Most people I know hold the reins in one hand and keep the hat on their head with their other hand. If you can't do that, maybe pin it down with bobby pins...? Build up to it, but when just learning about barrel racing, I suggest you don't use a cowboy hat just yet. ;)
You may touch the barrel. If the barrel is knocked over, there is a time penalty.
There are many tips about horse racing, and how to do horse racing well. These include, but are not limited to, spurring ones horse as little as possible, to go up and down with the horse, and to keep ones head down.
It is a horse-racing term. If you keep control of a horse's head, you control the way that the horse runs, and how fast it goes. Keeping your head means keeping control of yourself and staying calm in all situations.
when it died. A horse can't race anymore when it is permanently limping or has a permanent issue. If you want your horse to be seriously injured you can continue racing it. I have an Arabian who is 20 and fully capable of racing but when we trailered her the first time she injured herself and now has a HUGE scar. I would still be racing her except every time she turns the 2nd barrel on barrel racing she falls because the scar stretches and hurts her. I also have a horse over 30 yrs old and she is still racing w/ a slight limp. If yours has any serious issues you should stop racing it, if not you can keep racing it but when it gets to a point where it doesn't like racing or your not so sure about him/her anymore then you should retire him/her. Hope this helps!! :)
To keep your heart from racing take a glass of water before you go to bed
Alaskan Malamutes and Huskies are both popular when dogsled racing as they can keep warm with their coat and keep a pace
keep the stock barrel, its up to you if it is good enough or not.
A clean biscuit barrel.
Keep racing
Yes, a barrel can be used to keep a garden green.
keep your head up
To keep the racing stripe off of my pants.