Daily Archives: August 13, 2009

By Dwayne Erickson, For The Calgary Herald

Rodeo cowboys and barrel racers were all over the map last week — from Missouri to New Mexico to northern B.C.

Lindsay Sears, on the other hand, took one leisurely trip from Nanton to Omak, Wash., and back.

It was the world barrel racing champion’s first rodeo since the Heritage Days Stampede at Strathmore on the August long weekend.

“Every year, I go there, they have great ground,” said Sears. “It’s amazing what good ground can do for a barrel horse. It allows them to be a barrel horse. It allows them to work. It was so nice to go to Omak and have great ground.

“It felt so good. I’m not going to lie. I hadn’t run on good ground in over a month.”  (read more)