join us for the weekend and next year!

5-15-2023

So here I am eating half a cold turkey sandwich (It was warm 3 hours ago) and drinking half of a warm energy drink (It was cold 3 hours ago) and trying to catch up on messages and emails. I have 1000 new emails to put that in perspective. Just to let you know, I have not put any vodka in my warm energy drink. I'm not sure why, clearly I have some issues...

I have put up posts answering most of the questions that were sent to me in messenger. If you asked me for a refund through messenger and ignored my post about sending those requests to becauseofbailey@yahoo.com that may be the reason you have not received a refund. Some of you just have really slow credit card companies. 

If your entry did not go through there could be a couple of reasons why. 1) You entered after 12:07pm on May 6th. Entries were full but if you continued through the process it would charge you for office fees, tack stalls or any other extras. If that happened to you that does not count as an entry. We can send you a refund if that happened. 2) You clicked on a horse but did not click on any days of the week to enter and proceeded to checkout. You are not entered. I know, saddlebook is awful and I am a big meanie. I do recall putting up several posts asking all of you to create profiles and familiarize yourselves with the system to avoid this very situation. It may be the influence of the old turkey sandwich I am eating but I feel like I am talking to myself sometimes. 3) You did not choose a horse and continued through the system. It will not enter you without choosing a horse. 

I am not ignoring those of you that asked about sponsorship. Please know that I am getting to them, slowly, but still getting there. If the turkey doesn't kill me I will try to get with all of you this week. 

Some of you asked to pay with a check but have not sent checks. If I got your check I have gone into saddlebook and credited your account. They will all be deposited over the next 3 days. If I don't get your check by the end of the week or hear from you I will assume you were just kidding when you entered and I will replace you with someone more serious from the wait list.

Ahhhh...the wait list. I have sent emails to the first group off of that list. Their emails were time stamped in the 12:09-12:12 time period on May 6th. You can go look at your own time stamp on the email you sent me to see how close you are to that.

Some of you have been so lovely and I appreciate it so much! Some of you are like warm energy drinks that don't have any vodka in them...
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5-13-2023

I am getting a ton of emails, messages and notes with checks telling me to put people in the early draw. That section is full and has been since 24 hours after entries closed. There were 200 spots available which will put the early between 8 and 12 (ish). I will not add any more people to thar section. I haven't looked today but I'm pretty sure the middle is full too. Don't be mad when I ignore your requests (demands) at this point. I'm going to assign all your emails, Facebook profiles and phone numbers with the name "car warranty sales".

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5-10-2023

If anyone's saddlbook account is saying your next payment is due by May 20th please ignore that. You just need to be paid up by August 6th.

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5-9-2023

Happy Tuesday! You know what? I really love most of you. I appreciate your patience and the love you have shown for this event. We are headed to San Antonio later this month to give out some checks to kids that are in cancer treatment and I wish all of you could see what your entries and donations do for those families. I will post pictures of course but knowing that you help lift people up in a low time in their lives is something that a picture alone cannot express. Thank you all for that. Now some of you need a time out or some time on the patience pole, maybe a rap on the end of the nose with a lead rope. A girl can dream....

I realize that some of you checked out so fast that you missed the mailing address for checks. Please make them out to :

Because of Bailey 

5866 Wilkins Ave 

Oakdale, CA 95361

If you send them to the Nevada address that is fine too. We have both of them listed and I bounce between both of them.

If you did not enter the senior, average, add a tack stall or want to make a payment you can log into saddlebook and edit your entry at anytime. I had to close it for a few days for some admin stuff but it is open again. Also, if you did not pick a time frame for the draw and would like to you can do that. The early section is full. I know, it's all my fault and I am a terrible person. I will pour vodka on that until my guilt subsides. My awesome neighbor brought me some homemade moonshine so maybe I will start there.

The mens race if full of female entries. I know that most of you do not think you belong there and tried to enter someone under your profile. I will go in and refund all of those that I know don't belong and then I need you to create profiles for them and re-enter. Please understand that I cannot do a draw without the actual contestant in there. For the ones that entered correctly it probably charged an office fee which I have fixed. I will refund those. This really is my favorite thing over the weekend and I hope we have an amazing turnout. The payout for the men's race is 100% plus $750 added along with some awesome prizes for the ten fastest times. We have Trails West and the Hitchin Post to thank for that. 

I seem to have to say this every year...when did calling or sending text messages at 6am become appropriate? I know what some of you are going to say..."Just turn off your notifications". You know what? I shouldn't have to. I am going to start returning those calls at 1am while I am up watching serial killer reality shows. If you are like me and are afraid that if you don't send that message you will forget then send an email. You can ask the well bred halter horse...no one wants to have a conversation with me before 8am. Coffee does not help and cheerful morning people make me want to take up axe throwing.

Please feel free to ask any questions. I know that some people don't get my humor and are afraid to ask but this event is very important to us and I want people to have a good time. We will start sending out emails about the wait list later in the week. I have a lot of things to catch up on before I can even look at it. I have 350 emails waiting about that list and it is going to take me days to get through them. As for now I am off to get my hair colored. I have one patch of about 15 hairs that are gray. What is that???? I think maybe I should let it grow out and I will tell everyone I was struck by lightning as a child....

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5-8-2023

Good morning everyone...

***YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THE CONTESTANT NAME THAT YOU WANT A REFUND FOR. I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME OR YOUR CHILDS NAME BY LOOKING AT YOUR EMAIL.

I will be working with Saddlebook on refunds today. We thought we had the system set up correctly but apparently not. Some of you have already sent emails requesting refunds minus your deposit and I will be getting to those today. It will take a few days for that to show back up on your card. If you have not sent that request please email me at becauseofbailey@yahoo.com. If you want to leave what you have already paid and end up having to vet out I will return everything except your $100 deposit so it is really up to you. I did have 2 people tell me that since the system made a mistake they wanted all of their money back but still wanted to be entered. If you request all of your money back I will send it and remove your entry. I apologize for the mistake that we made but does not mean entries are free. 

The well bred halter horse and I were in awe this morning of how the entries filled. We are overwhelmed by the love shown towards our family and the support of this cause. This is Bailey's footprint in this world and we are proud of her legacy. Because of that....we decided today to take the first 50 horses off of the waitlist and add them to the race. I will contact those of you in the order that your request came in and I will need you to go to becauseofbailey@yahoo.com on paypal and pay your deposit. I will add you to the draw on the admin side. 

I have looked at the men's race by the way...There appear to only be 2 actual men's names in there. You cannot enter your husband or boyfriend in the men's race unless they have their own saddlebook profile. We will need to get this fixed before the race. I will discuss with saddlebook today the best way to fix it and let you all know.

For those of you that called saddlebook and said ugly things I hope you woke up this morning allergic to bacon and cake. They are very nice people that tried to help me do something different this year and do not deserve that kind of abuse.

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5-6-2023

For today's entry remember....

If you want to pay the entire total click on pay by credit card. If you want to only pay the $100 deposit then click on the payment plan. You also have the option to pay with a check. The address to send the check to is listed. Checks must be received by 05/13 or your entry will be released. Happy entering! Everyone try to be nice...

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5-5-2023

Tomorrow is the day! Apparently no one reads my posts so for clarification...

Entries open at 12pm pacific time on May 6th. They will not be open at midnight! Do not call me at midnight telling me that entries are not working. I will be cranky.

We do not have a novice race this year. We had major issues with people entering this race that did not belong there and decided 2 years ago to discontinue it. 

The youth and senior are incentive races and therefore are carry over only.

You will automatically get a stall with every entry so you do not need to worrry about stall assignments. You can add a tack stall if you would like. I will not do assignments until August when we know for sure who is coming.

We are taking the first 650 entries. I have no idea if entries will fill quickly or not. I have been posting about the entry limit for months. If you do not get in we will have a waiting list. The wrong thing to do would be for you to get nasty with me. There are only so many spaces and I cannot create more. We will have cancellations and I will list them in the order that I get those requests. Send an email to becauseofbailey@yahoo.com if you need to be placed on the waiting list.

For the first time in 13 years I had someone go on our page and say something nasty about our race. If only I still had feelings I might have cared. Instead I used a button I found called "blocking". I promise to send out some band aids for your hurt feelings. Yes, I am rolling my eyes so hard I almost passed out. We cannot make everyone happy, go drink some margaritas like a grown up and get over it. 

Happy entries everyone! We cannot wait to see you!

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05/04/2023

 We are just a couple of days away from entries...

We have done a test run on the program and here are some things you should know...

When you get to the payment page:

1) To pay half of your total click on "pay with credit card"
2) To pay a $100 deposit click on "payment plan"
3) To pay by check click on "Pay by check"

Checks must be received by May 13th or your entry will be released. If you pay half and have to draw out everything will be returned minus your $100 deposit as long as you draw out before August 19th. After that you forfeit all money.

You can pick time groups that you would like to run in. When they fill up you will have to pick another slot. If you don't pick a time frame you will just be in the random draw. If you forget to pick a slot you can go back in and edit your entry. You can also add on a tack stall if you would like to.

If you do not get in do not blow up my phone. My tolerance for yelling, accusing and pouting is at an all time low. You can send an email to becauseofbailey@yahoo.com and get on the waiting list. 

Any messages sent about stall assignments at this time will be ignored. Maybe I wll print them off and use them to build a fire so I can make s'mores, drink some vodka, stare at the fire and mumble about how the liquor store is too far away.

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For those of you entering the KK Run for Vegas/Junior World qualifier...that race will take place on Friday at 8am and your time will carry over to the open. You will need to enter BB4B on our entry on saddlebook. The entry you pay on the KK Run for Vegas page DOES NOT COVER YOUR ENTRY TO BB4B. 

The KK race does not close their books for several months but our books will close when we get 650 entries. If you are planning on entering the KK Run for Vegas Qualifier you should get yourself entered in BB4B asap.

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04-27-2023

Does anyone else fee like it should be Friday already??? I have a dilema...I have two bottles of wine that are the same brand and both are reisling. One is very dark, the color of beer. The other is very light. I am debating if there is something wrong with one. I should know by the end of today, I will keep you posted.

There have been a lot of questions about stalls. You will get one stall with mats per entry and you can purchase tack stalls if you would like. The stalls all come with 4 bags of shavings, even tack stalls. I am aware that people want to stall together. We will not assign stalls until August when we know who has paid their fees. The first week of August I will ask you to email me a list of the people you want to stall with. DO NOT SEND ME EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES OR CALL ME ABOUT STALL REQUESTS BEFORE THEN. I will ignore you just like I do my liver. Oh and just so you know, offering to sponsor a buckle in exchange for stall assignments will get you on a special list. I am still searching my bible for the part where it says that you should help others but only when it benefits you.

Entry fees will be $100 a day. We have bumped the added money up to $20,000 a day for a total of $60,000 over the weekend. With your stall, entries and office fee you are at $530. You can add a tack stall ($160), average ($25 with 100% payback), youth incentive (Saturday, carry over only $50 with $2500 added) senior incentive (Saturday, carryover only, $30 with $500 added). 

We will give away buckles to each division winner daily and jackets to 2nd in each division. We also have some average prizes to award plus the payout. 

Some of you will listen to me just like the well bred halter horse. I looked at him the other day and said, "You don't even listen to half of what I say." He told me that with as much as I talk he couldn't possibly remember everything. He is lucky he is so cute!

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2023-04-20

Hello barrel racer land! Have you ever tried mixing a green monster and vodka? Not only will it improve your mood but it will also help you to do random things at the speed of light. I give it 10 out of 10 stars...that is your Thursday recommendation.

We are getting closer to the day that entries will open. May 6th at 12pm pacific time on www.saddlebook.com. I have had several people ask me if 12 meant am or pm. I giggle a little that some of you think I am so sadistic that I would open entries at midnight. Who hurt you and made you so pessimistic????

Just to clarify, for the 100th time, we will be taking a $100 non-refundable deposit which will secure your three day open entry and a stall with mats. You can add on tack stalls, the youth incentive, the senior incentive, average or men's race. Your final payment must be made by August 5th or your entry and stalls will be released. ENTRIES LIMITED TO 650.

I am already prepared for the complaints...here are a few that I predict...

1) "But I don't want to enter all 3 days"...For the people that don't like to compete for $60,000 added and prefer to only go after $40,000 I apologize for trying to increase the balance of your checking account but you will need to enter all 3 days.

2) "But I don't want stall mats"...ahhh, but your horse does and I am on team equine! I might even get a shirt made.

3) "A non-refundable deposit isn't fair"...Think of it like bail money. It is your promise to appear without the threat of jail where you will pee in front of strangers, wear rubber slippers and eat from a plastic tray like you did in elementary school. 

4) "I didn't get in and you need to open up more entries"...I know that the world revolves around your poor planning and exceptions should be made because you are special. Please take that up with your therapist. We will not ask our volunteers or contestants to run at midnight again. This is supposed to be a fun way to raise some money for some very special kids not fuel for me and my family/friends to destroy our livers. If you do not get in right away we will have a waiting list. We will have cancellations, we always do. 

We are taking donations for sponsors this year. We have the following options:

1) Buckles ($150 each) and silent auction items. We will provide banner space for this level

2) $100-$1999 sponsors. We mention you on social media and provide banner space

3) $2000-$2499 sponsors. We will mention you on social media, include you on race promotion material, include your logo on the jumbotron sponsor slideshow and provide banner space

4) $2500 and up. You will be included on the website sponsor page, all social media, event fliers, advertising posters, barrel covers, jackets and the sponsor slideshow on the jumbotron. You will also be given multiple locations for your banners.

You can still sponsor buckles through our old stall reservation site at www.bb4bstalls.com under "extras". If you would prefer to mail a check please send me a message and I will get you an address.

We are selling raffle tickets for a 2024 Trails West MXII 3 horse bumper pull trailer again. We will only sell 500 tickets at $50 each. You can also purchase those through the old stall reservation site at www.bb4bstalls.com under "extras". Retail value of this trailer is $18,992 and the winner is responsible for all taxes, transportation and fees.

I am off to annoy the well bred halter horse while he attempts to work from home...we all have hobbies and that is mine!
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Good morning everyone..for all of you over achievers that like to plan your lives way in advance I have the room discount link for 2023...
https://be.synxis.com/?hotel=11548&arrive=2023-08-28&group=BUC2023
We will be doing entries a little different next year so I will post an update on January 15th with the details.

I cannot believe it is February already! 1099's went out a few days ago. If I have your email address in Saddlebook then you will get a copy through email and one was mailed to you. Please check your 1099 for accuracy! Some of you have terrible serial killer handwriting and I also have fat fingers so that is a bad combination when typing in numbers.  

I am going to start putting this out there early so that when May rolls around and I start getting hate mail I can pull up these older posts and remind you that your poor planning got you into your current situation and not me being a big meanie.

If you do not have a saddlebook account and are planning on entering BB4B 2023 please go in ahead of time and make an account. I have no idea how fast the entries will fill up for this year but keep in mind we are only taking 650. We will open entries on May 6th and you will be asked to pay a nonrefundable deposit to hold your spot and stall. The deposit will be $100. We have not finalized the total cost for 3 days in the open and a stall with mats but we will soon. It will be somewhere around $550. Final payments will be due in August. We have increased the added money this year to $20,000 a day.

We also wanted to let you all know that we are headed to San Antonio to meet up with our friends from Ropin Dreams. We will be presenting checks to families that have kids fighting cancer to help with their expenses. Events like these are possible because of our amazing contestants. Thank