Molly Otto and 2020 mare Dashin On Fire win the Average title at the Badlands Circuit Finals in Minot, North Dakota, October 10-12. Lisa Lockhart wins the Year-End title.
Professional barrel racer Molly Otto and 2016 palomino mare Teasin Dat Guy (Frenchmans Guy x Teasin Jetolena x Blazin Jetolena) wrote their names in the record books when they had an incredible 2021 pro rodeo season, qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo. They ended 2021 in the No. 10 spot in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association world standings after winning more than $70,500 at the NFR.
“Chewy” was bred and owned by Katie Lindahl of Minnesota. Now owned by Felicity Martin of 4M Ranch, Chewy is jockeyed by Emily Beisel who will be making her seventh appearance at the NFR this December. Chewy earned Beisel $79,915 in 2025 and was Beisel’s highest earning horse in the 2025 pro rodeo season.
Continuing her winning ways with Lindahl’s horses, Otto ran 2020 mare Dashin On Fire, owned by Lindahl during her futurity year beginning in November of 2024. They quickly found their stride in the arena too. Placing at The Blitz, the Fizz Bomb Classic, the Kinder Cup and winning the Lonestar Futurity Championship, “Mesa” was also being seasoned at pro rodeos in the Badlands Circuit.
Otto and Mesa had an incredible Badlands Circuit Finals, running times of 13.74, 13.83 and 13.45 earning nearly $8,500 and the Average title.
First round: 1. Emilee Pauley, 13.71 seconds, $2,595; 2. Molly Otto, 13.74, $1,946; 3. Taylor Hanson, 13.78, $1,298; 4. Summer Kosel, 13.79, $649.
Second round: 1. Lisa Lockhart, 13.42 seconds, $2,595; 2. Katie Rossow, 13.52, $1,946; 3. Emilee Pauley, 13.57, $1,298; 4. Summer Kosel, 13.61, $649.
Third round: 1. Molly Otto, 13.45 seconds, $2,595; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 13.46, $1,946; 3. Piper Cordes, 13.49, $1,298; 4. Raelin Jurgens, 13.55, $649.
Average: 1. Molly Otto, 41.02 seconds on three head, $3,893; 2. Emilee Pauley, 41.03, $2,920; 3. Raelin Jurgens, 41.25, $1,946; 4. Jessica Routier, 42.40, $973.
