Nellie Miller & Rafter W Minnie Reba Earn Their Spurs in Reno
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JUNE 27, 2017 Volume 11: Issue 34 In this issue... • Go For Broke & IA Futurity, pg 22 • Barrel Bash, pg 30 • American Qualifier #6, pg 33 • Destry’s Free 4 All, pg 34 fast horses, fast news • No Bull, pg 37 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Nellie Miller & Rafter W Minnie Reba Earn Their Spurs in Reno By Tanya Randall Northern California native Nellie Miller picked up her first set of IRST OWN ASH ASH A AME F D D trophy spurs with a $12,277 victory at the historic, $37,500-added D T F SI 105 Reno Rodeo, held June 16-24. SI 113 “You don’t get a chance to win a rodeo like that very often,” said SUDDEN FAME KS CASH N FAME Miller, a 2010 National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “Whenever you win SI 98 first, it’s extra special.” EASY JET Family ties to the event also made the victory special. EASY CHARETT SI 100 “I love Reno,” she said. “It’s one of my favorites. I used to go SI 99 every year as a kid. There are so many good memories there any MIZ DISCO CHICK way, to win it makes it extra special.” RAFTER W MINNIE REBA SI 91 The victory also occurred on her dad, Sam’s birthday. He was 2008 BLUE ROAN MARE the reason she attended Reno all those years as a spectator, and he’s WHITE LIGHTING IKE also the reason she has her winning horse—Rafter W Minnie Reba SI 90 (“Sister”). BLUE LIGHT IKE Bred and trained by her father, Sister, 9, is by the Dash Ta Fame, BLUE BELLE GILL Easy Jet stallion, KS Cash N Fame, and out of her high school ESPUELA ROAN rodeo horse Espuela Roan, by Blue Light Ike. She’s a half-sister to DONNA’S BLUE BOY Miller’s NFR qualifier Rebas Smokey Joe (“Blue Duck”). AZUL CHIPS MOUSE Miller and Sister made their runs on Wednesday, June 21. At Reno, contestants made their first runs in morning slack and their CHIP’S ROANIE second runs that night during a performance. Miller and Sister won RIDER: NELLIE MILLER; OWNER/BREEDER: SAM WILLIAMS the first round with a 17.10 and finished fourth in the second round with a 17.26. They were a whisker behind second-round winners The young mare had a tremendous winter that put Miller near the and two-run average leaders Sydni Blanchard and Famous Heart- top of the World Standings before she ever returned to home for breaker going into the short round. the spring run of rodeos in her home state. In the Finals, Miller and Sister turned in their best run of 16.98 “I was really happy with her this winter,” she said. “I had never to finish second behind red-hot rookie Taci Bettis and Bogie Is A been to Texas on her, or those building rodeos. She just handled it Smash, who turned a good draw on the ground into the fastest time great. She did awesome for having never been in that situation. It’s of the entire rodeo, a 16.91. very different—the buildings I have ran in compared to the ones “She worked really good on my first run,” noted Miller, “really in Texas, with the blind first barrel. For a horse that’s never been in all three runs. The Final run was just perfect. You don’t get many that situation it can be a learning curve, but she hunts the barrels so perfect runs, and that was one of them.” well, she just picked it up every time.” Miller had been entered at Prineville, Ore., but turned out after Miller was set to run in the first round for the Pikes Peak Or Bust making the short round in Reno, so she’d save the traveling on Rodeo in Colorado Springs Pro Rodeo on Monday morning, but Sister, who had a little vacation earlier in the month due to a tie-up. opted to turn out after winning Reno. Rather than make a harried “A few weeks ago, she had tied up, so we gave her some time off trip to Colorado, Miller and her husband James took a leisurely trip to get over that,” Miller said. California was experiencing a record- with the upcoming rush of Cowboy Christmas. Sister will get a day breaking heatwave during that time. “I rode her on a hot day and or two off before Miller kicks off her Fourth of July run at the she over did it. I’ve never had that happen. It was stressful getting Greeley Independence Stampede on Wednesday. through that, but I think she’s good to go now.” Pro Rodeos Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS.......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... 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