Jane Melby
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Hometown: |
Sebeka, MN |
| Current City: | Burneyville, OK |
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Horses: |
Perkulees, Rascal, Smooth, Finished, Beauty |
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Personal |
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| Husband- Ryan Melby Son- Colton Melby Daughter- Cayla Jane purchased her horse Beauty in August of 2010 from a lady she was helping with lessons. Her goal was to make it to the NFR as she knew Beauty had it in him to make it from the first time she saw him. They had about 70 horses at their ranch. She is a dairy farmer’s daughter so when little she would ride horses to chase the dairy cows. Her father had an interest in rodeo so when she was in the eighth grade he let her enter an open rodeo close to home and the rest was history. |
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| Professional | |
| 2013 Highlights • Won the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene, Texas) • Won Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo • Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo • Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) Career Highlights • 2012 – Finished the year ranked 33rd with $32,043. Won Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo and Athens (Texas) MDA Rodeo. • 2011 – Qualified for her first Wrangler NFR and became the first WPRA barrel racer from Minnesota to qualify.Placed in four out of 10 rounds winning three rounds; entered in 11th place and finished the season ranked 6th. Entered the finals with $63,283 in 2011 earnings and finished with $122,994.; finished second in the average at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-up; won the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas), the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo, and A Tribute to Chris Ledoux (Casper, Wyo.) • 2008 – Competed at the WPRA World Finals in the Futurity division with Lion Share of Fame. Amateur Minnesota High School Rodeo Association State Champion (1983-1986 – only won to win all four years); IPRA World champion (1993) and NBHA 1D World champion (1999) Won the Scoti Flit Bar Rising Star Award for RC Black in Black “Beauty” at the 2011 Wrangler NFR. |
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| Website: | http://www.janemelby.com/ |