Queen Schuster Scores Again
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MARCH 7, 2017 Volume 11: Issue 11 In this issue... • D&D, Waco, TX, pg 8 • Lucky Dog Futurity, pg 19 • Lucky Dog Open, pg 25 • Pay It Forward with Jill Moody, pg 35 fast horses, fast news • No Bull Barrel Race, pg 36 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Queen Schuster Scores Again By Hope Sickler Krum, Texas barrel racer Tiany Schuster is holding tight to her A S H OR A S H IR S T O W N A S H D F C #1 position in the WPRA World Standings, winning yet another F D D S I 114 Champions Challenge and making her dreams of a WNFR quali- S I 105 fication more real every day. Schuster topped the tough roster in FIR S T PRI Z E RO S E Grand Island, Nebraska aboard a new horse, Show Mance. Show FIR S T SM ART MONEY S I 98 S I 105 Mance and Schuster blazed the cloverleaf pattern in 13.76-seconds, EA S Y JET ultimately giving them the win. PRI ss Y GOLD DIGGER S I 100 Show Mance is a 7-year-old gelding by First Smart Money, by S I 106 First Down Dash, and out of Baby Blue Cash, by Hold On To The BROO M STRA W Cash. He was trained by Christine Lollis and Schuster first set her SHO W MANCE S I 95 sights on the talented red gelding at Diamond T Arena in Denton, 2010 SORREL GELDING Texas. DA S H FOR CA S H “I was there at S I 114 2017 WORLD STANDING S HOLD ON TO THE CA S H Diamond T the day S I 96 after Thanksgiv- As of March 6, 2017 - Courtesy of www.wpra.com BED O QUICK ing and Christine 1 Tiany Schuster $72,627 BLUE BA B Y CA S H S I 87 blasted a run on 2 Amberleigh Moore $58,705 DEL S ZAN PARR BAR Show Mance. I met 3 Kathy Grimes $52,038 DU S TER LADY LA S T her right after she 4 Stevi Hillman $32,885 had gotten off him 5 Taylor Langdon $28,362 DU S TER LADY DI and asked about him 6 Kellie Collier $23,295 RIDER : T IANY SCHU S TER ; OW NER : SCHU S TER /CA M ERON ; BREEDER : JA M E S BALD W IN and if he were for 7 Brooke Rix $21,194 sale,” said Schuster. 8 Jordan Moore $20,932 expecting. I was hopeful after our run at the Stockyards, considering “The next morning 9 Nellie Miller $19,579 he had never been to a rodeo performance until then, so my goal I was hooked to my 10 Fallon Taylor $18,624 going into the Champions Challenge was to stay cool, calm and col- trailer and headed to 11 Carmel Wright $18,431 lected and let him work.” her house to hope- 12 Sammi Bessert $16,614 And work he did. The upcoming rodeo-star, proved that he has fully add him to my 13 Calyssa Thomas $16,586 what it takes to hang with the big dogs. team.” 14 Kassie Mowry $16,501 “He worked great and winning another Champions Challenge, Schuster explained 15 Cayla Small $16,462 aboard a new horse and one that is new to the rodeo atmosphere, that Show Mance 16 Sabra O’Quinn $14,981 was definitely something special,” Schuster explained. was solid leading up 17 Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi $13,930 Schuster explains that when rodeoing as hard as she is, a strong to the Champions 18 Ivy Conrado $13,247 mental game is key. Challenge, win- 19 Sidney Forrest $12,839 “I try to tear myself down to build myself back up. In that sense, ning the Stockyards 20 Sherry Cervi $12,196 I hope to stay grounded and humble.” Rodeo last Saturday www.BarrelRacingReport.com While Schuster tried to rodeo a little last year, this is the first year night, then going on that she has set out with a plan. From day one of the 2017 rodeo to win the lucrative season, Schuster has had her eye on the prize, knowing that a long $5,000 open in Graham, Texas with over 300 entries. road was ahead of her but if she stayed focused, a trip to Vegas After an exciting weekend in Texas, Schuster was anxious to see could be in her future. how the Champions Challenge would stack up for her and her new “We started out last year thinking that we were going to end up ride. The epitome of consistency, Schuster and Show Mance con- in Vegas, however one thing after another found us back home and tinued their winning streak in Grand Island. “My run at the Champions Challenge was more than what I was Pro Rodeos Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS .......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... Card Round for the 10 in the Championship. The Championship is Diamonds & Dirt kicks off! all 10 competing with the Top 4 advance to the Shootout to deter- This week the Diamonds & Dirt Barrel Horse Classic kicks off, mine the champion. Each round of the Super Series pays $3,000, running Wednesday, March 8 through Sunday, March 11. The ac- $2,000, $1,000, and $750, each round of the Semifinals pays $3,000, tion will all be webcast by 3-2-1 Action Video; here are the ways $2,000, $1,000, $750 and $500 for 5th-10th, the Wild Card pays to watch: www.DiamondsandDirt.com, www.321actionvideo.com/ $3,000, $2,000, $1,000, $750, $500 for 5th - 12th. The Champion- webcast, the Barrel Horse News website, the 3-2-1 Action Video ship pays $50,000, $20,000, $10,000, $5,500 and $1,250 for 5th-10- YouTube Channel, and 3-2-1 Action Video will also be doing a th. Information all courtesy www.RodeoHouston.com. Facebook Live feed for the Slot Race, Sweepstakes and Finals. For more information go to www.DiamondsandDirt.com. Hadley Barrett: Sept. 18 1929 - March 2, 2017 The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association lost a legend Rodeo Houston gets started tonight March 2. Rodeo Houston kicks off tonight March 7 and runs through Announcer Hadley Barrett, who was inducted into the ProRodeo March 26. This year’s edition pays out a whopping $2.17 million Hall of Fame in 1999, passed away in the early morning hours of total. There is a livestream of the rodeo every night on www.Fox- March 2 due to heart failure while at University Hospital in Denver, SportsSouthwest.com (there is a banner on the homepage) as well Colo. He was 87. as on the FOX Sports Go mobile app. There is also a livestream “I’m having a hard time dealing with this because he was not only available at www.RodeoHouston.com, just click on Visit The Show my dad, but my best friend,” said Trent Barrett, Hadley’s son. on the homepage and Rodeo and you will see the View Live Stream The last rodeo Barrett announced was the San Antonio (Texas) button. The rodeo schedule is also available there. Stock Show & Rodeo, and his final day of announcing was Feb. 25. There will be television broadcasts of select performances, in- A memorial service was held for Barrett Monday at the Budweiser cluding the RodeoHouston Super Series Semifinals, Wild Card and Events Center, in Loveland, Colo. Championship Rounds broadcast live. Check your local listings to Veteran announcer Wayne Brooks, who has worked with Barrett locate the Fox Sports Southwest channel where you can also watch for years, was trying to come to grips with his passing. 15 minute nightly recaps of the live performances. “I’ve talked to everybody in the last two or three hours (on March 2), and the consensus is that he was supposed to be bulletproof,” Super Series Barrel Racing Contestants Brooks said. “Because that’s not only the way everybody depicted him, but that’s the way he came across. Regardless of age, the Super Series I numbers don’t count, he was just an ironman. We all know (passing Sammi Bessert; Mary Burger; Kellie Collier; Callahan Crossley; away) is going to happen to us someday, but it doesn’t seem possible Kathy Grimes; Taylor Jacob; Taylor Langdon; Kelly Schnaufer that’s happening now with him. It’s unreal for sure.” Brooks worked with Barrett some, most recently at San Antonio, Super Series II and was scheduled to work with him at Rodeo Austin (Texas) Cassidy Kruse; Michele McLeod; Tiany Schuster; Fallon Taylor; March 11-25. Britta Thiel; Kelly Tovar; Mary Walker; Kimmie Wall “The level with which everybody around him held him was un- believable, even to this day, whether it’s fans, committees, cowboys, Super Series III stock contractors, the list goes on and on,” Brooks said. Jana Bean; Pamela Capper; Jackie Ganter; Stevi Hillman; Brenda “Not just because of his tenure, but because of the kind of man Mays; Sarah Rose McDonald; Sabra O’Quinn; Cayla Small he was. To not have that piece of the puzzle in these locations is going to be very odd, very strange, very different. The thing that Super Series IV created his longevity in our game is after a rodeo performance when Sherry Cervi; Ivy Conrado; Rachel Dice; Jana Griemsman; Amber you went and listened to him, you felt like he was your friend.” Moore; Kassie Mowry; Tillar Murray; Kim Schulze Barrett was born Sept.