'We bought her because we had an older half sister to her out of a Royal Shake Em mare that we just loved. Sister was sired by Sherry Cervi's PC Frenchman's Hayday, nicknamed Dinero. Sister was one they trained from the ground up. Sister was one of many horses they bought young and trained, while they used others to fill gaps. Kinsel and her mother bought her current barrel racing horse DM Sissy Hayday 'Sister' as a filly. She also had TJ when she filled her professional permit for the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). Kinsel then competed on a gelding named Thunder Stones, nicknamed TJ, throughout college rodeo.

Kinsel competed with Josey in junior high school and high school, but stopped when the mare became injured. As Kinsel says, 'Josey was off the track, and she was one that mom and I kind of brought along together'. Career Īt 13, Kinsel received her first dedicated barrel horse, who 'couldn't be used on the ranch'. When she turned 11, she became more interested in barrel racing and rodeo. Kinsel initially preferred to compete as a gymnast.

They enabled her and her brother to compete in horse and other sports in addition to academic and livestock events. Her parents own a commercial beef cattle ranch, and were instrumental in fostering her interest in rodeo and horses because they both had rodeo backgrounds. Her mother, who has an equestrian background, is a former Miss Rodeo Texas in 1980. She grew up in Cotulla, Texas, with her parents Dan and Leslie Kinsel (née Walker). Hailey Kinsel was born on October 3, 1994. Her horse, Sister, won the Barrel Racing Horse of the Year Award in 2018. Kinsel has been competing in rodeo since adolescence, winning awards through high school and college in both barrel racing and breakaway roping, as well as professional rodeo. Kinsel and her horses have qualified for the NFR six times in her years in professional rodeo, in 2017 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. She has also won the NFR Average title once in 2020. Kinsel won the title in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 at the National Finals Rodeo. Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), also formerly known by her married name Hailey Kinsel Lockwood, is a four-time World Barrel Racing Champion. American barrel racer) Hailey Kinsel OccupationĢ018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Barrel Racing Championship

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