Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine February 2017 Vol 2 Issue 1

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine

poles, flags and goat tying during 5 weekends of SEKLBR rodeos, Karlee’s personal best shined as she was awarded the All Around Champion Buckle winner at each of them. The National Little Britches Rodeo Finals were held at Lazy E arena in Guthrie OK this year. This was the

By EHAL Staff & Karla Boots Family, Friends, Fun & Fast Horses

That just begins to describe the Exciting Rodeo Life for Miss Karlee Boots. Karlee is the Daughter of Justin and Karla Boots of Welda, Kansas. Mom and Dad own Pair of Boots Trucking, raise cattle, team rope and mom runs barrels too. Youngest brother, Stetson,

plays football, basketball, is the catcher on his baseball

first year for the finals to be held in Oklahoma and the first NLBRA finals for Karlee. Karlee had an amazing finals winning 12 Belt buckles and 4 sets of Montana Silversmith Trophy Spurs, $900 in College scholarship money and over $1400 in Prize money. In the Short Round she Won the Flag race with her fastest time of the year an 8.1 sec run. She also won 2nd in Poles, 3rd in Barrels and 5th in the Goat tail untying.

team and has started to rope. Karlee’s older brother, Dakota Milner, is an ac- complished Team Roper. This is a hard working busy family. The 2016 rodeo season was the tops for this young cowgirl. As you read about her year, you will under- stand why. As most families that rodeo, farm, ranch, or play sports know, competing and winning takes a lot of dedication from everyone and Karlee right in the middle of it. She is a member of the Southeast Kansas Little Britches Rodeo Association and competed in the 8 & under, Little Wrangler Division. Running barrels,

Her biggest accomplishment was Reserve All Around Champion of the world and of the 2016 finals right behind her good friend and toughest competition all year long, Jackson Schmidt.

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