Lockhart Regains No. 1 Ranking with Challenge
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JUNE 3, 2014 Volume 8: Issue 22 In this issue... • Barrel Racing Babies, pg 11 • Summer Dash, pg 14 • Wrap N 3, pg 15 • NBHA Las Vegas, pg 23 • Prospectors Challenge, pg 26 fast horses, fast news • SC Youth Championships, pg 32 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Lockhart Regains No. 1 Ranking With Challenge Win By Tanya Randall De-Tye Veterinary Multiple National Finals Rodeo qualifier Lisa Lockhart reclaimed Supply, Signature 2014 WPRA NFR ST an DI N G S the No. 1 spot in the WPRA World Standings with a $5,400 victory Quarters, Woody’s Unofficial as of June 2, 2014 - courtesy of www.wpra.com at the $16,000 Wrangler Champions Challenge in Spanish Fork, Performance Horse Utah, on May 31. Feeds, B Bar Heart 1 Lisa Lockhart $64,242 Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., is very ritualistic about the rodeos she Performance Hors- 2 Nancy Hunter $59,165 enters and her commitment to the Wrangler Champions Challenge es and Platinum 3 Fallon Taylor $56,501 has added more travel to her usual itinerary. Performance. “I’m 4 Carlee Pierce $46,246 “The Champions Challenge was a little detour for me, but it’s thinking, ‘Oh boy!’ 5 Jana Bean $40,389 worked out very well at this point in time,” she said. “I’m glad I did I had taken Chisum 6 Shelly Anzick $40,185 it.” two weeks before 7 Michele McLeod $39,918 She and Fast An Gold (“Chisum”) turned in a 16.99 to best the to Redding, and we 8 Shelley Morgan $36,973 field of 10 champions. were just long. Of 9 Trula Churchill $34,707 “I hadn’t been there in a couple of years because I’ve been doing course, that’s in the 10 Sabrina Ketcham $33,701 other things,” she said of Spanish Fork, “but I remember it was back of my mind. I 11 Britany Diaz $32,608 always a fast track. They have such a cool setting there. It’s like a thought, ‘Come on, 12 Mary Walker $32,554 football stadium. There are bleachers all around and the arena’s like Chisum.’ I know 13 Christy Loflin $30,939 a little bowl. It’s so awesome.” what he’s capable 14 Kassidy Dennison $28,447 She was a little concerned listening to the times of the first few of doing. He’s had 15 Kimmie Wall $25,790 runners, because Chisum hadn’t made many runs since last summer. a lot of time off 16 Kenna Squires $24,761 “It started off with some pretty fast times,” said Lockhart, who since last summer.” 17 Sherry Cervi $23,754 is sponsored by Circle Y Saddles, Classic Equine, Cowgirl Tuff, Luckily, the 16- 18 Victoria Williams $23,751 year-old gelding 19 Taylor Langdon $22,545 by El Roco out of 20 Sheena Robbins $21,731 RO many RO ya L BEDUI N O Romanna Glass, by TB Raise Your Glass, JO-Ann CA T rose to the occasion. EL RO C O “He felt great and he felt really sharp,” she said. “Sometimes he’s S I 95 ETT A BO not the best at running out an alley, and it was definitely kind of Mama SA ID W IN S I 100 a narrow alley with lots of people around. I just kept my fingers S I 67 crossed that he’d keep running. At Redding he didn’t (run out) at all. ROBI N A nn DO N L an I can’t fault him. He ran hard. His turns were very fast and efficient, Fas T A N GOLD S I 100 and he ran hard out the gate. I was very surprised at my time, more than surprised—elated!” S I 80, 1998 CHE S T N UT GELDI N G RA I S E A NA TIVE With An Oakie With Cash (“Louie”) out for the year recover- ing from a stifle injury, Chisum will be Lockhart’s main ride for the RA I S E Y OU R GL ass TB remainder of the season. CH ampa G N E W O man “It’s a great time of year for him honestly,” she said. In year’s RO manna GL ass past, Chisum has carried much of the load at Lockhart’s circuit ro- S I 85 Easy JET deos and many of the larger outdoor runs. “If I’m going to be rid- MS RO manna S I 100 ing him I’d rather it be now than the winter rodeos. I’m completely S I 90 confident in him, that he’s going to take care of me.” Hayanna She’s also got a few young ones waiting in the wings. S I 89 “I’ve got a young horse right now that needs to go,” Lockhart RIDE R /Own E R : LI sa LO C KH ar T ; BR EEDE R : Ran D Y & LI N D A SC H A LL A said. She actually took him to his first rodeos in Canada last week- Spanish Fork Continued on Page 2 Childers & Just My Choice Triumph at Old Fort Days Rodeo By Tanya Randall Molly Childers, Mead, Okla., and her cutting-bred gelding Just My DO C Bar Choice (“Ozzy”) topped the $5,000-added Old Fort Days Rodeo, DO C ’S HI C KO ry held May 26-31 in Fort Smith, Ark. Their 16.48 bested the field by nearly 2/10ths and was worth $3,173 of the $15,866 total purse. MI ss CHI C K as H A “It was pretty dang good,” said Childers of her winning run SR Ins T an T CHOI C E from the Thursday night performance. She got “lucky” and moved DO C ’S Lyn X up to third on the ground after three other contestants turned out. ST Y LI S H Lyn X Carlee Pierce and Dash Ta Diamonds had been leading since Tues- day morning slack with a 16.64. ST Y LI S H SQU aw Childers was initially a little apprehensive since she’d been having JU S T MY CHOI C E trouble running past the first barrel at Kay Rodgers Park. 2008 Bay GELDI N G “I was so frustrated with myself,” she explained. “Every run I PE ppy San BA DGE R had made in that pen the last two weeks I ran past the first barrel. My game plan the other night was ‘I’m going to nail the first barrel, JU S T A SW I N GI N G PE ppy no matter what! I don’t care what happens the rest of the run! I’m SP E C I A L MEDICINE turning the first barrel!’ RO S E RED “It was a really loud perf and he got a little excited back there and DU A L PE P I just tried to keep him really calm. I eased him up the alleyway until NY OK A PE P he could see (his first barrel) and took off. It was just flawless. He was running hard and working really well. In my head, coming back SHE sa LITTLE A C O rn from the third barrel I was thinking ‘this is kind of slow; I hope he speeds up; this feels slow.’ When I came across the time line RIDE R /Own E R : MOLL Y CHILDE rs ; BR EEDE R : Lara Lan DE rs and they said my time I was like ‘Oh my God!’ It was really, really smooth though. I know that’s where he made up some time. He was weeks where I’ve got a couple of barrels coming out of them to just really smooth and flawless.” be really fast. I was getting kind of aggravated and getting kind of Childers said that Ozzy’s been making more and more runs like that. discouraged, and I thought ‘No, it’s nothing bad. Just keep going. “He’s been coming on,” said the wife of Jason and mother of He’ll get it.’” 4-year-old Avery. “We’ve had a few timing issues the past couple of Old Fort Days Pro Rodeo Continued on Page 4 Spanish Fork, UT From Page 1 end and said the experience was rather humbling. “That’s part of she can watch her daughter, while her husband will go to Iowa with the process and sometimes you don’t get off of one until you’re her son. forced to. That’s how Louie came into work. Sometimes you do “Everybody’s got something going,” she laughed, noting that she what you’ve got to do. I’m keeping my doors open to see what really needed to mow the yard before she left for a two week run transpires. For now I’ll ride Chisum and keep plugging away and go to Canada, but couldn’t because it was too wet. “It’s so exciting to with the flow.” watch them too. It’s hard to get it all in, but we just do the best we After Spanish Fork, Lockhart’s real race began when she left the can for everybody.” rodeo to try to make home in time for her daughter Alyssa’s rodeo. “I drove all night home to get to my daughter’s regional qualifier Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots high school rodeo,” said Lockhart, who has three children—Alyssa, May 31, 2014, Spanish Fork, UT Thane and Cade with husband Grady.