When you’re hot your hot and Cranna Roberts is on one of those rolls. Winning Williams Lake, Making the Short Go in Ponoka and placing in Airdrie, Cranna earned over $10,000 during the July long weekend. With many of the top barrel racers in the world up in Canada Cranna is among tough company. The 10 year old mare Leaguer Moon (Mooney) proved she can fit right in among the best in the business. Thank you Cranna for taking the time to answer our questions (read ’em below).
\nCheck out this great picture from Dynamic Photography at Ponoka. Check out their albums, lots of great action shots.
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What is the name of the horse you are running? How old is she? How long have you been running Mooney? What is Mooney’s training background? What is your training and running style with her? What do you like best about Mooney? You won Williams Lake Rodeo, but did it feel like a “winning run”? How do you prepare for your runs? Warm up etc. You had to make 3 runs in the same arena at Ponoka, did you do anything different than you normally would? What kind of Saddle do you ride in? What kind of pad to you use? What type of bit do you use? Do you have any specific goals set for this year? What led you to be a barrel racer? Can you offer a barrel racing tip or word of advice? Thanks to Everything Cowboy<\/a>, we have a great video of Cranna during her long go run in Ponoka.<\/p>\n
\nLeaguer Moon aka Mooney (By Raisin The Moon out of a Major Bonanza bred mare)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n10 year old mare<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI got her when she was 5. However she had 2011 off due to an injury<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI didn\u2019t do much barrel patterns to start, spent more time on this one just getting her broke. Mooney makes you work for it.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMy training style changes with each horse but the foundation of my program would be having a horse that is soft and flexible and willing<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMooney has heart and ATTITUDE and no matter what you do she still will throw a curve ball<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI went in the same as any other run, but Mooney is still learning to run on all types of ground. This run had some flaws but we still clocked<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t get to excited. I go for a long trot, lope a few circle, do some stretching exercise, and then usually get off and walk her around<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNo I try to follow the same program each time.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDee Butterfield<\/span><\/p>\n
\n100% felt<\/span><\/p>\n
\nA sliding gag with a curb strap (custom)
\nCheck it out in the picture above, looks interesting…. M)<\/span>
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\nQualify for the CFR<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe speed and challenge<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWork hard & big dreams<\/span><\/p>\n