Our first 2020 NFR qualifier to share their story with The Money Barrel is Shelley Morgan! Her first trip to the NFR was in 2009, and in February 2010 she lost her great horse Short Go. Since then she shares her story of getting back to the bright lights of Vegas (aka Arlington) this year and how her mare, Kiss, has restored her confidence ! We talked about her prep for the NFR which kicks off in just 6 weeks and how she tackled the 2020 rodeo season to stay #7 in the world to qualify this year....
Oct 24, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Up next on The Money Barrel - million dollar cowgirl Hallie Hanssen! She just wrapped up an incredible weekend at the Pink Buckle running back to back 16.7s on a standard pattern to win both rounds and the Open 1D Average and over $45,000! We talked about her superstar mare Tres Movidas aka “Vida”, a little oopsie this spring, about rodeos, bits, how her and her husband Lee survive training 23+ horses at a time and staying happily married - and about anything else you could think of!
Oct 17, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today we had the opportunity to talk to Crystal Nichols of NickelBar Ranch. Crystal and her husband Radley have created one of the best breeding programs in the nation focusing on kind, solid, sane and winning barrel horses! They own Shawne Bug Leo, Al Cappone, Dashin Dynamo, The Kingsmen and Tres Fortunes. Not only do they focus on superior sires, they have incorporated top mares - such as TR Dashing Badger - into their program to produce some of the best prospects you can find! We were able to...
Oct 12, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Next up is our North Dakota cowgirl Molly Otto! We had many requests to talk to Molly especially since she has lit the futurity scene on fire this year winning all three rounds of the 5 States, taking home over $35k at the Royal Crown, cashing in on over $20k in Blue Collar Breeders money and placing even at the pro rodeos on her colts. Her program is simple, her colts are confident and we are looking forward to sharing our talk!...
Oct 03, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Kayla gives a quick run down of the Futurity and Derby world, and talks about Stallion Incentives that each of your horses might be eligible for. Tune in to see if you are missing opportunities to bring home a little extra money at your next race.
Sep 21, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Anita Ellis - the first time futurity trainer that has been winning HUGE checks all year - is our guest this week! We got to talk about her year, what led her to training her first colt after almost 20 years away from riding, her not-so-secret weapon in her mom who is always able to give advice, how she overcomes her nerves while running and more!
Sep 12, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Had an awesome talk this morning with Amelia McCumber! She took a different path to barrel racing success - by buying some young horses while focusing on her career and getting her medical degree to be a PA and then entering the futurity world. We talk about sticking it out with the difficult horses and how investing in her own knowledge helped her turn Wally aka Ain’t Seen Famous Yet from a watchy colt that broke into a trot his first time entered to a barn burning winner whose won over $154,00...
Sep 05, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We had the opportunity to talk to Lainie Whitmire of Whitmire Ranch and can’t wait to release this episode! We discussed her background growing up around the race tracks and how her filly Whistle Stop Cafe won the All American Futurity time trials last weekend. We got to touch base on she got into the cutting scene and has now created the World Cutting Horse Association and how always having a barrel horse around and doing a little math led her and her family to purchasing JL Dash Ta Heaven. Can...
Aug 29, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This next episode, with Samantha Winslow of Interval Timing and the Performance Horse Academy may as well be titled “the hard truths of barrel racing!” She talks about barrel racing in a different light - how the bio mechanics of the horse and rider can slow us down or speed us up in the pattern. We will talk to Sam multiple times, but her first episode has some mic drop moments that we can’t wait to share!
Aug 22, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We are excited to get the chance to talk to Liz Herrin this week. A 2X College National Champion Barrel Racer and a winning all around cowgirl - she was sitting in the top 25 of the world when a freak accident with her good horse changed her life. She’s back to winning ways, but we can’t wait to share her story and how she overcame what could’ve been a deathly accident.
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We can’t wait to talk to Samantha Flannery - a top 50 leading futurity trainer out of South Dakota that’s says it how it is, isn’t afraid to circle a barrel twice in competition and is one of the toughest competitors in the nation! She mainly focuses on 5 year old futurity horses and has rode many different bloodlines to the winners circle. This is going to be a fun one!
Aug 08, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Maggie Poloncic not only trains and runs one of the most impressive athletes of our industry today, Ain’t Seen Me Yet, she is also an accomplished ballerina, dancer, and fitness guru. We can’t wait to talk to Maggie about how she went from buying finished horses to compete on, to taking it in her own hands with “Puff”. We ask Maggie how her commitments have changed focus over the years. From being very involved in a dance studio, to professional barrel racing, and back. Maggie talks about how sh...
Jul 26, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
There are many people who raise, train, and run their own horses. However, there are not very many who start from breeding the mare and flushing embryos themselves, to raising and training them, winning at the futurities, and making the NFR on those very horses. Dr. Kathy Grimes will be on our podcast to talk about what her journey has been like, how she manages everything she does, traveling solo with only her cat, Freeway, as a copilot and everything in between! Kathy owns one of the industry’...
Jul 23, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 3
What started as Smoke Creek Wirehairs has turned into a nations lifetime top 20 futurity breeding program including raising champions of the 5 State Futurity, Colorado Classic, Cornhusker, Greg Olson, MVP, BFA Futurity and Juvenile and so much more. We are so excited to talk to Bill and Cheryl Kennedy of Smoke Creek Quarter Horses about their breeding program, what it’s like to be an owner in the futurity game, how they manage their program with two very full time jobs, what their goals are, the...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Described as talented, fun loving yet serious, goofy and laid back - with a quarter of a million dollars in earnings to her name - this mom of two, futurity champ, past competitive downhill skier and probably the friendliest barrel racer you’ll ever meet, gets to be first out on our show as this was part her idea. We will be talking with Taylor Hildreth on what the rollercoaster ride of training futurity colts is like, how she got into training, what it’s like being married to a horse shoer, and...
Jul 18, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 1
