Patent ID: 7870838

Claim:
A collapsible barrel for equine barrel racing, comprising: a barrel-shaped body member of requisite dimension for use in equine barrel racing having a closeable top, an enclosed bottom and a circumferential wall having a vertically-extended height dimension of forty-eight inches or less, wherein said top is formed with a selectively widenable opening for passing a weighted ballasting member therethrough; a frame structured for transformation of said barrel-shaped body member between a collapsed state and a fully deployed state; a sleeve connected to said frame for providing said circumferential wall of said barrel-shaped body member; and a weighted ballasting member positioned along said enclosed bottom of said barrel-shaped body member having sufficient fixed weight to provide anchoring of said bottom of said barrel-shaped body member to the ground during use in barrel racing to prevent said barrel-shaped body member from tipping over to a non-vertical position.