I really had just a few checks the rest of the winter. "San Antonio really got me started through the winter," she said. Castle Rock Kennewick, Wash., and Ellensburg, Wash. She followed that with six event titles: Reno, Nev. Laughlin started the campaign off well, earning good money in February at San Antonio. "I hit a lot of barrels that first year, but we just kept working at it." The work has paid off in 2014. "I've had him for two and a half years,"she said of the gelding. She has something special in Six Pack, a 9-year-old dapple gray gelding owned by Kathleen Collier of Hereford, Texas. "I'm excited and really looking forward to it," she said. Laughlin will have 10 opportunities for that. Each night, contestants will battle for the $19,000 payday that comes with winning a go-round. Once she arrives in the Nevada desert, she will race her talented horse, Guys Six Pack To Go, around the cloverleaf pattern while chasing the biggest pay in the game. Through the 2014 season, Laughlin earned more than $93,000 and will begin the 10-round finale sitting at No. My goals kept going up as the year went along." This week, Laughlin will set forth on a new path in her career, chasing the Pro Rodeo world championship during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the sport's premier event that begins Thursday and runs through next week in Las Vegas. "Then when I got into the top 10, I wanted to stay in the top 10. "When I got started this year, I just wanted to make the finals," said Laughlin, a barrel racer from Pueblo. As her season progressed, Christine Laughlin noticed a distinct pattern in reference to her goals.
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