Barrel Racer Tiany Schuster: "Don't Get Attached to Fluffy!"

SAN ANGELO, TX — Tiany Schuster bested the leader in the barrel racing event, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, by 0.05 seconds with a 14.05-second run on her horse named Famous MacGyver. We interviewed Tonozzi earlier. Schuster’s score puts her in first place for the second round and third place in the average. She will likely be in Friday’s finals called the Short Go.

The last few years have been tough until Schuster said she finally found a new horse who could perform like her first one named JSYK I’m Famous “JR” that was sidelined with a leg injury.

The Krum, Texas native said Famous MacGyver, a 5-year-old futurity horse, is her golden ticket this year. “I have found that superstar to take his place,” Schuster said.

She offered advice to younger women looking to get into barrel racing. “Buy a fast horse. It is a horse race. Don’t get attached to fluffy. Know when to move on and get that next one,” she said.

Here are the standings in barrel racing as of the end of the 9th performance of the San Angelo rodeo on Feb. 9, 2020:

Barrel racing: Second round leaders: 1. Tiany Schuster, 14.05 seconds; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.10; 3. Shannon McReynolds, 14.20; 4. (tie) Haley Wolfe and Ivy Conrado-Saebens, 14.26; 6. (tie) Kathy Grimes and Lindsay Sears, 14.27; 8. Lexie Goss, 14.30; 9. Carlee Otero, 14.32; 10. Kortney Kizer, 14.34. Average leaders: 1. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 30.22 seconds; 2. Shannon McReynolds, 30.32; 3. Tiany Schuster, 30.35; 4. Emily Efurd, 30.42; 5. Lexie Goss, 30.48; 6. Ivy Conrado-Saebens, 30.49; 7. Lindsay Sears, 30.56; 8. Kathy Grimes, 30.57; 9. (tie) Ari-Anna Flynn and Lexi Burgess, 30.61; 11. Haley Wolfe, 30.62; 12. Kortney Kizer, 30.64.