JEFF: BULL RIDING.
AND THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE OF
THE RODEO ITSELF AND ALL OF THE
ENTERTAINMENT.
YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN.
FIONA: I'VE DONE IT AGAIN.
I'VE SADDLED UP THIS YEAR TO SEE
WHAT IT TAKES AT A -- TO TAKE
THE TIGHT TURNS IN BARREL
RACING.
FIONA: ARE YOU READY?
I'M NOT READY.
WERE YOU TAKING NOTES?
WERE YOU WATCHING THE HORN?
I'M NOT WATCHING.
WHAT?
I DON'T LIKE THIS ALREADY.
LAST YEAR AT THE RODEO, I RODE A
BULL.
MANAGED TO STAY ON JUST OVER
THREE SECONDS.
THIS YEAR, I DECIDED MAY WANT TO
TRY TO RIDE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE
WON'T TRY TO COME BACK AND KILL
ME AFTER I FALL OFF.
THAT'S WHY I GOT COW PONY HERE
AND LAUREN CRAWLEY, BARREL RACER
EXTRAORDINAIRE IS HERE TO TEACH
ME THE ROPES AND HOW TO GET
AROUND THE BARRELS.
GOING HAVE FUN.
SIMPLE CONCEPT, THREE BARRELS,
WANT TO KEEP THEM ALL STANDING,
FASTEST TIME WINS.
THERE'S A FEW TRICKS TO SHAVE
SOME SECONDS OFF HERE AND THERE.
SO I'M GOING TO HELP YOU AND COW
PONY TRY TO DO THAT.
TO IN -- --
FIONA: SO I FIGURE I'LL TRY
TO START WITH JUST HOW TO STAY
ON.
WHAT ARE BASICS TO REMEMBER?
SADDLE HERE.
STIRRUPS, KEEP THE FEET IN THE
STIRRUPS.
STAY IN THE CENTER OF THE HORSE.
SADDLE HORN IS FOR SAFETY.
IF YOU FEEL OFFBALANCE.
GRAB THAT.
WE HAVE A REIN.
THIS IS OUR STEERING WHEEL.
FIONA: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE IT TO THE LEFT.
GRAB THE REINS WITH THE LEFT
HAND.
PULL THEM OFF TO THE SIDE A
LITTLE BIT.
AND WE'RE OFF.
THERE WE GO.
DOING GOOD.
FIONA: SO FAR, SO GOOD.
MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT.
SO LET'S PULL IN THE RIGHT REIN
A LITTLE BIT.
THERE WE GO.
KEEP PULLING IN A CIRCLE THERE.
THERE WE GO, RIGHT REIN.
PERFECT.
FIONA: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
BARREL RACING?
PROBABLY MY EARLIEST MEMORY
AND FOOTAGE OF BEING ON A HORSE
IS 3.
I HAD A LITTLE SCHETTLAND PONY
THAT I WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO
HANDLE.
HE FOLLOWED MY MOM ANYWHERE.
MOM WOULD HAVE TO RUN AND SILVER
WOULD TROT ALONG BEHIND.
FIONA: HI-HOE SILVER.
EXACTLY.
LET'S DO THE WHOLE PATTERN
NOW.
START -- START OFF WITH THE
RIGHT BARREL FIRST.
SO LET'S GET DOWN TO THAT IN TO
THE ARENA.
IF YOU FEEL A LITTLE RESISTANCE,
PUT A LITTLE WEIGHT ON YOUR LEFT
FOOT.
FIONA: LEFT FOOT.
HE'LL COME AROUND A LITTLE
NICER.
FIONA: JUST WALKED AROUND THE
BARREL.
GOT AROUND IT.
SO HERE WE GO TO THE LEFT
SIDE.
FIONA: THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
LEFT HAND, NOT LEFT LANE.
STAYING TIGHT AND CLOSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.
SAME DIRECTION AROUND THE BARREL
TO THE LEFT.
PERFECT.
FIONA: WHAT DIRECTION ARE WE
GOING?
BE SO CONFIDENT.
FIONA: CONFIDENT TO WHAT?