Sharin Hall, Kingston, Okla., was the fastest of the Wednesday matinee runners topping her group of ten with a 16.54. After running a 16.69 on her first at Fort Worth back on Jan. 26 during the third performance, Hall’s mount, a 5-year-old bay gelding named Cartels Fame, was sold. “The lady that owned him came and picked him up on Sunday. But his new owner, Angela Ganter, has been kind enough to let me continue riding him here at both the Quarter Horse Show and the rodeo,” said Hall.
Hall has ridden the classy bay gelding since early fall, drawing a check at every futurity since, including a second place in a go round at the BFA World Championships in Okla. City, Okla. last December. “He’s a great horse and has a great future,” said Hall. “He’s just one of those special ones that doesn’t come along very often.”
Ganter was present at the rodeo to watch her new purchase clock his 16.54 and move into the average on two where Hall sits third.
Former Wrangler NFR qualifier Angie Meadors posted Wednesday night’s fastest time of 16.50 to move to second in the Semi Finals and sixth in the average on two. Meadors, riding her 11-year-old buckskin mare, Frenchmans Flirt, posted a 16.79 on her first run. She credits the near three-tenths of a second improvement on the additional runs she made on her since she ran in the first go round.
“Flirt seems to do better the more runs you make on her,” explained Meadors. “I ran in the rodeo last Saturday, then in the Quarter Horse show on Monday and in the Cowboy Publishing Timed Event Challenge last night and she’s gotten better every run. I think I finished sixth in the Quarter Horse Show and fourth in the Timed Event Challenge. Her run tonight felt like she was running hard and her turns were snappy.”
Meadors credits Carlee Pierce with the opportunity to ride a seasoned rodeo horse as her usual rodeo mounts are ones that are being seasoned after their futurity year. “Carlee loaned me Flirt beginning last July and offered to let me buy her last November and I jumped at the chance. I love this mare. She’s a dream to ride and she’s well bred, being sired by Frenchmans Guy, so I look forward to raising colts out of her in the future.”
Meadors rodeoed close to home last year, making mostly rodeos in her circuit that were in large outdoor arenas. “I didn’t know how she would like these smaller building runs, so I was looking forward to running at Ft. Worth because it’s a big run like I know she likes.”
Fort Worth, 23rd Perf., Wednesday, 2 p.m., Feb. 6, 2013
Sharin Hall 16.54
Kelly Yates 16.64
Layna Kight 16.67
Ashley Rice 16.81
Shada Brazile 16.86
Tammi Reynolds 16.94
Heather Wilson 16.97
Casey Doebbler 17.08
Ryann Pedone 17.69
Jessi Fish 21.98
Average
Natalie Foutch 32.84
Kelly Yates 33.18
Sharin Hall 33.23
Carlee Pierce 33.27
Sherry Cervi 33.28
Cindy Smith 33.30
Fort Worth, 24th Perf., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 6, 2013
Angie Meadors 16.50
Sheena Robbins 16.54
Molly Powell 16.65
Ryan Ivy 16.69
Lynn K. Brown 16.78
Jymmy Kay Cox 16.79
Andrea Cline 16.81
Ivy Hurst 21.70
Kortney Fisher 21.80
Tana Poppino NT
Average
Natalie Foutch 32.84
Kelly Yates 33.18
Sharin Hall 33.23
Carlee Pierce 33.27
Sherry Cervi 33.28
Angie Meadors 33.29
Cindy Smith 33.30
