Mo Money for Mary – Burger Wins 2Nd Wpra World Championship
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DECEMBER 13, 2016 Volume 10: Issue 50 In this issue... • BFA Super$takes, pg 30 • BFA Futurity & Juvenile, pg 32 • BFA Derby, pg 42 • The American Qualifier #14, pg 48 • All-In Barrel Race, pg 50 fast horses, fast news • BFA Barrel Sale, pg 56 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Mo Money for Mary – Burger Wins 2nd WPRA World Championship By Tanya Randall In the baseball flick Field of Dreams, James Earl Jones profound- SUN FR O S T ly states “If you build it, they will come.” In Las Vegas, no corn FRENCHMANS GUY field was plowed under to build a money-making diamond and no iconic voice said “If you give them good ground, they will run,’ but FRENCHMAN ’S LA D Y nearly two decades of pleas for better ground were finally heard. SA D IES FR O S T Y DRI ft With checks won from the top to the bottom and only one WILYW ood serious mishap out of 150 runs of the most high-powered barrel WILYW ood BARE tt A horses in the world, the ground no longer held sway over the world standings. Instead of a game of survival, the 2016 WPRA World SNI pp Y BARE tt A Championship race will go down in the record books as one of the SADIEFAMOU S LA S TWORD S toughest horse races 2009 BUCKSKIN GEL D IN G in the history of FIRS T DO WN DASH barrel racing. 2016 WO RL D ST AN D IN G S SI 105 With $1.1 million DASH TA FAME Courtesy of www.wpra.com SI 113 up for grabs, Mary 1 Mary Burger $277,554 SU dd EN FAME SI 98 Burger’s nearly 2 Amberleigh Moore $266,760 PO RKY A N D BESS $75,000 lead going SI 3 Lisa Lockhart $251,975 84 TO LL T AC into the Wrangler 4 Sherry Cervi $248,313 TIC TAC OH SI 113 National Finals Ro- SI 103 deo would shrink. 5 Kimmie Wall $242,603 SWEE T LA D Y OHS A mere $11,000 6 Pamela Capper $171,966 SI 103 RI D ER : MARY BUR G ER ; OWNER : KERRY & MARY BUR G ER ; BREE D ER : JE ff & KRIS T IE T H O RS T ENS O N lead remained after 7 Jackie Ganter $169,541 the Finals ended 8 Ivy Conrado $161,775 to give the Pauls but hit a barrel. From then on, as long as she had the assurance of 9 Jana Bean $159,086 her veterinarians, she was going dance with the one that brought Valley, Okla., barrel 10 Sarah Rose McDonald $159,018 racer her second her. WPRA World 11 Stevi Hillman $156,528 Burger’s biggest threat in the arena came from WNFR newcomer Championship. 12 Michele McLeod $144,707 Amber Moore of Keiser, Ore., and her tough 7-year-old mare CP Burger headed 13 Cayla (Melby) Small $133,698 Dark Moon (“Paige”). Having spent a lot of her winter training in into her fourth the small trap patterns in the Northwest, Paige took to the Thomas 14 Mary Walker $122,816 & Mack like a duck to water, so much in fact, many took to calling WNFR with great 15 Carley Richardson $103,991 apprehension as the arena “Paige’s Playpen.” her great horse Paige and Moore flirted with breaking the NFR Arena Record Sadiefamouslastwords (“Mo”) was making his first runs back since when the brushed the third barrel over to win Round 7 in a dazzling injuring a deep digital flexor tendon in October. She ran the gritty 13.31, only to come back and equal Taylor Jacob and Honor Thy gelding for nine rounds, placing in five and winning Round 7. Her Frenchman’s benchmark of 13.37 in Round 8. focus was take each round, one run at time. Going into the last round, it was mathematically possible for In the second round, Burger jumped on Roanhorse Rita (“Lucy”), several contenders—namely Moore—to overtake Burger. Even Lisa a horse trained by her son Todd and now owned by Nicoletta Bean, Lockhart, Kimmie Wall and Sherry Cervi had outside chances. The because she was concerned about Mo. She and Lucy clocked well most important factor was Moore needed to do well in the round Burger World Champion Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS .......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... header), Buhler (team roping heeler), Zeke Thurston (saddle bronc WNFR in Review riding), and Tyson Durfey (tie-down roping). Courtesy of ww.prorodeo.com With $10 million and nine world championship buckles up for grabs, the 2016 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER was full of drama, thrills and everlasting memories. PRCA and Days of ’47 Join Forces There were numerous historic performances in Las Vegas over the 10 nights, but no cowboys left town with bigger smiles than Junior on $2 Million Cowboy Games Rodeo Nogueira, steer wrestler Tyler Waguespack and bull rider Sage Kimzey. by ProRodeo Nogueira, a 26-year-old team roping header from Presidente The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Days of ’47 Prudente, Brazil, combined with his heeler, Kaleb Driggers, to place Rodeo are excited to announce the Days of ’47 Komatsu Equipment sixth in Round 10, which was enough to earn Nogueira the all- Cowboy Games, coming in the summer of 2017 to Salt Lake City. around gold buckle. Nogueira is the first Brazilian in PRCA history The $2 million Olympic-style rodeo will be held July 19-22 and 24 in to win a gold buckle. the all-new, $16 million, state-of-the-art Days of ’47 Arena currently Nogueira’s season total of $231,728 earned him the title by less under construction at the Utah State Fair Park. The venue—an out- than $3,600 over steer wrestler Clayton Hass. door arena located in the heart of Salt Lake City—is due for comple- Since 2002, there have now only been three different all-around tion by July 1, and features 10,000 stadium-style seats. champs - Nogueira joins Trevor Brazile and Ryan Jarrett. Jarrett’s Earnings from this one-of-a-kind PRCA-sanctioned rodeo will title came in 2005. count toward the 2017 world standings. Winners in each event will Waguespack captured his first world title, thanks to an outstand- be awarded $100,000 in cash and prizes, and a Days of ’47 Cowboy ing WNFR. The Gonzales, La., cowboy had a winning time of Games Gold Medal. 41.9 seconds in the 10-head average. He placed in eight of the 10 PRCA contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team rop- rounds, and split victories in Rounds 1, 3, and 6. He also split sec- ing, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull ond place in Round 4, and was second outright in Round 9. riding will earn the right to compete in the Days of ’47 Cowboy The $213,218 he earned over the 10 nights was a steer wrestling Games three different ways. The top 10 contestants in the PRCA WNFR record, and also won him the RAM Top Gun Award for the and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association world standings will contestant with the most money earned in a single event. qualify for the semifinals, as will 20 additional contestants in each In addition to the two buckles he took home, Waguespack also event through a series of PRCA rodeos—to be announced, along received a one-of-a-kind wrapped RAM truck, a custom buckle with the point system to be used—known as Cowboy Games Trial from Montana Silversmiths and a one-of-a-kind RAM Truck Top Events. Qualifiers from Cowboy Games Trial Events will advance Gun-branded rifle from Commemorative Firearms. to the July 19-22 semifinal rounds of the Cowboy Games. Round- Bareback rider Tim O’Connell ($374,272) set a PRCA record for ing out the 40-contestant field in each event will be 10 select invita- most money won in any event in any year, eclipsing the mark of tions. The July 24th Medal Round of the Cowboy Games will be $327,178 established by bull rider Sage Kimzey last year. The single- televised on CBS Sports Network. season record for most money won in bareback riding before 2016 “The PRCA continues to raise the bar of opportunity for our was $319,986 by Kaycee Feild in 2011. Waguespack also established members and fans, and the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games is a very a new single-season steer wrestling money record with $298,676, strong example in support of that statement,” said PRCA Commis- as did team roping header Levi Simpson ($249,133) and his heeler sioner Karl Stressman. “Our sport is strong, and so many record, Jeremy Buhler ($258,311). sellout crowds at PRCA events coast-to-coast and in Canada in With all the money earned at the 58th annual WNFR a handful 2016 are proof of professional rodeo’s growing popularity in this of cowboys passed the million-dollar mark in career earnings. The great country and beyond. As we extend our reach internationally, list is comprised of team roping heeler Dugan Kelly ($1,014,232), this is a very exciting time for the cowboy sport. The possibilities on bull rider Shane Proctor ($1,214,620), team roping header Ri- the horizon for the PRCA brand are truly endless, and we’re proud ley Minor ($1,068,647) and team roping heeler Russell Cardoza to partner with our friends in Salt Lake City to make the Cowboy ($1,021,387).