“Most young barrel racers are talented and it's tough to beat them,” he said. The top American racers, he said, can earn up to $100,000 in a year. Tanguy, who’s been barrel racing since age 20, said he still competes at events almost every weekend, sometimes against as many as 200 riders.įor one, there are more barrel racers in the sport today, he said - partly because there’s more money to be won. He is the only Canadian to ever win the National Barrel Horse Association's (NBHA) Senior 1-D World Championship - for riders 50+ - in 1996 in Augusta, GA when he was 52. Tanguy, who now lives near Wyoming, has won barrel racing championships in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. An enshrinement dinner is planned for Sept. The 69-year-old championship barrel racer, heading to the hall’s amateur division in September, is among eight inductees in the hall’s 2013 class. ![]() ![]() Oil Springs native Arsene Tanguy is heading to the Sarnia-Lambton Sports Hall of Fame.
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