$9,500.00
DD is coming 10 years old and will be a hard one to let go. My program focuses on barrels and she doesn’t have desire […]
Barrel Racing Horses
Below are barrel racing horses for sale from finished horses to prospects. Look for a horse to buy, or advertise your own horse for free.
$16,000.00
Poco Hollywoods Coat (Dixie Rose) ✨2013 Red Dun Mare ✨14 hands (Do not let her size fool you. She is super gritty and quick!!!) ✨Will […]
$5,000.00
AQHA 18 yr old 15hh mare with excellent bloodlines (see registration papers in pictures). Has been hauled all over to play days, parades and youth […]
$7,000.00
Rooster: 6 y/o Red Roan Quarter Gelding, 14.2 Hands, Working Stock
Rooster: 6 y/o red roan gelding. Stands 14.2 hands. Sire is AQHA Levi’s Frosty Bar, Dam is small quarter type mare. His dam ran barrels/poles. […]
$4,000.00
Gorgeous leggy Appaloosa Sport Horse yearling colt with one blue eye. He will be 16+ hands tall. Bred for dressage, jumping, eventing, trail riding, barrels […]
Cloverleaf Barrel Racing vs. Straight Barrels
Like we mentioned above, the event best known as "barrel racing" is actually "cloverleaf barrel racing." That's because there is also an event called "straight barrels" (more names for this event are below).
- Cloverleaf barrel racing (aka simply "barrel racing") has a barrel pattern of three barrels set in a cloverleaf (triangular) pattern.
- Straight barrels (aka "straight away barrels" or "speed barrels"), on the other hand, has a barrel pattern of three (or six) barrels set in a straight line.
Of the two events cloverleaf barrel racing is the better known, so it is often simply referred to as just "barrel racing."
Below: A cloverleaf barrel racing pattern. This image shows a right-handed pattern. The horse and rider may also ride a left-handed pattern (turn the left barrel first).
About Barrel Horses
Most barrel racing horses are Quarter Horses (aka horses registered with the American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA). Quarter Horses are known for their exceptional bursts of speed and powerful hindquarters. This makes them excellent candidates to sprint to each barrel, dig in for a fast, powerful turn, then sprint to the next barrel.
