Horse Highlights

Miss Smart Dash and Amanda Welch placing 6th in The American Rodeo Contendor Round with a 13.716

The Story Behind the Glory with Cayla Fielder Cory

August 31, 2021 Josh Andrews posted a cute little roan mare on fb with the description of “catty, small, & spicy” so I instantly knew I needed to ask about her .

After a short back and forth he just firmly told me to stop asking questions and just buy her. So the next day I met him Dallas and picked her up. He wasn’t lying when he said small, she steps off the trailer and I realized I bought a big pony. Which is fine, everyone knows we ride smaller horses. He says to give her 30 days off or give her another job for a while. That’s exactly what we did and Ethan took her day working and ranched on her. First few days were a little sketchy, any time she would see an alley way in the cattle pens she would rear up, turn around and run the heck off with Ethan on her. So to say she was a little alley soured is a understatement (yes, Josh 100% disclosed that).

After a month & half of just riding, cow work, clearing her mind, and not seeing the barrels at all I took her to a jackpot. She was a nervous wreck but had learned to trust us and she held it together and actually won 4th in the 1D. We continued to work on her confidence and she has bloomed into what she is now. She just needed time, patience & love.

This mare has turned into a gritty little mare that will give us every thing she has! Amanda got some tough news on her horse a few weeks ago and asked about jumping on Scarlet for the building rodeos.

We are just lucky to have Amanda jockey her and she has done phenomenal keeping Scarlet confident & loving her job! Win, lose or draw tomorrow- she’s overcame a lot to be there! They are the true definition of a underdog Cinderella Story!