Hailey Kinsel & DM Sissy Hayday Continue Dream Season, Win Gold
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JULY 25, 2017 Volume 11: Issue 30 In this issue... • Cinch Shootout, pg 19 • 5-State Breeders Barrel Futurity, Rapid City, pg. 22 • NHSFR, pg 30 fast horses, fast news • Go For Broke Barrel Race, pg 33 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Hailey Kinsel & DM Sissy Hayday Continue Dream Season, Win Gold in Salt Lake City By Tanya Randall “Beyond comprehension. Beyond understanding. Mind blown.” DOC’S JACK FROST Is how Hailey Kinsel described her $53,200 victory at the Kom- SUN FROST atsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo in Salt Lake City aboard her beloved 6-year-old mare DM Sissy Hayday (“Sis”). PRISSY CLINE PC FRENCHMANS HAYDAY With all the money won counting toward the WPRA World Standings, the recent Texas A&M University graduate from Cotulla, TINY CIRCUS Texas, jumped to seventh with $92,812. It’s highly possible that CASEYS CHARM SI 97 Kinsel will add her first National Finals Rodeo qualification to her College National Finals Rodeo Championship and record-breaking CASEY’S LADYLOVE victory at RFD-Tv’s The American. (Note: adding her $433,333 DM SISSY HAYDAY American win with her 2017 WPRA/PRCA earnings, she is already 2011 PALOMINO MARE at $526,145 total earnings already for 2017!) ROYAL QUICK DASH Kinsel started her run for the Cowboy Games gold medal in the SI 101 qualifier on Tuesday, July 18. The top four contestants from the ROYAL SHAKE EM SI 104 qualifying run would join the field of contestants who advanced SHAKE EM SIX straight to the semifinals via their previous accomplishments. ROYAL SISSY IRISH SI 97 The automatic LAZBUDDIE qualifiers included THATS SISSY BABY SI 93 the Top 10 from 2017 WORLD STANDINGS 2017 World Stand- As of July 25, 2017 - Courtesy of www.wpra.com POLLYLARKS HAND ings as of July 5, the SI 84 1 Tiany Schuster $229,279 63 RIDER/OWNER: HAILEY KINSEL; BREEDER: DILLON MUNDORF 2016 Yearend Circuit 2 Stevi Hillman $131,318 62 Champion from each 3 Kassie Mowry $115,201 20 advancing as the ground got faster. of the 12 circuits, 4 Nellie Miller $112,500 34 “They had watered it and it was still a little heavy when I had the 2017 RNCFR 5 Amberleigh Moore $106,751 37 ran,” she explained. “It didn’t feel deep or anything. As it got later, champion, the leader 6 Kathy Grimes $99,804 28 it just got packed and got awesome. There were some really good in the WPRA Rookie 7 Hailey Kinsel $92,812 47 runs earlier that just literally didn’t have the right steps to make it Standings as of July 8 Tillar Murray $73,451 55 fast, but they were awesome runs.” 5, and the top four 9 Lisa Lockhart $67,642 34 Kinsel ran at the Ogden Pioneer Days on Wednesday and Span- from participating 10 Emily Miller $66,189 45 ish Fork on Thursday before returning to Salt Lake for her set on ‘trial’ rodeos. Ivy 11 Taci Bettis $63,453 48 Saturday night. She said that Sis, a 6-year-old daughter of WPRA Conrado, Jackie 12 Kellie Collier $61,404 56 World Champion Sire PC Frenchmans Hayday out of Dillon Ganter, Kinsel and 13 Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi $54,318 53 Mundorf ’s Royal Shake Em mare, Royal Sissy Irish, got a little wild Kelly Tovar ran their 14 Kimmie Wall $51,730 34 in the open pen at Ogden, so she tuned on her before her run at way into the rodeo 15 Ari-Anna Flynn $51,629 52 Spanish Fork, and ended up sixth for a nice $2,395 check. via the Qualifier. 16 Sydni Blanchard $51,334 44 On Friday, Kinsel took her back up horse Thunder Stones (“TJ”) Kinsel was an 17 Tammy Fischer $49,212 56 to Cheyenne for the Cinch Chute Out, while her mom Leslie kept earlier draw in the 18 Ivy Conrado $48,826 48 Sis in Utah. She met her dad, Dan, en route and had him to help qualifier. Although 19 Taylor Langdon $45,574 45 her drive back to Salt Lake. she had a nice run, 20 Carley Richardson $45,074 38 Kinsel and Sis won their performance with the fastest time of the she was concerned www.BarrelRacingReport.com rodeo, a 16.94, for $3,200. With the top two from each of the four about her chances of Pro Rodeos Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS.......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... Melvin of Fort Pierre, S.D., had the faster time in the semifinals, *Still In Progress Cheyenne Frontier Days so he received the bronze medal. They both shared the money and July 22-30, 2017, Cheyenne, WY added $9,000 to their PRCA World Standings. Second round leaders: “My dad has my winnings all penciled out. I just talked to him. 1 Carla Beckett, Laramie, Wyo., 17.44 I mean it was huge for me,” said Smith. “In the bulldogging, I had 2 Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas, 17.59 $25K won before I got here. Now this gives me $75K—that’s more 3 Tiany Schuster, Krum, Texas, 17.69 or less in the finals I would say. In calf roping, I had $24 or $25K 4 Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi, Victoria, Texas, 17.72 and now I’m in the lower $40K, so I’m in a good position there. I’m 5 Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, 17.77 trying to get there in both events. 6 Laura Lambert, Wiggins, Colo., “I have driven around my whole life dreaming about entering 6 Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas,17.81. two events (at the Wrangler NFR), but I just thought I don’t have Total on two runs: enough horsepower and resources and all that. I just didn’t really be- 1 Jana Bean, 35.36; 2 Jackie Ganter, 35.43; 3 Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi, lieve I could do it, honestly. I’ve done all of these events my whole 35.45; 4 Tiany Schuster, 35.82; 5 Carla Beckett, 35.96; 6 C.J. Von- life.” dette, 36.12 It was a rough night in the team roping with only three qualified runs. Jr. Dees of Aurora, S.D., and Tyler McKnight were the big Gold Medals Awarded at Days of ‘47 winners going penalty free with a 4.4 second run. Tom Richards and Kyle Lockett would incur a five second penalty for slipping a leg Cowboy Games and Rodeo and would end the night in second with a 10.4 second run. It wasn’t History was made on Monday night, July 24, in Salt Lake City at pretty for Nelson Wyatt and Matt Kasner with a 14.7, but it earned the Days of ‘47 Arena. For the first time at a regular season PRCA them a bronze medal and checks worth $12,000 each. Rodeo gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the winners. Cody DeMoss of Heflin, La., is hoping Monday night will get Wyatt Denny of Minden, Nev., was the first to receive the gold him one step closer to the gold buckle in December that he has medal at the Days of ‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo. He had to get longed for. DeMoss added $50,000 to his world standings and a on two different horses but it was well worth it. His reride horse, gold medal to his trophy case after posting an 87-point ride on Diamond G Rodeo’s Diamond Hope, was just what he needed as he Diamond G Rodeo’s Owen’s Mistake. Crowd favorite Jake Wright posted a ride worth 88 points to win not only the gold medal but a of Milford, Utah, took the silver with an 84.5 on Flying Five Ro- check worth $50,000. deo’s Gary Young’s Spring Planting. Current world champion Zeke “It’s the first of its kind and it’s awesome,” said Denny of being Thurston will take the bronze medal back to Canada with him after the first one to win the gold medal. “It’s almost a little bit of history. putting up an 84 on Diamond G Rodeo’s A Little Bit of Buddah. I’m the first one to win it (a gold medal at regular season rodeo), so Tuf Cooper came to play on Monday stopping the clock in 7.5 that feels really special.” seconds to add a gold medal to his three PRCA World Champion He outdistanced current world champion Tim O’Connell of Gold Buckles. Cooper bumped his brother-in-law, the King of the Zwingle, Iowa, who finished with an 87.5 point ride on Rosser Cowboys, out of the top spot by two-tenths of a second. Trevor Rodeo’s Flood Tide. Tanner Phipps won the bronze medal with an Brazile of Decatur, Texas, finished with a 7.7 to add a silver medal 86.5 point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Lil’ Red Hawk. to his collection and a much needed $25,000 to his world standings. The Komatsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo Ryle Smith took third with an 8.2-second run to add his second presented by Zions Bank, July 19-22 and 24, took at the all-new, medal of the night and bring his night money total to $62,000. $17.5 million, state-of-the-art Days of ’47 Arena at the Utah State When totaled he left Salt Lake City $67,600 richer. Fair Park.