have a colic.  Just as you can catch a cold or flu bug this time of year, they can get sick too.  These weather changes are hard on the horses!  Just as we don't drink as much water nor do they.  Just as our bodies get sick and immune systems get weak from working outside in the cold so do they!  It can be hot monday, rain tuesday and freezing wednesday, then repeat on thursday in Florida.  Try to do extra things to keep your horses healthy right now.  Make sure they have access to clean water that is not FREEZING to drink.  Add some loose minerals or/and salt to feed/grain to encourage drinking.  Now that there is no grass and they eat more dry hay they can get impacted easy!  You can wet your hay, add wet bran or oil if they seem to have dry manure, wet grain for more moisture in the gut.  I like to leave out loose minerals and salts too now that there is no grass they need more minerals as well.  It's a hard time of year for them as it is for us getting sick.  Try to keep them out of the weather; wind, rain, or cold when possible, blanket under 45 if they aren't use to the cold.  Take care of them, as they can't take care of themselves the way we have domesticated them!  


Hi Tina,
I traded some really nice colts that were started on the barrels to some out of state people for what was supposed to be a 1d/2d gelding with no soundess issues and no bad habits. I took him to our first race and he turned the first 2 smooth and fast and headed to the third and totally ducked off to the right before the barrel. He is a left handed horse and I was ready to turn right and he turned so fast that I almost ate dirt. Everyone there said I didn't look like I almost fell off, but trust me, I nearly did.  I've contacted several people who knew of the horse and apparantly he has done this since he was young. The people that I got him from won't answer my phone calls or emails (no wonder) but others who know and have ridden the horse say that he will sometimes make a bigtime winning run and then others will duck off before either the 2nd or 3rd barrels. That is also when running him to the right barrel first. I had vets and chiropracters look at him and they have found no physical problems. I was told that he runs with just a ring snaffle and no tie down. I have since put a short shank bit with a twisted wire mouthpiece and a noseband on him also with no tiedown and have gone back to basics. He doesn't really love this bit but I feel like I have a lot of control and he is starting to give at the poll and stop nicely. He didn't really have a stop at all before. He was started & futuritied on by Cary Quackenbush. This horse is as sweet as can be to be around and to ride and I really don't want to give up on him. He is coming 15, though and I don't know if it is something that can be corrected. We have not had a race since so I don't know if the slow steady stuff has helped yet, but wondered what your thoughts were and if you could give me some exercises?
Thank you for your help,
Shawna

 






Hi,
 
I don't know if I'm contacting the right person at wwwfloridabarrelhorses.com?  Are you the lady who can help me with my gate problems? From Indiana
 
I can send you a video after this weekend, because I will be going to a show!  Well, my horse is kind of hard to describe so I will start from the beginning. I bought her about 1.5 years ago & she was a solid 2d horse.  She was bad mannered; she would rear when you walked her & push you around.  I quickly put an end to that.  I trained like a mad person, because I was new to barrel racing (not riding) & she could tell & was taking even more advantage of me.  So I worked all winter & we melted together. We worked as a team.  
I have worked on my part & I have stopped caring about what she does(well at least I dont show it). She doesn't let people get on her either without spinning around and running off.  Then I started showing, but when I did I stumbled upon our problem, she was gate sour!  I didn't know how to deal with it, so i got scared. I fell into asking EVERYONE for advice(which made our gate problems even worse), this went on for THREE months. 




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