THE OFFICIAL ARENA TOOL FOR COLLEGE RODEO & THE CNFR
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Thanks Randy Prince for getting us setup with our new Drag Queen Arena Drag!! Our arena footing is already more consistent and our horses thank you for it!! - Bradley Boyd Without a doubt this is the best drag I’ve ever seen. Herbert Theriot, PRCA World Champion Calf Roper This drag was awesome at the Lexington Rodeo. If we had not had this drag we would have been in big trouble. Our arena was over ankle deep in mud and the drag worked great.Thanks to Randy Price for making it available. - Diane McPeake |
We used the Drag Queen for the first time at our rodeo this year. Our arena has never been better. Look forward to many years of use with it. Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel PRCA Rodeo Thank You so much for letting us use these drags again this year! Having 2 Drag Queens in the arena was super awesome! The ground was perfect and consistent all weekend long - Battle in the Saddle |
So easy that a 9 year old can work the arena for his big sisters!!! Good job Colt!
"ARENA MAINTENANCE IS A DRAG" - Mid South Horse Review Article by Tommy Brannon
Maintaining arena footing can be quite a chore, especially if you do not have the right equipment. Keeping the footing soft and level is essential for both the horses’ health and the fairness of the competition. Maintenance of the home arena is just as important as maintenance of the commercial arena, since your horse spends more time working there.
Fortunately, there is a new, quality-built, affordable arena drag made right here in the mid-south. Randy Prince of Humboldt, TN is manufacturing the Drag Queen Arena Drag. Randy is an experienced horseman who saw a need for an arena drag that would do a superior job, would hold up under constant use, and be considerably less expensive than other arena drags on the market. He also wanted it to be easy to use and be able to do the same job as other drags using a lower horse power tractor. Before he ever set welder to metal, he had a design in mind, and once he built the design into reality, the Drag Queen seemed to meet all of his requirements. And, appreciating the purveyor of good puns, we think the name is easily remembered!
There are two basic types of arena drags on the market: spring tooth harrow type and a ripper tooth type. The disadvantage of the spring tooth harrow type is that it is hard to get the depth adjustment correct. They won’t cut hard ground and they move too much footing on soft ground. A ripper tooth type drag cuts deep, sometimes moving too much dirt and, thus, it requires a high horsepower tractor.
Randy designed the Drag Queen to solve both of these problems. The Drag Queen’s design has five sections: (1) movable, adjustable ripper shanks in the front that will cut ground 4.5 inches and “up to 10 inches” deep. (2) A section that is a row of cultivator points that will cut 5 inches deep; (3) a harrow section behind that, to break up any large clods, with teeth that are evenly spaced to keep the worked up dirt level without ridges. (4) A chopper wheel at the rear of the drag (resembling a paddle wheel on a boat) is used to break up the remainder of dirt clods, (5) followed by a leveling bar. For longevity, the finish on every part of the Drag Queen is powder coated.
The leveling bar is particularly good for dragging barrel racing patterns because it keeps the footing level and smooth. The chopper wheel rotates on ball bearing pillow blocks. The depth is controlled by a single hydraulic cylinder which raises and lowers the rear section of the drag. The three point hitch is set to float so the chopper wheel sets the depth for the ripper teeth, which can also be moved back from ground contact in case they are not needed. All of this can be done with as small as a 50 horse power tractor for the 8 foot model.
Fortunately, there is a new, quality-built, affordable arena drag made right here in the mid-south. Randy Prince of Humboldt, TN is manufacturing the Drag Queen Arena Drag. Randy is an experienced horseman who saw a need for an arena drag that would do a superior job, would hold up under constant use, and be considerably less expensive than other arena drags on the market. He also wanted it to be easy to use and be able to do the same job as other drags using a lower horse power tractor. Before he ever set welder to metal, he had a design in mind, and once he built the design into reality, the Drag Queen seemed to meet all of his requirements. And, appreciating the purveyor of good puns, we think the name is easily remembered!
There are two basic types of arena drags on the market: spring tooth harrow type and a ripper tooth type. The disadvantage of the spring tooth harrow type is that it is hard to get the depth adjustment correct. They won’t cut hard ground and they move too much footing on soft ground. A ripper tooth type drag cuts deep, sometimes moving too much dirt and, thus, it requires a high horsepower tractor.
Randy designed the Drag Queen to solve both of these problems. The Drag Queen’s design has five sections: (1) movable, adjustable ripper shanks in the front that will cut ground 4.5 inches and “up to 10 inches” deep. (2) A section that is a row of cultivator points that will cut 5 inches deep; (3) a harrow section behind that, to break up any large clods, with teeth that are evenly spaced to keep the worked up dirt level without ridges. (4) A chopper wheel at the rear of the drag (resembling a paddle wheel on a boat) is used to break up the remainder of dirt clods, (5) followed by a leveling bar. For longevity, the finish on every part of the Drag Queen is powder coated.
The leveling bar is particularly good for dragging barrel racing patterns because it keeps the footing level and smooth. The chopper wheel rotates on ball bearing pillow blocks. The depth is controlled by a single hydraulic cylinder which raises and lowers the rear section of the drag. The three point hitch is set to float so the chopper wheel sets the depth for the ripper teeth, which can also be moved back from ground contact in case they are not needed. All of this can be done with as small as a 50 horse power tractor for the 8 foot model.
