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Ayanah Winsor at the 2018 Twisted Sisters Money Run in Gillette, WY - Olie's Images

Meet the Member Ayanah Winsor

story by Lily Weinacht

Ayanah Winsor is a three-time NHSFR qualifier in the girls cutting, and the 17-year-old is working hard to finish her senior year with a fourth. “I love the people and I love the opportunities to go compete with the best of the best, and being in the rodeo community,” says Ayanah, who is currently leading the girls cutting in the WHSRA. “It’s really rewarding to know that hard work pays off, and the family and friends I’ve made through it brings me back every year.”
A native of Kaycee, Wyoming, Ayanah started learning reined cow horse and cutting in junior high. Her parents, Chancy and Kelly Winsor, both rodeoed in high school and college, and have coached Ayanah in her rodeo events, while several families helped her with cutting and reined cow horse. “The York family and Kristen York have been a huge influence in the reined cow horse, and so have the Johnsons, and Tracy Barton and Kenny Engles in the cutting, so it’s nice to know all those people. I practice a lot of it with my family, and I go to the Johnsons to practice and I do a lot of flag work too.” She’s also thankful for her sponsor, Nirvana Equine, who swims her horses, as well as being a member of the youth teams for Zesterra and OE Nutraceuticals.
Along with reined cow horse and cutting, Ayanah competes in the WHSRA in goat tying, breakaway roping, and barrel racing, and loves them all. “I’m always going and working at new things, so it’s really fun for me. My parents just built a little barn that I can ground tie in, and I have a winter cutting series that I do (Central Wyoming Cutting Club) and jackpots here and there,” she says. “The cutting is difficult because every horse is different and you never really see the same thing, and it’s not only cool to see the riders work, but the horses as well. The reined cow horse is an adrenaline rush, especially coming down the fence, and extremely fun.”
She calls her horse Bullseye her go-to guy in the cutting, and rides a mare named Charlotte in the breakaway roping and reined cow horse. Ayanah ran poles on Nub in junior high before transitioning her to goat tying in high school, while her barrel horse, Bugs, is new to her. The 6-year-old gelding had broken his pelvis and healed before the Winsors purchased him, and with the help of their family friends the Pollards, who run Nirvana Equine, they rehabbed him. “He came back better than ever, and I’m excited for my spring season,” says Ayanah. She also helps her family run a small herd of commercial heifers, along with her own herd of commercial ewes that she sells lambs out of. They also raise colts out of 40 head of broodmares and sell them as yearlings. “My parents taught me to be very responsible and earn my keep. I rely on them for everything and they rely on me—it’s a pretty good group effort.”
A senior at Kaycee High School, Ayanah has completed the majority of her first-year college courses already. “I plan to go into the nursing field, so anatomy is something I absolutely love.” She just signed her letter of intent to go to Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming, where her older sister, Dakotah, is a student and a member of the rodeo team. “I’m going to rodeo with my sister for a few years, then hopefully go to a bigger university in Texas,” Ayanah explains. She’s graduating at the top of her class with a 4.0 GPA, and is a champion public speaker in the FFA, where she also serves as the chapter president and is on the livestock judging and vet science teams. “I plan to major in nursing and minor in business and do college rodeo. And eventually, pro rodeo.”

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May 12, 2019
Bareback Riding
1 Donny Proffit 120
2 Riggen Myers 71.5
3 Derrick Robinson 10
4 Dimaggio Hamilton 9
5 Denton Pavlenko 9
6 Drake Amundson 9
7 Cameron Henson 8
Barrel Racing
1 Shelby Petersen 109
2 Shay Hough 102
3 Maddie Fantaskey 91
4 Taylor Nichols 89
5 Ellie Bard 83
6 Haiden Thompson 78.5
7 Cedar Kohr 75
8 Isabelle Camino 51
9 Baily Coombs 37
10 Halle Hladky 32
Boys Cutting
1 Wes Bray 111
2 Hunter Hayden 100
3 Preston Schwartzkopf 92
4 Joseph Hayden 91.5
5 Kasen York 91
6 Broc Schwartzkopf 15
7 Kall Mayfield 11.5
Reakaway Roping
1 Ellie Bard 67
2 Ellie Anderson 59
3 Jordyn Mcnamee 56
4 Rayne Grant 56
5 Kaydin Davis 49
6 Hadley Furnival 45
7 Shaylee Terry 42
8 Haiden Thompson 40
9 Hailey Hardeman 36
10 Kyra Corson 35
Bull Riding
1 Brody Hasenack 90
2 Dalton Mccaslin 84
3 Zain Fitzgerald 82
4 Wyatt Phelps 74
5 Donny Proffit 43.5
6 Matthew Fenton 41.5
7 Cjay Firnekas 41.5
8 Landen Brownlee 34
9 Tipton Wilson 28
10 Derek Grant 18
Girls Cutting
1 Ayanah Winsor 115.5
2 Emme Norsworthy 100
3 Taylor Gibson 92
4 Aniya Teppo 88.5
5 Maddie Fantaskey 34
Goat Tying
1 Tavy Leno 118
2 Haiden Thompson 109
3 Brooke Worman 92.5
4 Shaylee Terry 79
5 Karissa Phillips 76
6 Mckenna Clingman 56
7 Ellie Bard 49
8 Rayne Grant 47
9 Baylee Delbridge 41
10 Lanna Jordan 38
Light Rifle
1 Colter Nunn 30
2 Stratton Kohr 27
3 Tipton Wilson 23
4 Cody Caldwell 20
5 Peityn Manor 19
6 Alexis Wilson 14
7 Kennedy Sheehan 10

Pole Bending
1 Shay Hough 118
2 Halle Hladky 99
3 Shelby Petersen 73
4 Rayne Grant 66.5
5 Ellie Bard 64.5
6 Madison Wolff 61
7 Jordyn Mcnamee 45
8 Hailey Hardeman 44
9 Haiden Thompson 42
10 Amber Salazar 42
Reined Cow Horse
1 Clay Kinnison 38
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 32
3 Kasen York 30.5
4 Maddie Fantaskey 27
5 Tierney George 23
6 Peyton Kottwitz 21.5
7 Ayanah Winsor 19
8 Morgan Vaughan 12.5
9 Scotlyn Flitner 11.5
10 Hanna Griemsman 3
Saddle Bronc
1 Jase Longwell 63
2 Kayson Dory 49
3 Donny Proffit 38
4 Cian Ahern 20
5 Parker Manor 18
6 Wyatt Phelps 10
7 Guston Lozier 10
8 Cody Acord 8

Steer Wrestling
1 Winsten Mcgraw 98
2 Kaden Berger 78
3 Kagen King 73
4 Skyler Lubkeman 69
5 Jake Deveraux 63
6 Chase Stricklin 60
7 Danny Goold 52
8 Derrick Robinson 37
9 Chance Sorenson 33
10 Donald Quick 19
Team Roping
1 Jade Espenscheid 95
2 Coy Johnson 95
3 Kolby Bradley 62.5
4 Arye Espenscheid 62.5
5 Blake Afdahl 61
6 Clay Reiner 61
7 Carson Johnson 53
8 Teegan Leno 51
9 Bryan Lemmon 51
10 Jared Lemmon 51
11 Jase Longwell 48
12 Winsten Mcgraw 44
13 Lane Anderson 44
14 Cooper Deveraux 40.5
15 Jake Deveraux 40.5
16 Tanner Handy 40
17 Cameron Klatt 40
18 Bryton Scheller 37
19 Teagan Bentley 36
20 Dawson Mccuin 36
Tie Down Calf Roping
1 Jake Deveraux 83
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 77
3 Cooper Deveraux 69
4 Colter Ellis 67
5 Clay Reiner 63
6 Teagan Bentley 46
7 Cody Caldwell 45
8 Teegan Leno 45
9 Coy Thar 44
10 Weston Mills 43
Trap Shooting
1 Colter Ellis 28
2 Bryson Bartholomew 27
3 Carsten Hughes 25.5
4 Kolton Miller 17
5 Dawson Mccuin 12.5
6 Quincy Reynolds 12
7 Brodee Barkhurst 11.5
8 Alexis Wilson 10.5
9 Kagen King 8.5
10 Clay Reiner 7.5

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TENTATIVE SPRING RODEOS
May 25 Sheridan (Held in Buffalo)
May 26-27 Buffalo

FINALS
June 3-8 WY HS State Finals – Gillette
July 14-20 NHSFR – Rock Springs, WY

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