Category: Barrel Racing
A podcast at the intersection of barrel racing and equine sports medicine, hosted by a veterinarian who travels the WPRA circuit and specializes in performance horse maintenance. Episodes are built around the specific physical demands that barrel racing places on horses — the tight turn mechanics that load the hocks and stifles asymmetrically, front end stress at speed, and the back soreness that develops in horses making thousands of identical three-barrel runs over a career. The show covers pre-competition maintenance protocols, joint injection timing relative to competition schedules, and the emerging evidence on shockwave and IRAP therapy in barrel horses specifically. Episodes have addressed the furosemide (Lasix) debate in barrel racing, EPM as a cause of unexplained performance decline, and tying-up syndrome management in high-mileage mares. The host speaks frankly about what maintenance actually looks like at the top level of the sport and what owner-level management can reasonably replicate without professional veterinary support on the road.