IN THIS ISSUE: • RFD-TV’s The American, Arlington, TX, pg 2 • The American Semi-Finals, Ft. Worth, TX, pg 11 • Junior American, Ft. Worth, TX, pg 25 • Triangle Cross, McCook, NE, pg 32 • The Patriot Open & Futurity, Ft. Worth, TX, pg 35 MARCH 9, 2021 // Volume 15: Issue 10 • Lucky Dog, Texarkana, AR, pg 45 Published Weekly, online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 RFD-TV’S THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONS! 3-Time American Champion, DM Sissy Hayday & Hailey Kinsel — page 2 • AMERICAN SEMI-FINALS — page 11 • JUNIOR AMERICAN — page 25 • THE PATRIOT — page 35 Sister, Sister, Sister – Hailey Kinsel & DM Sissy Hayday Capture Third RFD-Tv’s The American Championship By Tanya Randall Arlington, Texas’ AT& T Stadium might be the house that Jerry Jones built for his Dallas Cowboys, but Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy RFD-TV’S THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONS Hayday are living in it. Nearly $700,000 of their $2.1 million in career earnings have come DM Sissy Hayday & Hailey Kinsel from their three titles at RFD-Tv’s The American. They first caught Doc’s Jack Frost national attention in 2017 when they set a one-day barrel racing Sun Frost earnings record at $433,333 with their share of the $1 million bonus Prissy Cline for qualifiers that bested the top 10 professionals in each event. Kinsel and “Sister” were second in 2018 before winning again in PC Frenchmans Hayday 2019. Tinys Circus This year, the dynamic duo lurked like a circling shark on their Caseys Charm SI 97 first two runs until they turned in the fastest time of the rodeo Casey’s Ladylove when the $100,000 championship was on the line. “These wins are so special and so unique in each way because it DM Sissy Hayday means something new each year,” said the three-time WPRA World 2011 Palomino Mare Champion, who hails from Cotulla, Texas, but resides in Stephen- Royal Quick Dash ville. “I’m so grateful to go back to a rodeo that can instill so much Royal Shake Em SI 101 confidence and pride in what you do.” SI 104 In the long go, held on Saturday, March 6, the Top 10 in the Shake Em Six SI 97 WPRA faced off against the top 10 qualifiers out of the American Royal Sissy Irish Semifinals, held in the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, Lazbuddie plus the two exemptions. Dona Kay Rule, who missed the 2020 Thats Sissy Baby SI 93 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo due to COVID protocols, and Pollylarks Hand 7-year-old Charlie Sohrt, who captured hearts at the Semifinals. The Rider/Owner: Hailey Kinsel; Breeder: Dillon Mundorf SI 84 fastest eight from the long go advanced to Sunday’s performance. Kinsel’s game plan was to stay clean and make it to Sunday. She and Sis turned in a very business-like clean run to finish second in the field of 22 with a 15.917 behind defending American Champi- THE RUNDOWN w/Hailey Kinsel ons Stevi Hillman and Cuatro Fame (“Truck”) to earn $2,250. DM Sissy Hayday “Sis” 15 hands, 1,160-1,170 lbs. On Sunday morning, when Kinsel found out an aggregate of BIT: Reinsman Johnson Combo Hackamore with a chain mouthpiece their long go and round of eight runs would determine who ad- HEADGEAR: Tiedown vanced to the championship shootout, she maintained her clean-run focus. SADDLE: Martin Stingray “I knew how much I had to work with,” she said. “That’s not to say SADDLE PAD: Classic Equine Zone Pad I wanted to run a 16.0. It would have been great to run a 15.7, but LEG GEAR: Classic Equine Legacy II on all four, Dyno No Turn Bells you know your big money run is coming up if you can get there for SHOEING: Aluminum on all four it. I was almost too safe, but I wanted to be safe enough that I was FEED: Purina Strategy setting myself up to smoke the third run.” HAY: Coastal and alfalfa Thankfully, her partnership with her insanely talented mare allowed SUPPLEMENTS: Platinum Performance CJ, Healthy Weight, Gastric Support, her to make the adjustments she needed to be clean and fast. “She is so manual—sometimes more than others—but especially Renew and Longevity. this weekend,” Kinsel said. “She is so trusting of everything I said. TRAINING/CONDITIONING: Sister is staying in shape but getting a break from I could tell she was wondering sometimes, ‘Why would we slow runs until the bigger rodeos come along later in the year. In the mean- down? This is stupid.’ But in this case, she just listened. When I time, Kinsel will run Corona Share Of Fame (“Nala”) and DH Jess Stellar asked her for an extra step on the backside of the second barrel in (“Jules”) at the upcoming circuit rodeos. She hopes to work Jules into the Eight Man Round, she was like ‘Ok, one more step.’ I know she more performances at the bigger rodeos if the availability is there. Last knows she can come back harder than that, but she just waited. year, the dearth of larger paying rodeos forced her to stay on Sister to “There’s a lot of horses that wouldn’t do that. I think that’s why she thrives in so many different setups. She will let me direct the game contend for and NFR berth and the WPRA World Championship. a little bit instead of just being the passenger. That takes a very SPONSORS: z0Classic Equine, Purina, Platinum Performance, Bloomer Trail- special horse to do that.” ers, Cavenders, P&P Trailer Sales, Yeti, 12 Gauge Ranch, Agri-Insurance, Kinsel and Sis were the first out of the four in the championship Trailguard, Brazos Valley Equine Hospital round. Not only did it give them top of the ground, but it made it easier to just focus on their run and not be influenced by things beyond their control. San Antonio Pro Rodeo Continued on Page 3 San Antonio Pro Rodeo Continued From Page 2 THE AMERICAN FACTS: RODEO RESPECT Past American Champions: While so much emphasis is placed on the $100,000 first-place check 2014 — An Oakie With Cash, Lisa Lockhart and even more on the $1 million bonus for qualifiers, RFD-TV’s The 2015 — An Oakie With Cash, Lisa Lockhart American is a rodeo horse showcase. When it comes to the champion- 2016 — Fame Fling N Bling, Sarah McDonald ship, it’s a National Finals Rodeo showcase. 2017 — Dm Sissy Hayday, Hailey Kinsel All six championships have gone to NFR qualifiers. Lisa Lockhart’s 2018 — Bogie Is A Smash, Taci Bettis An Okie With Cash (“Louie”) has two, 2014-15. Hailey Kinsel’s DM Sissy 2019 — Dm Sissy Hayday, Hailey Kinsel Hayday (“Sister”) has three titles, 2017, 2019 and 2021. Sarah McDon- 2020 — Cuatro Fame, Stevi Hillman ald’s Fame Fling N Bling won in 2016. Taci Betti’s Bogie Is A Smash won in 2021 — Dm Sissy Hayday, Hailey Kinsel 2018, and Stevi Hillman’s Cautro Fame (“Truck”) won in 2020. Every horse that has made the championship round save six have been • Dm Sissy Hayday & Hailey Kinsel have now won $660,250 at just The to the NFR. Only one of those horses never won any pro rodeo money. American! They won $433,000 when they splashed onto the barrel Even when Kinsel won her first title in 2017, Sister was already a pro racing scene there in 2017. rodeo winner as a 5-year-old—her futurity year no less. And prior to • Before adding in her American victory, Dm Sissy Hayday sat at the American, Kinsel and Sister had done well at the winter rodeos, even $2,010,680 according to Equistat. With the $102,250 won at The taking second in the odd set up at the National Western in Denver. By the American, she now sits over $2,112,930 and is the All Time Leading end of the year, Sister had proved without a doubt that she was a rodeo Earner in Barrel Racing. horse of the highest caliber, qualifying for the first of four National Finals Rodeo appearances. “There’s so many ways you can look at it,” she said. “It doesn’t mat- Rodeo horses have the advantage of being able to handle the ele- ter if you’re last or first, you cannot pay attention to what happens. ments—the funky pattern, the electric atmosphere, the all-day wait at At least I can’t. I think it’s silly to put too much thought into what the trailer to run, long walks down concrete tunnels, the back-to-back happens. It can only benefit you negatively as opposed to thinking runs just over an hour apart and unexpected light patterns on the arena just go do your job. It’s fun to go first and say I’m just going to go floor. do my job and set the field and see what happens from there. After “To come into an extreme rodeo setup and perform is hard,” noted that I have no control. But it’s the same thing in reverse. That’s the three-time World and American Champion Hailey Kinsel. “It’s no surprise same thought I want to have if I’m going last. Just go do your job and not worry about the rest.” too that the horses that have won it in the past—Louie, Bling, Truck, As if the pressure to win $100,000 isn’t enough, the sun through Smash and Sister—were all rodeo horses.