Tyler Rivette and Adios Ameegos won Round 1 and the 1D average of the Pink Buckle Futurity at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., finishing on 33.560 Thursday for $89,600 before Open earnings to owner Rosemary Harrison.
Not long ago, her dam was the one in the headlines.
Adios Ameegos, a 4-year-old mare by The Goodbye Lane they call Blair, is out of Streakinflingindisco, the A Streak Of Fling mare Rivette rode to the 2020 American Semifinal championship. Rivette picked the cross for Harrison.
“It’s kind of like cheating because I rode the mom and she’s so much like the mom,” Rivette said. “The mom ran left, she runs left.”
Blair has never been to the right barrel first. Rivette said she is a little faster than her mother and called The Goodbye Lane the perfect cross.
She ran 16.672 Tuesday to win Round 1 by 0.220 over DP Winnin Girl and Chelsea Bartlett for $28,000, then came back Thursday with a 16.888 for eighth and $5,600. The average paid $56,000. Harrison, who also bred the mare, picked up another $11,200 in breeder money, with $11,200 to The Goodbye Lane.
Adios Ameegos came to Guthrie off a win in the 4-year-old Futurity at Old Fort Days in Fort Smith, Ark., where she ran 16.376 for $28,502.
“To be able to run for this kind of money at one futurity, it’s life changing,” Rivette said. “The rodeo girls, they go all year to win this kind of money, and we do it at one place. I’m very thankful for that. And the Pink Buckle does a great job putting this event on. The Lazy E is great, the staff, everything. So it’s super enjoyable.”
The A Streak Of Fling cross has paid for Harrison and Rivette before. Slingin Firewater, an A Streak Of Fling gelding Harrison bred, won the Kinder Cup Futurity in 2023 and Round 1 of the Ruby Buckle Central Derby in 2024 on the list of accolades. Harrison’s operation runs cattle, stands multiple stallions, including Flingin Roses, and raises horses.
“None of this would be possible without her, and we make a good team,” Rivette said. “We’ve had some good success together.”
Every colt in the program gets started by Pedro Moema, a barrel racer and trainer who flies in from Brazil for three or four months a year. The first time Rivette took Blair to the barrels, she was already looking for a turn.
“She wanted to turn the barrel and I was like, ‘Oh no, we’re going to go around it,’” Rivette said. “She’s been great to train. She’s been consistent and very enjoyable.”
Outside the arena, she’s a handful.
“She’s into everything,” Rivette said. “You got to really watch her because she’ll drag you wherever she wants to go. She’s kind of spoiled, but she’s a lot of fun.”
The Goodbye Lane sired three of the top four in the 1D average.
“This is my first Goodbye Lane, and she’s been so enjoyable from day one,” Rivette said. “I can’t wait to ride another one.”
SC Boon Ta Be Famous and Josianne St-Cyr won Round 2 on 16.736 and placed second in the average on 33.792 for $39,200. Lady Lane and Jodee Miller Pedone were third on 33.849 for $30,800, and Flinging Goodbyes and Ceri Ward were fourth on 33.863 for $26,600. Slicketta and Lindsey Muggli tied Winneray and Cheyenne Wimberley for fifth on 33.948, $17,500 each. For full results, visit the 2026 Pink Buckle results.
“Pink Buckle’s great,” Rivette said. “The industry’s grown so much in such a short amount of time. It’s been nine years. It’s crazy. So it’s exciting to see what the future holds.”
Blair heads to the Barrel Futurities of America next, then into the derbies.
“It makes our job so much easier,” Rivette said of horses bred to want the job. “There’s several horses that you got to put the work in and they eventually come around. But you just know those special ones. When they want to do it from day one, you just really try not to mess them up, and they do the rest.”