In barrel racing, the first barrel is commonly called the "money barrel," because the outcome of this turn determines the fate of your run. To meet this high-speed challenge, a horse must have a measure of aggressiveness, but many barrel horses-especially seasoned ones- begin running too aggressively to the first barrel.

If your horse fits this description, he's become the driver and you're his passenger: He no longer waits for your rate cue. Instead, he dives into the turn, dropping his shoulder (and usually knocking over the barrel), or he blows past it, throwing off his straight-line approach to the next barrel.

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Talmadge Green puts on clinics, seminars, and lectures world wide. His travels bring him all over the United States, Canada, and Brazil. He also gives personal clinics at his training facility.

During a Talmadge Green clinic, not only will he give you advice about what you are doing right or wrong on your horse, but he will personally ride and tune your horse.

Please contact us if you are interested in attending a clinic, hosting a clinic, or getting personal training at our base facility.

Our base training facility is located in Sandy Hook, Mississippi, Just 100 miles south of Jackson, and 120 miles north-east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.