$694.64 Bracket B - 1st Go 1. Kylie Weast 15.950 $2,778.57 2. Lacinda Rose 16.110 $2,083.93 3. Ericka Nelson 16.190 $1,389.29 4. Stevi Hillman 16.200 $694.64


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8. Ericka Nelson 16.320 $460.26 8. Taci Bettis 16.320 $460.26 8. Jill Wilson 16.320 $460.26 11. Alex Lang 16.350 $328.76 12. Shelley Morgan 16.390 $131.50 12. Ivy Hurst 16.390 $131.50


2nd Go 1. Stevi Hillman 15.950 $2,778.57 2. Kylie Weast 16.030 $2,083.93 3. Ericka Nelson 16.100 $1,389.29 4. Nicole Laurence 16.190 $694.64 Bracket C - 1st Go 1. Ivy Conrado 15.660 $2,778.57 2. Callahan Crossley 16.080 $2,083.93 3. Katelyn Scott 16.260 $1,389.29 4. Kaylee Gallino 16.340 $694.64 2nd Go 1. Callahan Crossley 16.000 $2,778.57 2. Nikki Hansen 16.150 $2,083.93 3. Kelly Bruner 16.350 $1,389.29 4. Tiany Schuster 16.370 $694.64 Semi-Final 1. Ivy Conrado 15.800 $2,400.00 2. Kylie Weast 15.980 $1,800.00 3. Kristen Spratt 16.020 $1,200.00 4. Ericka Nelson 16.350 $600.00 Final Round 1. Ivy Conrado 15.990 $7,500.00 2. Kristen Spratt 16.150 $5,000.00


BELLVILLE, TX 10/11/2018 - 10/13/2018 1. Chloe Gray 16.180 $2,630.12 2. Kelley Carrington-French 16.190 $2,235.60 3. Tiany Schuster 16.200 $1,841.08 4. Tasha Welsh 16.260 $1,446.56 4. Melinda Edwards Dunn 16.260 $1,446.56 6. Cheyenne Wimberley 16.270 $920.54 7. Jennifer Kalafatic 16.310 $657.53


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 end of the second week, and we had planned on taking our three little girls with us the whole time. But after talking to anyone who’s ever been there with kids, we actually were convinced to leave them home. They said that I would never see them anyway and it won’t be any fun for 2 and 3 year olds to spend two weeks in Vegas. We’ll see how it goes because I’m not that good at being away from them, but we have a really good baby sitter that  last few days.”


Family is priority for Routier, and she’s grateful that Missy’s owner, Gary


Westergren, feels the same way. “He’s a great person to ride for because he  rodeo or a kid’s something to go to, that I should skip the rodeo and go to my  met him, he said his goal was to see one of his horses run at the NFR. As those NFR dreams and goals are coming true for them, they are also becoming reality for the other NFR rookie barrel racers including: Kelly Bruner, Tracy Nowlin, Jessie Telford, and Carman Pozzobon. As is noted every year this will be a fun barrel race to watch, so don’t


miss it!


SEGUIN, TX 10/11/2018 - 10/13/2018 1. Cheyenne Wimberley 15.090 $1,623.61 2. Taylor Langdon 15.140 $1,391.67 3. Jennifer Kalafatic 15.230 $1,159.72 4. Nicole Laurence 15.260 $889.12 4. Sara Withers 15.260 $889.12 6. Cheyenne Kelly 15.320 $618.52 7. Tasha Welsh 15.410 $463.89 8. Jill Wilson 15.440 $309.26 9. Chancie Rogers 15.460 $231.94 10. Jymmy Kay Cox 15.480 $77.31 10. Jimmie Smith 15.480 $77.31


INDUSTRY, CA 10/13/2018 - 10/14/2018 1. Kristin Brashears 15.390 $1,446.94 2. Kris Gadbois 15.440 $1,240.23 3. Cindy Woods 15.500 $964.62 3. Cheyenne Hattesen 15.500 $964.62 5. Brittney Barnett 15.640 $689.02 6. Lyndee Stairs 15.660 $551.21 7. Jamie Harris 15.700 $413.41 8. Syd Wheeler 15.740 $275.60 9. Jolee Lautaret-Jordan 15.760 $206.70 10. Kathy Petska 15.820 $137.80


SAN DIMAS, CA 10/13/2018 - 10/14/2018 1. Katie Pascoe 17.780 $839.93 2. Jolee Lautaret-Jordan 17.890 $730.38 3. Katrina Dugo 17.920 $620.82 4. Shannon Clawson 17.970 $456.48 4. Sabina Andreini 17.970 $456.48 6. Lyndee Stairs 18.050 $292.15 7. Debbie Langdon 18.060 $182.59 8. Karla Sanchez 18.260 $73.03


over again, this time plowing through the four-person Finals in each event. It’s fast paced, giving the ladies little time to catch their breath   mare.


“I take a long warm up but then I like to get off for a bit before I run.


I don’t tighten my belt or get my rubber bands on until three or four  slowest to fastest, so I thought I had a little time.”  


“I was just hanging out and then they started calling my name! I had to hurry with the bands and I was tightening my belt as I went into the alley,” she notes, adding that a miscommunication with the daysheets had led to the confusion.


Despite the hurried start, Conrado put up another sub-sixteen on the


 Rookie cowgirl KL Spratt won second at 16.15 seconds. “I was excited,” says Conrado, who took the customary victory


  the RNCFR [Ram National Circuit Finals].” It was a fun win because she stayed with her friends—who are more like family—the Munroes, who work on the rodeo committee.


Conrado picked up a new saddle as well as $12,679 in earnings, money that all counts towards the 2019 season. She’ll head next to the Ram Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo and maybe one or two other events before the Wrangler NFR kicks off in December. “I wish it was next week,” laughs Conrado. “When they’re hot, they’re hot!” Making the All American win that much more special is the fact that Nichols and Barron call Waco their hometown and were in attendance to watch their mare shine.


“They were jacked!” notes Conrado, who is sponsored by Wrangler, Renew Gold, HorseWare Ireland, CSI, 12 Gauge Ranch, Platinum, Zesterra, Techmix, and Equicare. “I want to really thank them.” Conrado says her bond with the mare has increased greatly since she  “When I got her, she was already a good horse. When I get a new one, I always try to ride them how they say. I was trying to get with her last year and I was on the bubble [to make the Wrangler NFR] so I was in a hurry. Plus, I had two other mares I was running so I was separating my time between them.”


“They’re like kids especially since they’re mares . . . they’re needy,” Conrado jokes. “I just didn’t get to spend the time I needed to with her.   a science.” “Last year, she didn’t fully trust me,” Conrado admits. “Now, she chases me around to get scratched.” “She’s just done phenomenal,” adds Conrado, tipping her hat to the fact that the majority of her nearly $100,000 in earnings came between mid-July and early September. As for the Reserve honors for Horse of the Year, “it surprised me. Not surprised exactly because I think she’s awesome but it’s cool that others thought so too.” Conrado, who previously rode the 2016 AQHA/WPRA Horse of the


Year CFour Tibbie Stinson, appreciates the ride she’s been on since JLo came into her life and the chance to run two, top three Horses of the Year in three seasons. “You never know how many special ones you’re going to get,” she says. “So I really appreciate JLo.”


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