3/19 - Barrel Racing Report
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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 />
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