Fourteen-year-old Tyler Morton taught herself barrel racing from YouTube videos. Through grit and determination, she's now set to pit herself against the world's best in the sport.
Racing around the backyard on a horse called Storm is Tyler Morton 's after-school sport.The 14-year-old sneaks out of the family classroom on a cattle station in western Queensland and into her barrel-racing arena."Ever since we were little, we've been thrown on horses," Tyler said.
Tyler will be scouting for a horse that "knows how to turn tight and has a lot of power and speed" — the markers of a good barrel racer."You just want the horse to perform for them because like anything the horses can have a bad day or moment — or make a wrong choice. So can the rider," she said."She trains very hard, is very dedicated and loves her horses.
"You have got to be good and go to rodeos every single weekend … if you're good enough, you'll be winning and the money they have there, you can live off," she said."It's daunting because obviously we would miss our girl if she moved overseas but you've got to follow your dreams," Ms Morton said.
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