Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Shayla Currin, 12, of Dayton, steers her horse around a barrel. Shayla is following in the footsteps of her mother Kelli Currin and has impressed many with her barrel racing skills at such a young age. Both Kelli and Shayla are part of the Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association, a club for Walla Walla-area barrel racers that has around for almost 50 years.
WALLA WALLA - For nearly 50 years, horse-loving women in the Walla Walla Valley have had a place to call their own.
In 1962, the Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association was created to bring together the best barrel racers of all ages in the area. Many of them hail from the Touchet Valley, including Kelli Currin and her daughter Shayla, who have been active in the barrel racing and rodeo scenes.
The Currins live in Dayton.
Kelli has been racing since she was young and brought up her daughter in the same way. Shayla, now 12, has been competing in barrel racing since she was six years old.
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