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Barrel Racers Ready to Run at Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup Tonight

Few barrel racers with the invitation to the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup are only hours away from running down the alley, potentially upsetting the WPRA standings in the last weekend of the regular season.
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Barrel Racers Ready to Run at Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup Tonight
Barrel Racers Ready to Run at Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup Tonight

The Cinch Playoffs Series Governor's Cup is going down as the richest rodeo in South Dakota history, with a $1 million purse in the last qualifying weekend of the regular season. 

The draw has been posted, showing who will run on the top of the ground, giving those first few entered a potential leg up on those at the bottom. 

In round one, barrel racer Kelly Allen claimed that spot. Talk about another lucky break to mirror how her entire season has gone. This opportunity sets up her and her horse, Cinco for a wicked fast time to kick off the barrel racing here in Sioux, Falls. 

On the opposite end, No.1 in the world Brittany Tonozzi brings up the rear in will be running in the last position.

With this pattern being a smaller setup and comparable to the sub 14-second pattern at the National Finals Rodeo, this will give the past qualifiers an idea of how to go about preparing for this event.

The arena set up has a large impact on the women's decision of horsepower, as some perform better than others in the smaller patterns. With that amount of money on the line, they've got to have full faith in their animal athletes. 

These fine tuned equine athletes and their riders will be hitting the ground running at 7:30 p.m. Here is the complete order of competitors below.

Governor's Cup Draw List

  1. Kelly Allen
  2. Paige Jones
  3. Sue Smith
  4. Stevi Hillman
  5. Ashley Caslteberry
  6. Summer Kosel
  7. Hailey Kinsel
  8. Wenda Johnson
  9. Taycie Matthews
  10. Jessica Routier
  11. Emily Beisel
  12. Brittany Tonozzi
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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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