Jada Haken and her homebred, -raised and -trained mare Flirtbug swept the Barrel Bash Chickasha Select Stallion Stakes Breeders Futurity, giving Haken her first career futurity win.
The Select Stallion Stakes Breeders Futurity and Barrel Bash in Chickasha, Oklahoma, is always a popular event for futurity competitors at the end of March. With $60,000 added in the Futurity for Select Stallion Stakes-enrolled horses, 123 competitors vied for championship honors at the Grady County Fairgrounds. Grad student Jada Haken emerged on top of them all, sweeping both rounds and the average against the top trainers in the business aboard homebred, -raised and -trained mare Flirtbug to win more than $22,000 on the weekend.
This article was originally published in the June 2025 issue of Barrel Horse News.
