By Kailey Sullins
December 8, 2017 — Las Vegas, Nevada — Moore rode CP Dark Moon to victory in the second round of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a 13.54. “Paige” led Moore to the WNFR reserve world championship last year. and is an 8-year-old mare by Darkelly and out of SRQH New Highs. With the round win, Moore moved from 14th in the aggregate to 11th and from sixth in the world standings to fourth.
Hailey Kinsel moved to the No. 1 position in the aggregate race with a time of 27.34 on two runs. Kinsel rode DM Sissy Hayday, a 6-year-old mare by PC Frenchmans Hayday and out of Royal Sissy Irish by Royal Shake Em. Tiany Schuster holds on to her lead in the world standings with $260,378 in total earnings.
Watch Moore’s interview from her Round Two win here: “Moore Wins Round Two”
Amberleigh Moore rode CP Dark Moon to the Round Two win with a 13.54. Photo by Dan Hubbell/PRCA
Round Two:
1, Amberleigh Moore, 13.54, $26,231
2, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 13.62, $20,731
3, Hailey Kinsel, 13.65, $15,654
4, Nellie Miller, 13.74, $11,000
5, Sydni Blanchard, 13.80, $6,769
6, Kellie Collier, 13.83, $4,231
7, Taci Bettis, 13.87
8, Ivy Conrado, 13.89
9/10, Kathy Grimes, 13.90
9/10, Tillar Murray, 13.90
11, Lisa Lockhart, 13.96
12, Tiany Schuster, 14.10
13, Kimmie Wall, 19.07 *
14, Kassie Mowry, 19.24 *
15, Stevi Hillman, 23.67**
* denotes penalty
Aggregate on two runs:
1, Hailey Kinsel, 27.34
2, Nellie Miller, 27.38
3, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 27.61
4, Kathy Grimes, 27.75
5/6, Tillar Murray, 27.79
5/6, Ivy Conrado, 27.79
7, Lisa Lockhart, 27.94
8, Kellie Collier, 27.96
9, Sydni Blanchard, 27.98
10, Tiany Schuster, 28.17
11, Amberleigh Moore, 32.49
12, Kassie Mowry, 32.92
13, Kimmie Wall, 33.21
14, Stevi Hillman, 42.35
15, Taci Bettis, 13.87 on one run
* denotes penalty
World Standings:
1, Tiany Schuster, $260,378
2, Stevi Hillman, $195,953
3, Nellie Miller, $177,768
4, Amberleigh Moore, $157,037
5, Kassie Mowry, $145,894
6, Hailey Kinsel, $140,015
7, Kathy Grimes, $132,785
8, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $123,660
9, Sydni Blanchard, $108,131
10, Taci Bettis, $107,023
11, Lisa Lockhart, $106,454
12, Tillar Murray, $102,789
13, Kellie Collier, $97,569
14, Ivy Conrado, $92,412
15, Kimmie Wall, $86,294