DODGE CITY PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS Famous Lil Jet & Jordon Briggs — Page 2 LEA COUNTY PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS Jr Naughty Jet & Katie Pascoe — Page 10
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IN THIS ISSUE: • Dodge City Pro Rodeo, Dodge City, KS, pg 2 • Lea County Pro Rodeo, Lovington, NM, pg 10 • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 13 • Heart of Texas NBHA, Waco, TX, pg 23 • Race to the Finish Line, Livingston, MT, pg 37 AUGUST 10, 2021 // Volume 15: Issue 32 • Breeders Dynasty Premier Horse Sale, pg 44 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 DODGE CITY PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS Famous Lil Jet & Jordon Briggs — page 2 LEA COUNTY PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS Jr Naughty Jet & Katie Pascoe — page 10 BREEDERS DYNASTY HORSE SALE RESULTS — page 44 Jordon Briggs & Famous Lil Jet Throw Down at Dodge City Roundup By Tanya Randall 2009 National Finals Rodeo qualifier Jordon Briggs may have punched her ticket for her second trip to Las Vegas. The multiple DODGE CITY PRO RODEO CHAMPIONS futurity champion trainer and her 7-year-old, Busby Quarter Hors- Famous Lil Jet & Jordon Briggs es-bred gelding Famous Lil Jet (“Rollo”) capped off a very success- ful Kansas rodeo run with a Dodge City Roundup Championship. Dash For Cash Briggs and Rollo collected $9,922 at the $22,500-added rodeo. First Down Dash SI 114 They also won the $4,000-added Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene SI 104 First Prize Rose for $2,106 and placed third at the $8,500-added Kansas Biggest SI 98 Rodeo in Phillipsburg for $2,464. Dash Ta Fame “The beginning of the summer, I told myself that I was going Tinys Gay to stick it out until after Dodge,” said Briggs, who will be a Tolar, Sudden Fame SI 106 SI 98 Texas, resident upon returning home. The $14,492 they won on the Bar Dearie weekend bumped them to third in the WPRA World Standings with SI 90 $71,708. Famous Lil Jet “From the beginning of the trip, I really didn’t have any expecta- 2014 Sorrel Gelding tions of making the NFR,” she continued. “I think I was like 20th Lenas Sugar Daddy in the World when I came out here. Doing well at Guymon and Blazin Jetolena a couple of rodeos like that helped after healing from my broken ankle. But sitting out for two and half months, I really didn’t think I Blazin Jennie Jet had a chance to play catch up!” Blazin Black Beauty Briggs had a solid Fourth of July, placing at nearly every rodeo Dash For Perks she went to, but it wasn’t the “big checks” she needed to justify stay- Lady Perks SI 93 ing on the road. Fols Debbie “I was winning anywhere from $1,200 to $500 at about every SI 96 rodeo,” she explained. “I’m so grateful to be placing because these Rider: Jordon Briggs; Owner: Justin & Jordon Briggs; Breeder: Busby Quarterhorses rodeos are so tough, but diesel is really expensive and I’m not mak- ing money in these holes.” About mid-July, things started to turn around and the bigger checks started coming her way. THE RUNDOWN w/Jordon Briggs “I guess it was about Casper that things started coming together Famous Lil Jet, “Rollo” 15 h. 1,200 lbs. and we started winning the big checks,” she said. “I think that week BIT: NHB (No Hit Bit) Rope Nose Hackamore. “I was running at Pecos, I won $8- or $9,000 and that really jumped us up. I won $6,000 at Greeley, Cody (all large outdoor pens), and he started pulling on me, Ogden and good checks at Cheyenne. These are the kind of checks getting front-endy and swinging his butt. I switched him to the (Kerry that can do something. I knew that my horse liked Kansas last year Kelley) Hemi ported bridle for a couple of weeks to get him back in my and that was his first time to even go to the pro rodeos. I really wanted to capitalize on this week.” hands and back on his butt. I got to pulling on it too much at Cheyenne After running in the Finals at the Cheyenne Frontier Days on and he didn’t like it very much. I figured he’s got this figured out now Sunday, Briggs headed to Sidney, Iowa, for slack on Tuesday. She and I switched him back. I’m sure glad I did!” opted to rest Rollo and run her former futurity standout French- SADDLE: Shiloh Contender mans Future (“Stoli”). SADDLE PAD: 3/4” Shock Guard from Classic Equine “Sidney is a great rodeo,” said Briggs. “They’ve got $7,000 added. LEG GEAR: Classic Equine Flexion on all four The ground is good and it’s this humongous arena. Rollo needed SHOEING: Rims on front, plain on back some time off after four runs at Cheyenne. I feel like he kind of got out of my hands a little on that last run. He was just running too FEED: Purina Impact Professional hard. I really was a little worried that he got too fried at Cheyenne. HAY: Free choice coastal on the road, alfalfa morning and night; At home, Sidney was not the place to make a confidence run after Cheyenne.” grass pasture. Stoli worked well but barely caught a barrel. SUPPLEMENTS: Individualized products through Horse Hair Analysis “We barely got a barrel because I didn’t really trust her,” Briggs ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES: Magnets, Back On Track, Chiropractic care explained. “I didn’t ride hard enough and that arena is humongous!” TRAINING/CONDITIONING: Summer Rodeo Run From Sidney, Briggs went to Phillipsburg with its firm, fast track. SPONSORS: Horse Hair Analysis, Classic Equine, Shiloh Saddlery, Rock N Roll Briggs had always loved that rodeo even since she traveled as a child with her mother, four-time WPRA World Champion Kristie Peter- Cowgirl, Rodeo Rigs, PHT son. She missed running there with her first NFR horse French- Dodge City Pro Rodeo Continued on Page 3 Dodge City Pro Rodeo Continued From Page 2 mans Jester due to rain. Last year, she caught a barrel on Rollo, who was making his first pro rodeo run through the Kansas rodeos. “I barely drug a barrel down because I didn’t trust him in that DODGE CITY RESERVE CHAMPIONS big old arena to do very well,” said Briggs, who clocked a 16.79 on Teasin Dat Guy & Molly Otto the WPRA Standard there with Rollo this year. “That’s just a really tough rodeo. You definitely want to run your main mount at that Docs Jack Frost place.” Sun Frost From Phillipsburg, Briggs headed to Abilene. She had planned Prissy Cline on running Stoli because it was one of the smaller rodeos of the Frenchmans Guy week but changed her mind once she got there. “When I got there it was a really funky setup, like you could see Laughing Boy SI 85 the first barrel in the alleyway more than you could the third barrel,” Frenchmans Lady she explained. “I didn’t think it would be very fair to her, and I was Caseys Ladylove first on the ground. I thought I might as well run him. I’d rather run him on top of the ground rather than 10th on the ground. He did Teasin Dat Guy phenomenal.” 2016 Palomino Mare The last rodeo of the week was Dodge City where she had her Lenas Sugar Daddy first run on Friday morning. After leaving Abilene Thursday night, Blazin Jetolena Briggs didn’t get to Dodge City until 2 o’clock Friday morning. “I parked next to a fence and put panels on both sides and Blazin Jennie Jet turned them loose,” she chuckled. “I was like, ‘See you guys in the Teasin Jetolena morning!’ I laid down in bed at 2 and set my alarm for 6 because Juno Dat Cash slack started at 8 and I was 8th out. I was about half asleep, but Dat Tease SI 82 luckily I woke up right before 8 and Rollo ran a 17.08 to win us SI 84 Lucys Expert third.” Rider: Molly Otto; Owner/Breeder: Katie Lindahl SI 86 The top 12 came back to make their second run in the perfor- mance that night. Briggs and Rollo were third on the ground and With the uncertainty surrounding the impact of the Pro Tour Fi- clocked a 17.17 to take second in the go. nale in Salinas, Briggs plans on heading to the Northwest to hedge Thankfully she got to rest all day Saturday in Dodge City and got her bets on making the NFR. She bought her husband Justin and lucky draw No. 1 for the short round on Sunday night. daughter Bexley a plane ticket to Salt Lake City. “Justin and Bexley are flying into Salt Lake on Sunday, I’m going to pick them up and “I guess because of COVID and where we are in the world today I’ve never appreciated go to Caldwell, Moses Lake, Gooding, Canby,” said Briggs. rodeo more than I do now. The crowds have been crazy! You have to show up two hours “I’ve never been to those ro- before the rodeo so you can get into the parking lot! The traffic in and out is crazy! It’s deos; I’ve never been in Idaho much at all. We’re going to go standing room only at most of the rodeos I’ve been to. The patriotism, prayer, that week and then probably head home from there.” gratefulness and the American Flag, it’s just really cool.” – Jordon Briggs Rollo will likely get the week off while Briggs runs Stoli more.