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<blockquote data-quote="talltimber" data-source="post: 1451647" data-attributes="member: 22236"><p>"Practice" can mean different things to different people. Some guys go to "practice" to drink beer and have fun. Not a thing wrong with that. Some guys take two horses or more, one type to ride for personal roping mechanics practice (also read, old broke finished horses that dont need it, for kids and novice ropers to get decent runs on and not have to focus on riding so much as their own roping mechanics) and other types (their go-to horses and young horses) for tune-ups and horse training.</p><p>For someone serious, and competing, you need a practice horse to get your runs on, and a finished, competition horse to just fine tune and free up and that is all. I believe a horse has only so many runs in him. Don't burn a good one out torturing him in the practice pen. I've took my good horse to the practice pen, scored two on him, and parked him. Or make one solid run, freeing him up, even if it's the first run you make, then park him. He was solid and didn't need the wear on his joints or his mind.</p><p>Also, a long time ago, used to have to haul two horses every weekend because I would run seventy steers in ropings alone. They don't need much practice during the week after that, just a little loosening up every couple days to keep them from getting stiff.</p><p>A lot of area in between those two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talltimber, post: 1451647, member: 22236"] "Practice" can mean different things to different people. Some guys go to "practice" to drink beer and have fun. Not a thing wrong with that. Some guys take two horses or more, one type to ride for personal roping mechanics practice (also read, old broke finished horses that dont need it, for kids and novice ropers to get decent runs on and not have to focus on riding so much as their own roping mechanics) and other types (their go-to horses and young horses) for tune-ups and horse training. For someone serious, and competing, you need a practice horse to get your runs on, and a finished, competition horse to just fine tune and free up and that is all. I believe a horse has only so many runs in him. Don't burn a good one out torturing him in the practice pen. I've took my good horse to the practice pen, scored two on him, and parked him. Or make one solid run, freeing him up, even if it's the first run you make, then park him. He was solid and didn't need the wear on his joints or his mind. Also, a long time ago, used to have to haul two horses every weekend because I would run seventy steers in ropings alone. They don't need much practice during the week after that, just a little loosening up every couple days to keep them from getting stiff. A lot of area in between those two. [/QUOTE]
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