Stay ConnectedTelling the real life stories of local legends, million dollar riders, and everyone in between. Our goal is to highlight everyone that makes the barrel racing industry work. From breeders and owners to trainers and jockeys, we will be talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly of barrel racing.
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Have you ever wanted to be the fly on the wall in a room with industry legends just sharing their thoughts with friends ? Well we got that chance! With our co-host Ashley Schafer this week - we are sharing a great conversation with Brett Monroe and Cody Bauserman! Cody and Brett have been winning since the 1980s - each having won over $2,000,000 in their careers. From $100k slot race wins to multiple BFA Ft Smith titles and everything in between, these two have forgot more then most of us will ever know. What an opportunity!
If there’s one thing you’ll learn from our podcast with 2020 NFR round 2 winner Jimmie Smith - its that she loves and cherishes her main girl Lena! Jimmie took some time to talk to us as she was packing the trailer for Arlington and her story is full of ups and downs, determination to keep going and honesty about what it’s like being a rookie in the rodeo world - even if you win the 2018 Rookie of the year title! #whoaLenawhoa
Kayla got the opportunity to speak with the #14 cowgirl in the world headed into the 2020 NFR, Wenda Johnson. Known for dominating at the futurities and big jackpots, to include winning the Xtreme Millions Barrel Race this year, Wenda is looking to keep the winning streak alive in Arlington. Wenda has a unique story that you are not going to want to miss, and you might learn a thing or two along the way.
Lucky for all of us - we were able to talk to the CHAMP! Knocking on the door of the $3 Million earning mark, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi visited with us for a little this morning. We discussed everything - from her riding double with her dad to the play days growing up since they didn’t have a trailer, to how she manages her 50 head herd of elite equine athletes with her husband Garrett. It was a fun talk with one of the legends in our game heading into the NFR as the #1 cowgirl and coming off her BFA week with her reserve world titles in the Juvi and Futurity - talk about winning at all levels!
We were excited to take advantage of our opportunity to talk to the 2020 Wilderness Circuit Finals and year end champion Meka Farr! She’s a mom and wife with a full time job, plus trains her own horses and rodeos with the best of them. She shares the story of her amazing partner “Woody” who she purchased for next to nothing as a yearling out of a sale. We share how she went from that moment to years like 2020 winning her second circuit title and winning one of the toughest rodeos of the year - Spanish Fork!
Tonight we had the chance to visit with the 2x champ of the world, American champ and current world record holder on a WPRA rodeo standard pattern - Hailey Kinsel! It was a fun talk about all things rodeo, from keeping them in shape to hopping on different horses and how she navigated the year of 2020. We also touched base on the sponsor and social media aspect of our industry and she had some great thoughts on it.
This week we are back on our NFR qualifier series with 2X NFR qualifier Tiany Schuster ! She was recently crowned the NBHA World Champion and we got to talk about the ups and downs of rodeo - from taking 4 years to fill her permit to winning Calgary, Showmance’s colic surgery and return to winning, how she manages her herd of 30 geldings and more! It was an honest and fun conversation!
This week, Kayla talks with lifelong cowgirl, Kelly Yates, who just won her second straight Mountain States Circuit Finals. The reserve world champ made her legacy with the industry changing mare Firewater Fiesta. We talked about her time with Fiesta, how rodeo has changed in her eyes, about the colts she runs and more!
Next up - newly married 2X NFR qualifier Emily Beisel (formerly Emily Miller)! She lit the Thomas and Mack on fire last December and then planned on a light winter rodeo schedule which turned into overcoming the hurdles of COVID and young horse rodeo seasoning to make it back to Arlington this year. This was a great conversation talking about the highs and lows of rodeos, how she balances barrel racing and living a “normal” life with her husband Austin and what she is doing to prepare for the craziest NFR ever
Our first 2020 NFR qualifier to share their story with The Money Barrel is Shelley Morgan! Her first trip to the NFR was in 2009, and in February 2010 she lost her great horse Short Go. Since then she shares her story of getting back to the bright lights of Vegas (aka Arlington) this year and how her mare, Kiss, has restored her confidence ! We talked about her prep for the NFR which kicks off in just 6 weeks and how she tackled the 2020 rodeo season to stay #7 in the world to qualify this year.
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