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BARREL
RACING
Lynn & Murray McKenzie P. O. Box 7573 Amarillo, TX 79114 (806)
290-5352
It's Back!!! After missing last year with "The Practice Pen" we are bringing it back again this year. With the high cost of fuel today just getting to a clinic can be pretty expensive. Now you can get a whole year of training tips and information for the cost of fuel for just a single trip. You told us you wanted us to concentrate on starting and training a young horse, so that will be our focus this year. The price will be the same as the 2006, $150, so you sure won't want to miss this!! Sign up now!!
Have you ever wanted to use your barrel racing as a ministry? If so, you don't want to miss "The Road To Glory"! Lynn has begun a new ministry, "The Road To Glory", which is being held on the day before many of her clinics. One of the main goals of this ministry is to help teach us ways to incorporate ministry into our barrel racing. There is a great need for those who are willing to "just be there" when someone needs help dealing with the things life throws up at us. Check out the "Clinic Schedule" page to see where the next one is.
Saddles For Sale!! Don't miss getting one for the new rodeo season! Check out the new seats, Cayman Alligator and Stingray. Along with Ostrich you can be sure to have one to brag about! Call Lynn at (806) 290-5352 or email her at: lynn@lmbarrelracing.com for details!
Are you looking for a new saddle? We now have lots of Lynn's saddles on our new saddle pages!! If you don't see what you want, let us know 'cause Double J can build it like you want it! (P.S. Wanna know a secret? Lynn's been to the tree factory. She now has a NEW "WIDE" TREE. Call for more details.)
We are getting some GREAT feedback from our The Practice Pen subscribers!! Have you signed up yet? What are you waiting for?? Click here for details. Renew your subscription NOW!
Lynn has recently been named as an Ambassador for the Alliance Nutrition Equine Division of the Archer Daniels Midland Corporation. "Having used the ADM Alliance Nutrition products for the past couple of years, I can honestly say this is the VERY BEST nutritional program I have ever found, and I have seen many, many of them. The people at Alliance Nutrition put the welfare of your horse ahead of just making a buck by trying to sell you a bunch of feed and supplements. My horses look better, feel better, and are just plain healthier than they ever have been before. I highly recommend that you contact them about having a representative help you design a feeding program for your horses. It just makes sense to have someone who really understands nutrition put a recommended feeding program for you." |
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The name "Lynn McKenzie" has been prominent in barrel racing since September of 1977 when she and her great horse Magnolia Missile swept the Texas Barrel Racing Association Futurity, winning every go round. In 1978, in her rookie season in the WPRA, she won the title of World Champion Barrel Racer. In 1979 and 1980, she was the Reserve World Champion Barrel Racer, winning the average at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) both years. Winning the 1979 NFR, she placed in EVERY go round, WINNING an unprecedented 6 of 10 rounds. She again won the World Champion title in 1981. An injury to Missile at the 1981 NFR kept her out of competition until Memorial Day in 1982, yet she still qualified in the top 5 for the NFR. 1983 saw a reduced amount of competition and in the fall, she quit competing in order to be home with her two daughters. "To me, my priorities as a Mother come before rodeo, so I stayed home to raise my children. Did I still want to rodeo? Absolutely! But my duties to my family were and still are more important than being able to rodeo. I was able to maintain contact with barrel racing by training horses and by doing clinics. Both of my daughters grew up barrel racing and both won the AQHA World Championship in Senior Barrels." Ironically both of them won it at the age of 13. Lynn and Murray started out in 1974 helping Martha and R. E. Josey at their clinics and schools. Lynn began doing her own clinics in 1979, and by 1984 her clinic business had grown considerably. Today, with 30 years of experience for not only her, but Murray also, Lynn McKenzie Clinics are nationally and internationally known for their success in helping barrel racers young and old. "The youngest I ever had at a clinic was 4, but the oldest was a lady who claimed to be 76, but everyone there said she was at least 83!" Beginning in 1979, after she won her first World Championship in the WPRA, Lynn designed and endorsed her first saddle. The success of her first saddle prompted the development of a complete line of equipment and tack. The original Lynn McKenzie combination bit took the industry by storm and quickly became the most copied bit on the market. Sadly to say that bit is now being endorsed by other barrel racers and Lynn no longer gets the credit for having designed it. Now she endorses saddles EXCLUSIVELY with Double J Saddlery. Recently, Toklat / Myler has introduced the "Lynn McKenzie Signature Series" of Myler bits with more equipment to follow. For the past 25 years, barrel racers, store owners, and horsemen in general have come to depend on anything with Lynn's name on it to be the very best available. Not only that but they also know that they can depend on Lynn to develop the very latest is new equipment, ideas and techniques. Because we want to keep as up to date on new ideas and technology to offer our customers, we now are dealers for Bretton pads and Silver Lining Herbs. In 2001, a new opportunity opened up for Lynn & Murray to team with Shane and Lanette Pritchard and the Tanner Time System by Pegasus to take barrel racing into the 21st Century. “In the past everyone has taught barrel racing their own way and hoped it was right. With the technology and equipment available today, I wanted a way to apply it to barrel racing. In a ‘Barrel Racing Lab 501’ (so named because compared to what we have done in the past, this is now barrel racing instruction, college graduate level), the Tanner Time system breaks the pattern down into seven segments. Then by using the segment times plus a digital video system with super slow motion capability, we analyze each run and are able to pinpoint exactly where the rider is losing time and we then work with them to modify their pattern and optimize their time. Once each turn has been optimized, we measure each pattern and Shane plots it on a computer using a CADD program. This pattern is then printed for each student. This has to be one of the most exciting things I have seen in a long time.” In these labs, each rider is given a personalized notebook with places to put their Tanner Timer readouts, the CADD pattern printout, and instructional information on a wide variety of subjects pertaining to barrel racing, horse health, etc, plus each of them is sent a personal DVD with each of their runs filmed at regular speed and also in slow motion. These are things never before offered at any barrel racing clinic. Lynn has written articles that have appeared in nearly every horse publication that appeals to Barrel Racing including some that are not even in publication now. Current publications include Barrel Racer News, Barrel Horse News, Turn Magazine, Horse & Rider, Horse Illustrated, Quarter Horse News, and Tack'n Togs (a magazine for western stores and tack shop owners). Now, for the first time ever, a bi-monthly DVD Magazine, The Practice Pen. To our knowledge this is the FIRST EVER DVD magazine, not just in Barrel Racing but IN ANYTHING!!! Talking about cutting edge!! Owning our own video production company gives us a heads up advantage in being able to bring this idea into being and to do it at a VERY AFFORDABLE cost. Having to take this to an outside production company would make this idea cost prohibitive. All those years of filming barrel races, clinics, and Lab 501s has given Murray the equipment and technical ability to undertake and produce this project. Combined with Lynn's unsurpassed ability to develop, design, and teach barrel racing techniques and products makes this project sure to be a success. With this video production company, Lynn and Murray are also now engaging in video production for the public.
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