D&G Bar None 2000 Tour San Antonio Pays Out $43,512.06

The third stop on the D&G Bar None 2000 Tour at the San Antonio Rose Palace again proved to be one of the most popular barrel; racing events of the Memorial Day weekend. A total of 1066 entries turned out to compete at the equine facility that country singer and true Texas cowboy George Strait owns. Although George didn’t stop by and sing a few songs, he did send a John Deere tractor from his roping arena. Calvin Kroes had the privileged of sitting in the same tractor seat as “King George”.

Being the Memorial Day holiday the 1st race was run on Sat. night starting at 5:00pm with 344 entries. Sarina Thornton set the pace with a run of 15.801 and collected $$760.45 for her effort. As has become the standard at all D&G Barrel Production events the arena conditions were excellent and Jack Brooks at the back gate kept the pace at 50 horses an hour. A large thunder storm greeted those contestants that ran later, cooling things down and adding a little excitement to the event. Results and checks were ready within 15 minutes of the last horse running through the gate.

Race 2 on Sunday proved to be the largest of the event, with 408 entries. Starting at 10am, with the opening ceremony, Crystal Trent carrying the American Flag as at all D&G events. The competition was fast and furious with Amanda Rutledge setting the pace for the field with a 15.422 for the fastest time of the weekend No thunder storms to provide a light show or excitement. We did have a Kubota tractor that needed a tire ferrier, after repairing the thrown “shoe” it was back hard at work.

Third and final race started at 9:am, with 314 entries. Amanda Rutledge again out paced the field with a 15.731 and took home $1,028.16 and the 1D Gist buckle. For complete results and payoffs on all three races check out the results page.

Next stop will be Topeka, KS June 23, 24 and 25 at the Kansas Expo Centre in Topeka. Entries close on June 2. We are looking for this to be another great turn out and look forward to seeing ya’ll there.