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2016 WPRA WORLD CHAMPION JUNIOR 


Robinson Rakes in more than $50,000 en route to Junior World Title


By Kristen M. White L


aney Robinson set some lofty goals for herself this year. And she surpassed


them. Robinson is this year’s WPRA


Junior World Champion barrel racer, and she claimed the title in spectacular fashion. She set out at the beginning of the year to win the title, and then decided  mark, which in turn would also help her surpass Jackie Ganter for the most money won in a season in the junior ranks.     2014, and Robinson eventually  the end of the season. Missions accomplished.


Perhaps Kitty and Perk were jockeying to be the top horse for Robinson as she took her place in Junior WPRA history, but it’s clear they both have a headline in      for the American this season, and just weeks apart.


Laney Robinson set some lofty goals for herself in 2016 and thanks for some outstanding horses, she raced her way to her first WPRA World title in the Junior Division. WPRA photo by Peggy Gander


“I worked hard for it all year,” the 16-year-old Mars Hill, N.C., cowgirl said. “It was a lot of go- ing. We were gone somewhere just about every weekend.” Robinson said the Junior title is an award that’s been on her bucket list as something she always wanted to win. Knowing that part was doable, she added on the monetary goal as well. -


WPRA President Doreen Wintermute congratu- lates Laney Robinson on winning the 2016 WPRA Junior World Champion title. The 16-year old Mars Hill, N.C. cowgirl etched her name in the record books setting a new earnings record with $55,816 on the season. WPRA photo by Dudley Barker


    “Really, this year was just good to me. I was lucky to not have any problems with my horses being sound,” Robinson said. “If one was hav- ing an off day, the other was usually in the money. They both worked really good all year long.”


Robinson said she realized how special her season might have been, having two powerful and healthy horses and the ability to race at a lot of rodeos throughout the season. She is homeschooled and travels around with her dad, Jeff, stock contractor and owner of Robinson Bucking Bulls.


She relies on two horses that are strutting their stuff – Perk (registered


JM Alive N Perquix) and Kitty (registered Frosted Jet of Honor). Hav- ing more than one strong horse to pick from, and the ability to give each 


“Most of the places I’ve been to, I run them both, taking turns,” she said. “They’re pretty easy going – but they don’t like other horses at all. And if you tie them up next to each other, they’ll be kicking and biting each other. They’re crazy.”


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Robinson adds Junior World Champ to her growing resume, which already touted a National Junior High Finals Rodeo barrel racing title and the youth title at the National Barrel Horse Asso- ciation Dixie Nationals. Although she didn’t try her hand in the National High School Rodeo Association this season, concentrating her efforts on traveling for the WPRA Junior competition, earlier this year she noted that she might still give it a shot at some point to try and claim a senior high level title too. But after having the season she did in the WPRA Junior ranks, it’s easy to understand why she probably won’t be taking part in the NHSRA now. The call of the road, and good-paying rodeos, is


just too much.  the title again, and even more money – that would be awesome!” Robin- son said of breaking her own record.        summer. She’s already got her plans made to wait for the new season to  rookie title to add to her list of accomplishments. For now she’ll keep doing what she’s doing, riding hard at as many rodeos as she can and helping her dad. With lots of “big” rodeos on the horizon she continues to gain experience under her belt. She’ll be at the  she recently competed at the WPRA World Finals. There at the Finals, Dally Parker of Pilot Point, Texas, captured the two-run average victory there in 30.533 seconds. She did it by putting  followed by a 15.306-second time in the second round, good for third  seconds, for the title.


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