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3 Year-Old Barrel Horses Turn Up The Heat at The BFA

Brian Wheeler tops leaderboard at the BFA in the $50,000 juvenile race. Here's a look at all the talented riders and equine athletes that took home money.

Madi Roelofsen

3 Year-Old Barrel Horses Turn Up The Heat at The BFA
3 Year-Old Barrel Horses Turn Up The Heat at The BFA /

GUTHRIE, Oklahoma. -The Barrel Futurities of America 2023 World Show is starting to wind down at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Ok.

That doesn't mean the horses are slowing down by any means, the competition is only heating up with the final go-rounds.

The three-year-old juvenile race is full of equine athletes and riders that have put in the work and time to be ready to hit the barrel barrel pen. 

These horses are run for the first time ever in November in their third year of life.

That means there is a very limited amount of time to prepare these horses for the intensity of barrel racing.

Every second and ride must be used wisely leading up to their debut in the arena.

For the juvenile race at the BFA these three-year-old colts run in two go-rounds then their times are added together for an aggregate to determine the BFA Juvenile Champion.

Out of all 286 riders, running the fastest combined times of 31.296 seconds after both go rounds was Brian Wheeler aboard DesignerLeapToHeaven, sired by Heavenly Firewater. Wheeler took home over $57,398 between go-round money and incentive money. 

2023 BFA $50,000 Added World Championship Juvenile

  1. Brian Wheeler, 31.296 seconds, $9,950
  2. Scamper Cole, 31.375 seconds, $7,024
  3. Tricia Aldridge, 31.438 seconds, $4,799
  4. Jolene Montgomery, 31.481 seconds, $3,658
  5. Latricia Duke, 31.532 seconds, $3,218
  6. Dalton Monk, 31.536 seconds, $2,926
  7. Brandon Cullins, 31.552 seconds, $2,692
  8. Elaina McKinney, 31.709 seconds, $2,487
  9. April Black, 31.721 seconds, $2,282
  10. Kelsey Treharne, 31.746 seconds, $2,107
  11. Hugo Simoneau, 31.794 seconds, $1,931
  12. Kassie Mowry, 31.802 seconds, $1,756
  13. Janet Stanton, 31.836 seconds, $1,580
  14. Danielle Campbell, 31.854 seconds, $1,463
  15. Kyle Leleux, 31.878 seconds, $1,345
  16. Pete Oen, 31.919 seconds, $1,229
  17. Jolene Montgomery, 31.943 seconds, $1,111
  18. Ty Marks, 31.945 seconds, $1,054
  19. Tiffany Accomazzo, 31.974 seconds, $995
  20. Scamper Cole, 31.981 seconds, $936
  21. Emily Nacaise, 32.052 seconds, $872
  22. Mitzi Duke, 32.076 seconds, $819
  23. Elaina McKinney, 32.083 seconds, $790
  24. Ashley Schaffer, 32.110 seconds, $761
  25. Ceri Ward, 32.119 seconds, $732

*times are both go-rounds added together 

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Madi Roelofsen
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

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