barrel race
noun
a rodeo event, usually for women, in which a horse and rider must race in a zigzag pattern around three barrels, competing for the fastest time.
barrel racing
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a word derived from
barrel race.
barrel-racing
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a word form of
barrel-race.
barrel racenouna rodeo event, usually for women, in which a horse and rider must race in a zigzag pattern around three barrels, competing for the fastest time.
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The audience grooves to Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre’s “California Love” as riders file out to make way for bull riding, calf roping, barrel racing and other competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Logan is an original member of the Maryland-based rodeo team Cowgirls of Color; in rodeos she formerly focused on relay racing and barrel racing but now specializes in mounted shooting.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
I grew up in the South mutton busting, barrel racing and competition barbecuing, but before all of that, my favorite uncle was teaching me how to smoke meats during family cookouts.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
As a former horse girl who spent some of my formative years barrel racing, I always felt shut out of rodeo.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
Scriver has been atop a horse since learning to walk — as a little girl in 4H in Curlew, Wash., and barrel racing at rodeos as an adolescent.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
Looking to sharpen your skills in the saddle or finally live out your barrel-racing dreams?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
Olson never had any formal horseback riding or barrel-racing training - nothing like what young riders have access to now.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2018
She got into barrel racing as a teenager and was 23 when she bought her first barrel-racing horse.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
She had to have her horse, Scarlet, euthanized and wanted to find a barrel-racing horse that wouldn’t have to be trained from scratch.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
Olson never had any formal horseback riding or barrel-racing training — nothing like what young riders have access to now.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
