In 1980, she won the World Barrel Racing Champion title at the NFR, the highest barrel racing title in professional barrel racing. Sonny is the only horse in history to win both the AQHA and the WPRA championships in the same year. Her second horse, Sonny Bit O'Both, brought her to the NFR four consecutive years (1978-1981). Josey claims this horse is the reason she was able to quit her job and go pro. Josey and CeBe competed in the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 19, winning $3,421 in prize money in 1969. Her first barrel horse, CeBe Reed, took her to 52 consecutive wins, and the awards she was given included seven horse trailers. After attending a rodeo in her teens, Josey became inspired to compete in the sport and began to work with CeBe Reed as a barrel racing horse. Josey's mother rented her land for oil for 25,000 dollars so that Martha could buy a gelding named CeBe Reed.
At age 10, Josey experienced the loss of a parent when her father died due to a heart attack. Her love for horses was instilled by her father, who was one of the first directors for the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), and she began riding on a pony at a very early age. Josey is originally from the Kilgore/ Marshall, Texas area. She also competed in barrel racing as an exhibition event during the 1988 Calgary Olympics, and is the founder and co-owner of the Josey Ranch Barrel Racing Clinic. She has earned numerous other titles at competitions such as the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and events sanctioned by the National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA), and WPRA. She won the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) barrel racing world championship in 1980. She has been in active rodeo competition since 1964. and the former Martha James) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing.
Martha Josey (born Martha Lavaughn Arthur in Gregg County, Texas, on March 11, 1938, daughter of Robert Jonas Arthur, Sr. Women's Sports Foundation AQHA Female Equestrian of the Yearġ985 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame American barrel racer Martha Josey Birth nameġ980 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) Barrel Racing World Championġ997 National Barrel Horse Association (NBHA) Senior World Championĭennis D.
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