2025-04-28

Happy Monday everyone! Is it too early in the week to need a nap? I feel like we should all have an hour a day where we are back in a kindergarten situation again. Lights off, you roll out your little mat and nap for an hour and then a nice lady wakes you up and gives you a graham cracker and some juice...

We have decided that for our 15th year we would like to award some scholarships to our college age contestants. I haven't worked out all the details yet but we will award 5 of them and any contestant that is currently enrolled in or accepted to any kind of continuing education can apply. So that means that if you are in a trade school or enrolled in one you are also eligible. This will be open to 2025 contestants so we will open up applications after entries close. I will update details as we get closer. 

I am working on some fun sidepots. We will do the Mares Vs Geldings again but I also am thinking about an aged horse sidepot. All the young horses get all the attention. We are thinking about showing some love to the horses 15 years and older. I am still thinking about some other things too and will get them updated soon.

Sponsors...If you are sponsoring at a level where your logo will go on the jackets or barrel covers I need you to let me know soon so I can get your logos to our embroidery company and art people. If you want to do a pre-entry sponsorship I need those checks by June 26th so I can get you on the pre-entry list. A $1000 sponsorship will guarantee you two entry spots. You can use both for yourself or one for you and one for a friend. This sponsorship does not cover your entry fees but does guarantee you a spot, allows early move in and your stalls will be assigned first. If you would like to be a buckle sponsor, those checks need to get to us by July 31st. Please send all checks to:

Because of Bailey 

9660 S Parko Ct

Pahrump NV 89048

If you are sending a check that will make you eligible for pre-entry please include a note letting us know who the contestant is.

I will have raffle tickets for the annual trailer give away ready the middle of May and will let everyone know when they are available for purchase. 

Have a great week everyone!

Hello everyone! The Well Bred Halter Horse and I have been on a little adventure so we have been pretty quiet but I am getting it together and will start posting some regular updates again. Just know that when professional movers tell you something like 7-10 days that is a fluid estimate that really means 7-100 days. I am currently living like a tweaker with an air mattress and suitcase full of clothes. I forgot what interesting people you can meet at a laundry mat. I got the run down on the best dryers yesterday from a very nice man that smelled like Miller Light and Marlboros. He let me take over his dryers that all had 1 minute left on them because he told me it's best to use them while they are still warm. Solid advice...

I have been asked a lot about the official dates for this year. Labor Day is very early so move in day will be August 28th and race 1 will be on August 29th. I have your room reservation link... 

https://be.synxis.com/?hotel=11548&arrive=08-22-25&group=buc2025&rooms=1src=buc2025

You can also use the code BUC2025 

You can book rooms under the group code until the first week of August. After that you will have to call the hotel and sound very sad to get the group rate.

Entries will open on July 12th at 12pm central time. If you are wanting to enter the Pink Buckle/Ruby Buckle/Young Guns incentive you will have to be entered in our open race first! Please keep in mind that we only take 700 entries and we sold out in three and a half minutes last year. We expect that this year will be the same.

The deadline for pre-entry sponsor checks is June 26th. If you sponsor $1000 this will allow you 2 pre-entry spots. That can be 2 of your own horses or you and a buddy. This does not pay for your entry but allows you a guaranteed spot in the race, early move in and pre-assigned stalls. You can mail those checks to:

Because of Bailey 

9660 S Parko Ct

Pahrump, NV 89048

Please let me know when you send the check which contestant (s) need the pre-entry invite. If you would like to sponsor a buckle they are $150 and you can send those sponsorships to the same address. 

We are excited to celebrate our 15 year anniversary with all of you!

This will be the best one yet!

I am off to stalk some movers...

 Hello everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Years. I have feelings about New Years and resolutions but I probably shouldn't share them.....I was called a big meanie a lot last year from the pearl clutching Karens. Meh, here it goes...

If you are an idiot that made terrible decisions in 2024 the clock striking midnight on January 1st will not miraculously give you a frontal lobotomy and turn you into life coaching, decision making genius. There I said it. Change comes with time and self-reflection not with 3 gallons of champagne, a dress that looks like a fishing lure and flashing 2025 glasses. Yeah, I know, everyone likes a fishing lure.

Enough of my nonsense...Let's talk about barrel racing stuff.

I mailed out 1099's to all of you that won over $600 at our race in 2024. If you did not receive yours or if it has any errors please let me know and I will send a duplicate copy or a revision. Congratulations to all of you that won money with us!

I am putting together a rough timeline for 2025 and this is what I have so far...
**If you would like to sponsor $1000 or more and be eligible for early entry, early move in and stall selection I will need your check and logo by June 20th. For every $1000 donation you can pre-enter 2 horses. That can be 2 of your horses or one for you and one for a buddy. This is a sponsorship, and you will still have to pay entry fees but you are guaranteed a spot in the race. Please mail sponsorship checks to Because of Bailey 

9660 S Parko Ct 

Pahrump, NV 89048

**Open entries will be on July 12th at 12pm central time on www.saddlebook.com. We will have the payment plan option where you can pay half on the 12th and final payments must by paid by August 16th at 12pm central time or you will be removed from the race.
**Cancelations with a full refund, minus your $50 deposit, can be issued until August 22nd at 8am central time. You do not need a vet out, just let me know before that date. After August 22nd there are no refunds.
**We are planning a high stakes race on Thursday evening. We will limit that race to 100 horses and will open entries on that one July 19th. This will be a 90% payback and some special prizes. Everyone that enters the high stakes race will be put into a drawing and the winner will get their open entry fees back.
**The Pink Buckle, Ruby Buckle and Young Guns Double Down sidepot will be a carry over from the open race on Friday. Entry information will be updated when we get closer to entry day.

Last year, among the terrible things that were said about me, one of them was that I am a control freak and insist on assigning stalls myself when Saddlebook could do it. I promise you that if you could go pick your own stalls on Saddlebook, we would have done that. I can post your stall assignments after I finish them but the program does not allow you to pick your own stalls. I have looked into some other software that would allow you to do that so everyone could go pick their own spots and free up some time for me but for the following reasons I just cannot justify it.

1) It will increase the cost of the already expensive stalls 5-10%. I am a contestant too and I feel like all the fees are just getting crazy. I really don't want to push any more expense on all of you. We just appreciate that you all come spend Labor Day with us.
2) The programs that I have looked in to cannot guarantee that they will not crash when all of you log in to pick stalls. You all patiently stuck with us last year over several crashes with a new entry system and I really don't want to do that to anyone again.
3) It would cause you to have to book three different things. Your hotel on one site, entries on another and stalls on a third. It seems like too much to me when we can just keep entries and stalls on one payment platform.

As much as we are dedicated to giving as much money as we can to families that need it we are also dedicated to our amazing contestants and we will save you some money if we can.

I would like to invite any family that we have helped over the years to be our guests on Friday August 29th. We would love to give your family a barn tour and buy you lunch. We would also love to honor all of you in the arena. If you are one of those families and would like to participate in this day please email me at becauseofbailey@yahoo.com so we can get a count for lunch and have some horses available for you to meet.

Has January been extra long for anyone else? I just feel like maybe they snuck a few extra weeks in there while I wasn't looking. Come on February!