I’m a photographer and I have been asked to photograph a barrel race that has a derby class. The only thing the prize list says is that “2 horses will run at the same time”. Does that mean that 2 horses are running on the same track or will there be 2 separate sets of barrels that they run on side by side?
Help, I’m so confused. I’m trying to figure out if I need to bring an assistant and another camera or if I can get everything with what I have packed already.
Thanks!
Call management for more.
A Derby is whatever the ones organizing it want it to be.
You may find a barrel racing derby on youtube, but unless is organized by that same group you signed up with, it still may not be the same.
Typically if the barrel race has a “derby” class, it has to do with age of the horse.
You’ll need to double check with the show management but usually derby means the horse has to be 7 years old or younger, and did not compete in futurities as a 4-year-old. But check with the specific rules of your show.
If it says that 2 horses are run at the same time, I’ve never been to a barrel race that does this, but they may have 2 arenas to run simultaneously to get through the entries quicker. For safety reasons, they will not have 2 patterns set up inside the same arena; nor will 2 horses run in the same arena at the same time. Again, I would ask management.
If it says two horses at the same time I wonder if it’s a Camas Prairie Stump type race?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Camas_Prairie_Stump_Race_course.png
Hmmm. Ok, I’ll have to ask then.
The derby is not divided out by age, at least not that I see on the prizelist.
Thanks!
[QUOTE=Leather;8308902]
If it says two horses at the same time I wonder if it’s a Camas Prairie Stump type race?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Camas_Prairie_Stump_Race_course.png[/QUOTE]
Oh, that is a possibility, but nearly impossible to photograph on ones own. sigh.
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