Kennewick Pro Rodeo Champions
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IN THIS ISSUE: • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 3 • Glen Rose Summer Classic, Glen Rose, TX, pg 15 • Triangle Cross Classic, McCook, NE, pg 21 • Glen Wood Memorial, Salina, UT, pg 38 • Legends Of The South, Perry, GA, pg 48 AUGUST 31, 2021 // Volume 15: Issue 35 • Barrel Of Gold, Silesia, MT, pg 52 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 KENNEWICK PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS SR Industry Titan & Destri Devenport — page 2 TRIANGLE CROSS GLEN WOOD CLASSIC Streakin On Fame MEMORIAL & Rose Hildebrandt Hello Stella — page 21 & Sharin Hall — page 38 Destri Devenport & SR Industry Titan Soar At Horse Heaven Kennewick Roundup By Tanya Randall Destri Devenport and SR Industry Titan, owned by Tom & Nick Wylie, have been on a hot streak in the Northwest. KENNEWICK PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS Together they’ve won three rodeos in the past two weeks, their SR Industry Titan & Destri Devenport biggest victory coming last week with a $8,965 victory at the $20,000-added Horse Heaven Kennewick Roundup in Washington. Flit Bar They also split second at the $10,000-added Kitsap Stampede in Fire Water Flit Bremerton, Washington, for total weekend earnings of $11,634. Slash J Harletta “I think he’s been run more in the last couple months than he has in his whole life, but he’s gotten stronger and stronger,” said Firewaterontherocks Devenport. The Escondido, California, barrel racer started running Ronas Ryon the 8-year-old stallion after the Fourth of July run. Rock N Roll Rona SI 105 SI 86 Their first run together was at Nephi, Utah, where the fresh Navas Bolder Girl from the breeding farm stallion playfully hopped his way through SI 104 the pattern. SR Industry Titan “That was funny,” laughed Devenport, who had been in contact 2013 Sorrel Stallion with Titan’s main trainer and jockey, Troy Crumrine, since his fu- Six Fols turity career. “I hadn’t run him anywhere before that. I had literally Marthas Six Moons SI 90 trotted the pattern one time. He’s just came from the breeding farm. SI 99 He’s pretty chill and laid back. Nothing gets him riled up. So, I ran Lady Bugs Martha SI 89 him and he bucked. I sent Troy the video with the comment, ‘What Mulberry Canyon Moon the heck?’ He says, ‘Oh, I forgot to tell you, he’ll do that sometimes Osage Streaker when he’s feeling good and hasn’t made a run in a while.’ So, he was De Streaker TB feeling good and he’d never been run outdoors, so that was new.” Go Stuff Too Devenport and Titan won their first pro rodeo check together SI 88 at their second rodeo together in Laramie, Wyoming. Since then, Rider: Destri Devenport; Owner: Nick & Tom Wylie; Breeder: Matt & Bendi Dunn they’ve placed at nearly all of the rodeos they’ve contested includ- ing Helena, Montana, Idaho Falls, Missoula and Cascade, Montana, and Gooding, Idaho. The week prior to Kennewick and Bremerton, they won the pro rodeos in Kalispell, Montana, and Canby, Oregon. THE RUNDOWN w/Destri Devenport The varying setups haven’t bothered Titan at all—a trait that Cr- SR Industry Titan umrine was always quick to point out even with his aged event wins. BIT: Short shank Jr cowhorse-type bit with a twisted wire, dogbone “He hasn’t seemed to care at all,” noted Devenport. “I ran him at mouthpiece Nampa (Idaho, a building rodeo) and caught a barrel. He was really SADDLE: Truth Saddlery out of Las Cruces, NM close there on their times. Kennewick, I didn’t even get to ride him in the arena there and it’s a different set up. I had never even ran a SADDLE PAD: Professional’s Choice horse there to the right, I had only ran Buddy (a lefty) there. He’s LEG GEAR: Professional’s Choice 2XCool boots on all four so black and white, he’s just going to go do his job. He doesn’t care SHOEING: Rims on front, plains on rear about any of the setups.” HAY: Alfalfa Devenport has noticed that Titan is pretty smart about condi- ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES: Ice and wrap legs post run tions too. Like at Kennewick in the short go, he adjusted to the TRAINING/CONDITIONING: I just walk him. I make sure he gets to move around a deeper footing on his own. lot. I give him a lot of cookies too! “It’s like he knew and just figured it out,” she said. The biggest challenge for Titan was adjusting to the routine of SPONSORS: Professional’s Choice, Truth Saddlery, Med-Vet Pharmaceuticals, rodeo life. Titan’s owners Tom & Nick Wylie “Right now, he’s so confident,” she said. “He feels good and is running strong. A few of my runs before, he felt a little bit like, that out—that even if you’re lifting your leg, you’ve still got to make ‘What are we doing?’ We drive and get out and run. We drive and sure you’ve got enough forward momentum.” then we get out and run. He wasn’t quite sure what his job was. He Other than that, Devenport said it was just getting enough runs just knew he was supposed to run barrels.” together to have confidence in each other. Devenport said there’s not a lot to riding Titan. “I think that’s really what has taken us a minute, just building that “He’ll fade at the first a little bit if you don’t find your angle and confidence and him knowing that I was pretty much going to stay ride pretty aggressive straight up the pen to your point. Other than out of his way.” that, you’ve just got to make sure you clear them on the backside. A son of rodeo standout performer Firewaterontherocks, an all- He’s going to come back no matter what. It took me a little to figure time leading barrel horse sire with two NFR qualifiers to his credit, Pro Rodeos Continued on Page 3 Pro Rodeos Continued From Page 2 Titan is out of NFR qualifier and all-time leading producer Mulber- run Titan and Crumrine for all of his help. She also wanted to ry Canyon Moon, dam of NFR qualifier MCM Imasharpguy. Titan thank the committees who provided safe, fair footing at Bremerton himself made his pro rodeo debut at the 2020 NFR with Wenda and Kennewick. Johnson, placing in the round. “Thank you to the committees at both rodeos for dragging and The stallion was originally purchased as an embryo by Schiller taking care of us,” she said. “It gives us all a chance to win and we Ranch from Matt and Bendi Dunn, who are listed as Titan’s breed- don’t have to feel bad about running our horses. It’s highly appreci- ers. Schiller Ranch later sold Titan back to the Dunns as a yearling ated.” via the 2014 Texas Best Sale. Devenport, who currently sits 33rd in the WPRA World Stand- Titan started his training with Jolene Montgomery before being ings with $30,240, said she plans on taking things one run at a time sold as a 3-year-old through the 2016 LG Pro Classic Sale to the for this last month of the 2021 rodeo season. Wylies, who placed him with Crumrine. Together, Titan and Cr- “A month ago, I was 78th in the World so my goal was just to umrine won numerous futurity and derby championships including get into the Top 40 so I could get into the buildings next year,” she the 2019 BFA Derby and qualified multiple times to The American said. “We’re just going to take it one run at a time and see how high Semifinals Rodeo. we can climb.” During Titan’s aged event career, Devenport had asked Crumrine about the stallion’s future plans. They remained in touch and she was eventually introduced to the Wylies, who after researching her, offered the stallion. 2021 WORLD STANDINGS “Nick called and asked if I would be interested in riding him,” - as of 8/31/21 - Courtesy of www.wpra.com she explained. “Troy told him that he thought I would ride him well 1 Hailey Kinsel $106,605 16 Jimmie Smith $48,088 and take care of him, so he called and asked if I wanted him. They 2 Shelley Morgan $92,306 17 Shali Lord $47,753 just wanted to make sure before they sent him out to the rodeos 3 Jordon Briggs $88,103 18 Kelly Bruner $43,598 that we had a good game plan, that he would be taken care of and 4 Jessica Routier $77,553 19 Kylee Scribner $43,165 not just be run and thrown on the trailer.” 5 Dona Kay Rule $76,323 This past week, Devenport turned out of two rodeos—Trem- 20 Lisa Lockhart $42,255 onton, Utah, which had a bunch of rain, and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 6 Emily Miller-Beisel $68,433 21 Jessica Telford $41,815 which would have put a trailer ride and run on the stallion before 7 Wenda Johnson $61,014 22 Kassie Mowry $40,309 the short round in Kennewick. 8 Amanda Welsh $60,959 23 Ashley Castleberry $39,864 Devenport also has 11-year-old gelding Buddy Rose in the trailer. 9 Ivy Saebens $58,801 24 Sissy Winn $39,307 The gelding has also been a strong performer in the past in the 10 Molly Otto $58,634 25 Tarryn Lee $37,519 Northwest, having won the last Ellensburg Roundup held in 2019, 11 Stevi Hillman $57,583 26 Michelle Alley $37,135 but he got a wire cut at Cheyenne, Wyoming.