Calgary Stampede Barrel Racer Quick Facts
Calgary Stampede begins today! Going through the roster, I am proud to say I have interviewed just over half of the ladies who will be running at the Stampede the next two weeks!
How are the ladies chosen you may wonder?
Calgary invites:
1-2015 Calgary Champion
2-Top 6 from 2015 WPRA standings.
3-Top 4 from 2015 CPRA standings
4-Top 4 from 2015 WPRA Tour Final Standings
5-Top 4 from 2016 WPRA qualifications standings as of April 1.
6-2016 RNCFR Champion
If someone turns the invite down, they go to who is next on the list.
Pool A July 8 – 11
5-Mary Burger- Pauls Valley, OK
Currently #1 with $98,995.20
2016 Rodeo Count 39
2006 World Title.
Won Rodeo Houston 2016
5-Ivy Conrado – Hudson, CO
Currently #2 with $68,812.38
2016 Rodeo Count 31
The AMERICAN Semi-Finals Winner
2-Taylor Jacob – Carmine, TXCurrently # 8 $50,050.98
2016 Rodeo Count 44
Won $28,316 over Cowboy Christmas
Won Cody Stampede with a 16.920
2x WNFR Qualifier
Holds WNFR arena record.
2-Cassidy Kruse– Gillette WYCurrently#10 with $47,441.39
2016 Rodeo Count 35
2015 WNFR Qualifier
3-Julie Leggett– Kamloops, BC
About 19th position in CPRA standings after Ponoka Airdrie and WL with just over $5k this year
2x CFR Qualifier
2-Sarah Rose McDonald– Brunswick, GACurrently#5 with $54,716.48
2016 Rodeo Count 41
2014 WPRA Rookie of the Year
Won $17,468 over Cowboy Christmas
4-Kelley Schnaufer– Pueblo, COCurrently #48th with $15, 918.33
2016 Rodeo Count 26
58 years young
#5 WPRA Tour Finals Standings (Deb Guelly was #2 but also qualified through CPRA so went to #5 invite)
4-Megan Swint- Lithia, FL
2016 RNCFR Qualifier
Currently #21 with $32,742.63
2016 Rodeo Count 45
Her usual horse is Bar Bee Steeling Sue – aka Sissy, but she is at home with an injury since Houston, she is riding a horse named PC from her friend Danielle in WY, and a horse named Sue owned by Paige Willis
#4 WPRA Tour Final
2-Fallon Taylor – Collinsville, TX
2014 Champ ERA Rodeo this year, will be back next year going for the WNFR.
Was #6 in 2015 WPRA Standings 2015
5-Mary Walker – Ennis, TX
2012 Champ
Currently #9 with $48,402.37
2016 Rodeo Count 36
Pool B July 12 – 15
4-Vickie Carter – Richfield, UT
Currently #76
2015 WNFR Qualifier,
#1 WPRA Tour Finals Standings
6-Callahan Crossley – Herminston, OR
Currently 59 with $11,482.04
2016 Rodeo Count18
Just won Williams Lake, BC CPRA Rodeo, 2nd at Ram National Circuit Finals, Won the 2015 College National Finals, Won the Columbia River Circuit Finals
Riding Brownie whose by Bogie Biankus out of a Leo Bars bred mare.
Relative of Trevor Knowles.
3-Nancy Csabay-Taber, AB2015 Canadian Champion
5-Jackie Ganter– Abilene, TX2015 WPRA Rookie of the Year
Clean every round of the WNFR in 2015
Currently #6 $53,966.15
2016 Rodeo Count 46
Now joined forces with Tami Semas and is running in her saddles
(Was #8 in 2015 standings, but Lisa Won Calgary, and Callie Turned out, so she qualified through WPRA World Standings)
3-Deb Guelly– Okotoks, AB
4x CFR Champ
Mutiple WNFR Qualifier
1-Lisa Lockhart– Oelrichs, SD2015 CS Champ
4x Canadian Champ
Currently #12 $41,701.62
2016 Rodeo Count 16
Won $23,107 over Cowboy Christmas
2-Michele McLeod -Whitesboro, TX3x WNFR Qualifier
Currently #3 with $65,501.54 4
2016 Rodeo Count 8
Was #4 in 2015 WPRA Standings
3-Cayla Melby– Burneyville, OK
2015 CFR Qualifier
Rookie Year
Currently #13 $41,037.79
2016 Rodeo Count 44
Recently engaged
2-Kimmie Wall- Roosevelt, UT
Currently #7 with $53,902.10
2016 Rodeo Count 31
Great Bay mare TKW Bullysfamousfox out of Bully Bullion and a Dash Ta Fame Mare
2015 Pendleton Champion
Kimmie took Callie’s place
4-Brittney Paige Willis – Bristol, FL
WPRA Rookie of the year 4th overall
#3 WPRA Tour Finals Standings
(I could be off on a few of these, but I believe that is how each of the ladies got in {the numbers})
Callie duPerier turned out, saying “I feel that since I am not rodeoing hard and trying to make the NFR this year I need to let the next person in line who is rodeoing hard take our spot.”
Who is your pick for this year’s Calgary Stampede LBR Champion?
