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November 9, 2016
Wallowa County Chieftain
Young barrel racer heads to Vegas
Pendleton teen, aunt, grandma rack up miles in circuit
By Kathy Aney
East Oregonian
Barrel racer Lilly Picard is
a pretty low-key individual,
not given to being chatty or
effusive.
The 14-year-old freshman
at Nixyaawii Community
High School doesn’t need to
talk much, though, to make a
bold statement. She just gets
on her horse and rides.
Lilly and her aunt Ashley
Picard headed to the Indian
National Finals Rodeo in Las
Vegas on Saturday. The pair
spent the summer traveling
the Pacific Northwest and
Canada, spending almost ev-
ery weekend competing at In-
dian and jackpot rodeos. Lilly
entered both junior and ladies
barrel racing events and per-
formed well.
The pair, along with Lilly’s
grandmother Sarah Picard,
racked up the miles. When
they headed out from their
Pendleton home in May for
the first rodeo of the season,
their Dodge 3500 pickup
truck still had that new truck
smell.
“The truck had eight
miles when we started,” Ash-
ley said. “It has 17,000 on it
now.”
When they headed to Ve-
gas, only Lilly’s two horses
were loaded into the trailer.
Ashley and Sarah would share
driving duties and support
their girl.
Lilly and her chestnut
quarter horse, Claire, proved
a formidable duo this season
as they topped standings in
junior barrel racing for two
regions — the King Moun-
tain Indian Rodeo Association
and the Western State Indian
Rodeo Association — and
climbed to second nationally
This week’s athlete of the week is
Tate Olsen, a senior at Enterprise
High School. Olsen, 18, and the
team’s quarterback, chalked up an
excellent performance in the team’s
fi nal game, a 36-24 loss Oct. 28 at
Imbler.
Despite the loss, Olsen chalked up
enviable stats, completing 19 of 25
passes for 189 yards while racking
up a 119.5 quarterback rating
with his performance. Coach Mike
Rowley called it the fi nest game of
Olsen’s career.
Olsen is also a star player on the
school’s baseball team, participates
in FFA and appears regularly on the
honor roll.
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Tate
Olsen
among junior barrel racers.
Lilly doesn’t recall a time
horses weren’t a part of her
life.
“I really loved horses,” she
said. “I just wanted to ride.”
“From when she was a
baby who could barely walk, I
put her on the horse with me,”
Ashley said. “She’s always
been drawn to them.”
Lilly started participating
locally at the Mustanger Are-
na using a lead line and pro-
gressed from there. Ashley,
30, has a similar story. A bar-
rel racer since she was small,
she qualified for the INFR at
about Lilly’s age (though she
didn’t go) and competed at the
Pendleton Round-Up.
Lilly credits her aunt with
shaping her as a barrel racer.
The two train together and
spend hours on the road.
“She always been there for
me,” Lilly said.
“She is like the daughter
I never had,” Ashley said,
shooting a warm look at her
niece.
Lilly, whose first run is
around 1 p.m. on Tuesday,
admitted she is nervous, but
is confident that her pre-com-
petition ritual will calm and
focus her.
“Me and Ashley — we pray
before every run,” she said.
Claire, who is a grand-
daughter of the storied thor-
oughbred Secretariat, is ready
for prime time after a busy
season and regular workouts
to maintain her muscles and
Freshman Ellyse Tingelstad,
Isabelle’s sister, was next to fin-
ish for the Outlaws — with a
time of 19:56 at 11th overall.
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Fourteen-year-old Lilly Picard and her quarter horse, Claire, are competing in the Indian
National Finals Rodeo this week in Las Vegas.
lungs. Training involves trot-
ting and galloping in pastures
and on a four-speed hot walker
on her grandparents’ Cayuse
acreage. She guides Claire
through a miniature three-bar-
rel course. She also prepared
“They ran a great race,”
said coach Dan Moody. “In
fact, they put two great rac-
es together between districts
and state. Even from dis-
tricts, six of the seven girls
had better times.”
Ella Coughlan bested her
personal mark by more than
a minute.
“They ran a spectacular
race,” Moody said. “It was
a great team effort they just
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Hammer, a speedy male chest-
nut that will share the trailer
with Claire and provide back-
up.
Ashley expressed confi-
dence in her niece.
“Lilly’s got as good a shot
Outlaws Results
8. Isabelle Tingelstad, 19:40, (Person-
al Record)
11. Ellyse Tingelstad, 19:56 (PR)
20. Deedee Duncan, 20:49 (PR)
21. Eliza Irish, 20:53
28. Karli Bedard, 21:14 (PR)
32. Ella Coughlan, 21:25 (PR)
as anybody if she can keep
the barrels standing,” she said.
“It’ll be tough, but she didn’t
get to the national finals by ac-
cident.”
Lilly thanked her financial
supporters and God.
35. Reagan Bedard, 21:51 (PR)
Top 5 Girls Teams
1. Catlin Gabel, 54
2. Enterprise, 66
3. Union, 89
4. Kennedy, 150
5. St Mary’s, 157
got beat by a better team.”
Although losing both Isa-
belle Tingelstad and Reagan
Bedard to graduation this
spring, Moody is optimistic
about the team’s future.
“We still have five very
strong girls, and we’re al-
ready planning for next
year.”
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Fundraising team members
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