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Born:
Sept. 10, 1965, in Pierre, S.D.
Residence: Letcher, S.D.
Joined WPRA: 1995
Horse: TR Dashing Badger "Dolly" (9-year-old
mare)
World titles: 0
Wrangler NFR qualifications: 2 (2007-08)
Tour Finale titles: 1
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Caldwell: 2007
Tour Finale qualifications: 8
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Caldwell: 2007-08
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Puyallup: 2007-08
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Omaha: 2007-08
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Dallas: 2007-08
DNCFR qualifications: 2 (2005-06)
Education: West Texas A&M (Canyon), bachelor's
degree in animal science.
Professional
2009 Highlights
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Won Rodeo Austin (Texas).
Career Highlights
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2008 - Won the average title
at the 2008 Wrangler NFR with a 10 run total of 140.11
seconds. Was only one of two barrel racers to turn in
10 clean runs at the NFR. Maegan Reichert was the other
competitor. Placed in seven out of 10 rounds en route
to the average title winning the first round for the
second consecutive year stopping the clock in 14.02
seconds. Won $104,117, which was only second to world
champion Lindsay Sears who won $139,002. Finished the
year ranked second with a total of $218,880; won the
most money over the Fourth of July with $25,698; won
the New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo (Albuquerque), the
Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede, the Livingston
(Mont.) Round-Up and the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show
and Rodeo.
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2007 - Won Rd. 1 and Rd.
6 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and placed in
seven rounds overall on her way to earning $83,690.
Finished the year third in the world with $169,099;
was co-champion at the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Ariat
Playoffs (Caldwell, Idaho) but lost the tie-breaker
to be the overall champion; won the Wrangler ProRodeo
Tour round at the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo,
the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.),
the Black Hills Round-up (Belle Fourche, S.D.), the
Mandan (S.D.) Rodeo Days and the Horse Heaven Roundup
(Kennewick, Wash.).
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2006 - Won the Dodge Badlands
Circuit Finals Rodeo and the Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days;
co-champion at the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo;
Finished 23rd in the world standings with earnings of
$36,173.
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2005 - Finished 49th in
the world standings with earnings of $19,794.
Amateur
South Dakota Rodeo Association
(SDRA) barrel racing champion (1996-97, 1999, 2000,
2004-06); five-time NRCA barrel racing champion.
Personal
Husband, Terry, (married in 2005) a former bull rider
and owns Moody Auto Body in Letcher, S.D.; stepson,
Toby Moody and stepdaughter, Tera Moody....Trains barrel
racing horses when not competing…Hobbies include
braiding, painting tack and watching TV…Sister,
Jana Griemsman is also a barrel racer. Parents are Clint
and Ruby Schimkat…Graduated from Pierre (S.D.)
High School…Underwent surgery for cervical cancer
in 1996 and needed two years to get back to full strength…Favorite
rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days…A self-professed
"horse-crazy child," began barrel racing in
1976…Gave the buckle she received for winning the
first round of the Wrangler NFR in 2007 to the family
of Harry Thomas, who owns her primary barrel horse,
Dolly. Moody made the gesture in memory of Thomas' granddaughter,
Taylor, who was killed in a car accident…The South
Dakota Sportswriters Association named her the state's
2007 female athlete of the year…Favorite food is
ice cream and her mom's enchiladas and favorite movie
is Tin Cup…Rodeo idol is Lane Frost.
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