MAY 31, 2016 Volume 10: Issue 22 In this issue... • Old Fort Days Derby, pg 6 • Red, White & Bling, pg 16 • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 24 • Pay It Forward with Jill Moody, pg 26 • Kohr Quarter Horses Futurity, pg 27 fast horses, fast news • BRN4D Championships, pg 34 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Bucket List Victory -- Jamie Hodges & KN Panellapie Win Old Fort Days Futurity By Tanya Randall Jamie Hodges of Patterson, Ga., scratched an Old Fort Days Fu- ASH OR ASH ASH A AME D F C turity Championship off his barrel racing bucket list, thanks to the D T F SI 114 SI 113 efforts of the 4-year-old mare KN Panellapie (“Penelope”). Their 16.645 was worth $46,629. FIRST PRIZE ROSE FIREWATER T A FAME SI 98 After making his run, Hodges, 34, tried to stay busy and didn’t find out he had won until his wife Erika called. FIRE W ATER FLIT “I knew that was a good time,” he said, “but never thought I FASHIO N STAR FLIT SI 86 was going to win it. I was just hoping I could make the Top 5. So JETTY CHAR G ER I washed her and went up to the stands on the backside of the SI 94 second barrel and I watched until there were 10 left and I was still- KN PA N ELLA P IE ing winning it. I said, ‘I might have a chance at winning this!’ That’s 2012 BROW N FILLY when I left! I couldn’t watch no more and I started getting nervous. SN AZZY HA nk SI 104 I started putting things up in the truck and trailer and then I got the LETTA HA nk DO IT phone call from my wife, ‘Jamie you won it.’ I’m like ‘No, I didn’t.’ SLASH J HARLETTA It was just too much at the time.” The victory boosted Penelope’s earnings to more than $80,000. KN LETTA GIRL DO IT The daughter of Firewater Ta Fame out of Kimi Nichol’s top CASH T REAT futurity mare KN Letta Girl Do It, by Letta Hank Do It, is one of COSMOS CASH SI 96 SI 86 several top horses he’s had by the stallion. MISS COSMO DE ck “I’ve had a lot of Firewater Ta Fames,” said the second-genera- SI 80 tion futurity competitor. “I think $15,000 is the least amount that RI D ER : JAMIE HO dg ES ; OW N ERS : H3 RA nc H ; BREE D ER : STE P HE N NI C HOLS I won on the ones that I’ve trained and rode. I’ve got two of them this year. Now she’s at about $80,000. My palomino, Firewater N Roses, has won about $25,000 this year. So I’ve had a great year. These two make five and they’ve all made barrel horses. You always THE RU nd OW N w/Jamie Hodges have one that stands out above the rest and that’s Penelope. I’ve had KN Panellapie “Penelope”, 15.1 hands, 1,100 lbs. some good ones, but she’s above the rest of them.” BIT: Kathy James/Jolene Montgomery P-Gag Ironically, Hodges picked up Penelope for a mere $5,000 as a SA dd LE : Double J 3-year-old prospect at the LG Pro Classic Sale in Kinder, La. SA dd LE PA D : 5-Star “The horse that sold before her sold for $130,000 and I guess LE G GEAR : Iconoclast on all four with the ‘oohing and ahhing’ over that horse selling for that, she FEE D : Triple Crown 100 Complete was just one that happened to come behind her. I really think it was HAY : Homegrown coastal Bermuda & Alfalfa destine that I got her. It was meant for me to have this horse,” he Add ITIO N AL T HERA P IES : Back On Track said. SP O N SORS : Triple Crown While he had ridden several futurity horses owned by his father and mentor Kenny Hodges or his father-in-law Shayne Beck, Pe- get a lot for her, but with her winning Fort Smith, I really don’t nelope was his first big personal winner. think she’ll ever have to go anywhere. She can come back here and “Penelope is the first one that my wife and I have bought that has we’ll ride her and pull some embryos off of her and see what she made a really nice horse,” said Hodges, who works fulltime for his does that way. family’s plumbing business. “I told my wife going into this weekend “She’s been a great horse for our family. We just love her. She that I might would sell her. I knew she was nice enough that I could Old Fort Days Futurity Continued on Page 4 Old Fort Days Futurity Continued From Page 1 thinks she’s more than a horse sometimes.” 17.165, $6,061.80 Hodges wanted to thank his family for their support as well as 12 s. c. JL Dash Ta Heaven-Fire Water Fanny, Fire Water Flit Kimi Nichols, who raised Penelope, and Shelly Martin, who owns 15 Lacios Baby Kay, Ashley Penland, Jody Snedegar, 17.168, Firewater Ta Fame. He also wanted to ask that people keep praying $5,828.66 for his longtime family friends, the Thomas family, whose daughter 12 s. m. Laico Ladiesman-RRSizzlemasterpiece, Perks Master Jacee was critically injured in a train crossing accident last Tuesday. 16 Clear Boggy, Jaylie Roper, Jaylie Roper, 17.199, $5,712.08 “I want to thank my wife and my dad and my father-in-law for the 12 s. f. Sweet First Down-Louisiana Trail, Streakin La Jolla opportunity and believing in me enough to let me ride their horses,” 17 Sawyers Game Changer, Sharin Hall, Jennifer Ruzsa, 17.204, he said. “Most important, I’ve got to give all the glory to God.” $5,595.51 12 buck. c. Sawyer Wood-Imarealtreasure, Dash Ta Fame Old Fort Days Futurity & Super Derby 18 JL Jamaican Me Rich, Jolene Montgomery, Dave & Lori Zabel, May 22-28, 2016, Fort Smith, AR 17.228, $5,478.94 12 s. g. JL Dash Ta Heaven-Frenchmans Lana, Frenchmans Guy Futurity Finals 19 Forget U French Guy, Rylie Elliott, Elliott Equine Services Inc., 1 KN Panellapie, Jamie Hodges, H3 Farms, 16.645, $46,629.24 17.24, $5,362.36 12 br. f. Firewater Ta Fame-Kn Letta Girl Do It, Letta Hank Do It 12 s. g. BHR Frenchies Socks-Kas Shes De Lucks, Super De Kas 2 A Dash Ta Glamour, Molli Montgomery, Tesha Fredericks, 20 Eyem Supa Fly, Pete Oen, Winter Creek Farms, 17.252, 16.717, $20,983.16 $5,245.79 12 b. g. Jl Dash Ta Heaven-My Glamour Gal, Bully Bullion 12 ch. f. Eye Soar-Missy P Hotrodder, Colonel Hotrodder 3 Feelinthefirewater, Molli Montgomery, Mission Ranch LLC, 16.79, 21 XN Heavens Gal, Kelly Yates, Charles & Nita Brock, 17.278, $11,657.31 $4,662.92 12 ch. f. JL Dash Ta Heaven-Fire Water Fanny, Fire Water Flit 12 blk. f. JL Dash Ta Fame-Bandits Best Gal, Flit Bar Bandit 4 Margarita Red Rita, Hallie Hanssen, Shari Taggart, 16.801, 22 Bobs Flit Ta Fame, Emily Roach, Tena Spencer, 17.317, $9,325.85 $3,846.91 12 ch. f. Frenchmans Guy-Slr Nick of Time, Dash Ta Fame 12 ch. c. 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