Speed and Skill Shine at Old Fort Days Futurity

Top barrel racers showcased speed and skill at the 44th annual Old Fort Days Futurity and Super Derby. Jolene Montgomery and Elaina McKinney led the four-year-old futurity, while Whitney Pickle dominated the five-year-old futurity.

Madi Roelofsen | May 19, 2024

The 44th annual Old Fort Days Futurity and Super Derby, held from May 16 to May 21, 2022, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, saw an incredible turnout. Known as the world’s richest barrel futurity and derby, the event featured the finest horses in the country competing for an estimated purse of over $500,000.

In the four-year-old futurity, the dynamic duo of Jolene Montgomery and the gray mare MCM Tres A Legacy, also known as "Tiffany," surged to the top of the leaderboard with a 16.461-second time, winning $31,480.

"Tiffany," owned by Dunn Ranch, is by Tres Seis, a leading barrel horse sire with progeny earnings of over $35 million and out of two-time National Finals Rodeo qualifying mare Mulberry Canyon Moon. Her winning potential is no surprise. Under Montgomery's hands, they are blazing through her futurity year, picking up check after check.

Hot on their heels were Elaina McKinney. and TJR Malibu Eddie, clocking a 16.606-second run and winning $14,166.

This team kicked off their futurity year by winning the Barrel Futurities of America Slot Race Champion title and earning $100,000 in Oklahoma City. Despite being only 22 years old, McKinney is holding her own on the leaderboard among seasoned veterans.

In the five-year-old futurity, Whitney Pickle and Adios Amigoz, also known as "Amigo," claimed the top spot on the leaderboard with a 16.598-second run, earning $26,576.

The bay colt, owned by Cody Bauserman is by Tres Seis and out of Special Moonchild who is a money-earner herself with over $40k in lifetime earnings.

For full results, visit Old Fort Days Futurity and Super Derby's facebook page.

Published May 19, 2024

MADI ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone. Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen Facebook- @TVR Working Horses