Callie Duperier & Rare Dillion Marshal a 2015 Wpra World Championship
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DECEMBER 15, 2015 Volume 9: Issue 50 In this issue... • BFA SuperStakes, pg 25 • BFA Futurity, pg 33 • BFA Derby, OKC, OK, pg 40 • C-N Futurity, pg 44 fast horses, fast news • BFA World Horse Sale, pg 48 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Callie duPerier & Rare Dillion Marshal A 2015 WPRA World Championship By Tanya Randall Callie duPerier was so embarrassed. FLIT BA R She’d only been running barrels a short while when her dad loaded FI R E W ATE R FLIT her beginner barrel horse in the trailer he used to move his white S I 86 tail deer to haul to her first Texas high school rodeo. SLA S H J HA R LETTA “I was a just a little embarrassed about the deer trailer,” said duP- FI R E cr A C KE R FI R E erier, now 22. “It was so beat up. I felt bad for my horse. Driving DA S H W ITH V I G O R there, it didn’t bother me, but when we got there, ‘I was like, ‘we are DA S HIN G RO S E in the wrong trailer.’ My dad was like, ‘well, this is all we have.’” S I 81 Before he put serious money into his daughter’s barrel racing ef- JAN ’S RO S E fort, Trip duPerier wanted to make darn sure it was something that RA R E DILLION S I 94 she was serious about. 2000 BU C K S KIN GELDIN G “He didn’t want to go out buy everything because he didn’t know FA S T JET if I was really serious about it,” duPerier stated. “We were kind of S I 98 toughing it out. We took our Surburban and our deer trailer. It was RA R E JET S I 109 fun. I was just excited about getting to go out there and run. To me, RA R E V IEW back then, it wasn’t about winning; it was about having a good time RA R E CLA ss S I 82 and learning how to run barrels.” RAI S E A MAN duPerier was “getting my butt kicked” in the process, but she SOFT CALL TB didn’t quit. TB “My dad said, ‘Are you serious about this? If you are, I’ll get you a QUI SILENT nice barrel horse.’ I told him, ‘Yeah, I really am. I want to try it for TB a while.’ He went RIDE R : CALLIE DU PE R IE R ; OWNE R : T R I P DU PE R IE R ; BR EEDE R : JAN MOBB S & CE ROLLE R out and bought a nice barrel horse, 2015 WO R LD STANDIN gs duPerier was No.1 in the world standings and had one of the sports and I started plac- Courtesy of www.wpra.com icons in her trailer – the 15-year-old gelding Rare Dillion—the only ing in the high horse to qualify three different riders for the big dance in Vegas. 1 Callie duPerier, $303,846 Using the same philosophy that taught her the ropes in the early school rodeos. I got 2 Lisa Lockhart $285,059 completely hooked, years—trust the horse and have fun—duPerier left Vegas as the 3 Sarah Rose McDonald $284,426 2015 WNFR Champion and WPRA World Champion. so he went out and 4 Michele McLeod $218,744 bought a couple “It’s an awesome feeling,” she said. “I can’t believe it actually 5 Cassidy Kruse $217,423 happened. It was just so exciting to actually get there. I know how more horses. That’s 6 Fallon Taylor $187,578 when we started much it meant to my family. We’ve been dreaming of this day since 7 Taylor Jacob $177,874 we started.” going to jackpots 8 Jackie Ganter $164,780 every weekend 9 Sherry Cervi $163,821 and high school The Race 10 Nancy Hunter $147,301 To avoid added pressure, duPerier never asked to know how she rodeos.” 11 Mary Walker $135,759 Ten years later, was sitting in the world standings. 12 Jana Bean $111,624 “My dad does all the numbers, but I told him not to tell me the duPerier fam- 13 Carley Richardson $107,493 ily pulled into Las because I’d get nervous,” she said. So, other than knowing she won 14 Vickie Carter $83,768 the average after her 10th run, she hadn’t a clue how the world title Vegas, Nevada, for 15 Deb Guelly $74,000 the Wrangler Na- race played out. tional Finals Rodeo. NFR 2015 Continued on Page 2 NFR 2015 Continued From Page 1 “My run in Round 10 wasn’t very good,” What if we do bad? People are going to talk she said. “We slipped a little on the third all kinds of stuff about me.’ To get with him barrel. I thought, ‘Oh darn!’ I didn’t know NFR EA R NIN gs and be able to get around the barrels all 10 Unofficial- Courtesy of www.wpra.com if we had to place to win the world. When times at the NFR, is just an awesome feeling. I came out of the arena, they told me to get 1 Sarah Rose McDonald $139,827 “He’s such an awesome horse. To be able on the (victory lap) horse. I knew I had won 2 Michele McLeod $138,346 to adjust to the different riders, is just crazy. the average because I didn’t hit a barrel. I 3 Callie duPerier $126,923 When I first got him and I’d watch videos had to get off the horse to get my average 4 Cassidy Kruse $126,077 of him, I’d think there is no way I could ride saddle and picture in the arena. As I was 5 Lisa Lockhart $123,538 him. We called Annessa and she came down walking up the alley—I was going back to 6 Fallon Taylor $90,750 and helped me. Throughout my rodeo year, the trailer—a lady said, ‘let’s do an interview, 7 Taylor Jacob $87,365 I would call Annessa or call Carlee…it was you won…’ I just started crying. It was really 8 Jackie Ganter $85,462 great to have all of them there for me.” awesome. I had no idea!” 9 Sherry Cervi $49,077 She said Dillon’s experience was the key 10 Jana Bean $41,462 The Journey to controlling her nerves throughout the 11 Nancy Hunter, $40,615 duPerier didn’t start barrel racing until WNFR. 12 Carley Richardson $19,673 she was 13. “Dillon helps me a lot with my nerves,” 13 Mary Walker $15,654 “We grew up on a ranch and had always she said. “I trust him so much, knowing that 14 Vickie Carter $11,000 had horses,” she explained. “They were just he’s been there before. At Houston, I was 15 Deb Guelly $4,231 trail riding horses for riding on the ranch. A really nervous and I just thought to myself, few of my friends did the 4H stuff—where ‘He’s been here before and he’ll take care of they do barrels, poles and straights and all me.’ I ended up doing really well there. I just that stuff. They invited me and my dad to thought back to all the big rodeos we had NFR AV E R A G E come out and watch one night. I said to my been to this year, and I knew Dillon would Courtesy of www.wpra.com dad, ‘That’s so cool. Can I try it?’” take care of me. He always takes care of me. 1 Callie duPerier 140.41 $67,269 Her father bought her a seasoned horse I just leaned on Dillon. I told myself, ‘it’s 2 Jackie Ganter 141.07 $54,577 to show her the ropes. just another rodeo. Dillon’s going to take 3 Cassidy Kruse 144.68 $43,154 “It wasn’t super-fast or anything,” she care of me. Just go have fun.’” 4 Michele McLeod 145.19 $31,731 remembered fondly. “It was just teaching me 5 Sherry Cervi, 146.04 $22,846 how to ride and go through the barrels. We The Horse 6 Sarah R. McDonald148.50 $16,500 ran the same time, every time—18 seconds duPerier had filled her permit on the 7 Lisa Lockhart 148.54 $11,423 in the barrels and 25 in the poles.” same horses she ran in high school and was 8 Carley Richardson152.40 $6,346 As it became apparent that her first shocked to find Dillon in her barn one day. horse wouldn’t cut it in high school rodeo, Bred by Jan Mobbs and her cousin C.E. duPerier got better, and better horses. Roller, Dillon is by Firecracker Fire, a son of the legendary Fire “The first horses that I had in high school came from Robert Water Flit out of Dashing Rose, by Dash With Vigor. His dam is Jordan in Florida,” she said. “He helped me a lot with my riding and the Rare Jet daughter, Rare Class. getting in tune with my horses.” Purchased and trained by Annesa Self, Dillon won the 2006 BFA Jordan is just one name of many who have helped duPerier over World Championship Derby before going to his first NFR with Self the years. Whenever her father purchased a horse, they made it a in 2008.