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Moon, purchased three years ago for 150 bales of hay, has a shot at becoming a professional barrel racer this year.

T’bred bought in hay swap aims for pro rodeo

A dark gray, almost black Thoroughbred who Amber Moore picked up three years ago in trade for 150 bales of hay has since been making hay in the barrel races, and is on the cusp of turning pro on the rodeo circuit. So well has her dark horse trained that the accredited member of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association has been a little bit amazed. “He’s been the easiest horse to train I’ve ever had,” says Moore. “I rode him in his first show two weeks after I got him, and he was perfect. There’s not a lot of people who […]