Mowry and Jarvis Go Three For Three

By Ann Bleiker

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Six rounds complete at the 2024 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there have been two horses taking all the money. Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday “Sister” dominated the first three rounds in times of 13.38, 13.48 and 13.48. Since then, all headlines have been Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye “Jarvis” in times of 13.43, 13.43 and they blew the doors off the Thomas and Mack on Monday night with a 13.25-second run.

“That horse continues to leave me speechless as there are no words left for this horse, his runs speak for themselves,” stated Mowry. “I feel like I am asking so much of him, and he is not backing down one bit. I just commend him as this is tough and he is giving it everything he has.”

            In 2023, Mowry and Jarvis won the eighth and ninth rounds running the fastest time of last year’s NFR in the eighth when they stopped the clock in 13.30 seconds. Last year served as a warm-up for this year and it was something the late Michael Boone knew when he told his fiancé Mowry that Jarvis deserved another shot at the NFR. More runs like tonight and they will be standing on the world champion stage on Saturday.

            “I am just staying out of his way, and he is just handling it like a pro,” said a very proud Mowry of her 6-year-old gelding. “He doesn’t have as much experience as a lot of them do but he has youth on his side so that helps. He is so full of energy. I am just keeping the routine the same, it is working so we are sticking with it.”

Two barrel racers sit atop the Top Gun Standings with Mowry leading the way with $164,309 won thus far and Kinsel hot on her heels with $163,222. Kinsel was the last barrel racer to win this award and did so in 2020.

First time runner at the Thomas and Mack, Andrea Busby finished third in the round collecting her biggest check thus far and remained second in the average with a total time of 81.92 seconds on six runs. She, like the other ladies are also competing for the Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award presented by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Fans can vote nightly at www.wpra.com.

            Kinsel leads the average in a total time of 81.03 seconds after finishing second on the night in 13.49 seconds. She remains No. 1 in the world with $367,325 with Mowry inching closer with $326,592.

            Seventh round action gets underway, Wednesday, December 11 at 5:45 p.m. PT LIVE on the Cowboy Channel.

Average results: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 81.03 on six runs; 2. Andrea Busby, 81.92; 3. Tiany Schuster, 82.54; 4. Ashley Castleberry, 82.64.

Rd 6 results: 1. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, TX, 13.25, $33,687; 2. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, TX, 13.49, $26,624; 3. Andrea Busby, Millsap, TX, 13.54, $20,104; 4. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, SD, 13.72, $14,127; 5. Carlee Otero, Perrin, TX, 13.73, $8,693; 6. LaTricia Duke, Zephyr, TX, 13.79, $5,433.

Rd 5 results: 1. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, TX, 13.43 seconds, $33,687; 2. Carlee Otero, Perrin, TX, 13.51, $26,624; 3. Emily Beisel, Weatherford, OK, 13.53, $20,104; 4. (tie) Andrea Busby, Millsap, TX, and Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, SD, 13.57, $11,410 each; 6. Hailey Kinsel, 13.59, $5,433.

Rd 4 results: 1. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, TX, 13.43 seconds, $33,687; 2. Carlee Otero, Perrin, TX, 13.59, $26,624; 3. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, TX, 13.61, $20,104; 4. Tiany Schuster, Krum, TX, 13.68, $14,127; 5. Halyn Lide, China Spring, TX, 13.72, $8,693; 6. (tie) LaTricia Duke, Zephyr, TX and Shelley Morgan, Eustace, TX, 13.75, $2,717 each.

Rd 3 results: 1. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, TX, 13.48, $33,687; 2. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, TX, 13.58, $26,624; 3. (tie) Tiany Schuster, Krum, TX and Andrea Busby, Millsap, TX, 13.65 $17,115 each; 5. LaTricia Duke, Zephyr, TX, 13.67, $8,693; 6. Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook OK, 13.84, $5,433.

Rd. 2 results: 1. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, TX, 13.48 seconds, $33,687; 2. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, TX, 13.51, $26,624; 3. Tiany Schuster, Krum, TX, 13.53, $20,104; 4. Ashley Castleberry, Montgomery, TX, 13.62, $14,127; 5. Andrea Busby, Millsap, TX, 13.65, $8,693; 6. Abby Phillips, Marshall, TX, 13.66, $5,433.

Rd 1 results: 1. Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, TX, 13.38 seconds, $33,687; 2. Carlee Otero, Perrin, TX, 13.55, $26,624; 3. Abby Phillips, Marshall, TX, 13.63, $20, 104; 4. Andrea Busby, Millsap, TX, $14,127; 5. Ashley Castleberry, Montgomery, TX, 13.75 $8,693; 6. (tie) Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, OK and Shelley Morgan, Eustace, TX, 13.84, $2,7167 each.