Ruby Buckle Futurity & Open Champions!
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IN THIS ISSUE: • Ruby Buckle Futurity & Open 4D, pg 2 • Mon-Dak Barrel Daze, pg 37 • Idaho Barrel Futurity, pg 41 • Race For the Roses, Verndale, MN, pg 47 • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 52 MAY 4, 2021 // Volume 15: Issue 18 • The Ruby Buckle Barrel Horse Sale, pg 55 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 RUBY BUCKLE FUTURITY & OPEN CHAMPIONS! MS French Wallawalla & Hallie Hanssen — page 2 GUYMON PRO RODEO IDAHO FUTURITY CO- CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS Jordon Briggs & Hailey Kinsel PC Mari This Judge — page 52 & Jordan Bailey — page 41 Hallie Hanssen & Ms French WallaWalla Sweep Ruby Buckle Futurity & Open By Tanya Randall Making any sort of tack change before an event is always done with much thought, consideration and a touch of apprehension. RUBY BUCKLE CHAMPIONS Sometimes those changes aren’t born out of necessity but rather MS French Wallawalla & Hallie Hanssen sentimentality. For veteran horsemen Lee and Hallie Hanssen of Hermosa, Sixarun South Dakota, the magnitude of the $730,000 Ruby Buckle, held Tres Seis SI 106 April 25-May 1, warranted a sentimental tack change. Ms French SI 97 Our Third Delight WallaWalla had earned the right to wear a memorial headstall that The Kandyman SI 97 Danyelle Campbell had made with the mane of her late sire The Kandyman decorating it’s browband tassel. Dash Ta Fame Famous Silk Panties SI 113 While Lee is usually the more emotional half of the couple, his million-dollar rider wife got a little weepy after taking the lead in the Martinis And Bikinis second round and aggregate of the $260,000 Futurity with a 16.875 SI 93 on a Standard Pattern. MS French Wallawalla “Right after I ran the 16.8, they wanted to do an interview,” 2017 Chestnut Mare noted Hallie Hanssen. “I’m usually not too emotional during inter- Streakin Six views, but that got to me a little bit.” A Streak Of Fling SI 104 Hanssen and Walla, who swept the Sand Cup Futurity just over a SI 98 Moon Fling month ago, started their Ruby Buckle with a second-place 17.109 in SI 102 the first round. French Streakin Izzy “I remember the first run when she took off for that first barrel Sun Frost I thought, ‘Oh my gosh! There is no way you’re going to be able to PC Frenchmans Flirt turn this’ as fast as she was running. I kind of checked her a little Frenchman’s Lady and she was like ‘Whoa! Barrel!’ and just came back. I honestly don’t know how I stayed on her. She’s just so fast and can just turn and Rider: Hallie Hanssen; Owner: All-In Barrel Horses; Breeder: Tom & Barb Westover be going the other direction,” recalled the 2020 WCRA Women’s Rodeo World Champion. They took the second round with the second fastest time of the event, a 16.875. THE RUNDOWN w/Hallie Hanssen “The next run, it was really muggy that day and I didn’t warm MS French Wallawalla, “Walla” 14.3-15 hands, 1,050 lbs. her up too much,” she explained. “She’s not really hot when you BIT: Custom Flaharty O-ring snaffle with a three-piece with a roller. warm her up but it was so muggy when you went inside the Lazy SADDLE: Tami Semas – SADDLE PAD: Saddleright E that she was just sweating like crazy. I told Lee, ‘I hope she has LEG GEAR: Classic Equine on front only some gas because she’s almost spent right now’ as sweaty as she SHOEING: St. Croix Lite Rims on all four. She has a no vibe pad and an was. She still had it in her gas tank I guess!” With the Futurity running on Tuesday and Wednesday and the aluminum plate for extra protection (on front feet). $460,000 Open running on Friday and Saturday, Hanssen had a long FEED: Re-Leve from KER wait to see how they would fair with their carryover times. When HAY: Alfalfa the final horse ran, Hanssen and Walla had taken both the Futurity SUPPLEMENTS: Gastro Plex and In Sync from MVP, Omega Fields Horse Shine and Open titles for total earnings of $57,229. ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES: Polyglycan, Adequan, MagnaWave, G4orce Magnets, “I’m just in awe of her,” said Hanssen. “When she goes in there Summit and runs as fast as she does… Winning the Open was almost more TRAINING/CONDITIONING: Just keeping her fit. of a shock! The open had so many good horses. I just couldn’t believe she held on to win that!” SPONSORS: ESMS, Saddleright, Omega Fields, Platinum Coach, Tami Semas Barrel Saddles, FlexiNeb, UltraCruz, Troy Flaharty Bits & Spurs, Bimeda, In the blood Cowgirl Tuff, MVP, Dunn Ranch and G4orse Magnetx Walla encompasses many of the winning bloodlines of Hanssen’s career. Valerie Vansickle-Kiphart owned the young stallion when he was Walla’s sire The Kandyman teamed up with Hanssen as a 2-year- sent to South Dakota. old. Royally-bred by Heath Boucher, The Kandyman was by Tres “He was born to be a barrel horse,” said Hanssen. “It was so Seis and out of Heath Boucher’s great mare Famous Silk Panties, a easy for him. I left him home that winter because he was ahead of two-time $100,000 slot race champion. Panties, a daughter of Dash my 3-year-olds. When I got back on him, he was awesome still. Val Ta Fame, is out of multiple champion barrel horse producer Marti- owned him for most of his futurity year then she decided we should nis And Bikinis, by Bully Bullion. buy him. We never even thought that would be a possibility. We The Ruby Buckle Continued on Page 3 The Ruby Buckle Continued From Page 2 made it happen. “Val has been a big part of him. She’s bred some mares to him and has some his babies. She was still very involved with him. I RUBY BUCKLE RESERVE CHAMPIONS think for her to see Walla go out and do this, it is as emotional for Promise Me Fame Guys & Gay Wynn her as it is for everybody else. That’s what she had hoped for when she sent him here as a 2-year-old.” Sun Frost The Kandyman, who won the Valley Girls Barrel Daze Futurity, Frenchmans Guy had his career cut short due to a chip in his knee. He had fallen bad- Frenchman’s Lady ly at the Kinder Cup Futurity in Louisiana. Although he appeared Aint Seen Nothin Yet fine and came back to win the Barrel Daze, his knee blew up. Dash Ta Fame “We sent him down to Dr. Reece Hand (in Weatherford, Texas),” Smart N Famous SI 113 said Hanssen. “He did surgery on him and rehabbed him. I got SI 89 back on him but he was never really as sound as he was before, Smart N Sixy SI 90 which Dr. Hand had said he might not be at that point. We decided at that point to just retire him.” Promise Me Fame Guys Sadly, the Hanssen’s lost the promising young sire to colic com- 2016 Gray Gelding plications in late 2020. The Hanssen’s have offered a few contracts Dee Flip on his frozen semen, but they don’t have as much as they would like FC Aboo because they lost him so young. He was only 7 when he died. Alana Beau “We did sell some contracts this year,” said Hanssen. “We just Bar Blue Lass haven’t decided what we’re doing on him now. We might go to ICSI because we don’t have a ton of it and we’d like to keep him in all Prestigious Promise the incentives.” Cause Eyed B Promisd Walla, who was bred by Tom and Barb Westover of Egan, South Cause Ima Doll Dakota, is out of French Streakin Izzy, who is a product of the Rider: Samantha Flannery; Owner: Tenley Epperson; Breeder: Demrece or Harvey Keller magic cross between A Streak Of Fling and PC Frenchmans Flirt, a full sister to Frenchmans Guy. Izzy is a full sister to French Streakin Barrel Horses of Crooks, South Dakota, who put her in training Jess, the young champion sire the Hanssens manage for the Westo- with Hanssen. vers, as well as the late French StreakToVegas, who Hanssen rode to In Walla, Hanssen got the speed and forward motion in the turns multiple futurity wins and a BFA Derby Championship. that she enjoyed with her sire and his paternal half-sister Tres Movi- “I’m just really thankful to Barb,” said Hanssen, who is grate- das. From her dam, she got the quick-feet and wrapping turn style ful that Westover chose The Kandyman for her great mares. “She of that hall of fame maternal line. had a chance to sell Izzy, but she decided to keep her. She also has “There’s a lot of history there,” said Hanssen of Walla’s breeding another one that I rode, French StreakOfBling, that she kept. She’s and career. “It all came full circle. That’s so exciting to be able to do been breeding both of those mares to The Kandyman.” that. We’re all like one big team.” Walla was the second foal from The Kandyman’s first crop to hit Of Walla’s $57,299 in Ruby Buckle earnings, $48,703 went to the ground in 2017. The filly got her name because of her fam- All-In Barrel Horses. The Hanssens got $5,731 on behalf of The ily’s success at the Valley Girls Barrel Daze Futurity in Walla Walla, Kandyman and the Westovers collected $2,865 as the breeders.