Yes, barrel horses tend to be stock horse breeds and that includes the Appaloosa (American Appaloosa.) You'd want an Appy that was quick around turns and can properly rate it's speed.
The hardest thing about barrel racing is the ground.
There's harness racing and flat out racing.... Flat out racing is most common in thoroughbreds, appaloosa's and quarter horses. Harness racing is saddlebreds.
The only way math could be involved in barrel racing is if you look at it using physics.
Appaloosa's are used in circuses,parades,other show events,driving,jumping,rodeo,trail,cattle events,and reining they do well in western and English events as well as appaloosa racing events and is 1 of the 4 western pros
They do not have strong hind-quarters and a horse for barrel racing needs them to be able to do fast turns.
women
go to your EC's indoor arena page and click create a barrel racing competition.
One is round, and one is square.
Barrel racing got its start with the Women's Professional Rodeo Association in 1948, in Texas. The course was originally a figure-eight pattern, but was replaced with the more difficult clover leaf pattern.
For Howrse, the answer is barrel racing
It is a horse race.
Thoroughbreds are often what are thought of most when thinking about racing, but there are racing for other horses like standardbreds, which are used for trotting or pacing races, quarter horse races that go over a quarter of a mile, Arabian racing, appaloosa racing, even mule racing! Many breeds are used for racing.