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Allen and Castleberry Dominate Texas Circuit Finals

Ashley Castleberry and Kelly Allen led the field in the barrel racing by over a second overall.
Madi Roelofsen|
Allen and Castleberry Dominate Texas Circuit Finals
Allen and Castleberry Dominate Texas Circuit Finals

The RAM Texas Circuit finals in Waco, Texas concluded Friday evening after four days of heated competition. Twelve qualified barrel racers battled it out every single night on the dirt with their equine partners. 

In the barrel racing, both round three, as well as four, were dominated by Ashley Castleberry and Kelly Allen, who were top of the leaderboard in first in second, respectively. 

Allen and Castleberry were the only two barrel racers to place in all four rounds of the Texas Circuit finals. That means they ran four clean, qualified and fast runs four days in row.

Both competitors ended up over an entire second ahead of the rest of the field in their total combined run times after all four performances.

Winning champion, Castleberry qualified the National Finals Rodeo Open in Colorado Springs.

Allen not only won reserve champion in the finals but also ended up the overall year-end winner of the Texas Circuit, with 2020 NFR qualifier Jimmie Smith reserve year end. 

This also qualified Allen for the NFR Open in Colorado Springs.

"We may have been the only two at Sioux Falls that aren’t going to the NFR….So we collectively decided to go to the NFR Open in July," Allen posted on her social media, posing with Castleberry and their gold buckles at the conclusion of the circuit finals.

Allen not only won reserve champion in the finals but also ended up the overall year-end winner of the Texas Circuit, with 2020 NFR qualifier Jimmie Smith reserve year end.

Texas Circuit Finals Round 4 Results

  1. Ashley Caslteberry, 15.66, $2,212
  2. Kelly Allen, 15.94, $1,659
  3. Lindsay Sears, 15.96, $1,106
  4. Hailey Kinsel, 15.97 $553

Texas Circuit Finals Winners-Times After 4 Rounds

  1. Ashley Castleberry, 63.62, $4,424
  2. Kelly Allen, 63.95, $3,318
  3. Natalie Bland, 65.08, $2,212
  4. Jamie Olsen, 65.05, $1,106

Total Money Won

  1. Ashley Castleberry, $10,230
  2. Kelly Allen, $8,571
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Madi Roelofsen
MADI ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone.  Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen  Facebook- @TVR Working Horses

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