

When 2019 came around, on February 19, we were riding my mom’s horse, Six, and my horse, Ned, in the snow in a field. Photo by Shelley Paulson Tragedy and Rebuilding My experience in Las Vegas taught me a lot about how to handle barrel racing highs and lows. Another thing I loved was going to the real NFR and seeing all the NFR girls there. I had a lot of fun in Las Vegas, and I loved seeing everybody that came to watch me. I was just so thankful for everyone around us. We ran the first two rounds at the Junior NFR, but I ended up three or four spots shy of making it back to the short round.Īfter I shed a few tears because I was sad. At 17, he knows his job, and I trust him. When it came time to run Ned in Las Vegas I was nervous, but Ned is an old pro. In Las Vegas, it was very cool to see all the lights and action. We made the trip to Las Vegas, and it was a long drive from Minnesota! We got to travel through a lot of states. By October, he was back to running his very best. It turns out he just had to get used to me again. When he came back I was excited, but it seemed like he didn’t like me anymore, or he was mad at me. I was so happy-it only took him two months to get better instead of six. Ned stayed at the therapy place for two months to get better. Lenna navigates the busy warmup ring in Las Vegas. I was sad to not be able to run Ned, but we brought him with us, because my mom found a therapy place that might be able to help him. In July of 2018, we went to Oklahoma for a National Little Britches Finals. I was sad, because there was a chance of him not being able to run in Las Vegas.
