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The rise of Broken Bow's self-taught barrel racer

'She's here because she got herself here':

Shayla Staab buried the brim of her suede hat into her phone, pushing through disappointment to see what went wrong. The 16-year-old barrel racer had just completed her first run of the competition and was already analyzing videos.

"It's a lot harder than it looks," Shayla signed to her dad.

Despite her disappointment, Shayla left the Lancaster County event center on March 9 with a first place win in her division. Not bad for a self-taught racer.

Unlike most of her fellow competitors, Shayla comes from a family with no rodeo experience. Her father, Russell Staab, owns a locksmith company and h...

 

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