Improving on their first round performance by nearly three tenths of a second, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., and her buckskin superhorse An Oakie With Cash (“Louie”) posted a 14.29 inside the Thomas & Mack Center Arena to win the round.
Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas, led off round one of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in their signature colorful style. Riding her 8-year-old mare Flos Heiress, aka “Babyflo,” Taylor came into Las Vegas, Nev., ranked No. 2 in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Standings and emerged first in the opening round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The sold-out Thomas & Mack Center Arena audience witnessed Taylor’s 14.09 second run, which was worth $19,002.
Las Vegas, NV— Dec 4-13, 2014
Barrel Horse News to host and sponsor Wrangler National Finals Rodeo festivities at Mandalay Bay Casino.
After Cortney Morris attended the inaugural PBRIP sweepstakes at the 2013 APHA World Championship Show, she knew she needed to return to the World Show.
“Last year, we placed in the Top 10 on the same horses, but this year we came back with a better game plan. We thought about what we were going to do and how we were going to lay it out,” Cortney said.
Congratulations to the top 15, who will compete in Las Vegas at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo December 4-13.
WNFR and CFR bound Britany Diaz of Mandan, N.D., and her 13-year-old mare, Dasher Dude (“Rootie”), are the 2014 Wrangler Tour Shootout Champions from Armstrong, B.C. With a time of 16.120 seconds, Diaz snagged the first place $2500 check and the tour title from the August 30, showdown performance; knocking out the other top eight barrel racers from the 2014 CPRA Wrangler Tour, that qualified for the finale. Diaz’s weekend winnings from Armstrong’s IPE Stampede, Nicola Valley Stampede, Okotoks Pro Rodeo and the Wrangler Tour Finals, add another $5000 towards her placement on the WPRA and CPRA leaderboards. Diaz has had an outstanding rodeo season north of the boarder and she is currently sitting in top position on the Canadian Professional Rodeo Standings.
The 2014 Fulton Performance Horse and Production sale was held August 22, 2014 with a large, energetic crowd in attendance, ready to bid on some of the country’s top bloodlines at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, NE. The 2014 sale produced the highest sale average so far for the offspring of the two Fulton Ranch sires, A Streak Of Fling and CS Flashlight.
Cheyenne Frontier Days is off to an unofficial start. Slack began Tuesday, July 15, with the entire first go-round of the barrel racing. We have the complete results here.
Day four wrapped up Pool A at the Calgary Stampede, and the first draw of barrel racers proved to be a race between two-time world champion Brittany Pozzi of Victoria, Texas and two-time WNFR Qualifier Kaley Bass of Kissimmee, Florida. As the dust settled in the arena, Pozzi took top position in the Average with $17,000 in earnings, while Bass claimed second position with $15,500.
