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Barrel Horse News Article by Tanya Randall

Tribute to Kim just before Ryann runs at the BFA.

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BARREL RACING REPORT

By Tanya Randall

Mark Bugni guided All About Xs N Os (“Shiner Bock”), owned and bred by talented youth rider Jayci Byler of Bellville, Texas, to the championship at the $10,000-added Kim Landry Benefit Futu-rity, hosted by Chuck Dunn’s D&D Barrel Productions, April 9-14 in Abilene, Texas. Landry, one of the all-time great futurity trainers and competi-tors from Starke, Florida, is battling early onset dementia.

The event was spearheaded by Ryann Pedone, who rode with Landry as a Youth. The event was sponsored by Pedone’s R Barrel Horses, Randy Hartley, Potter Concrete, Lee Pedone, Double X Equine-Dr. Don Lee and HorseSwim.com.

Although Landry’s futurity career and Bugni’s never overlapped, the Okemah, Oklahoma, trainer knew of and respected her career...

Read the full article in the April 16th issue of The Barrel Racing Report.