Informative Essay: The Sport Of Barrel Racing

Has anyone ever flipped on the TV and on came a Rodeo? The audience probably sees cowboys riding bulls and broncs, tackling cattle, and roping steers, all for the fun of the game and for the paycheck for risking their lives for the world’s entertainment. In the middle of all those cowboys though are the few cowgirls who take part in the sport of barrel racing. The cowgirls usually make it look easy, three turns at breakneck speed to beat the clock and win the money. Has anyone ever considered though how those Cowgirls make their horses turn that hard that fast and the most efficient ways they do it? Barrel racing is a very competitive sport that involves a lot of time and dedication. Unlike most sports, barrel racing is a year round sport the does not have “seasons.” The point of barrel racing is to run around three, preset, empty, fifty-five gallon, barrels in the fastest time. Knocking over one of these barrels will result in a no time or a five second penalty which is very costly. To most people five seconds seems like nothing but in the sport of barrel racing it can mean
Women were finally allowed to allow their sport, barrel racing, into the sport of Rodeo. After that occurred the Girls Rodeo Association GRA was formed and is now called Women's Pro Rodeo Association WPRA. The Women’s Pro Rodeo Association schedules and decides where and when the members of the WPRA run which are all female. Although men are allowed to barrel race just not in the WPRA. If one would want to join the WPRA they have a website set up with the membership application that one would have to fill out, one must be 18 or older to be in the touring WPRA but kids 17 years old and younger may join the junior WPRA. The Junior WPRA involves barrel racing and under Roping Programs. Both of the membership applications are a pdf so it is easy to get access to and you can choose to mail or fax the document directly to the