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The Penland Barrel Racing News!
News For 2008!
August 16-17, 2008 found us at the Crooked Creek Horse Park located in Ford City, Pennsylvania. Mason and his horse, Jolena Rey Smooth, better known as Jory, won first place in the 2008 Bob Buchleitner Memorial Youth Series. This series was an average of 4 races.
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August 9 - 10, 2008 found us at Wild Horse Hollow in Negley, Ohio. Beth ended up tied for 4th in the Masters Class with Whirling Fastcat on Saturday. Also on Saturday, Mason ended up 3rd with Jory and 5th with Sara in the Youth 1D. On Sunday, Sara and Mason finished up 3rd in the third division of the Open 4D race.
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August 2, 2008 found us at Porchview Arena in Acme, PA for the PA IBRA State Finals. Beth won the Master's 2D Championship at the PA IBRA Finals with Whirling Fastcat and they also placed in the 2D of the IBRA Open 4D Race. Mason had stellar runs with both of his horse. He ended up 5th in the Shootout with Jory and had a SMOKING run with Sara in the IBRA Open race which landed that team in the first division.
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Mason won the youth race with Jory at the IBRA show held at the Cowboy Corral, July 26, 2008. Then two nice runs in the Open 1D had Mason finishing up in second place with Jory and Beth with Whirling Fastcat in third place over-all.
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Mason received a TOP 5 AWARD in the YOUTH 1D at the Tri-State Classic, Sunday, July 13, 2008 with his young horse, Sara. Sara is the colt Mason has been working really hard with these past couple of months. We are seeing real progress and potential in this mare.
The Tri-State Classic had some bad luck with the "weather gods" this weekend. Saturday evening saw a severe storm blow through with a TON of rain. So that made for some interesting runs on Sunday. Our other horses really did not like to run in the mud. From now on we will be scratching them from the class if the ground looks this muddy.
Mason and I really enjoyed this show though. It was just the two of us camping. We had fun visiting with friends and doing some relaxing in the great outdoors with our horses. A nice break from our "at home" routine!
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We have been having a great month of barrel racing this month of June. We just
spent this past weekend of June 21-22 at the Crooked Creek Horse Park where Mason and Beth had some very successful runs. Mason pulled 3 checks out of 4 runs with Jory. All three of our barrel horses are making a smooth transition from the indoor pens of winter to the the outdoor pens for the summer.
I posted some pictures here from our weekend.
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Saturday, May 31st, found us at Buckhorn Ranch Arena. Mason and Jolena Rey Smooth had a good run, placing 6th place in the Open 1D. We are now looking forward to the outside shows starting up now.
Don't forget that we are having Open Arena Nights in our outdoor arena on Tuesday/Thursday throughout the summer months. Check out our calendar page. 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. $10/horse. Call or email.
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We are having Open Arena Nights in our outdoor arena on Tuesday/Thursday throughout the summer months. Check out our calendar page. 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. $10/horse. Call or email.
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This past weekend found us once again at Wild Horse Hollow for the NBHA show. Saturday, Beth finished 8th over-all in the warm-up 4D class. In the NBHA 4D she ended up first place in the 3rd division with a great run from Fastcat.
That day also found Kent volunteering for setting the third barrel for hours so that Beth didn't have to do that job. XOXOXO to Kent!
On Sunday, May 25th, Mason pulled 2 checks in the NBHA Youth class second division winning first and third place with his two horses. Beth pulled a check in the Warm-Up Class with Fastcat and had an awesome run, finishing up in the second division in the NBHA Open 4D class.
It was a beautiful weekend to be camping. A huge difference from the rainy and cold weekend that we had at the last show! Now, we are really looking forward to getting to some shows with some big outdoor arenas.
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Saturday, April 26, we spent the day barrel racing at Wild Horse Hollow. Beth and Whirling Fastcat had a great run in the Open 4D Class with a money-winning run. You can click here to see this run on our Fun Stuff Page.
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Today, April 12th was our first show of the 2008 season. The barrel race was held at the Buckhorn Ranch Arena in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania. We finally came out of hibernating in our "den" and got out to a show! We are not a fan of barrel racing in freezing weather and snow!
Congratulations to Mason for winning 2nd place in the 2D of the Youth class at Buckhorn Ranch Arena with his colt Sara. This was only Sara's second show. He also had a good run in the Junior Horse class. Beth and Fastcat placed 7th over all in the Masters class with a really nice run. The weather was a chilly 40 something degrees but it was a great day and a great start for our 2008 race season!
You can see videos of our races here from yesterday's show by clicking on this link!
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Congratulations to Mason on being a NBHA 2008 World Qualifier. He qualified for the NBHA World Championships by winning the Reserve Champion in the Open 1D for NBHA- Ohio, District 8. Good job to you Mason, that took hard work and dedication! The race is held in Augusta, GA in October.
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NBHA Ohio- 08 District Director, Julie Ringer presented Mason with awards at the 2007 NBHA Ohio-08 year end award banquet held at the Skyland Pines in Canton, Ohio on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Mason received his 2007 NBHA Ohio-District 08 Open First Division Reserve Champion Barrel Racer trophy belt buckle award and his NBHA Youth First Division Top 5 awards. Photograph is posted on the Fun Stuff page so be sure to check it out here at this fun stuff page!
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News For 2007!
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Mason has been playing basketball this winter season. I can say with complete honesty that I am sooooooo glad to have the excuse to not be showing during these cold months! lol We plan on riding this weekend though when the temperature gets above 50 degrees. :-)
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We are excited to announce that Kay Blandford, the Women's Professional Rodeo Champion 2007, will be racing Jory for us this winter in Texas. You can check out Kay's website here! Look for updates about Jory's winter in Texas here. Mason is playing basketball and we are enjoying taking the winter off from barrel-racing. We are still riding here at the farm though! Come ride with us if you want! Just call!
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Mason and I attended the Kay Blandford clinic held at Jewel Farms, November 23- 25, 2007 in Centerburg, Ohio. This is a new arena and the facility was really nice. Kay was so down-to-earth and the concepts she was teaching were very easy to understand. I posted a couple of pictures from the clinic on the Fun Stuff page too. If anyone from my area is interested in attending a clinic with Kay please email me. I would love to have her put on a clinic in our area.
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At the 2007
Quarter Horse Congress, Mason and Jolena Rey Smooth place 8th in the Novice Youth Barrel Racing class.
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Congratulations to Mason and Jolena Rey Smooth. 2007 NBHA OHIO-08 Open 1D Reserve Champion and 2007 NBHA OHIO-08 Youth 1D Top Five!
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We just got home from the WBR at Pelzer, South Carolina, Sept. 14-16, 2007. What a great trip. My horse, Whirling Fastcat and I won the Adult 3D Incentive. Fastcat ran so consistent all weekend and just made me so proud of her. She ran 1 second off all weekend against some of the top horses in the country.
The WBR shows are so well organized. Sixty-six horses an hour really gets a barrel racer spoiled!
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Mr. Bobby Barter was having a bit of fun with me at this show. I will have to post more about that on the Fun Page here. It was another great trip and I am so blessed to have made such great friends from that region of the country. We really love the WBR shows and hope to make it to many more in the future.
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We were at a NBHA show on Saturday 8/18/2007. It was a good-sized turnout with $1100 added money and 130+ entries and we had all good runs. We went home very happy with the way the day went.
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We have so much fun barrel racing. There are few sports where the entire family can get so involved, and nobody sits on a bench. Today, on the way home from Crooked Creek Horse Park, we were all talking about how fortunate our family is to get to spend so much time bonding as a family and having fun together. We sure are making some great memories!
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We headed up to Crooked Creek just in time for the rain to start pouring. We allowed Mason to run two horses in the youth class and then headed right home. We all got soaked but it was fun. We still had our smiles! LOL
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The World Barrel Racing Show held at the Circle G Arena in Lewisburg, Ohio was an absolute BLAST! Mason won the second division of the Youth 4D Incentive and had awesome and clean runs all weekend. Jory and him are really getting it together. I believe this show will be returning in 2008 to this region and I would recommend this show experience to any barrel racer.
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At the Ohio IBRA State Finals (7/27-29/2007), while we were warming up our horses to run, there was a serious alley-way accident on Saturday night that injured a couple of people. A lady had to be life-flighted from the show grounds. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and all of their family members. We are praying for the complete healing of all of the injuries.
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Friday at the Tri State Classic (7/13/2007), Mason got 2nd with Fastcat in the youth and pulled a check in the 1D with his horse in the Open 4D. But that was the end of our luck! I had good runs with my horse... I caught a 2nd barrel once when leaving it... I have no idea how it went down.. apparently I thought I was clear and started kicking for the third just a hair to soon. :-( The other runs were good but no money.
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I DID stay up till 3 on Friday... Talking and laughing with a bunch of people. It has been a LONG time since I have done that at a barrel race. I probably won't be doing that for a while... cause I kind of paid for it all weekend... LOL I haven't laughed so hard in a long time though.. and I am still laughing today at how much fun the whole weekend was.
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On Sunday, (7/8/2007) at the Van Pelt Arena, Mason and Jolena Rey Smooth won the Open 4D class and Beth and Whirling Fastcat took 2nd place right behind Mason!! Fastcat is really learning where her feet are and figuring out how to run! Mason and Jory also placed 4th in the Youth race.
Whirling Fastcat and Beth won the 2nd division of the Open 2D class, on Saturday, at the Van Pelt Arena (7/7/2007) in Greenville, PA. Mason also placed on Fastcat in the Youth race.
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This weekend's show was the 2007 Ohio NBHA State Show held at Roberts Arena in Wilmington, Ohio. Mason and Jory had a good run in the Open class On Friday (6/29/2007) and even with a bad slip on the third barrel, they still finished up in 17th place out of 332 riders. Whirling Fastcat STUNNED our entire family in the Youth class on Saturday (6/30/2007) by really coming on strong. Mason and Fastcat ended up in 9th place in the youth out of 130 youth riders. Fastcat and Beth ran high 2D times all weekend in the Open 4D Class. WE WERE SO EXCITED! Whirling Fastcat is really showing us a desire to run barrels and was consistent all weekend.
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The show on Saturday, June 16, 2007 was a HUGE NBHA show located at Circle T in Shelby, Ohio. There were over 200 entries in the big open class. Mason had a great run with Jory and ended up just out of the money in the 1st Division of the Open. In the youth he ran our horse Whirling Fastcat and made money on her. Fastcat is a really fun horse to ride... very quiet, quick and athletic... and comes home with a complete set of brakes... my kind of horse! LMBO
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Our family is mourning the passing of a great horse, Mr. Two Treys. He passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Click on our blog (Fun Stuff page) to read more about Mason and his horse, Two.
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On Saturday, June 9, 2007, Mason and I headed over to the NBHA show in Coshocton, Ohio. Mason had a very successful day. He ended up in the Youth Class in 2nd place on Jory, 3rd place on Two Treys, and also pulled a check with our young horse we are starting, Whirling Fastcat. I also ended up in 3rd place in the third division in the Open NBHA Class with Fastcat. It was gorgeous weather, an easy drive, and a whole lot of fun!
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The in Speedhorse Bonanza, held in Lexington VA, June 1-3, 2007, was lucky again for both Beth and Mason. Mason and Beth both pulled a check in the NBHA OPEN on Saturday and Mason grabbed another check during the NBHA YOUTH race. As usual, it is always nice to see familiar faces from the other states. It is great to get to visit with friends who live long distances from us but just a few horse trailers down when we are all at a show together!
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Kent took his mom, Mariah, Marisa, and Mason out to the Circle T Arena yesterday, May 19, 2007. I took myself over 2 hours north in the other direction for a baby shower for my niece. Mason took our colt Cat and his horse Jory. Mr. Two Treys has been getting time off to get him ready for the Speed Horse Bonanza.
Cat was running in top of the 3D with all clean runs and looks like she will be running 2D times very soon. We love how she is "wrapping" the barrels. Mason is doing a terrific job getting her trained on the barrels.
Mason and Jory ended up pulling a check and placing 6th in the 1st division out of a 156 riders in the NBHA Open 4D. This was a huge show with a lot of TOUGH competition!
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Well.. good job to Mason and Jory! They placed second in the 1st. Division of the Open 4D Class at the NBHA show located at Wild Horse Hollow on May 12, 2007. It was a smoking run. :)
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At the Porchview Arena, located in Acme, PA, Mason and Jolena Rey Smooth set the new arena record of 15.108 on April 21, 2007!
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Congratulations Mason and his horse, Jolena Rey Smooth,
2007 NBHA Youth World 1D Qualifiers!!!!!
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March 10, 2007, Mason and Mr Two Treys placed 4th in the youth in the IBRA Youth class at Circle T Ranch, Shelby, Ohio.
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Be sure to check out our FUN STUFF PAGE here on our website. I posted some great pictures of the year-end awards I recieved for the Penn Ohio Barrel Racing Association. We attended the Penn Ohio Banquet on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Center Stage in Monaca, PA. Our family had a GREAT TIME!
Our family wants to commend the officers and directors of the association for doing such a great job this year. I was STUNNED by how great ALL the awards were. Thank you for all the hard work that goes into making this a great regional barrel racing association.
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Mason's last basketball game is this Saturday and we CAN NOT wait to start getting back out there on the barrel racing circuit! I sure hope these frigid temperatures we have been experiencing go away SOON too! lol
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News For 2006!
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Jory and Mason won the NBHA/IBRA Youth class at Circle T Arena located in Shelby, Ohio on 9/02/2006. They posted a winning time of 14.860 with the closest time being a 15.1.
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Mason took both Mr. Two Treys and Jolena Rey Smooth to the NBHA PA State Finals held at the Diamond Seven Ranch. He qualified both of his horses for the short-go Finals on Sunday, July 16, 2006. He had high-energy runs on both trips around the cans. Mr. Two Treys finished up in the 2D and Mason tied for 5th place in the 1st division on Jory.
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Mason placed 3rd on Saturday, June 17 at the IBRA / Penn Ohio Barrel Racing show at Crooked Creek in the Open 4D out of 127 barrel racers on his horse Jory. On Sunday, he placed 6th with Mr. Two Treys in the youth barrel race. We also had a lot of fun catching up with friends we don't get to see to often! Mariah trotted a fast set of Pee Wee barrels on her pony Shaggy. :) Marisa and Mariah also took Kent on a Father's Day trail ride!
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Rain didn't stop us from having a great weekend spent at the Bowersock Training Center, June 3-4, 2006. Mariah and Marisa enjoyed trail riding around the grounds with their friends. Mariah had a great time competing in her PeeWee Barrel racing classes.
Mason had another great weekend competing on 3 horses. He had some personal bests at this arena and was really happy with all of his runs. Mason ended up 3rd and 5th in the youth class on Saturday and 5th on Saturday in the youth.
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At the Speedhorse Bonanza, May 27-28, 2006, in Lexington, VA, Mason had some really great runs. He pulled a check in every class and won himself another belt buckle. Mr. Two Treys and Mason are a dynamic team to watch.
Thank you to Todd and Cathy Allen who helped put this horse and rider team together. More thanks also goes to Mom and Dad Penland for all of their love and understanding and all the support we get from our children's teachers. THANK YOU!!
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Well, on April 29th we headed to Everwind Ranch for the IBRA show there. Mason and Bullwinkle had a couple of really fun runs at Everwind Ranch. Mason placed 2nd in the IBRA Youth class and ended up in the 3rd division of the IBRA Open class. That pair is very entertaining to watch! Beth and Chantress had a really nice run in the Open IBRA class too.
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Mason & Mr. Two Treys placed second in the IBRA youth race with 42 entries on March 18, 2006 at Bowersock Arena. Bullwinkle and him also had some awesome runs that day. This show was co-sanctioned with the Penn Ohio Barrel Racing Association. Shadow and Beth also had a very nice run in the Open 4D. This is Shadow's first race season and she continues to build her confidence.
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Mason won the youth 2D at Buckhorn on March 11, 2006 with Bullwinkle. Then that team ran even FASTER in the Open 4D and ended up finishing in the 2D. Way to go!
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News For 2005!
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Mason is pictured above receiving awards for the Sponsor-Director Race at the IBRA 2005 National Finals. At the International Barrel Racing Association Finals, Oct. 3rd-Oct. 8, 2005, Mason placed 5th in the Sponsor-Director Race, 13th out of 358 entries in the $10,000 Guaranteed Barrel Race, 9th out of 140+ entries in the Youth race in the First Go and 7th in the Second Go of the Youth Race. Mason and Mr Two Treys loved that arena and the two of them were an outstanding team!!!
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Mason won 7th place in the average for the Fort Armstrong Horseman's Association Youth series. This was an average of 4 runs at 4 shows. He is pictured above receiving a TOP 10 TROPHY BUCKLE!
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Mason won 3rd place in the Youth Average at the TRI STATES BOOT & SADDLE CLUB CLASSIC on August 6-7, 2005. This was a great race weekend and we are really proud of him :)
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July 9th at Van Pelt Arena- Mason won the IBRA Youth race. He also placed 2nd on July 10th at Moonarosa Arena in the IBRA Youth.
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Mr Two Treys & Mason won the IBRA Youth race on Saturday & Sunday, June 18-19, 2005 at Crooked Creek and placed 8th in the Open 4D on Saturday. Bullwinkle & Mason placed 3rd in the 2nd Division of the youth on Saturday and won the 4th division of the IBRA Open on Sunday.
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Mason placed 2nd in the IBRA Youth race at Dime arena on Saturday, June 11, 2005.
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Mason placed in the 2nd Division at the IBRA Fundraiser show on April 30th, 2005.
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Mason place 2nd in the Youth at the Penn-Ohio/ IBRA barrel show held at Sundance Arena, located in Fredonia, PA on 4/23/2005.
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Mr Two Treys and Mason placed 2nd in the 1st go of the FTCA Barrel Race 3/20/2005.
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Bullwinkle & Mason won the 3D-Youth and 3D-Open at Everwind, 3/19/2005.
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Bullwinkle and Mason won the IBRA Youth race: 3rd division on Feb. 20, 2005 held at Sundance Arena.
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Mason won the Youth Race at the Feb. 11, 2005 Jackpot Barrel Show at Sundance Arena.
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Mason received awards at the Penn Ohio Barrel Racing Association Banquet in the Youth 3D Top 5 and the Pee Wee Top 10 divisions on Jan. 29, 2005.
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News For 2004!
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At the IBRA Western Buckeye Futurity Open 4-D, located in Lewsiburg, OH- Mason placed 4th overall with Mr Two Treys on Dec. 19, 2004.
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Mason won both the Youth and Open 3-D Barrel Races at the Sundance Arena Jackpot Barrels & Poles Show on December 9, 2004.
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At the Dec. 4th, IBRA show at Sundance, Mason placed on 4 of his 5 runs with two horses.
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Mason won the Sundance Arena, Nov. 27, 2004 IBRA Youth Race with his horse Mr Two Treys!
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Mason won the October 23, 2004 Youth Barrels age 11-15 barrel race at the Youth Rodeo 'N More Show on Mr Two Treys.
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Mariah won the Walk-Trot barrel race at the October 23, 2004 Youth Rodeo 'N More Show on Rocky.
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Mason was awarded the 2004 Youth IBRA 3D Champion with his pony Bullwinkle, August 24, 2004. Pictured below Mason is receiving his POBRA Youth 3D awards at the Penn Ohio Barrel Racing Banquet.
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