Daily Archives: December 15, 2009
Victoria Barrel Racer, Brittney Pozzi brings home 2nd National Title *Video*
Brittany Pozzi has saddled up for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo since age 19, a year after she graduated from Memorial High School in 2002.
Six years and two world barrel racing titles later, Pozzi said Monday that she no longer feels young.
“I feel like a very old 25,” she said. “I’ve seen more things and been more places than most grown adults have in their entire lives.”
In Las Vegas this weekend, Pozzi claimed her second national title in three years. The acclaimed 10-day event, held at the Thomas & Mack Center, also marked her second championship with as many horses.
Pozzi competed with 10-year-old Stitch in 2007. This year she decided to ride a younger horse: Duke. She felt riding Duke would give her an edge.
The 6-year-old horse came through for Pozzi, albeit with a few major hurdles along the way.
When Duke became sore after the sixth go-round, Pozzi turned to her old title-winning horse, Stitch. She had less confidence in Stitch, though, considering the venue. Stitch performs better in larger, outdoor settings; Duke thrives in smaller arenas.
Pozzi jumped on Stitch in the seventh go-round and hit a barrel, which cost her a time penalty and made the prospects of winning a second championship appear bleak.
She wasn’t fazed, though. She competes as far east as Florida and as far west as California. This year, she competed often in Canada. (read more)
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Lee Graves and Lindsay Sears are a couple!!!
LAS VEGAS – The closing presentations to the champions of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo could have been a tad more special on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Centre — particularly for the Canadians.
Lee Graves, steer wrestler, boyfriend; Lindsay Sears, barrel racing, girlfriend.
Yeah, they’ve been dating, since way back in April.
And sometimes even their horses — Graves black gelding Jesse and Sears sorrel mare Martha, both world champions themselves — have been occasional barnmates….(read more)
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We are still chatting with 3X NFR Qualifier Jolee Lautaret
Do of you take any down time throughout the year? If so what do you enjoy doing, outside of the arena?
With all the horses at home, “down time” is tough to find. We live close to Las Vegas so sometimes my fiancée and I will ease up there and have a nice dinner and hang out. At home I like to read and watch movies. We also like to catch NCIS and Law & Order on tv. We try to take a real vacation every year – last year, we went on a cruise, which was a lot of fun and very relaxing.
Do you have any younger horses you are seasoning right now…if so, tell us a little about them?
We have lots of young horses right now – in fact, we have Belle and Twinkie, who will be eighteen next year, and then it goes to a six year old. We have two super nice futurity horses this year, Sophie and Daisy, that Mom trained. They will start easing into rodeos next year. Mom actually ran Sophie at some rodeos this year, including the CFR. Sophie is five and out of Other Brotha Daryl, by Clabber Pinto. Daisy is out of a Down Home Dash daughter. Both have tons of ability and Mom has done a phenomenal job training them. We are really excited about the future with these two.
We have a three year old out of Frenchmans Guy that we will probably wait to futurity until she is five. And we have two really nice two year olds. Mayday is out of Sticks an Stones, like Belle, and is also a half sister to the Frenchmans Guy filly. Their mom is Easy Jet-Bugs Alive bred and was a great horse for us, we headed and ran barrels on her. The other two year old, Rosie, is out of Blushing Bug and a daughter of Dash ta Fame. Both the two year olds are very athletic and we think they will make super barrel horses. So, we may have three futurity horses in 2011.
What must be in the truck before you pull out to head down the road?
The dogs – we can’t get out of the driveway without ‘em.
Do you have any superstitions?
No hats on the bed, no fifty dollar bills in your pocket (that’s not tough!!!) That’s about all.
Jolee, when it comes to hauling your horses, what is the one thing they cant do without?
We always hang water buckets for them in the trailer. We pack their vitamins, grain, and hay from home. We usually can’t find good alfalfa when hauling like we have at the house. We also always bring blankets, heavy and lighter ones so there is a choice if the weather gets cooler.
**Be sure and check out her website at http://gojolee.com
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