Kendrick wins state barrel racing title
Published in the Oct. 11, 2006 issue of The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle

By Al Camp
Chronicle staff

     Diane Kendrick, who is more used to making a serpentine line around barrels, will be making a beeline to Reno, Nev., to compete in the American West Barrel Racing Finals later this week.
     Kendrick and husband Jerry took off from their ranch near Riverside Sunday, Oct. 8, for nationals. Kendrick will receive a saddle at nationals for finishing first in the standings this season for Washington.
     The barrel racing finals start Oct. 11 with a $90,000-added purse.
     Kendrick (26,346 points) finished well ahead of second-place Pamela Cravens (18,549) in 4-D standings, though Kendrick said she didn't think her title was a done deal until the season ended Sept. 4.
     Cravens, Pasco, competed in 40 events compared to 34 for Kendrick. Though Kendrick won the title for Washington, she competed all across the nation for her points. She returned from Arizona in August to hold her breath the final weeks of the season.
     "I made the ones that I went to count. I went to the big ones," said Kendrick, who said the season ran from Sept. 5, 2005, to Sept. 4, 2006.
     She also wanted to limit the stress on her two horses.
     "My whole plan was I kind of wanted to see if I could win (the state title) but did not want to run my horses into the ground," said Kendrick. "I went to the ones with a lot of added money."
     When she returned from Arizona in August she held her breath, hoping Cravens would not catch her in the final weeks.
     Cravens had been gaining ground before Kendrick competed at Winnemucca Days in Nevada July 23, where she amassed 4,895 points. That was her biggest event of the season.
     "I knew I had to hit a home run down there and I did," said Kendrick of her Nevada racing.
Cravens did not race at the event.
     She also picked up 4,720 points at Washington Classic April 22 in Moses Lake and 3,900 points at Strobel's July 4th Races in Scappoose, Ore.
     "I breathed easier on the fourth of September when the season was done," said Kendrick. "I thought I had enough points, and didn't think she could catch me but I was not certain."
     After the American West Finals, Kendrick heads to Guthrie, Okla., for the Barrelnanza Finals Nov. 9-12.
     Several other competitors from Washington, including Becky and Bailey Wallis of Okanogan, will join her.
     Besides cash and a saddle, the winner will receive a new Dodge truck.
     If Bailey Wallis, 12, wins the truck, Kendrick said, "I'm sure her mom will enjoy driving it."

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