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:COWGIRLS BARREL RACING RULES  

COWGIRLS BARREL RACING RULES

1.      Barrel racers are required to wear western attire (long sleeve shirts, colored or blue jeans, hat and boots) in grand entry and while contesting.

2.      Barrel racing is a regular rodeo event; thereby making it necessary to have at least three (3) contestants present to make up a race.

3.      Barrel racers will be required to enter the arena and begin contest barrel run with hat on head.

A.     Failure to comply will result in immediate disqualification for remainder of the rodeo.

4.      All members are responsible at each approved barrel race or rodeo to keep complaints concerning barrel racing, the barrel racers, etc away from the stock contractor and/or the producer.

5.      Stock contractor is responsible for bringing in and removing barrels from arena.

6.      Barrel space measurements must be turned in to the arena secretary in writing prior to the first performance of a rodeo.  This is responsibility of the judge.

7.      Judges are responsible for staking the barrels from a marked point of origin before the beginning of the first performance of the rodeo and checking and re-measuring such prior to the beginning of each rodeo performance thereafter.

A.     Judges are responsible for assembling, setting up, aligning and tearing down the electric eye.

8.      No obstacles may be set up to run through for starting line.

9.      Flagman’s starting line must be a visibly marked place.

A.     Electric eye stakes to be measured prior to beginning of performance placed three to five feet inside arena fence, when possible.

10.   Both judges shall be required to be present during the barrel race with one judge flagging and other judge watching to see that a qualified cloverleaf pattern is run.

A.     Once a section has begun, flagman cannot move from position.

11.   If the barrel is knocked down, the judge not flagging will reset barrel in proper place.

A.     Barrels shall be set inside of the marked stakes.

12.   Barrel racer cannot enter two horses in any one rodeo.  A horse cannot be ridden by more than one person at the same rodeo.

A.     Exhibition runs may be made on second horse with consent of rodeo producer.

B.     There will be no exhibition runs before your actual competition run during a rodeo unless asked by a contractor to help fill a performance.

13.   Contestants must be ready to compete when called on.

14.   Barrels should be at least twenty (20) feet from the fence and score line whenever possible in the arena.

A.     The score line from where time begins shall be forty (40) feet or more from the fence.

15.   The barrels used in any approved barrel race must be standard size, fifty-five (55) gallon drums and shall be at least two (2) colors (one of which shall be light).

16.   Time shall begin when horse’s nose reached finish line.

A.     Once a contestant or horse enters the arena and crosses the score line, time will begin.

17.   The same flagmen, timers and judges for other time events shall be used for the barrel race.

18.   Barrels are to be placed in a cloverleaf pattern, using the arcing method.

19.   Contestant will NOT be disqualified or penalized for touching a barrel.

20.   Barrel racing must be treated with the same recognition as any approved rodeo event.

21.   There shall be no tires on barrels.

22.   At the finals, barrels will be run in rotation and will not be raked after every five (5).

23.   There will be a thirty (30) second time limit, not including penalties.

24.   After the barrels have been staked, no one will be permitted to go around the stakes or barrels for the duration of the rodeo, closer than 15 feet from the stakes used in competition.

25.   Judges, director, and contestants will work together to see that the area surrounding the barrel stakes is kept reasonably dry and free of debris.

26.   There will be 12 barrel racing contestants run during a performance.  If only 15 contestants, contractor can run all 15 contestants.  If more than 15 contestants, all over 12 will be run in the slack.

A.     If slack will be run, it must be posted with the draw and at the time of the draw.

B.     In the barrel racing, tractor rakes shall be made on draw positions, not to exceed 15 positions between rakes and not to exceed the number of positions run in the performance.  A contestant who draws fresh ground (i.e. #31 when raking every 15) cannot be moved to the bottom of the ground due to another contestant’s no show or turn out.

27.   The barrels cannot be set up at any time prior to the first performance of the rodeo, or anytime during the duration of the rodeo.  If a barrel racer breaks the above rule, a $25.00 fine will be levied.

28.   When a center gate is available, barrel racer must maintain a forward motion when entering arena and approaching first barrel.  (If contestant stops or circles, they will be flagged out).

29.   When a center gate is not provided, contestant has the choice of running in from the gate or entering the arena and “setting up”.

GIRLS BARREL RACING RULES WHEN ELECTRIC EYE IS USED

1.      Complete electric timer must be backed up by flagmen who will stand behind one timer post in the arena.  One timer will record the times that appear on the electric eye readout.  The other timer will operate a stopwatch and record the time show thereon.  Stopwatch times start and stop from flagmen’s signal and are recorded in hundredths.

2.      There will be a $3.00 stock/timer charge paid to the rodeo secretary.  If an electric eye is not provided by the stock contractor, this charge is not to be collected.

3.      If a problem should arise with the electric eye, the judges have the discretion of running the remaining barrel racing in the slack.

A.     If the electric eye continues to fail, the flagmen will be used.   (See rule 4)

4.      If an electric eye fails to work for the majority (over 50%), back up times will be used for all contestants.  The back up times will be recorded in hundredths.  The payoff then will be made on the watch times.

5.      The barrel race will be timed in the thousand of a second and paid off on thousands.

6.      The IRCA stock contractor will be responsible for providing an operable electric eye for all IRCA performances.  If an electric eye is not provided by the stock contractor, there will be a $50.00 fine, payable by the contractor.

A.     If an outside eye is provided the $50.00 will be paid to the owner(s) of the eye used.  If no back up electric eye is available, the $50.00 will be paid to the Barrel Racing Fund.

PENALTY

1.      If contestant knocks barrel over there will be a five (5) second penalty for each barrel knocked over.

A.     If a barrel is knocked over, and it stands up again on its other end, this will be considered as knocked over and a five (5) second penalty charged.

DISQUALIFICATIONS

1.      Contestant will be disqualified if after crossing score line and being flagged at the beginning of the run, she re-crosses the score line before completion of a true cloverleaf pattern.

2.      Failure to observe dress rules as stated above.

3.      Failure to enter arena and begin run with hat on.

RE-RUNS

1.      No re-run will be given due to default or breakage of contestant’s equipment.

2.      Re-run to be given contestant, at judge’s discretion, should contestant be fouled; she will make her re-run during or after that performance of the rodeo, at a time decided on by the judges and herself.

3.      If a whole section is re-run, all penalties will be dropped.

A.     No penalties will be carried forward on any re-run.

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