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LOOMIS GAG BIT Users: (People who use this bit successfully) |
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! It's official - the new world champion is Mary Walker riding Perculatin in the LOOMIS GAG BIT! What a wonderful story and what a great job of riding! Records are made to be broken and Mary broke a bunch of them! WOW! Barrel racing has a new Queen! From attending the WNFR last year in a wheel chair with a broken heart over the loss of her son and a broken body from a barrel racing fall to become the highest WNFR money earner and TOP GUN! $274,233 in earnings for the year, new Dodge Ram, and even best dressed! Thanks Mary for teaching us the real meaning of COWBOY UP! |
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| Hallie Melvin | |
| Hallie grew up in a family that raised horses and has been training barrel horses since high school. Now she has become a highly successful as a futurity trainer. Each futurity season she campaigns four to five horses. Her mission is to make barrel horses that do well as futurity horses and then go on and become great rodeo horses. She is a firm believer in starting them slowly and building their confidence in the arena. She wants the horses to love to run barrels not just to do what they are told. Horse people know that if a horse likes their job then they will perform at their best and also be happier and willing. |
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Charlotte Cunningham makes this statement: “The
original Loomis gag is great for every part of training and running
barrel horses. I use it as the first bit to put on young horses
because I can get stop and bend with it without frightening them.
I like to use it as a tune up bit because I can lighten a horse up
without a curb that most horses are accustomed to pushing on. I
like to make runs in it because it has plenty of rate plus you can ask a
horse to turn back quickly without a curb chin hitting them.”
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| Kim Thomas and Dynas Plain Special trained by Kim and owned by Jud Little. This talented pair are winners. They show off the "Loomis Gag bit" in a special way. Great horse, great training, and great hands make for a lot of great wins. |
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DENA KIRKPATRICK |
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She is the first and only person to win every go round of the
World Championship Barrel Futurity in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She
did all this in a Loomis gag bit with no tie down. Her mount
was Willie Nick Bar. The year was 1997 and her prize money was
$64,000. Since that thime, Dena has won many more dollars in
her Loomis gags. Congratulations, Dena, it has been fun
watching you on the way up. To read, click Dena Training & Tips on barrel racing Dena Kirkpatrick basic Articles from The Quarter Horse Journal, December 1998 and January 1999. Dena's Favorite Bits - You-Tube video of a section taken from her training DVD - Click Here |
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