Congratulations to our Josey
Students!
Josey Student Bailey Sheppard & her pony Bucket won the
All-American Youth Pony Race in Jackson, Mississippi with a 14.8
and 14.6. These fast times won Bailey and Bucket both go
rounds and the average.
Jordan Lester is a Josey Student and member of the Oklahoma Youth
Rodeo Association. She had her finals June 26-29 at the
Lightning C arena in McAlester, OK. She won Champion All Around
Cowgirl in the 9 & under age division. Congrats to Jordan
for doing such a great job!
Jordan Capps is the Tennessee High School Rodeo Association Pole
Bending Champion for the 2007-2008 Season and Rookie Cowgirl.
Jordan will be riding her Josey Ultimate Saddle and riding her
good horse Lil Man when she represents Tennessee at the High
School Finals in Farmington, New Mexico.
Congratulations to Shay-Lynn Walker & her horse Turbo for winning
her local rodeo and placing 3rd at the ATRA! Shay-Lynn and
Turbo just attended our Summer 3 Day camp and her hard work is
paying off! Good job, cowgirl!
Josey Students placed well at the College Finals Rodeo!
Congratulations to Hope Thompson for winning the Breakaway Roping
and the average for the Goat Tying! Hope went into the
short-go of Goat Tying in 6th place and went on to win
the average!
Former Josey Students turned Josey Instructors Codie Poe and
Cheyenne Harper placed well at the Louisiana High School Finals
Rodeo as well! Codie placed 3rd and Cheyenne took home
4th in the Tie Down Roping.
If you are a Josey student, make sure to let us know you how did
at your college, High School, or Jr. High School Rodeo finals!
We want to showcase YOU!
The weekend of her high school graduation, Josey Student Lauren
Yoder also wrapped up her States High School Rodeo Association.
Lauren is now the 4 States High School Rodeo Association.
Winning 1st on Saturday and 3rd on Sunday helped her clinch the
win for the fastest average time.
Congratulations to Lucas Guilbeau for qualifying for the College
Finals in Bull Riding and Nick Henry for qualifying for the
College Finals in Bull Dogging. Both of these outstanding
athletes are former Josey Students and are winning big!
Congratulations to Codie Poe, former Josey
Student and Josey Roping Instructor, for qualifying in the UPRA
Top 15. Codie also finished 3rd in the Louisiana Rodeo
Cowboys Association and placed at the Barry Burks Roping. In
addition to all this, Codie has just graduated high school!
He sure has a bright future ahead of him.
Colt Rector, another former Josey Student and
Josey Roping Instructor won the 2007 Louisiana Rodeo Cowboys
Association! Congratulations, Colt!
Dear Friends,
I attended your clinic in December at the ranch and loved it. I
have been trying to become a better barrel racer for about 5
years. Last year was the first year that me and my horse, Levi,
really tried to win at our local (small) show. We went to every
show and when the last show of the year came along we were tied
for the Novice Barrel Race buckle. Well, we lost it by .2 seconds.
That's 2/10ths! We were really disappointed. I decided to come to
your clinic (by myself), a mom of three, new nursing school
graduate. I loved it. We came home (me and Levi), and started
re-learning how to barrel race by doing a LOT of slow work. When I
got my new nursing job, I had to work on every weekend there was a
horse show. Except for two, and at those two we took third in
senior barrels, and then two weeks ago we took FIRST in senior
barrels. I can't tell you how happy I was and still am. We beat
all the folks we've been riding against for these 5 years!! It
took me about 8 hours to stop smiling about it and I still have
the blue ribbon hanging from the mirror of my truck. I just love
looking at it and smiling..........knowing that WE DID IT! And
just think, that's two shows this whole year so far...... what if
we were running every other weekend? We might just win a saddle
(or at least a buckle!). SO, thank you ALL so much for sharing
your knowledge. I would love to attend another clinic someday....
you are all such nice, great people. Maybe I'll see you in
Hattiesburg this fall!
Best Regards,
Kristin Hafner and Levi
Lauren Yoder, daughter of Josey Ranch
photographer Stefanie Yoder, will be featured in the April 30th issue
of "Charmed" magazine. Lauren is a successful young barrel racer
and we are proud she is one of our students! Congratulations, cowgirl!
Not only did Mesa make it 2 in a row by
winning the IPRA World Championship, she is the only contestant in
history to win all 4 go rounds and the average at the IPRA Finals.
We traveled to Oklahoma to root Mesa on,
joining her Mom, Dad, Grandparents and 10 yr. old sister, Shiloh, who
is our 2007 Josey Jr. World, Jr. Division Champion.
On Saturday night they put me on top of
the World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales 6 horse hitch and introduced me
in the arena. Like Mesa, I also made history in this arena, by
winning the AQHA World Championship on Sonny Bit O’Both, the only horse
to win the AQHA World Championship and the WPRA World Championship in
the same year.
We had several other students who made the
IPRA Finals including Cory Kidd, Theresa Brown and Jason Tucker. Jason
and his partner Brad Culpepper went into the finals in 13th
place, did and outstanding job winning the average and winning 2nd
for the year.
Congratulations Chip Porterfield on his
7.7 run in Calf Roping. Chip has helped R.E. in some of his calf
roping demonstrations throughout the country and his daughter LaRae is
a tough competitor during our Josey Jr. World Championship Barrel
Race.
We had a wonderful time and when our students win, we win!
Dear Ms. Martha Josey,
I'm hoping you'll get this letter. I came to your
clinic in June of this year 2007, I learned a lot and I thank you so
much. I learned a lot of things and I got three scars when I was at
your barrel clinic. I learned horsemanship and I learned that barrel
racing is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I met a lot of
people and made two very good friends. I'm coming to another clinic
soon and the Reunion Round-Up! I thank you for what you taught me and
I thank
you for the courage you gave me to perform better and for all the
things that I have learned from you and what I hope to learn from you.
I love your horse Harvey. He is so pretty and so is Roper. He hung
around my trailer when I was there. I would like to let you know you
are on the top of my Hero list. I hope you get this letter and I would
like to be the next NFR qualifier along with Mesa Leavitt.
Yours Truly,
Harly Casey
 Just
home from the November 15-17, 2007 Clinic at Josey's. Ms. Tabitha
Kocian, a 5 year old kindergarten student couldn't wait to enter up
at a barrel race to try her new Josey reins out! Being close to we
entered her in the 5D Diamond Run Showdown held each year in
Alvarado, TX. Tabitha ran a 17.326 the 1D winning time was 15.433.
Woe she is just 5 years old ahs she wowed everyone. Later Tabitha
told me, "Aunt Tammy, you know why I did so good on my barrels? Why?
I did what they told me at Josey's. I tipped my horses nose toward
the barrel and pulled to my pocket". I was speechless. "Your exactly
right Tabitha you listened really good while you were there".
Tabitha was so excited to see an envelope addressed to her and
inside was an invitation to the Josey Reunion Round-Up in 2008. Look
for this cowgirl and her winning mount Chattie. |
