“That was so awesome,” Stephanie White enthused after competing in the second division barrel race at the Waimate rodeo yesterday.
Miss White (24), a teacher at Fenwick Primary School in Oamaru, is in her first season of rodeo competition.
At last year’s Omarama rodeo – held as part of the Christmas rodeo circuit – she was a spectator.
Today, she will be competing in the event at Buscot Station.
It was while she was watching the rodeo at Omarama that she decided she really wanted to try barrel racing.
While she had always loved horses, Miss White said she had only ever “hacked around” and barrel racing was a completely new experience.
She had been very grateful for the help and support from Waianakarua rodeo couple Graeme and Henrietta Purvis.
“I went out [to their property] one day and said I was keen. I’ve been out there just about every day since. They can’t get rid of me,” she laughed yesterday. (read more)
On The Rodeo Road 