barrel race

The $500,000 semi-finals round wrapped up this week at the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma, sending two women on a fast track to a potential $1 million dollar payday.    Just a couple stars of the show were barrel racer Ivy Conrado and breakaway roper Makayla Boisjoli. Conrado had the best overall time in her...

Earlier this month, COWGIRL let fans know that Netflix would be releasing a movie based on the inspirational barrel racer Amberley Snyder. For those who are just learning about the film for the first time, read an excerpt from the movie synopsis below. “At 18, Amberley, a nationally ranked amateur barrel racer about to go pro, is...

If you’re already having Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR) withdrawals, we’ve got the cure! The COWGIRL team met up with Ivy Conrado, one of the fifteen barrel racing contestants who competed in the Thomas & Mack last year, in Las Vegas to film her behind the scenes before the first round of the WNFR. We also...

When Amberley Snyder was left paralyzed from the waist down after a tragic accident, she was told she would never walk or ride again. Fast-forward nine years later, and Amberley Snyder is known as the only paralyzed barrel racer in the country. The inspirational cowgirl has been very open about her journey, using her circumstance...

For a 23-year-old college student destined to wrap up her bachelor’s degree while entering her last year barrel racing on the college rodeo circuit, 2017 began as a typical year for Hailey Kinsel. Then in March, the tides began to change. In an astounding turn of good fortune, she qualified for RFD-TV’s The American and...

  Sherry Cervi is one iconic cowgirl. Not only has she qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo a total of 19 times, she also has achieved the title of Barrel Racing World Champion not once, not twice, but four times. Sherry’s incredible career is being celebrated today in Fort Worth, Texas, as she’s inducted into...

Hailey Kinsel is barrel racing’s girl on fire.  Her meteoric journey from her first NFR appearance in 2017, where she secured the Reserve World Championship barrel racing buckle and broke the Thomas and Mack arena record, is no coincidence.  The recent Texas A&M ag graduate along with her lightning-fast Palomino, Sister, has been breaking records...

Experience all of the action you may have missed!  Did you miss the 2018 NBHA World Championships? The event took place this week in Perry, Georgia, and was dynamite! “In addition to the estimated $300,000 in cash and prizes already up for grabs at the 2018 NBHA World Championships. NBHA is thrilled to announce an additional...