As we near the halfway-point of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, the action and competitors are heating up. Carlee Otero swept the barrel racing in Bracket 4 in thrilling fashion.
After winning Round 1 with a time of 16.26 seconds, Otero came back in the second round and tied the FWSSR arena record at 16.08 seconds. It was a tough bracket for barrel racing, as Makenna Shook came in right on Otero’s heels in Round 1 with a 16.35-second run.
Shook, a Texas cowgirl in her sophomore season in the WPRA, will join Otero in the semifinals. She rode her 6-year-old gelding XV Mario in Fort Worth, who, just last season, helped her set the all-time WPRA record on a standard pattern…