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FEBRUARY 4, 2014 Volume 8: Issue 5 In this issue... • Lazy E Winter Blast, pg 5 • Copper Spring Ranch, pg 9 • CTBRA, pg 13 • New Years Cash Blast, pg 17 fast horses, fast news • The American Qualifiers, pg 21 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 2014 WPRA NFR ST an DI N G S Unofficial as of Feb. 3, 2014 - courtesy of www.wpra.com Winter Forecast 1 Mary Walker $18,133 Big building rodeos are going full guns; 2 Victoria Williams $8,918 3 Michele McLeod $8,100 4 Shelley Morgan $7,767 here’s what could happen. 5 Lisa Lockhart $7,381 By Julie Mankin 9; and 65 from the 6 Samantha Lyne $6,974 Want to know something scary (in a good way)? Mary Walker had 2013 standings). 7 Megan Williams $6,458 the best winter building run of anyone in the WPRA last year – and Mary Walker earned 8 Christy Loflin $6,408 she had only earned $5,301 at this exact same time last year. This $7,906 this year. 9 Kimberly Couch $6,383 time around, she’s already raked in $17,211 and is literally spanking • Fort Worth (Jan. 10 Kendra Dickson $6,282 the rodeo industry by almost five figures. Sherry, bar the door. 24 – Feb. 8) adds 11 Jane Melby $5,726 Seriously, with a look back it’s easy to see that having a good $30,000 and is 12 Pamela Capper $5,462 winter is crucial to a world-title dream. It’s not essential, as Michele limited to 210 girls 13 Trula Churchill $5,180 McLeod and Christy Loflin proved last year. But it’s a big deal. (17 from the Jan. 1 14 Kimmie Wall $5,105 In 2013, three other cowgirls had great winters in which they standings, 151 from 15 Nikki Steffes $5,074 banked more than $20,000 each. It might surprise you to know the 2013 standings, 16 Tana Poppino $4,952 that second-best went to Lisa Lockhart, who never enters enough 4 from the Jan. 1 17 Fallon Taylor $4,342 rodeos during the remainder of the year to capitalize. Then there Texas Circuit stand- 18 Brittany Pozzi $3,835 was Taylor Jacob, who rode her winter high all the way to her first ings, and 38 from 19 Andrea Cline $3,747 Finals. And of course, there was Sherry Cervi, who used a $20,000- the 2013 Texas 20 Jackie Whitcher $3,562 plus winter to help her win a fourth world title. Circuit standings). Here’s another indicator of the significance of the winter run. Taylor Jacob earned Last year at this exact point, only five of the eventual 2013 NFR $14,976 last year. qualifiers were even in the top 20. However, by late March when • Rapid City (Feb. 4) Champions’ Challenge adds $16,000; all the dust had settled and the coliseums went back to hosting ball invites 10 girls and pays five places with first place earning $5,440. games, 10 of the eventual top 15 were in place. Monies count toward the world standings. But here’s a glitch, too – nearly all of the gals who placed deep Rapid City (Feb. 1-8) adds $10,000 and accepts card-holders only at Odessa and Denver did not make the 2013 NFR. Same story at with no limit. Britany Fleck earned $4,850 last year. Rapid City last year and Jackson, Miss., too, where only the first- Jackson (Feb. 6-12) adds $10,000 and accepts all permit- and card- place winners seemed to go on to the bright lights of Vegas. holders. Taylor Jacob earned $6,286 last year. So what’s new for 2014? For starters, RodeoHouston is sanctioned. • San Antonio (Feb. 6-22) adds $150,000, charges no entry fee, As an open rodeo last year, Houston crowned Nancy Hunter the and is also a Wrangler Tour rodeo. Fifty girls can enter (5 from the champion and paid her $53,000. If it had been sanctioned then Jan. 14 standings; 43 from the 2013 standings and 2 from the 2013 like it is now, Hunter would have entered the NFR in 12th place WPRA Tour standings). Shada Brazile earned $16,866 last year. – just ahead of Jean Winters – with $74,717 in season earnings. • San Angelo (Feb. 14-28) adds $20,000 and is also a WPRA Then again, second-place Cervi would have been able to count her Tour rodeo. Anyone with a card or permit can enter and run in $29,900, too. slack Feb. 10, after which 120 make the performances. Fun note – That leads us to the question….who is eligible to enter rodeos they drag after every 5 in slack with big drags every 50. Mary Walker like this, anyway? As Fort Worth and Rapid City get ready to wrap earned $14,592 last year. up, here is the breakdown on the limits and dinero up this winter. • Tucson (Feb. 17-23) adds $20,000. Eighty girls can enter (64 Which qualifications do you think are most fair? from the 2013 world standings and 16 from the 2013 Turquoise • Odessa (Jan. 3-11) added $8,000 and accepted all card- and Circuit standings). Cindy Smith earned $9,014 last year. permit-holders. Winner Christy Loflin earned $4,813 this year. Scottsdale (Feb. 27) adds $16,000 to its separate Champions’ Chal- • Denver (Jan. 16-26) added $35,250 and was limited to 108 girls lenge, in which 10 girls are invited and the winner earns $5,440, (20 from the 2013 Mountain States Circuit standings; 12 from the which counts toward the world standings. The race pays five places 2013 WPRA Tour standings; 11 from the 2014 standings on Dec. Winter Forecast Continued on Page 4 IN THE NEWS .......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... ProRodeoLive to air Rapid City WCC Ft. Worth Progressive Placement ProRodeoLive.com, the radio and Internet broadcast partner for Performance of the PRCA, is about to begin another busy season of live rodeo (Unofficial, Competition order will be drawn Wednesday morning) coverage. ProRodeoLive’s Steve Kenyon will be in Rapid City, S.D., Feb. 4 22 Perf Mat: Cassidy Dennison, June Holman, Tammi Reynolds, broadcasting the first Wrangler Champions Challenge, presented by Kenna Squires, Ann Scott, Sabrina Ketchum, Jodie Sheffeld, Shelby Justin Boots, of 2014, and ProRodeoLive will be visiting the Fort Hermann, Lacy Wilson, LeeAnn Rust Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Feb. 6-8, providing complete live coverage of the rodeo’s final six performances. 23 Perf Night: Sarah Kieckhefer, Jane Melby, Trula Churchill, February 18-22 ProRodeoLive will broadcast the semifinals and Shelly Anzick, Kendra Dickson, Ivy Hurst, Shannon Buffe, Blazi championship round of the PRCA’s nine-time Large Indoor Rodeo Weippert, Ramany Gordon, Jordan Bassett of the Year from San Antonio, Texas. ProRodeoLive.com is entering its seventh year of producing fully 24 Perf Mat: Tana Poppino, Danielle Bassett, Angie Meadors, live radio/Internet play-by-play style broadcasts of professional Samantha Line, Whitney Davison, Shelby Frasier, Laurie Jones, Mal- rodeo’s biggest events, including the Ram National Circuit Finals lory Wheeler, Sydney Forrest, Ashley Guest Rodeo, the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. 25 Perf Night: Alisha Stockton, Victoria Williams, Scamper Cole, --Courtesy of www.prorodeo.com Teresa Turbeville, Rachel Primm, Paige Conrado, Sharin Hall Christy Loflin, Liz Combs, Courtney Sokol Wrangler Million Tollar Tour Schedule `The 2014 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour, presented by Justin Fallon Taylor, Robin Weaver, Debbie Bloxom, Nancy 26 Perf Mat: Boots, schedule has been released, and includes 19 top rodeos, Hunter, Rebecca Hughes, Andrea Cline, McKinley Goodger, Cassie which start this month in San Antonio, Texas, and run through Moseley, Sherry O’Dell, Annessa Self August. These same 19 rodeos combined to pay out a total of $6,745,804 in 2013. Mary Walker, Cheyenne Kelly, Mary Burger, Kelly 27 Perf Night: Duperier, Jamie Barrow, Lisa Lockhart, Jackie Witcher, Robin Her- Gold Tour ring, Stacy Grimes, Annie Campbell 1) San Antonio (Feb. 6-22) 2) Austin, Texas (March 1-16) Shelly Morgan, Morgan McDonald, Christine Laugh- 28 Perf Mat: 3) Reno, Nev. (June 19-28) lin, Sabra O’Quinn, Megan Lewis, Judi Reed, Natalie Foutch, Nikki 4) Cody, Wyo. (July 1-4) Steffes, Brooke Rix, Morgan Figueroa 5) St. Paul, Ore. (July 1-5) 6) Salinas, Calif. (July 17-20) Rancher Relief at Black Hills Stock Show 7) Cheyenne, Wyo. (July 18-27) Rancher relief is the central theme for several events at this week’s Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., at the Silver Tour Rushmore Plaza Civic Center and James Kjerstad Event Center. 1) Logandale, Nev. (April 10-13) Livestock auctions, concerts, a rifle raffle, and a dance highlight 2) Red Bluff, Calif. (April 18-20) the rancher relief effort at the 56th annual stock show. “The Stock 3) Clovis, Calif. (April 24-27) Show is not possible without the ranchers,” Black Hills Stock Show 4) Redding, Calif. (May 14-17) marketing and livestock coordinator Kadee Hande told the Black 5) Prescott, Ariz. (June 30-July 6) Hills Pioneer. “We’re doing everything in our efforts to help.” All 6) Casper, Wyo. (July 4-12) proceeds are earmarked for the South Dakota Ranch Relief Fund. 7) Sheridan, Wyo. (July 9-12) The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, South Dakota Cattle- 8) Spanish Fork, Utah (July 21-24) men’s Association, and South Dakota Sheepgrowers Association 9) Dodge City, Kan.