![]() “My dad Gaston Perron was barrel racing on the weekends, and then we started rodeoing. “ I started barrel racing when I was 3 years old with a little pony,” Ménard-Perron said. Ménard-Perron grew up in the Quebec province of Eastern Canada. Between managing inventory, fitting horses and creating the newest saddle designs, Ménard-Perron stays busy. ![]() Seven Saddles specializes in lightweight, custom barrel racing and roping saddles that ship to three countries. She does it all while managing her self-started saddle company called Seven Saddles. With 1,066.25 points on the Corpus Christi leaderboard, Ménard-Perron is sitting 17 th in the field of 48 racers that will qualify for the event. Next on the docket for Ménard-Perron is the WCRA’s Rodeo Corpus Christi, May 10–13. Kathleen Menard-Perron purchased “Charmin” as a yearling. While a downed second barrel kept Ménard-Perron from qualifying for The American Rodeo Championship, she praised her mare Charmin N Rockin (by CCS Last Warrior out of the Firewaterontherocks mare Kab Possum On Fire) qualifying and carrying her to the same site where the 2020 National Finals Rodeo was held. “I was super proud to be racing with Sherry Cervi and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi,” Ménard-Perron said. Winning 2023 The American Rodeo Contender Tournament East Regional Finals in Lexington, Kentucky, and earning $10,000, Ménard-Perron advanced to the Contender Finals at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Speaking French Canadian and picking up English as a second language throughout her life, Ménard-Perron has now competed alongside the sport’s biggest stars at The American Rodeo. Forty-two-year-old Kathleen Ménard-Perron moved from Quebec, Canada, to Ocala, Florida four years ago to take advantage of the year-round barrel racing opportunities in the United States.
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