GUTHRIE, Okla. — Karlee Boots won’t have to worry about accessories for her belts any time soon.
Boots, 8-year-old daughter of Justin and Karla Boots, Welda, recently brought home several top awards for her rodeo work over the past year, capped by earning reserve all-around finals champion July 5-10 at the Little Britches Finals Rodeo in Guthrie.
She received champion belt buckles for placing third in barrels, fifth in flags and seventh in goat tail tying.
Of the 150 contestants in the finals at Guthrie’s Lazy E Arena, the top 15 come back for what’s called the short round. Boots made the short go in all four of her events, barrels, poles, goat tail untying and flags.
Because she earned top five in each event, she brought hom four sets of Trophy Short Go spurs, sponsored by Shorty’s Cowboy Hattery.
Meanwhile, Boots was named Reserve All-Around Champion in her Little Wrangler Division (for competitors ages 5-8). The division had 381 competitors throughout the year vying for points.
She wound up third overall in barrels, fifth in flags and sixth in goat tail untying.
SEVERAL family members were on hand for Boots’ Little Britches competition, including her parents, her brother, Stetson Setter, her grandmother Pat Spencer and granffather, Gene Laver, her aunt Margaret Barnett, cousins Tyler and Abby Boeken, DeWayne and Janice Ard and friends Kamryn Luedke and her fmaily, Angie, Brent and Trewit Luedke.
She had several sponsors through the year Overille and Sue Kroenke KU Feed Shed, Twin Motors Ford and Loomis Tack and Supply of Iola, El Jimador Mexican Restaurant and Valley A Farm Service, Garnett, Citizens State Bank of Le Roy, Better Equine of Paola, Chancy’s Grill and Shake of Moran, Mesa Animal Clinic of Girard and Ard Trucking of Humboldt.
Boots compets aboard her favore horse Frog in barrels, poles and flags. She rides Lucky, her grandfather Gene Laver’s horse for goat tail untying.
