newest addition to the Hall’s growing herd. “Lena has been amazing for Morissa but
she’s getting older and we needed to find her a younger horse to keep going with,” Morse said. Tey found Gracie through people they met at a rodeo in July 2021 and ended up sending the owner a video of Morissa riding. In October of 2021, the Halls got a call about a horse that might be a good fit. After purchasing Gracie, the Halls sent the
mare to champion Speed class rider Nathan Peoples in Kentucky to help train her for Poles. “Te Peoples have their own breeding op- eration and don’t normally train for others but when I gave Nathan a call he said, ‘for Morissa, bring her over!’” Morse explained. After picking up Gracie from Kentucky, the
Halls headed to Perry, Georgia, for the National Barrel Horse Association Open World Finals. Tis would be Morissa’s first competition with Gracie. “At the NBHA I had my fastest time ever!” she said. “It was one of those opportunities that I might not have again so we just went for it!” Teir wining time was 15.8 seconds. Earlier in 2021, Morissa earned time she needed in Poles with Lena during the Keystone Rodeo in Pennsylvania to qualify for the Junior World Finals but now that she had Gracie, she made Gracie the priority in terms of prepping for the Finals. Just six weeks after getting Gracie home, and with a lot of lost time due to an abscess,
Get ready for the show season!
Morissa and Gracie headed to Las Vegas in December 2021. In their second run in Las Vegas, Morissa and Gracie ran a 22.929 to place 22nd
out of 50 rid-
ers. Combined with the penalties from their first round, Morissa ended her first Junior World Fi- nals experience in 45th
place. “I was very happy [with]
the run at the time,” she said. “You have to understand that in Poles, the average time is around 22 to 24 so a 22 for only our second time racing togeth- er… I am very proud of that.” Te thing that Morissa said
she learned most from the experience was that even at big rodeos like the Finals, the rodeo community is one big supportive family. “Te ro- deo took place on the second floor of the Convention Cen- ter so you had to tack up your horse and put it on a trailer that drove up the ramp to the arena,” Morse explained. “Ten you only had a few minutes before the run to gather yourself.” “Te family from Maryland that shipped
run,” Morissa said. “Now that 2021 is over and I’ve had a chance
Morissa and her father/coach Morse Hall in Las Vegas.
to look back… it’s been such a very remarkable year and I feel really blessed that I’ve received so much help and support from so many peo- ple, including my dad.” At this point, with only three years of rodeos under her belt, Morissa says she is in this sport for life. “I want to ride in college and hope to get a scholarship,” she said. “I want to find a school with a rodeo team too.” Long term, Morissa sees herself becoming a veteri- narian or “training children who want to ride but don’t have the money,” she said adding, “I got to help at Mr. Ray Parker’s summer camp this summer and it feels so good to give back. I want to help others like people have helped me.” Parker offered a summer
Gracie out there for us was running late due to this traffic issue and a family I had never met before from New Mexico just helped us out and drove Gracie for us so I wouldn’t miss my
camp experience at his farm in Upper Marlboro for children from Washington, D.C., that do not have exposure to horses. “Tat was a once in a lifetime thing for those kids. You could see the joy on their faces. Tat’s what horses are all about,” she said. Joy.
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