Regional Bonus Race Run

August 2, 2016 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

I’m currently in Texas, after having spent last weekend in Oklahoma at the Regional Run for the Bonus Race. I still haven’t won a qualifier for the 2017 Run for the Bonus, but I had a blast, made two of three clean runs on my horse and this marks the first weekend I’ve ridden him that I haven’t felt like I was run over by a Mack Truck after the second day.

Last year at this same run, I made only two clean runs and barely scratched the surface of being as fast as I was a few days ago. This year, it was a three-run race, and while I did take out the third barrel on day number two, my adjustments for day three landed me a 3rd place, 4D finish and a hefty check! I have a few more adjustments to make to land us in a faster division, but I’m having fun learning, and we’ll get there, I’ve no doubt.

The videos have yet to be published, so I’ll post those later. In the meantime, we’re gearing up to run in Glen Rose, Texas this coming weekend! I’ll get home on Tuesday, unpack, repack and head to North Dakota for a run on Friday the 12th.

Happy Trails!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.