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Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. In collegiate and professional ranks, it is usually a women's event, though both sexes compete at amateur and youth levels.
Barrel racing and breakaway roping are sanctioned by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). It also lists the all-around champion , awarded to the competitor who wins the most prize money in a year competing in at least two events.
Ann Lewis (June 4, 1958 – October 2, 1968) was an American barrel racer.In December 1968, she won the barrel racing world championship posthumously, becoming the youngest barrel racing champion in the Girls Rodeo Association (now the Women's Professional Rodeo Association).
She has earned $643,308 in career winnings as of 2020. She is ranked 7th in the world in barrel racing. She has qualified to the 2018, 2019, and 2020 National Finals Rodeo, and finished 3rd in the average finish for barrel racing at the 2020 National Finals Rodeo, a place she also claimed at the 2020 RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. [7]
She began hosting barrel racing clinics. [6] She also has trained horses for cutting and team roping as well as barrel racing. [10] On December 6, 2004, James got married in the small town of Athens, Texas, which is about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours outside Dallas. [14] The groom was her long-time friend [14] and business manager, Tony Garritano. [15]
Brackenbury competed in professional rodeo in many events, but her main event was barrel racing. She also used her rodeo skills in the film business, for example, by falling off horses for a movie stunt. [1] In addition to being a hall of fame barrel racer, she was also an American World Barrel Racing Champion.
Combs Johnson was a five-time junior barrel racing champion. [7] Combs Johnson's horse Star Plaudit, nicknamed "Red", was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2017. In 1962, Red won two world championships and assisted in winning a third. One was in barrel racing and the other two were in steer wrestling. No other horse has accomplished this.
Walker has one World Barrel Racing Champion title which she won in 2012. [ 1 ] Walker was the oldest rodeo world champion in the WPRA at 53 years of age in 2012; in 2016 Mary Burger set a new record of 68 years for the WPRA and the PRCA, but Walker remains the second oldest champion.