NOVEMBER 21, 2017 Volume 11: Issue 47 In this issue... • AQHA Sr. World Finals, pg 10 • Barrel Bash, pg 16 • SW Best, pg 20 • McGregor Lions Club, pg 24 • NFR Interviews #10-#15, pg 30 fast horses, fast news • Pro Rodeos & World Standings, pg 37 Published Weekly Online at www.BarrelRacingReport.com - Since 2007 Oen and Guys Dashing Jet Add AQHA Championship to Resume By Hope Raley If there was an award for Futurity Horse of the Year, most DOC’S JACK FROST would agree that Guys Dashing Jet would be the rightful recipient. SUN FROST The ever-so-talented buckskin mare and pilot Pete Oen have had a dream year on the cloverleaf pattern and they added yet another PRISSY CLINE championship to their very extensive resume: AQHA World Show FRENCHMANS GUY Junior Barrel Racing Champions. LAUGHING BOY The 5-year-old ‘buckskin unicorn’, as she is more famously FRENCHMAN’S LADY SI 85 known, is by Frenchmans Guy and out of Perks Dashing Jet who is by Dash For Perks. “Stella”, as she is known around the barn, is CASEY’S LADYLOVE owned by Cathy Geary of Wadsworth, Ohio, and has over $130,000 GUYS DASHING JET in lifetime earnings from this year alone. 2012 BUCKSKIN MARE “She truly is a unicorn,” Oen said. “She has made this year DASH FOR CASH incredibly wonderful and such a fun ride. I truly am so thankful for SI 114 Cathy for giving me such an opportunity!” DASH FOR PERKS SI 93 Prior to the World Show, Oen kept to his usual routine with PERKS “Stella”. Oen explained that she rarely gets worked on the pattern PERKS DASHING JET SI 87 and never gets ran through the pattern at home. REAL THING “She hasn’t had a very extensive season honestly. We only go to REAL THING WITCH SI 95 the races that matter and we don’t take her to any weekly jackpots. SI 80 She gets ridden at the house and I will only take her around the bar- SIZZ WITCH rels once before heading to a futurity or event.” RIDER: PETE OEN; OWNER/BREEDER: CATHY GEARY Going almost straight from the JBQH Futurity in Waco to Oklahoma City for the World Show, Oen wanted to make sure that make for a better track. “Stella” got as much rest as she deserved. “The ground was certainly prepared better in the short round. “We left Waco Sunday morning and once we got home, she was We had a good first barrel, a fantastic second barrel and a good turned out to pasture so that she could decompress before head- third. She turned it so hard that we clipped it leaving it, I let go of ing to OKC the following evening,” Oen explained. “We got to the the reins to grab the barrel to keep it from falling. Once I looked arena at 11:00 pm Monday evening, when we had our open arena. up and realized where we were going, I was shocked to see that I worked her 3 times and called it good. She is so easy, I can always we were veering closer to the wrong side of second. From that rely on her to show up to play.” moment I just focused on staying on course and to the left of the In the first round Oen and “Stella” had some ground trouble that second barrel!” caused the gritty mare to slip several times but still made a respect- With somewhat of a close call, the dynamic duo shut the clock ful run which placed them 10th in the round. off with a 16.59, one of the fastest runs of the week. “Overall the ground conditions were not ideal. She slipped three “I actually thought that our time would be beat because there times on the first barrel, slipped leaving the second barrel and had a were still some very nice horses left to run, so I led Stella back to good third barrel. She tried her heart out and did what she could do our stall to give her a drink of water and let her catch her air.” with the conditions.” With the next closest time to his being a 16.715, Oen quickly Posting a time of 17.261-seconds was good enough to get them discovered that he and “Stella” had won the Junior Barrel Racing back to the finals which would be a clean slate. Championship! Second on the ground in the finals, Oen was hoping that it would AQHA World Finals Continued on Page 5 IN THE NEWS.......IN THE NEWS......in the news......In the News......In the News..... Cooper is first in the tie-down roping standings with $190,445. Ground Zero Equine Surfaces Brazile is sixth in the standings with $101,433. Other cowboys who could factor in the all-around race - with to Handle Arena Prep at BFA huge performances at the WNFR - are tie-down roper Caleb Smidt, Ground Zero Equine Surfaces looks forward to handling arena steer wrestler Ryle Smith, team roping heeler Junior Nogueira, team preparation and surfaces at the upcoming Barrel Futurities of roping header Erich Rogers, team roping heeler Russell Cardoza America. and steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge. Ground Zero will coordinate with the BFA to ensure high quality Nogueira made ProRodeo history by becoming the first Brazil- performance surfaces for high quality performance animals. ian to don a gold buckle when he won the 2016 all-around cowboy “We have been coordinating with BFA representatives for months,” world title, defeating Clayton Hass by $3,620. Nogueira is a native said Jessica Cummings, Marketing Director for Ground Zero, “and of Presidente Prudente, Brazil. --Courtesy of www.WPRA.com we look forward to continuing this collaboration to ensure a suc- cessful and safe event.” Ground Zero handles arena resurfacing and arena construction. Dreaming Of Foose The company offers 45 years of combined experience in the horse Courtesy of AQHA.com industry. Our condolences go out to Sharin Hall on the passing of Dream- “We are especially grateful to Kiser Arena Specialists for allowing ing Of Foose. Dreaming Of Foose was injured while competing in us to take part in this event,” said Cummings. the junior barrel racing on November 15 at the Lucas Oil AQHA “We can adapt any arena to any discipline,” said Cummings. World Championship Show in Oklahoma City. “The surface for barrels is different than jumping or reining. It is Dreaming Of Foose was immediately examined by Dr. Sherry necessary to keep in mind the type of footing these horses need to Johnson of Equine Sports Medicine, the onsite show veterinarian, perform at their best.” at the Lucas Oil World. John Jamison, President of Ground Zero, personally oversaw “The mare became acutely lame during her barrel racing run and preparations for the arena and surfaces for the National Finals was provided emergency medical care. It was quickly determined Rodeo in 2016. to be in the horse’s best interest to be transported to a referral Ground Zero looks forward to returning to the NFR in Las hospital. She was loaded into a trailer following medication admin- Vegas in 2017 and the Dodge National Circuit Finals in Kissimmee, istration to ease the pain and help control inflammation, but passed Florida in 2018. away en route,” stated Dr. Dave Frisbie of Equine Sports Medicine. As an association of horsemen we understand the depth of this All-around race heats up at WNFR terrible loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with Sharin during this time . When the contestants arrive at the upcoming Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER, Dec. 7-16, there will Our (Barrel Racing Report) thoughts and prayers are with Sharin be plenty of drama to see who will win gold buckles. on the loss of her amazing mare Dreaming of Foose. She was a The coveted all-around gold buckle race at the Thomas & Mack special mare, a true winner that will be missed by everyone in the Center in Las Vegas will be full of intrigue. Trevor Brazile will ar- industry. rive in Las Vegas leading the WEATHER GUARD® PRCA World Standings for all-around with $243,760. Tuf Cooper, Brazile’s brother-in-law, is second in the all-around with $230,022. Brazile overtook Cooper for the all-around lead with his solid performance at the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping in Mulvane, Kan., Nov. 10-11. Brazile placed second in the final steer roping standings with $126,538. He earned $63,273 at the NFSR. Cooper qualified for his first NFSR in 2017 and placed 12th in the final standings with $60,107. Cooper won $14,891 at the NFSR. Brazile, who has won a PRCA record 23 world championships, has captured 13 all-around gold buckles, his last coming in 2015. Cooper, meanwhile, is making his first run at winning an all-around title. Brazile and Cooper likely will decide the all-around championship as they are both competing in tie-down roping at this year’s WNFR. Tracy & Dusti Swan • Hubbard, TX cell: 254.592.6406 (Tracy)- [email protected] Subscriptions: www. BarrelRacingReport.com The Barrel Racing Report is emailed weekly, every Tuesday night, 52 weeks per year by Tracy and Dusti Swan, Hubbard, TX. 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