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RodeoHouston Continued From Page 1<br />

the average and advanced to the semi-finals because she was clean<br />

on three. Due to the extreme length of the rodeo, Fuzz had 14 days<br />

off to heal.<br />

“I had him x-rayed and ultrasounded and it was all just swelling<br />

from that cut,” explained the mother of four grown boys. “Over<br />

that time the swelling went down and the leg tightened up, and then<br />

he was back on top. I ran him the rest of the time. I gave him one<br />

gram of Bute one day and that was it.”<br />

On Wednesday, March 13, Hunter and Fuzz made their semifinal’s<br />

run and was one hole out of the money, meaning they had to<br />

run on Friday in the Wildcard Round. Hunter said it was her most<br />

pressure filled run of the entire rodeo.<br />

“There were 12 really good horses and you had to be in the Top<br />

2,” she explained. “I loaded all my buckets and everything and told<br />

Sunny the secretary that I would see her back in Wickenburg. I was<br />

being realistic. I knew the cards really had to line up for me.”<br />

Carlee Pierce and Rare Dillion set an arena record with a 14.04<br />

before Hunter ran. She said she was glad she didn’t hear her time<br />

before she ran.<br />

“I would have probably kicked too hard or something like that,”<br />

she laughed. Fuzz turned in a 14.3 to advance to the Finals.<br />

Like she had done for all her runs, Hunter and husband got up at 4<br />

a.m. to work the horses in the arena. All she did with Fuzz was walk<br />

him through the pattern.<br />

“When I looked at the draw,” she said, “I was happy with where<br />

I drew, but I thought, ‘this is some of the best talent in the United<br />

State here.’ I felt really honored to even be in that crowd. If I didn’t<br />

win another dime I was happy. They pay you $1,000 just to be there.<br />

This isn’t Fuzz’s kind of deal; he’s usually a big outside pen horse<br />

and he’s done great. We were just really happy. I didn’t feel a lot of<br />

pressure. I just wanted to go in there and do my best.”<br />

The Final 10 were WPRA World Champion Mary Walker,<br />

National Circuit Finals Rodeo Champion Tana Renick, three-time<br />

Sting It<br />

Flit Bar<br />

Dr Nick Bar<br />

Este Tag<br />

Flit N Fizz<br />

2000 Sorrel Gelding<br />

Power Train<br />

si 101<br />

Ruby Red Fizz<br />

si 94<br />

Rider: Nancy Hunter; Owner: Nancy & Fred<br />

Hunter; Breeder: Harry & Vivian Blackwell<br />

Sugar Bars<br />

si 95<br />

Flit<br />

si 85<br />

Leo Tag<br />

si 95<br />

Little Estileta<br />

St. Bar<br />

si 100<br />

Ms Spring Bouquet<br />

si 94<br />

Watch Your Step<br />

tb<br />

Wild About Lil<br />

World Champion Sherry Cervi, NFR qualifier and IPRA Champion<br />

Jane Melby, two-time World Champion Lindsay Sears, two-time<br />

World Champion Brittany Pozzi, NFR qualifier and Calgary Stampede<br />

Champion Sydni Blanchard, Reserve WPRA World Champion<br />

Carlee Pierce, NFR qualifier Linda Vick and Hunter. Walker,<br />

Hunter, Renick and Cervi advanced the Championship Final.<br />

Hunter, who didn’t even know she got into the rodeo until Brenda<br />

Mays showed her name in the draw on her phone, was “flabbergasted”<br />

that she even made the Championship Final.<br />

“I wasn’t that nervous going into the Final Four,” she said.<br />

Rodeo Houston Continued on Page 5<br />

<strong>Barrel</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> <strong>Report</strong> March <strong>19</strong>, 2013 Page 4

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