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Allan Adds Pendleton Title To Her Resume


By Ted Harbin


“This is it; this is the No. 1 highlight of my career,” she said after scoring the average championship at the legendary Pendleton Round-Up and pocketing $10,888. “I’ve won a lot of stuff but nothing at the caliber of what Pendleton is, what it stands for, the duration of the rodeo, the biggest arena for the barrel racing and the obstacles. “It’s not just your average rodeo or your average barrel race at a rodeo.” No, it’s not, and possibly no one in that Saturday championship round


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northwest of Pendleton across the Columbia River. She’s competed in that massive arena at least 14 times over the last 17 years, and winning the Round-Up title has been a dream for as long as she can remember. “For a lot of girls, Pendleton is a bucket-list rodeo,” she said. “For me,


it’s an investment. This is in the Columbia River Circuit, so that makes it important for me. I’ve invested a lot of money over the years at Pendleton,  In fact, it put Allan back in the circuit lead as of mid-September. She’s


third time and has a chance to compete for either the year-end or average  National Circuit Finals Rodeo.


“I led our circuit all year long, then my good friend, Teri Bangart – who has been going in a different direction trying to make the (Wrangler National Finals Rodeo) – came back to the circuit and has been doing really good,” Allan said. “I thought the only way I could catch this girl was to do good at Pendleton.” It also put the Washington cowgirl into the top 40 in the ProRodeo World Standings with just two weeks remaining in the regular season. That could change in a heartbeat, especially considering how competitive barrel racing has been this year. 


 the Round-Up format features the cloverleaf pattern on the dirt track that    


heyenne Allan has had a lot of nice victories over her barrel racing career, but nothing compares to what happened Sept. 15 in Pendleton, Ore.


Cheyenne Allan didn’t hesitate to say that winning the barrel racing title at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-up was the No. 1 highlight of her career. Allan, 61, of Mabton, Wash., just an hour and a half northwest of Pendleton has competed in the massive arena at least 14 times over the last 17 and winning this historic rodeo has been a dream for many years. Photo by Bob Click


 my husband the only thing we needed to do in the short round was clean up  “Going into the second barrel, I did not have my cinch tight enough, and my saddle slipped to the left. I was running across the grass trying to get  along.”  and Randy Allen operate a breeding program and have been raising barrel horses for more than three decades. The mare has been the guiding force to  “Her mother came out of Canada, and we started having colts out of this mare,” she said, noting that she and her husband have about 100 mares and  She began hauling the mare a few years ago and admitted that it takes a little bit for the horses to get comfortable with everything they have to do in barrel racing. From being away from home to traveling hours in a trailer, there is an adjustment.


“Usually everything clicks in the third year,” Allan said. “By the end of that season, she had come into her own.”  red mare doesn’t have the best demeanor. She’s known to be a bit frisky and certainly has an attitude.


“She will bite you, she will kick you and she will buck you off,” Allan said. “With that in mind, I respect that mare. She knows her job, and she’s very smart. Once you realize you just have to be slow and take your time. If  That’s before and after the run. During, though, speed is the name of


 she’s been around the game for years, she just started earning post-season 


Her full-time job at Cascade Natural Gas kept her away from rodeos for most of her career. Now that she’s done working long hours and weekends, she has the opportunity to compete more often. She likes it that way. “I’m not limited,” she said. “I’m very available to rodeo and take my horses and go when I can and when I want. At my age, I get to do it full time. Before I had a job and couldn’t.” Now she’s taking it all in and enjoying her time horseback, whether


Cheyenne Allan and Molly raced their way to the barrel racing title on the Green Mile at Pendleton and moved to the top of the Columbia River Circuit standings. Photo by Dan Hubbell


16 WPRA NEWS OCTOBER 2018


 Pendleton. No wonder she’s having fun.

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