Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper: No Excuses, Just Reps
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Jake and Clay head into another practice session with two very different horses under them. Jake's horse is a little fragile in the box so he keeps it to five runs focused on getting ready for competition. Clay is on a green horse and going with the flow, taking what he gets. Jake is honest about where his heeling has been, calling it disastrous, and talks through the World Series and its numbering system. At the end Clay breaks down where his horse struggled and what they need to work on. Jake rates their session and lands on a simple truth: you can never make excuses.
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