March 4, 2014
Joyce Loomis-Kernek
was born Joyce
Shelley and grew up
in the Mogollon
Mountains of New
Mexico on a cattle
ranch. She and her
two brothers learned
to ride before they
could walk. As she
grew, she knew right
away that she loved
to go fast. A
neighbor gave Joyce
some past issues of
Western Horseman
magazine. It was
there that she
learned of all the
famous barrel racers
of that period and
she knew she wanted
to do what they were
doing. Her dad got
her some barrels and
she ran everything
she could around
those barrels, even
dad’s mules. A
family friend gave
her a Palomino that
she named Pal and
she won her first
Barrel Racing buckle
at a local fair in
1956.
Joyce attended
New Mexico State
University and was a
member of the Rodeo
Team. She began
competing in goat
tying, barrel racing
and roping events.
When she saw a flyer
for Miss Rodeo New
Mexico, she and her
friend decided Joyce
should enter. Her
friend schooled her
on patterns and lead
changes and loaned
her horse. Joyce won
and was given the
opportunity to
compete at the Miss
Rodeo America
contest in Las
Vegas. The state
supported her and
she flew to the
contest, in the
Governor’s airplane,
in November. Her
goal was to win
Horsemanship and she
did. However, she
was shocked when
they announced her
the winner of Miss
Rodeo America 1963.
She lived in Las
Vegas for a year and
traveled the nation
promoting rodeo.
During this
endeavor, she met
many barrel racers
and was able to
watch them train and
compete.
She met and was
married to Rodeo
Hall of Famer Barry
Burk for seven
years. This gave
Joyce with the
opportunity to meet
many of the best
horsemen of that
time. She watched
them train and
listened to their
ideas.
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She began to win
roping and
all-around titles at
this time, but she
was always looking
for a good barrel
horse. In 1969,
Joyce bought War Leo
Dude and with her in
the saddle, he
became a World
Champion barrel
horse. Joyce was
married to NRHA Hall
of Famer Bob Loomis
for 23 years. She
began training
horses and
discovered AQHA
shows. She found
another gelding Man
O War Leo and he won
the AQHA World
Champion Sr. Barrel
Horse at the first
World Show held in
Kentucky.
Her dream of
training horses had
become a reality.
State
Championships came
her way every year.
She trained both
adult and youth
champions and this
brought the
opportunity to teach
clinics all over the
world. She helped
found the Barrel
Futurities of
America and began
writing magazine
articles for both
the U.S. and other
countries.
Joyce says one of
her greatest
experiences has been
assisting in
establishing Cowboy
Church services at
both the AQHYA World
Show and the AQHA
World Show.
She has been
married to George
Kernek for 14 years.
She has spent six
months in Brazil
working and giving
clinics. In 2011 she
was the first
inductee to the
Brazil Trainers
Association Hall of
Fame.
In 1999 she was
asked to be the Dean
of the Christian
Horseman College in
Benbrook, Texas.
During this time,
Dawson McAllister,
the founder of the
College, asked her
to write a book
about barrel racing
and include the
Gospel.
As a result of
her many
experiences, she was
featured on the
Animal Planet TV
Network in November
of 2009.
Joyce thought she
had retired last
year, but it didn’t
take. She is still
on the back of a
horse and teaching.
It is with great
pleasure that we
induct Joyce Loomis-Kernek
into the 2013
Oklahoma Quarter
Horse Association
Hall of Fame.
Accepting is
Joyce.
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HALL DA FAMA
Joyce Loomis
Kernek
“A lenda Viva”
As lendas são envolvidas
de mistérios e magias, que encantam e cria um imaginário
incomum, nos inspiram a sonhar e nos fazem querer estar
o mais próximo dos personagens lendários, é o caso da
treinadora de Três Tambores e Seis Balizas Joyce Loomis
Kernek.
São
53 anos treinando cavalos, mais de 200 cavalos já
passaram por suas mãos, mais de vinte títulos
importantes como competidora, inúmeros artigos escritos
para as revistas destinadas ao público do esporte, mais
de 1000 alunos formados em suas clínicas e uma geração
de cavalo treinados por ela que fizeram e fazem história
em território americano, seria impossível defini-la por
números!!!
O caminho de seu avô as
terras do Novo México, semi traçaram seu envolvimento
com os cavalos. A menina que chegou ser Miss Rodeio por
causa de sua simpatia e beleza e mais tarde conquistou
os brasileiros por causa do jeito amável e a
sensibilidade que teve ao passar suas técnicas aos
alunos que participaram da sua clínica em 2002, na
cidade de Americana/SP, nasceu nas montanhas do Novo
México, região sudoeste dos EUA. Passou boa parte de sua
vida em uma fazenda tocando gado e andando a cavalo para
se divertir, não havia luz elétrica e muito menos
telefone.
Aprendeu a treinar cavalos
treinando! Fazendo tentativas, observando os erros e
corrigindo-os.
Não
havia vídeos, clínicas e ninguém queria ajudar o outro a
aprender, pois afinal eram adversários dentro da arena e
o esporte estava começando, era novidade no ‘Mundo
Western’, que a principio era praticado pelas mulheres
que queriam seu espaço dentro dos rodeios. Sua vontade
de aprender fez com que ela procurasse treinadores de
outras modalidades para tirar suas dúvidas de técnicas
que seriam boas para o desenvolvimento de seus animais.
Mas nem esses empecilhos não impediram que Joyce
evoluísse, com a sensibilidade aflorada, deixou que seus
animais fossem seu professores, e ela garante “Aprendi
muito com os meus animais”, sempre preocupada com os
seus cavalos, procura treinar animais para deixá-los
felizes. Respeitar os limites dos seus animais e
tratá-los com docilidade talvez sejam uns dos segredos
para produzir campeões e disso ela entende.
O primeiro cavalo é sempre
inesquecível e rende boas histórias, melhor ainda quando
rende um título, deixa o gostinho de ‘missão cumprida’,
é bem isso que Joyce sente ao lembrar-se de LEO THISTLE.
Depois de treinado ela o vendeu para Missy Long, e o
conjunto venceu o World Championship e o National Finals
Rodeo. WAR LEO DUKE e MAN O WAR LEO deixaram saudades,
mas a encheram de orgulho e ensinaram a ela a
importância dos ‘movimentos rápido para contornar os
tambores’, com eles nossa estrela foi Campeã do World
Titles na AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) e a
Professional Barrel Racing. MAN O WAR LEO, ela passei
para Lorraine Alexander e ela participou algumas vezes
da National Finals Rodeo.
Consciente
dos limites dos seus cavalos seus treinos são leves,
explorando aos poucos a capacidade de aprender de cada
um deles, seu objetivo é sempre produzir animais que
terão capacidade de competir durante muitos anos, até
chegarem à aposentadoria. Fez do esporte uma profissão e
a profissão se tornou em uma paixão, é notável o amor
que ela sente pelo que faz, essa á a chave do sucesso e
o segredo que todos tanto querem descobrir.
Viu sua vida mudar por causa de
um acidente, quando quebrou seu pulso, teve que deixar
de montar, se viu obrigada a abrir mão de uma parte de
si, para se recuperar e assim poder voltar a montar com
habilidade.
Atualmente
dedica-se a escrever seus artigos para as revistas,
selecionando animais para criadores, formando alunos
em sua clinicas, como não esta apresentando animais
em competições tem se dedicado a outra paixão seus
netos, que aos finais de semana fazem companhia para
ela em seu rancho e ela
passa pra eles o que aprende com o tempo.
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HALL
OF
FAME
Joyce Loomis
Kernek
“A Living Legend”
The legends are involved with mysteries and magic
that
enchants
and
creates
an
unusual
imagination,
inspire
us
to
dream
and
make
us
want
to
be
the
closest
of
legendary
characters,
is
the case of trainer Three and Six Barrels Beacons Joyce
Loomis Kernek.
Are
53
years
of
training
horses,
more
than
200
horses
have
passed
through
her
hands,
over
twenty
major
titles
as a
competitor,
written
for
numerous
magazines
for
the
public
sport,
more
than
1,000
graduates
in
its
clinical
articles
and
horse
trained
a
generation
of
for her that made and make history on American soil, it would be impossible to
define
it
by
numbers!
The
path
of
her
grandfather
the
lands
of
New
Mexico,
semi
traced
his
involvement
with
horses.
The
girl
came
to
be
Miss
Rodeo
because
of
its
beauty
and
friendliness
and
later
won
the
Brazilians
because
of
the
kind
and
sensitive
way
had
to
pass
his
techniques
to
students
who
participated
in
his
clinic
in
2002
in
Americana/SP,
was
born
in
the
mountains
of
New
Mexico,
the
southwest
region
of
the
USA.
She spent much of her life playing on a farm cattle and riding horses for fun,
there
was
no
electricity,
let
alone
phone.
Learned
to
train
horses
training!
Making attempts, noting the errors and correcting them.
There
were
videos,
clinics,
and
nobody
wanted
to
help
others
to
learn,
they
were
after
all
enemies
inside
the
arena
and
the
sport
was
starting,
was
new
on
the
'Western
World',
which
at
first
was
practiced
by
women
who
wanted
their
space
within
rodeos.
His
willingness
to
learn
made
her
seek
coaches
from
other
modalities
to
clear
your
doubts
of
techniques
that
would
be
good
for
the
development
of
their
animals.
But
neither
these
obstacles
did
not
prevent
Joyce
evolve,
with
sensitivity
touched
on,
let
her
animals
were
her
teachers,
and
she
assures
"I
learned
much
from
my
animals,"
always
concerned
with
their
horses,
seeks
to
train
animals
to
keep
them
happy
.
Respect the limits of their animals and treat them with docility may be some
of
the
secrets
to
produce
champions
and
that
she
understands.
The
first
horse
is
always
memorable
and
yields
good
stories,
even
better
yields
when
a
title
gets
a
taste
of
'mission
accomplished',
is
really
what
Joyce
feels
to
remember
LEO
THISTLE.
After
trained
she
sold
it
to
Missy
Long,
and
together
won
the
World
Championship
and
National
Finals
Rodeo.
DUKE
WAR
LEO
and
LEO
MAN
O
WAR
miss
left,
but
filled
with
pride
and
taught
her
the
importance
of
'fast
movements
to
bypass
the
drums'
with
them
our
star
was
World
Champion
Titles
in
the
AQHA
(American
Quarter
Horse
Association)
and
Professional
Barrel
Racing.
MAN O WAR LEO, she went to Lorraine Alexander and sometimes she attended the
National
Finals
Rodeo.
Aware
of
the
limits
of
his
horses
their
workouts
are
light,
gradually
exploring
the
ability
to
learn
from
each
of
them,
your
goal
is
always
to
produce
animals
that
will
be
able
to
compete
for
many
years
until
they
reach
retirement.
Did sport a profession and the profession became a passion, it is remarkable
the
love
she
feels
for
what
he
does,
this
will
be
the
key
to
success
and
the
secret
that
everyone
wants
to
discover
both.
She saw her life change because of an accident, when she broke his wrist, had to
stop
riding,
was
forced
to
give
up a
part
of
herself,
to
recover
and
thus
to
reassemble
with
skill.
Currently
engaged
to
write
your
articles
for
magazines,
selecting
animals
for
breeders,
forming
students
in
their
clinics,
as
not
presenting
animals
in
this
competition
has
been
dedicated
to
another
passion
grandsons,
who
at
weekends
are
her
company
in
her
ranch
and
she
goes
to
them
what
you
learn
with
time.
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