Kailey Sullins
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The rodeo industry means a great deal to me, and I hold the western way of life close to my heart. I hope to share my love and passion for the sport.
One evening I got home late from work, it was dark already and the temperature had dropped about 15 degrees from the daytime. Where I live I have access to a lighted arena, but no round pen Several nights a week team ropers come and rope there as well, so if I want to ride I have to take my opportunity no matter who or what is in the arena. Shiners Smartycat, aka “Kitty,” already seen them rope several times and even checked out the steers and had handled everything great, so this night wasn’t going to be anything out of the ordinary –
I recently – as in four months ago – purchased a 2-year-old palomino filly by a Duel Rey stallion and out of a Shining Spark mare. I mean, flat out wonderful in all aspects, but as you can imagine training a 2-year-old from the ground up hasn’t come without its challenges. So, I recently started a blog for work (Barrel Horse News) and am chronicling my journey with her in this training process – the real-life view of training a 2-year-old while juggling a full time job. I’ll keep you as up-to-date as possible right here, but because of legality stuff you’ll have to follow the links I post that will direct you to the BHN website.
I say this honestly hoping I don’t run away any of my team roping followers, but hey, I’m a team roper too remember, so if I can say this about myself then I hope everyone else has a little sense of humor, too. My mare is pretty solid, sure not jam-up let’s take to the NFR and let Trevor ride her, but she’s pretty solid and we understand each other. A good friend of mine (a barrel racer, go figure) had been taking her young colts to a friend’s house to track calves and such, and she mentioned to him she had a friend (me) who was a roper, but didn’t know many other ropers here in Texas. My advice to you: sure, sometimes they just need a tune up, sometimes the saddle could be hurting them, or they don’t like the bit, or they need their teeth floated or they are just having an off day, BUT don’t let it go on as long as I did before you finally pull off the team roping cap and say OK a vet visit is necessary.