![]() ![]() The sun had apparently hit the snooze button and was hiding behind a blanket of clouds, and the temperature gauge in my car said 48 degrees, although it felt colder and you could see your breath. I went to bed at a reasonable hour – by Vegas standards, at least – and probably looked like Zach Galifinakis’ character Alan from “The Hangover,” half awake with one eye open, but at least I was wearing pants. I met up with Trula and her husband, 2006 Wrangler NFR steer wrestler Linn, around 8 on a chilly and wet morning on Friday. ![]() Trula Churchill has raced her 7-year-old horse, Worm, since he was 4. She prefers to do the work herself and is admittedly protective of her prized steed. Some barrel racers have “handlers” who do all the dirty work for them, but Churchill is not one of them. Using my powers of deduction and knowing the nightly performances began at 6:45, I realized she was talking about 7:30 or 8 in the MORNING! People are actually up at that hour in Vegas? Who knew? “I usually get there about 7:30 or 8,” she said. I called Trula to set up a time to meet her at the barn where she keeps her horse, Worm. Through Jolee Lautaret of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) – herself a three-time Wrangler NFR qualifier – I was connected with Trula Churchill, who is competing in her first Finals. This is my ninth Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and I realized I really didn’t know what an average day was like in Las Vegas for a barrel racer. ![]()
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