McLeod fifth in final 2013 world standings after her first NFR

National Finals Rodeo barrel racer Michele McLeod departed Las Vegas the morning after NFR’s conclusion, and her first stop was Bonsall.

McLeod left Las Vegas the morning of Dec. 15 and visited Bonsall’s Linda Stenerson that afternoon. Stenerson was the National Barrel Horse Association district director when McLeod lived in Temecula. “My girls were really young and we became a family. She was like my mom and a grandma to the girls,” McLeod said of Stenerson.

McLeod now lives in Whitesboro, Texas. She picked up a three-year-old colt from Stenerson and will train that horse before returning him...