Layna Knight




Hometown:

Orlando, FL
Current City: Wills Point, TX

Horses:

Hat D Doc "Doc", Jet, Dollar

Personal

Born- May 29, 1964
Father- Gary Brown
Mother- Jan Brown
Husband- Hoby (race horse trainer)

She has two sisters who also compete in barrel racing Denise Beniot and Gina Cates and another sister, Lisa Graham not involved in barrel racing. When she is not running barrels she works as a jockey. Other sports she participated in include gymnastics and horse racing.
Professional
2011 Highlights
• Finished ranked 94th with $9,277.
• Qualified for the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas).
Career Highlights 
• 2010 - Finished the year ranked 18th in the world with $40,118; was co-champion at the Big Wind Round Up (Riverton, Wyo.) and won the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas) 
• 2009 - Finished the year ranked 34th with $26,708.
• 2008 - Finished the year ranked 23rd with $37,047 in earnings. Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.), the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo, the Dogwood Classic PRCA Rodeo (Palestine, Texas), the Davie (Fla.) Pro Rodeo and the Citrus Stampede Rodeo (Inverness, Fla.). Horses used in 2008 Hat D Doc "Doc" (9-years old), Jet (9-years old) and Dollar (17-years old)
• 2007 - Won the Panola County Cattlemen's PRCA Rodeo (Carthage, Texas), the Chisholm Trail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.), the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo and the Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Finished the year ranked 17th in the world with $44,480.
• 2006 - Finished the year ranked 14th in the world standings with $74,175; won the Heart of the North Rodeo (Spooner, Wis.), the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo and the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.).