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About Lynn McKenzie

The name "Lynn McKenzie" has been prominent in barrel racing since September of 1977 when she and her great horse Magnolia Missile swept the Texas Barrel Racing Association Futurity, winning every go round. In 1978, in her rookie season in the WPRA, she won the title of World Champion Barrel Racer. In 1979 and 1980, she was the Reserve World Champion Barrel Racer, winning the average at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) both years. Winning the 1979 NFR, she placed in EVERY go round, WINNING an unprecedented 6 of 10 rounds. She again won the World Champion title in 1981. An injury to Missile at the 1981 NFR kept her out of competition until Memorial Day in 1982, yet she still qualified in the top 5 for the NFR. 1983 saw a reduced amount of competition and in the fall, she quit competing in order to be home with her two daughters. "To me, my priorities as a Mother come before rodeo, so I stayed home to raise my children. Did I still want to rodeo? Absolutely! But my duties to my family were and still are more important than being able to rodeo. I was able to maintain contact with barrel racing by training horses and by doing clinics. Both of my daughters grew up barrel racing and both won the AQHA World Championship in Senior Barrels." Ironically both of them won it at the age of 13.

Lynn and Murray started out in 1974 helping Martha and R. E. Josey at their clinics and schools. Lynn began doing her own clinics in 1979, and by 1984 her clinic business had grown considerably. Today, with 30 years of experience for not only her, but Murray also, Lynn McKenzie Clinics are nationally and internationally known for their success in helping barrel racers young and old. "The youngest I ever had at a clinic was 4, but the oldest was a lady who claimed to be 76, but everyone there said she was at least 83!"

Beginning in 1979, after she won her first World Championship in the WPRA, Lynn designed and endorsed her first saddle. The success of her first saddle prompted the development of a complete line of equipment and tack. The original Lynn McKenzie combination bit took the industry by storm and quickly became the most copied bit on the market. Sadly to say that bit is now being endorsed by other barrel racers and Lynn no longer gets the credit for having designed it. Now she endorses saddles EXCLUSIVELY with Double J Saddlery. Recently, Toklat / Myler has introduced the "Lynn McKenzie Signature Series" of Myler bits with more equipment to follow. For the past 25 years, barrel racers, store owners, and horsemen in general have come to depend on anything with Lynn's name on it to be the very best available. Not only that but they also know that they can depend on Lynn to develop the very latest is new equipment, ideas and techniques. Because we want to keep as up to date on new ideas and technology to offer our customers, we now are dealers for Bretton pads and Silver Lining Herbs.

In 2001, a new opportunity opened up for Lynn & Murray to team with Shane and Lanette Pritchard and the Tanner Time System by Pegasus to take barrel racing into the 21st Century. In the past everyone has taught barrel racing their own way and hoped it was right. With the technology and equipment available today, I wanted a way to apply it to barrel racing. In a Barrel Racing Lab 501 (so named because compared to what we have done in the past, this is now barrel racing instruction, college graduate level), the Tanner Time system breaks the pattern down into seven segments. Then by using the segment times plus a digital video system with super slow motion capability, we analyze each run and are able to pinpoint exactly where the rider is losing time and we then work with them to modify their pattern and optimize their time. Once each turn has been optimized, we measure each pattern and Shane plots it on a computer using a CADD program. This pattern is then printed for each student. This has to be one of the most exciting things I have seen in a long time. In these labs, each rider is given a personalized notebook with places to put their Tanner Timer readouts, the CADD pattern printout, and instructional information on a wide variety of subjects pertaining to barrel racing, horse health, etc, plus each of them is sent a personal DVD with each of their runs filmed at regular speed and also in slow motion. These are things never before offered at any barrel racing clinic.