The majority of the county's top high school rodeo cowboys and cowgirls are Young Guns, but there are a few other talented contestants entered as well. Kaity Ray is ranked second in goat tying, and she will compete in that event along with breakaway roping (where she's ranked third) and barrel racing. Another Young Gun hoping to make a big splash again is Irwin, who is entered in barrel racing, goat tying and pole bending. Hall, the 2006 New Mexico runner-up in calf roping, nearly claimed...

AS two metropolitan race clubs prepare to block key elements of Racing Victoria's thoroughbred industry review, stakeholders have called on the state Government to intervene and set about appointing a commission to take control. Four days out from Racing Victoria's deadline for all parties to accept what it says are the planks for the future prosperity of the industry, Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association chairman David Moodie pleaded for Premier Steve Bracks and his Racing Minister...

State barrel-racing champ to be crowned in Kissimmee Sara Sheckler . Special to the Sentinel Posted May 31, 2007 Fans of barrel racing can see riders compete for prize money, custom-made saddles and other awards now that the National Barrel Horse Association is holding its state finals at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee through Sunday. State barrel-racing champ to be crowned in Kissimmee Sara Sheckler . Special to the Sentinel Posted May 31, 2007 Fans of barrel racing can see riders...

Artificial surfaces are popping up across the nation as horse racing looks for a way to curb breakdowns injuries that result in horses being euthanized. The rubbery synthetic surfaces, developed as all-weather tracks for winter training in England 20 years ago, are hailed as being softer and kinder to horses, and tracks that have installed them have seen the number of breakdowns drop. The California Horse Racing Board in 2006 mandated that its major thoroughbred tracks go to a synthetic...

In the 1990's, Cagliari, who is a professional barrel racer, said Joanette completed on the barrel racing circuit. On the morning of the shooting she left her parent's home to tend to her horse that was being kept at a nearby ranch when her truck broke down at which time she telephone her father. Joanette was a regular at rodeos and larger barrel racing functions where she sold Italian bracelets and charms as a vendor. While she waited for her father to arrive, she was shot twice in the...