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Jessica Routier is a professional barrel racer competing in many rodeos all over the world. Her horses give her so much try. The relationship that an owner has with their animal is incredible. She has 3 Nation Finals Rodeo Qualifications, and she has 7 National Circuit Finals Rodeo Qualifications.

Early Life
Jessica grew up around horses her mother and father rodeoed a little bit in there college and earlier years. Which lead Jessica to do every girl event possible that she could do. She competed at Little Britches Rodeos and the Wisconsin High School Rodeo Association winning the Wisconsin high school cutting title for four years, the goat tying three years, and the pole bending and breakaway roping twice. She is also a three-time Wisconsin all-around champion. then With a rodeo scholarship to National American University in Rapid City, she competed under the tutelage of Glen Lammers and She qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo four times, winning the national barrel racing title in 2003. She graduated in 2006 with a master’s degree in business.

Personal Life
Jessica Routier and her husband riley have 5 children 4 girls and one boy. the Routiers married in 2007. All of them try to go to all of there mothers races but usually one of them gets sick and has to stay home, yet somehow Jessica Routier has never been sick at a rodeo. She met Westergren through friends and businesses, John and Liz Holman from Hot Springs. He was looking for someone to start his young horses, with the goal of getting one of them to the WNFR. Jessica gets Westergren’s horses as two-year-olds. she send them out for thirty days, then she gets them back, putting lots of ranch miles on them and slowly introducing them to barrels. She and Gary then decide if the horse is a good fit for her or not. If it is, it stays. If not, Gary will sell it however if it is a mare he will take it back and breed it.

Career
2019- Entered the Wrangler NFR ranked 8th. Placed in six out of 10 rounds, finished 9th in the average and remained ranked 8th in the world. Won a total of $94,615 at the NFR and finished the year with $191,197 in earnings.

2018- Finished the year as reserve WPRA World Champion with $251,704 and was second in the NFR average race. Placed in 7 out of 10 rounds at first Wrangler NFR.

2017- Won the Badlands Circuit year-end title with money counting towards 2018 standings.

Awards
2018-2019: She won the Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award Winner at the Wrangler NFR.