A "horsewoman" first, a barrel racer second.  That is how I prefer to be thought of. 
I have been blessed to have had horses my whole life.  I believe that God has given me a very special gift with horses.  I started training horses when I was 12. Every day, I live to be with my horses.  I seek out more knowledge and ways to better communicate and achieve great performance goals with them.  I showed horses in 4-H and FFA growing up and judged horses in FFA in high school.  I won three different rodeo queen titles.  I barrel raced just a little, because I did not have the opportunity to go like the other kids.  When I got married, my husband encouraged me to train my horse on barrels.  I didn't really know what I was doing, but I knew how to get a horse to really turn a cow...
Little did he know he was creating a monster inside of me, a monster that consumed me after I won my first check!  I eat, sleep and breathe barrel racing.  I constantly strive to be better.  I believe in one big word...dedication. I believe that a horse needs to be on an excellent program, nutrition wise, their teeth taken care of, routine worming, and great farrier and veterinary care.
I exercise my horses a minimum of five days a week.  We do hills and alternate endurance, arena time and breezing.  If we compete on the weekends, they get the following day off and worked a couple days and one off if we are heading out again. 
I strive to be very consistent and fair to them in their barrel training. I do not believe in blowing a horse up.  If you see me at a barrel race, you will see that my horses want to go in and they want to play the game.  I let them come into their speed at their own pace.  My  first barrel horses are still rodeoing at 18 yrs of age, for kids now.  That is a true testament of a trainer.
I also believe that if you start with a horse with a willing attitude and athletic ability, that will determine what level of barrel horse you will end up with.  I think that people spend too much time forcing a horse that has no desire or ability to be a barrel horse, only to end up frustrated.  There are so many nice horses out there, stop being frustrated and start enjoying barrel racing again.
I offer both riding and barrel racing lessons.  I offer the same approach to humans as to horses.  I seek to build up your confidence and riding ability.  I take great joy in watching my students succeed.
I take in a very limited number of outside horses for barrel and or pole training.  Please call for rates and availability.