Life lessons by Bess
[caption id="attachment_822" align="alignright" width="134"] My first barn.[/caption] I know how to barrel race... sorta. I was taught how when i was just barely a teenager. I can do a clover hitch pattern and i always knock my barrels down when entering a ring to just ride on the flat. Its a habit or rather a custom i was taught. I'm sure i suck and i haven't attempted to run barrels since those teen-aged days. Though i bet it never leaves you, i suppose id still remember a little about it if i gave it a shot for fun today. [caption id="attachment_820" align="alignleft" width="240"] Bess and Mamma[/caption] I was taught by my barn manager Bess Chaney a barrel racer with some notoriety in CA before I even owned a horse. When…