The App That Every Barrel Racer's Been Waiting For
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Anybody that's ever barrel raced knows how tough it is to keep track of everybody's times. As a result, many of you stay out late just waiting to see whether or not you're picking up a check or going home broke. Now you don't have to because Appiction has finally developed an app called Barrel Horse Racing. Unfortunately, it's only available for iPhone so us Droid users are going to have to wait a bit longer.
How's it Work?
The app lets you enter competitors' names and times and even breaks the times down into 1D-4D times so that as soon as the last racer has finished, you'll know immediately who won throughout each division. Barrel Horse Racing uses NBHA-approved time splits by default so that you know the break-down is accurate. Should you be competing in a show that uses something other than NBHA formats, you can manually adjust the time splits for accuracy.
The app also lets you store your events and email your times to yourself so that you can keep track of your times at different events and in different arenas. This is great for tracking improvement of to use if you're trying to sell your horse. Plus, it's always nice to have all of your run-times in one location and easily accessible.
Review
The app ran smoothly and is extremely user-friendly. You can swap back and forth between the current event and your other events and it's good that it's already formatted to NBHA time splits but allows you the option to change the splits when you need to. There's also 5D-8D race formats available in case you're at a huge show that actually pays down that far.
There are a couple of downsides to this app though. First, it's not available for Droids (yet, hopefully!) and finally, sometimes it's hard to keep track of everybody while you're actually competing. Plus, not everybody carries their iPhone with them while they're competing. This might be a better app for somebody (aka Mom/spouse/brother/sister) who's there but not competing. Other than that, 5 stars all the way!
Appiction website: http://www.appiction.com/apps/barrel-horse-racing
iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barrel-horse-racing/id442010265?mt=8 |
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Stay Untamed
good article! I'm not a barrel racer,but it sounds like a good app!
good article! I'm not a barrel racer,but it sounds like a good app!
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Aug 20, 2011
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Moose
Good article! Well written
Good article! Well written
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Aug 20, 2011
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All That Jazz
Cool article! Too bad I don't have an iPod. xD
Cool article! Too bad I don't have an iPod. xD
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Aug 21, 2011
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lovehorse
Sounds like a brilliant app!
If i barrell raced i would defenatly get it!
Sounds like a brilliant app!
If i barrell raced i would defenatly get it!
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Aug 21, 2011
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King of Wings
well written article. im not a barrel racer but the app sounds amazing!
well written article. im not a barrel racer but the app sounds amazing!
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Aug 21, 2011
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Prarie Rose
This is really cool! :)
This is really cool! :)
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Aug 21, 2011
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Simplicity
Looks a good app but I don't barrel race.
Looks a good app but I don't barrel race.
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Aug 22, 2011
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Aug 22, 2011
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Aug 23, 2011
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Aug 25, 2011
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Oakie4Clydesdales
cool article! :D sounds like a good app :D
cool article! :D sounds like a good app :D
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Aug 31, 2011
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FloridaCowgirl
Thanks everybody! Glad you liked it. I'll try to keep them coming and if you have something that you'd like for me to review, just let me know.
Thanks everybody! Glad you liked it. I'll try to keep them coming and if you have something that you'd like for me to review, just let me know.
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Sep 3, 2011
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