Barrel Racing Records
2013 BARREL RACING RECORDS Women’s Professional Rodeo Association 431 S. Cascade Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone (719) 447-4726 • Fax (719) 447-4631 www.wpra.com “Last year was the heartbreak of my during a barrel race. She shattered her pel- Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days. In all, Dreams life,” said Walker, who combined a fantas- vis, broke her hip in three places, had two Walker and Latte won more than a dozen Really Do tic regular season with a dominating per- fractured vertebrae and suffered two bro- rodeo titles, from Ada, Okla., to Window formance at the Wrangler National Finals ken toes. She had surgery, where doctors Rock, Ariz., to the All-American ProRo- Come True Rodeo to win the barrel racing gold buckle. used eight plates and 11 pins to stabilize deo Finals. “To go through what I went through last her hip, and she was in a wheelchair for Oh, and Latte was named WPRA/AQHA By Ted Harbin year and to fight your head, you have to get about four months. Horse of the Year. hen a child dies, life can be- up and do something, anything. You have Every inch rolled in that chair turned “That meant everything,” said Mary come unimaginable. The grief to be willing to do the things you have to into motivation, but that’s what happens Walker, who had planned to use 2012 to is overwhelming, and living W do.” inside the hearts of world champions. just season Latte on the rodeo trail; the each day is a challenge. Reagon Walker died in April 2011, the “People have accidents, and they still gold buckle seems to fit OK anyway.
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