Patent ID: 8256383

Claim:
A method of carrying out equine barrel racing, comprising: providing a collapsible barrel sized for use in performing equine barrel racing having a barrel-shaped body member, of requisite dimension for use in equine barrel racing, with a closeable top having a selectively widenable opening for passing a weighted ballasting member therethrough, an enclosed bottom and a circumferential wall having a vertically-extended height dimension of forty-eight inches or less, and having a frame structured for transformation of the barrel-shaped body member between a collapsed state and a fully deployed state and having a sleeve connected to the frame providing the circumferential wall of the barrel-shaped body member, and a weighted ballasting member positionable along the enclosed bottom; deploying said collapsible barrel to a suitably-sized height for maneuvering a horse about said vertically deployed collapsible barrel by reconfiguring said collapsible barrel from a substantially vertically flattened state to a vertically upright apparatus that is suitably sized in height to maneuver a horse about said vertically deployed barrel state by operation of the vertically expandable frame; positioning said vertically deployed collapsible barrel on a ground surface; and ridably maneuvering a horse about said vertically deployed collapsible barrel in the manner of equine barrel racing.