With a lifetime of experience in breeding and raising top-quality performance horses, 12 of them spent managing timers and staking arenas, Alan Woodbury witnessed firsthand how inaccurate current single beam timers were in recording barrel racing results.
After assembling a team consisting of mechanical and electrical engineers and a software company, he set out to produce a barrel racing timer that would be the most accurate timer on the market – and By A Nose was born.
As a lifelong rodeo spectator and fan, Woodbury set out to create a more precise timer that would positively change the world of rodeo. Get to know more about the history behind the development of By A Nose.
By A Nose was designed to start and stop based on the height of the horse’s nose, which made the horse our most important research subject during By A Nose’s development.
The timer consists of four beams set at 54”, 48”, 42”, and 36” with a non-adjustable tripod. This design has proven to be much more accurate than the single laser options that contain an adjustable tripod.
