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worked together over the years to make Barley into such an amazing, all-around horse. The 12-year-old is in the prime of his career, and the honor belongs to him, but it’s for the whole family to celebrate and share in. “I take pride knowing I can take a horse from the bottom, one that’s probably never, ever been touched, and eventually make him into something as nice as Barley,” commented Tanegai. “We broke him to ride. We roped on him. We did all the hard stuff with him and now we’re winning on him. That’s a pretty big deal to me” All in a day’s work for this first time World Champion. Her job is her passion and rodeo is how she earns a living. It’s engrained in her, and she’ll never stop training horses no matter how much success she finds in the arena. “I have the horses I keep because they’re my number one, go-to-the- rodeo horses, but I have horses that have helped me throughout the years be able to go to places like the Women’s Finals and do well that I’ve sold to people, and they’re winning on them now. It’s almost more of a proud moment for me than myself winning, just because I put enough time into that horse and made him good enough that somebody else could go on and achieve their dreams with him.”
said Sarah. “Having each other has been a key in our success, and I gain a lot of confidence any time Martha is helping me as she has more experience competing in the rodeo world than I.” Martha has invited Sarah to join her on the road, but that is where Sarah says they differ. “Martha is a gypsy, and I am the complete opposite,” noted Sarah, who stays busy training horses and competing in breakaway roping jackpots. “I do plan to go to the ProRodeos here in Texas and see what happens but have no plans of joining her on the road.” A repeat for the Angelone sisters is definitely in play for 2023. “It would be great to repeat as the all-around champion, but I am sure Martha will have something to say about that,” Sarah said jokingly.
Sarah Angelone (header) had decided to enter the 2022 WPRA World Finals to help her older sister, Martha Angelone (heeler) earn enough points to win the all-around title. When the final calculations were done it was actually Sarah that captured the title over her sister. WPRA photo by Rodeobum.com/James Phifer
Tanegai Zilverberg was excited to add world title to her resume and some new hardware to her trophy room. Zilverberg won the 2022 WPRA World Tie-Down Roping title and is shown here with WPRA President Jimmie Munroe. WPRA photo by Rodeobum.com/James Phifer
In 2022, the Angelone sisters each picked up their own world titles in the WPRA. Sarah (in the white shirt) won the all-around title at the WPRA World Finals in Waco, Texas, on Nov. 12, while Martha (maroon shirt) would not win her title until Nov. 30 when she won the WPRA world title in the breakaway roping. WPRA photos by Rodeobum.com/James Phifer
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