In This Issue: Cody Bauserman and Papagaio Sweep MVP Futurity
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January 8, 2019 Volume 13: Issue 2 In This Issue: • MVP Futurity, pg 1 • Extreme Futurity, pg 17 • No Bull, pg 22 • TX Circuit Finals, pg 28 • New Years Fun Run, pg 33 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Cody Bauserman and Papagaio Sweep MVP Futurity & Slot Race for Smoke Creek Quarter Horses By Tanya Randall Just weeks into the 2019 futurity season, Bill and Cheryl Kenne- Streakin Six dy’s Papagaio has already earned more than $40,000. The 4-year-old Sixarun SI 104 gelding, trained and ridden by Cody Bauserman, picked up $23,120 SI 106 Chickarun for winning the MVP Futurity and Futurity Slot Race sidepot, held Tres Seis SI 93 January 3-6 at the South Buckeye Equestrian Center in Arizona. SI 97 Reb’s Policy “He’s a really neat horse,” said Bauserman, who trains out of Our Third Delight TB the Kennedy’s Smoke Creek Quarter Horses in Bennett, Colorado. SI 97 “He’s a big, stout horse too. He’s like a man among boys.” Tiny’s Delight SI 91 Bauserman and Papagaio, which means parrot in Portuguese, were fourth in the first round with a 17.319 on a standard pattern. Papagaio They were third on their second run with a 17.217. 2015 Bay Colt “My first run he wasn’t quite as focused as I would have liked First Down Dash him to be,” he said. “He made a decent first run. He got to running Dash Ta Fame SI 105 really hard to the first and I had to check him down and he got re- SI 113 Sudden Fame ally deep on my third. I was pleased with the . 3, but I knew he left Miss Lucky Lucky SI 98 some out there. SI 93 “The second run, he just made a smooth pass and ran the .2.” R. Smith Lorelei Smith TB The Futurity victory paid $8,120, while the Futurity Slot Race, SI 101 which was determined by the fastest of the two go-round runs of Dance Dawn the entered horses, was worth $15,000. SI 91 Prior to the MVP Futurity, Papagaio had earned nice checks at Rider: Cody Bauserman; Owner/Breeder: Bill & Cheryl Kennedy the BFA World Championships in the Super Stakes and Juvenile before placing well at the inaugural running of the All-In Futurity in Las Vegas. HE UNDOWN w/Cody Bauserman Bred by the Kennedys, the 4-year-old gelding is by leading race T R and barrel horse sire Tres Seis out of the stakes-winning Dash Ta Papagaio, 16 h. 1,300 lbs. Fame mare Miss Lucky Lucky. An earner of $87,925 on the track, BIT: Short shank lifter. “I had run him with a rope nose combo in Las Vegas Miss Lucky Lucky is out of a daughter of leading barrel horse (a smaller pattern), but I felt I needed a little more control on a standard broodmare sire R Smith (TB). pattern.” The gelding was started under saddle when Bauserman went to HEADGEAR: Bonnet work for the Kennedys last year. He said that the gelding’s barrel SADDLE: Ancient Green training was rather smooth sailing. “He didn’t even have a bump in the road,” he said. “The more SADDLE PAD: Trophy pad won at a Lucky Dog race pressure we added, the better he got. He’s really mature for his age.” LEG GEAR: Classic Equine splints and bell boots The gelding hadn’t been loping barrels long when he got in the SHOEING: Steel all the way around trailer for his first big trip to the LG Invitational last February. FEED: Nutrena Pro Force “We had a hole in the trailer,” Bauserman said. “I had told HAY: Alfalfa and grass Adrian (Bohlin), ‘Let’s take the biggest, mature colts and start with CONDITIONING-TRAINING REGIMEN: “He just gets a little exercise. I’ll usually go three them first.’ She rode him around the warmup pen at the Lazy E, so days on and three days off. If I’m going somewhere, I’ll make a ¾ (speed) pass got exposed to a lot of that early on.” Bauserman said once he made a couple super runs at the house and make sure his footwork is right. He makes your job really easy.” last year, he knew he could back off the gelding’s training. We just MVP Futurity Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS.......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... Long 6th Street.” New Dickies Arena in Fort Kick Open the Chutes will also include rodeo eats, a cash bar, rodeo-inspired games and a silent auction – all on the arena floor! Worth set to open in November Admission is $20 and parking is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Fort Worth (Texas)-based Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. Tickets are on sale now at www.RodeoAustin.com. won the naming rights for the multipurpose arena under construc- Proceeds from Kick Open the Chutes go toward Rodeo Austin’s tion at the Will Rogers Memorial Center that is expected to be one mission of Promoting Youth Education – Preserving Western Heri- of the region’s top tourist draws for a wide range of events. tage. The new $540 million facility, in one of the city’s signature areas, Media interested in attending Rodeo Austin’s Kick Open the is now known as Dickies Arena. Philip Williamson, chairman and Chutes event should contact Lindsay Leyden, Marketing Coordina- CEO, whose great-grandfather and grandfather helped found the tor, at [email protected] or 512-919-3000. company in 1922, said in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram it was a natural fit to gain the naming rights. Triple Crown 100 - Southern Rebel Futurity Dickies Arena is expected to open in November 2019. In 2020, Dec. 27-29, 2018, N. Augusta, SC the arena, which has 14,000 seats, will become home to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, the event that led city, business and Futurity 1st Go civic leaders more than 25 years ago to start working on a more 1 Letta Traffic Do It, Kalie Rutledge, Janet Dykes, $500, Traffic modern and larger facility. The 2019 Fort Worth Stock Show and Guy, Troy & Jamie Ashford, $300, Troy & Jamie Ashford, $200 Rodeo is scheduled for Jan. 25-Feb. 9 at the Will Rogers Coliseum. 2 BR Flaming Fireball, Craig Brooks, Garland Baker, $375, Firewa- ter Ta Fame, Billy & Shelly Martin, $225, Garland Baker, $150 Houston announces Concert Lineup 3 Ethyls Eyes, Leslie Willis, Jason & Leslie Willis, $250, Fu- The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and Professional Rodeo ryofthewind, Copper Spring Ranch, $150, Dolores Hill, $100 Cowboys Association (PRCA) officials announced in October, a 4 Epic Bit Of Fame, Craig Brooks, Kaylon & Seth Rodriquez, $125, new, multi-year partnership that focuses on growing the sport of Epic Leader, Schiller Ranch, $75, Kaylon & Seth Rodriquez, $50 rodeo for the benefit of fans and the contestants, with earnings from the RODEOHOUSTON® Super Series counting toward Open 1st Go qualification for the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the 1 Shes Packin Fame, Craig Brooks, Margo Crowther, $500, Car- season-ending championship event for the PRCA. The 2019 rodeo rizzo, Copper Spring Ranch, $300, Frank Moore, $200 is scheduled for Feb. 25 - March 17. 2 JJ Famous Three Bars, Michael Duffie, Michael Duffie, $375, Car- The concert lineup for the rodeo, which will take place at NRG rizzo, Copper Spring Ranch, $225, Jerry Tathum, $150 Stadium, is as follows: Feb. 25 Kacey Musgraves; Feb. 26 Prince 3 Cash N Sixum, Alexis Skiles, Terri Skiles, $250, Deep Sixum, Royce; Feb. 27 Brooks and Dunn; Feb. 28 Luke Bryan; March 1 Triple N Ranch, $150, Frank & Steve Robbins, $100 Cardi B; March 2 Turnpike Troubadours; March 3 Panic! At The Disco; March 4 Old Dominion; March 5 Camila Cabello; March 6 Luke Combs; March 7 Tim McGraw; March 8 Zedd; March 9 Kane Brown; March 10 Los Tigres del Norte; March 11 Zac Brown Band; March 12 Kings of Leon; March 13 Santana; March 14 Chris Sta- pleton; March 15 Cody Johnson; March 16 Brad Paisley and March 17 George Strait featuring Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. For more information, visit www.rodeohouston.com/Visit-the- Rodeo/Music-Concerts/Concert-Lineup Rodeo Austin Launches New Event Rodeo Austin is excited to announce a brand-new event, Kick Open the Chutes – Party on the Dirt, will take place March 15, 2019 at the Travis County Exposition Center. Rodeo Austin’s Kick Open the Chutes is a new event that will celebrate the opening of Rodeo Austin’s fifteen-day Fair & Rodeo. Attendees will get to experience Rodeo Austin like never before – the event will take place in the Rodeo arena where contestants perform every night and attendees will get the chance to go behind the chutes! Kick Open the Chutes will feature two live music concerts by Wade Bowen with special guest Sam Riggs. Bowen is a Texas coun- try singer/songwriter, known for his songs “Who I am” and “So The Barrel Racing Report is emailed weekly, every Tuesday night, 52 weeks per year by Tracy and Dusti Swan, Hubbard, TX. 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