The Canadian province of Quebec saw a dominating performance from its barrel racers Oceane Veilleux and Julie Plourde in Fort Worth, Texas’s Cowtown Coliseum at the Resistol Rookie Roundup, with Veilleux smoking a time of 13.19 seconds in her final round to beat Plourde by two tenths April 27.
Veilleux got the win on Frenchmoney To Vegas, by Frenchstreaktovegas. Vegas was raised and trained by Quebec’s Chantal Augar and Pierre Dubuc.
The event, in its third year, brought together the 15 best rookies in the WPRA World Standings‚ with Veilleux entering and leaving the event first in the coveted race. Entering the weekend, Veilleux had won $20,372.12 on the year, and she picked up $2,789 over three runs. Plourde was sixth with $5,592.62 won, and she took $2,742 back to Canada from Cowtown.
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Full Results: Resistol Rookie Roundup Barrel Racing
First round: 1. (tie) Alyssa MacDonald and Julie Plourde, 13.55 seconds, $1,242 each; 3. Kalgary Johns, 13.82, $982; 4. Sadie Miller, 14.04, $809; 5. Natalie Hammond, 14.66, $636; 6. Sherri Reagan, 18.42, $462; 7. Oceane Veilleux, 18.59, $289; 8. Tiffany Lujan, 18.64, $116.
Finals: 1. Oceane Veilleux, 13.19 seconds, $2,500; 2. Julie Plourde, 13.39, $1,500; 3. Sadie Miller, 18.23, $1,000; 4. Tiffany Lujan, 18.29, $500.
