Story by Lindsay Humphrey Usually hovering in the top 30 in the WPRA standings, Michelle Darling decided it was time to take her dream of making the NFR seriously in 2022. By mid-summer, she catapulted into the top 15 in the world. Essentially, Michelle grew up in a sale barn…
In a word, the 2022 rodeo season has been all about driving for Jimmie Smith from McDade, Texas. Sky-high gas prices aren’t keeping her at home after 2021 almost sidelined her completely. “Last June, I was in a super bad semi-truck accident,” the professional barrel racer said. “That really shook…
Molli Montgomery was miserable when, as a kid, she and her family visited Disney World. That’s because she couldn’t stand to be away from her horses at home. The Purdon, Texas cowgirl grew up loving horses and has made them her life’s work. As a kid, she’d spend all her…
The tail on Tandy Meyer’s horse went viral after Rodeo Houston. Not in a bad way, but in a good way. The Sallisaw, Oklahoma cowgirl’s barrel horse has a very long, beautiful, gray and white tail, and as she ran out of the arena after her run in Houston, Impulse…
The Routier family is a 5 Star Equine family through and through. Riley and Jessica Routier and their five children: son Braden and daughters Payton, twins Rayna and Rose, and Charlie, use and love 5 Star products. Every horse on the Routier ranch, located in the far northwest corner of…
One of the best parts of life for Josie Conner is spending time with her mom and dad, Jade and Wendi Conner. The eighteen-year-old cowgirl, a breakaway roper, is homeschooled so she can travel to rodeos and jackpots. She uses 5 Star Equine products and loves them. She loves the…
STEVI HILLMAN IS THE NEWEST $1 MILLION COWGIRL ON THE RODEO TRAIL. The 5 Star Equine team member made the million-dollar mark at the 2021 National Finals Rodeo. On her sixth trip to the “big show,” she won two rounds (splitting the win in round nine) and placed three more…
Terry and Julia Moore, and their daughter Rachel Lowrey, are bringing the best products possible to horsemen and women. Through their company, 5 Star Equine Products & Supplies, Inc., they provide high quality saddle pads, cinches, and equestrian sport and bell boots. It all started in 2012, when they purchased…
Jimmie Smith is just glad to be alive, literally. In late June of this year, she was in a bad vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in Wyoming. Her trailer, loaded with horses, was hit by a semi-truck and trailer, which nearly pushed it through the back of the truck. One…
It was a trail ride that inspired Jersey Thompson to run barrels. The Westminster, Colo., cowgirl, who is twelve years old, was under the tutelage of her trainer, Marie Stephenson, a barrel racer, when Marie suggested the girl try barrels. So she did, and at the age of five, began…
There’s a Baby making a big splash in the steer wrestling world, and she’s doing it with 5 Star Equine Products, too. Baby, a nine-year-old quarter horse, is a steer wrestling horse owned by Sam Dixon and ridden mainly by Jacob Talley, Justin Shaffer, and Will Lummus. The blaze-faced sorrel,…
Rylee Howton and her horses are a walking advertisement for 5 Star Equine products. The Three Rivers, Texas cowgirl is in love with the 5 Star saddle pad, sports leg wraps and sports boots, and they work well for her five horses: Turnpike, Moe, Hildie, Renee, and Lil Mama. She…
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