Merritt barrel racer Katie Garthwaite and her 10-year-old mare FC Guys Prime Time (a.k.a. Frenchy) recorded a time of 17.033 seconds to finish ninth out of a field of 98 competitors at the fifth and final Red TV American qualifier in Buckeye, Ariz. on Jan. 18.
Garthwaite and her horse will now move on to the semi-finals of The American, scheduled for Feb. 21 to 23 in Mesquite, Texas.
Should Garthwaite and Frenchy finish in the top-10 in Texas, they would qualify for The American finals, slated for the AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys) in Arlington, Texas on March 2.
The American is the world’s richest rodeo with a total payout of $2,000,000.
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