“Carrie” was bred by my family’s ranch and had a very successful show career. Some of the highlights include:
Dainty Little Step
“Carrie”
2006 Palomino Mare
Wimpys Little Step x Tucks Little Poco
Lifetime Earnings: $50,514
Dam of earners of $771,141
About
After aging out of the derbies, Dainty Little Step became one of the first reining horses I ever had the opportunity to show. I traveled to the NRHA Derby with the intention of learning more about the sport and gaining experience in the Green Reiner classes during a summer break at home.
As we drove to Oklahoma City, my trainer, Ben Baldus—ever the goal setter—asked me what I hoped to achieve. With no real understanding of the difficulty involved, I told him my lucky number was 73, so that was my goal score. He kindly tried to temper my expectations, saying he’d be proud if I stayed on pattern and marked a 70.
On Day 1, Dainty Little Step carried me to a 72.5. On Day 2, she helped me reach that seemingly impossible goal of a 73. What I didn’t realize at the time was that those runs also earned her just enough to cross the $50,000 LTE milestone.
PEDIGREE
2006 Palomino Mare
| Wimpys Little Step | Nu Chex To Cash | Nu Cash | |
| Amarilla Chex | |||
| Leolita Step | Forty Seven | ||
| Step Lite | |||
| Tucks Little Poco | Poco King Tuck | Poco Bueno | |
| Lady Illini 25 | |||
| Tykes Little Peppy | Peppy San Badger | ||
| Tykes Cowboy Missy | |||
PRODUCE RECORD
Dam of earners of $771,141
Lifetime Earnings: $420,195
NRHA L4 Open Futurity Champion; 4th NRBC L4 Open Derby, Northeast Breeders Trust Reining L4 Open Futurity Co-Reserve Champion; money-earner NRHA L4 Open Derby, 4th Congress Reining L4 Open Futurity; finalist Tulsa Reining Classic L4 Open Futurity.
Lifetime Earnings: $78,060
aka Lucky
2010 Gelding
Owned by Kathy and Larry Barker
Shown by Robert Chown
“Kathy and I started reining in the late 1980’s and had the good fortune to buy a great mare, Shiners Miss Rey, from Robert Chown in 2006. At that time Robert was splitting time between reining and cow horses. We dabbled in cow horses for a bit and our interest grew to where I went to the 2013 Snaffle Bit Futurity in Reno with the intention to buy a real good two-year-old prospect in the sale. I found a good one but while there I saw Ben Baldus show A Lil Dab Will Do in the futurity and knew immediately that this was the horse I was looking for. Ben said he wasn’t for sale but promised he would check with the owners to see if they would sell him. True to his word he returned to the WT Waggoner Estate and called me a few days later to say they would part with him. The next morning Robert went to the ranch in Electra, TX and rode him and emphatically agreed that Lucky was a great horse. A month later Robert took him to the NRHA Futurity and made the Open finals. The thing that impressed me most about Lucky was his presence in the arena. He is a big, beautiful palomino and the power of his maneuvers grabs the judge’s attention.
“His cow horse show record was exemplary including two World Championships, two Reserve World Championships, many class wins and a NRCHA Supreme Cow Horse Award. But the joy he brought to us was much more than his accomplishments in the show arena. Robert told me early on that his goal was to make Lucky a household name in the cow horse community. I recall being at a small show in Ardmore and we went up in the stands to watch Lucky and Robert. There were only 10 people in the stands and a young girl and her mom came up to watch. We cheered Lucky on and after his run they came up and asked if we owned Lucky. They told us they never miss watching him and that he was their favorite horse. It is those moments that are priceless.
“But the greatest compliment Lucky ever received was at the AQHA World Show in 2014. Lucky had a stellar run to win the Junior Cow Horse finals and edged our hero, Doug Williamson and High Brow Shiner. Doug showed such grace by walking up to us to shake hands and say “I don’t feel bad about placing second to that horse.” Those moments you never forget.
“Crossing a son of High Brow Cat on a great Wimpy Little Step mare was such a great cross. We had watched Doug Milholland and Ben Baldus show Dainty Little Step, so we knew what a great mare she was. After owning Lucky, it inspired us to cross Cat Man Do on our own Wimpy mare, Little Lady Steps. Robert showed our horse, Do Big Steps to a 5th place finish is the 2018 Snaffle Bit Futurity Intermediate Open Finals. We owe so much to Ben Baldus, Trace Cribbs of the WT Waggoner Estate, Brooke Wharton and her great mare Dainty Little Step and of course our great friend and trainer Robert Chown for all the joy and memories A Lil Dab Will Do has brought us. Lucky is comfortably enjoying his retirement on our ranch as a very special part of our family.”
– Larry Barker, owner
Accomplishments:
AQHA Jr Working Cowhorse World Champion, L3
AQHA Jr Working Cowhorse World Champion, L2
NRCHA Open Two Rein World Champion
AQHA Sr Working Cowhorse Reserve World Champion x2
NRCHA Supreme Cowhorse
NRHA L2 Open Futurity Finalist – top 10
2010 A LIL DAB WILL DO, g. by Cat Man Do. $78,060 and 22 AQHA points: AQHA World Champion Junior Working Cow Horse, AQHA Reserve World Champion Senior Working Cow Horse twice, NRCHA Open Two-Rein World Champion; split 3rd NRCHA Celebration of Champions Open Derby, Open Perf. ROM.
2011 Do Little Steps (embt), g. by Cat Man Do. $4,024: 5th 2024 Old West ARHFA All-Age Heading Non-Pro, Colorado State Fair RCH $7,500 Limited Open Futurity Reserve Champion (Fence Work Champion). Deceased.
2011 Wimpys Lucky Seven (embt), c. by Greyt Whiz. Deceased before show age.
2012 Purrfect Steps (embt), f. by Purrfect Timing. 4th SHTX World Ranch All-Around Junior Horse Open.
2012 Greyt Little Steps (embt), f. by Greyt Whiz. Dam of– ALWAYS DO (g. by Cat Man Do). $53,037 and 478.5 AQHA points: AQHA World All-Around Select Amateur Champion; AQHA World Champion Amateur Working Western Rail Ranch Horse; AQHA World Working Western Rail Ranch Stakes Non-Pro Champion; AQHA Amateur Champion; Superior Amateur Ranch Riding.
2015 LIL TRASH TALK (AQHA/APHA), g. by Gunnatrashya. $76,590 with 191 AQHA and 364 APHA points: AQHA World Champion Junior & Senior Ranch Riding Horse; 11-time APHA World Champion; AQHA Superior Ranch Riding.
2016 Give Up The Ghost (embt), g. by Smart Spook. Texas Warm-Up Reining L4 Open Futurity Co-Champion; Texas Warm-Up Reining L3 Open Futurity Champion.
2016 Tracer Bullet (embt), c. by Dual Smart Rey. Fort Worth AQHA Ranching Heritage 4-Over Working Ranch Horse Cowboy Champion.
2017 DAINTY LITTLE SPOOK, f. by Smart Spook. $51,596: NRHA Novice Horse Open Derby Champion; 3rd NRBC Green L4 Open Derby; finalist NRHA L4 Open Derby, McGee Farms Reining L4 & L3 Non-Pro Derbies’ Reserve Champion.
2018 MAGNUMS LITTLE DREAM (embt), c. by Magnum Chic Dream. $38,795: split 4th High Roller Reining Classic L2 Open Derby, 4th High Roller Reining Classic 4-Year-Old Stakes Wild Card L1 Open, split 4th Low Roller Reining Classic L2 Open Derby.
2018 TEN THIRTY (embt), c. by Gunnatrashya. $420,195: NRHA L4 Open Futurity Cham- pion; 4th NRBC L4 Open Derby, Northeast Breeders Trust Reining L4 Open Futurity Co-Reserve Champion; money-earner NRHA L4 Open Derby, 4th Congress Reining L4 Open Futurity; finalist Tulsa Reining Classic L4 Open Futurity.
2019 Sighted In (embt), f. by Colonels Smoking Gun. $7,904: finalist NRHA L4 Non-Pro Fu- turity, 3rd High Roller Reining Classic L4 Non-Pro Futurity.
2019 Spookd (embt), g. by Smart Spook. NRHA money-earner.
2020 Best Flinns Forever (embt), f. by In Like Flinn. $3,761 to 4, 2024: 3rd Northeast Breeders Trust Reining L2 Open Futurity, and 5th L3 Open Futurity.
2020 REBEL WTH A CAUSE (embt), f. by Metallic Rebel. $72,961 to 4, 2024: top 10 NRCHA Open Futurity, split 4th Southwest RCHA Open Futurity, split 6th NSHA RCH Open Futurity, NSHA RCH Boxing Spectacular Non-Pro Champion.
2020 Call Me Old Fashiond (embt), c. by Smart Chic Olena.
2021 three (embt) foals; f. by Spooks Gotta Whiz; f. by Spooks Gotta Gun; g. by Woody Be Tuff.
2022 Danger Zone (embt), c. by Americasnexttopgun.
2023 two foals; (embt), f. by Gunnatrashya; c. by Jacs Electric Spark.
2024 Calatrava (embt), f. by Gunnatrashya.