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AT THE RODEO, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 PG7 i - ak ae aes to Barrels she landed and she almost got hurt. Rylee she has a rodeo on the weekend, she will give was quick to understand that it was not the horse’s fault, but that she did not know the Another Vear of.Fantastic Ation her horse a rest on Sunday and maybe Monday. event. ‘Then she'll ride the rest of the week. She does everything herself. She gets up in the morning, She is currently a member of the Youth Ro- deo Association and a Better Barrel Racing Welcome Back _ Elk City Rodeo ofChampions feeds the horses and takes care of them. She (BBR) member. She will be competing in local trailers and saddles them... everything. I don’t rodeos and traveling the state to run in three even know how to saddle a horse,” Kelli admit- events. Those are goat roping, barrel racing ted. and pole bending, using a different horse for We look forward to watching all the great events ‘The young Rylee doesn’t know how she has goat roping. Ted will continue to haul Rylee learned so much over the past two years, but and her horse to each race, with Kelli and Labor Day Weekend! said that Schneberger showed her everything Easton joining to cheer her on. she has needed to know. “The best part of barrel racing is getting to “She can go jump on any horse and go,” Ted. spend time with my horse and do things like said. a team to see just how much progress we have Lately, Rylee and the family have turned to made together. The hardest part is all of the Katelyn McCloud for help with one of her hors- training that goes into it and having to work es that needed some extra training. She will be on things,” Rylee said. training him because he needed a refresher on The family has made lifelong friends restraint. Ted called it getting his mind right through the rodeo. ‘They are continually for Ryle. learning about barrel racing and the rodeo. “With Trinket, it isn’t hard at all to get her to For beginning only two years ago, Rylee has do what I want her to do, It’s just easy. If they made great strides. It seems to be her connec- have the willingness to do it, it comes natural- tion with the horses that is making her into a ly,” Rylee explained, winning barrel racer. She has many rodeos in She continued to say that running barrels is her future. harder than just running her horse because ev- erything goes so fast. “You don’t really have time to think about anything, So, it’s like you have to make deci- sions right on the spot. Memory is a big part of it, so you don’t have to think,” she said. Rylee believes that her horse relies on her riding and training at home, where as it is a lot of slow work to get the muscle memory. “Between the both of them, she gets her set up right and then at that point, once they goin the arena they just go,” Kelli said. ‘There are little things that Ryle does dur- ing the ride to adjust, but that is what they work on outside of the actual barrel race. She is learning how to move her legs to communicate with her horse. “She (Trinket) is really calm at the house, perfect. Then you take her turn around the bar- rels, she gets ramped up. She knows her job. I guess it depends on the willingness of the horse, if they are willing to do it or not. There are nice horses that do a lot of work, but like Charlie, he wasn’t really made for it. If they re- ally want to do it, they can,” Rylee said. Rylee has also competed in goat roping, but 191 2623 soon found out that this was not an event that W. Bro: ‘Trinket was used to. She ended up under the OUZ We. TiRH ot, EIN Gil) Elk Gity, OK 73644