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Cervi
Celebrates Third World Title, Moody Wins Average
Title
By Ted Harbin
12/12/10The look on Jill Moody's
face was pure shock.
In fact, she didn't believe the report that she
and Dolly had broken the 25-year-old barrel racing
average record with their fantastic run at the Thomas
& Mack Arena over the last 10 nights. But when
she saw the figures, she was definitely pleased.
"It would've been an honor to have that arena
record, but I'll definitely take this," said
Moody of Letcher, S.D., who rode TR Dashing Badger
around the cloverleaf pattern 10 times in 138.26
seconds to win the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
"She is the picture of consistency, I'd say."
Sherry Cervi of Marana, Ariz., clinched the world
championship Friday night, but she and Moody were
in a tight race for the average title heading into
the final go-round on Saturday night. In fact, Moody
had just two-hundredths of a second lead over Cervi
through nine rounds.
But Cervi - who won $120,000 at the NFR and finished
the season with $299,893 -- knocked over the third
barrel in Round 10 to help catapult Moody to the
NFR title.
"I
was kind of pouting, because I was second and second
and second," she said, referring to her four
round runner-up performances. "We pulled it
off in the end."
Charmayne James' mark of 138.93 was set in 1986,
so it was a nice twist for Moody, a two-time average
champion, to surpass it.
"In 2008, I won the average here and the reserve
world champion title," said Moody, who credits
the run to Dolly, a 10-year-old gray mare out of
Easy Cash Bar by Mr. Illuminator. "Then last
year, Dolly got sick and took the year off. To come
back a year later after such a significant illness
and win the average means a lot."
Angie Meadors of Blanchard, Okla., and two-time
world champion Brittany Pozzi of Victoria, Texas,
split the final round victory with 13.67s. It was
Pozzi's fifth paycheck at this year's NFR but her
first victory; Meadors' three paychecks all came
from round wins.
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12/12/10
"I
was kind of pouting, because I was second and second
and second," she said, referring to her four
round runner-up performances. "We pulled it
off in the end."
