Colleen Shyrock of Yuma, Colo.

Name: Colleen Shyrock

Business: RED ROSE BLOODSTOCK, LLC & HOCH REAL ESTATE

Location: Yuma, Colo.

Family: Mark Murphy

College: Lexington Community College

Websites: http://www.redrosebloodstock.com/ and http://www.hochrealestate.com/

Are you a Colo. native?

No, I am a Kentucky native and have lived in Colorado for six years.

How long have you been involved in horses/barrel racing?
I was riding horses with my grandmother at two-years-old, and even skipped kindergarten to be able to stay home and go riding with her. We had a small dairy and after my baby calves were fed I would ride my mare in the small pen next to the barn.

I got involved with 4-H at age 9 and was very active in the local club until graduation from high school. I focused on western pleasure, horsemanship and the hunter jumper classes. When I was 14 or 15 I bought a nice Gunsmoke gelding from a friend and dabbled with barrels, poles and team penning. It was not until 2006 that I got serious about barrel racing and went to a couple of Marlene McRae’s clinics and was ready to compete again!

Where do you compete?
WPRA, NSRA, Mile Hi Barrel Horse Association, Burns Ranch Arena and as many different jackpots that I can! For 2010 I am also going to join the CPRA and WPRA.

What would be your dream race to run in?
Calgary Stampede and Pendleton, and of course the NFR would be okay with me too!

Your mentors or heroes in the BR'ing world?
I watch all the top barrel racers and rodeo competitors very close for style, technique and horsemanship.

If there was a bloodline you could bring back to life, which would it be?
I loved my Gunsmoke horse and wish there were more of those bloodlines around.

Do you have a day job as well?
I sell residential real estate in Yuma, Colo., with Hoch Real Estate.

How did you get into the livestock insurance business?
I have been in livestock insurance for ten years and got involved when I worked in the Thoroughbred breeding industry in Kentucky. I was the in house agent for a bloodstock agency and had the opportunity to learn about all type of coverage from basic mortality to stallion infertility insurance.

What kinds of livestock can be covered? (Just horses?)
We mainly stick to cattle and horses, but many different types of animals can be insured including zoo animals and exotic animals.

Your main mounts and why you love them?
Ms Fancy Jack Barr is my main horse, I have owned her for five years and learned so much from training her. She is a push style horse that tries very hard and gives me confidence.

Streakin Diablo is quickly becoming my second-in-line barrel horse. I have a feeling he will be outrunning Fancy very soon. He is big, covers the ground with ease and will not run past a barrel, which makes my job easy. He is still green, but we are going to have a fun summer! I also have several young horses that are doing well at the jackpots and will hopefully make rodeo horses in the near future.


Thanks Colleen!~