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by **Joan Deutsch** on Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:53 am

Mary Walker is the sentimental crowd favorite going into the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas this week. Amazing story, nice video even if you don't follow the sport. Fran Jurga's Equus blog:

http://blogs.equisearch.com/horsehealth/2012/12/05/mary-walker-veteran-barrel-racer-caps-inspired-year-with-a-shot-at-wnfr-title/

by **Joan Deutsch** on Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:09 am

Here's the rodeo website:

http://wpra.com/index.asp

by **kriss10** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:11 am

She was featured in a magazine a couple of months ago - Western Horseman maybe? They went into a little more detail about the death of her son and some other recent challenges. I will be looking for her as I fast forward through the NFR on my TiVO...

by **Joan Deutsch** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:06 am

Re: Amazing story of crowd favorite going into rodeo finals
by kriss10 on 08 Dec 2012, 10:11

She was featured in a magazine a couple of months ago - Western Horseman maybe? They went into a little more detail about the death of her son and some other recent challenges. I will be looking for her as I fast forward through the NFR on my TiVO...

What a tragedy about the death of her son. Kriss, I didn't get to see any of it so let us know what it was like if you get a chance.

About the competition: She won! I posted a link on our FB page and Molly Morrow will post more photos after the ceremony.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/NW-Horse-Forum/244534839966

by **kriss10** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:16 pm

Joan Deutsch wrote:
Re: Amazing story of crowd favorite going into rodeo finals
by kriss10 on 08 Dec 2012, 10:11

She was featured in a magazine a couple of months ago - Western Horseman maybe? They went into a little more detail about the death of her son and some other recent challenges. I will be looking for her as I fast forward through the NFR on my TiVO...

What a tragedy about the death of her son. Kriss, I didn't get to see any of it so let us know what it was like if you get a chance.

About the competition: She won! I posted a link on our FB page and Molly Morrow will post more photos after the ceremony.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/NW-Horse-Forum/244534839966

Tonight is only round 3 (the finals started on the 6th) and there is a total of 10 so it isn't over yet, but I am glad to see that she is doing well.

by **Joan Deutsch** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:32 pm

Kriss, Thanks for clarifying and please let us know what you find out.

by **kriss10** on Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:27 pm

Mary placed first in the average each of the first three rounds, but knocked a barrel down in the fourth. With 6 rounds left to run she has plenty of time to make up for one barrel as long as they run clear rounds. There is another woman running at the NFR this year (don't remember her name) who is a rookie at 54 (Mary is 53) - you just have to love that :!:

Also, there is a local woman, Brenda Mays, from Terrebonne, Oregon, who is running for the 6th year in a row. Her horse Jethro has career earnings of over $600,000!

by **kriss10** on Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:29 pm

http://lasvegasnfr.wordpress.com/2012/0 ... ry-walker/

This is a link to her story at the NFR website. It goes into a little bit of detail about the death of her son, and her horrific accident on Latte, the horse that is winning for her at the finals this week.

by **kriss10** on Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:01 am

Tonight is the last round of the NFR and if Mary Walker makes a good, clean run, she will win the world