Hailey Kinsel Lockwood

DM Sissy Hayday "Sister", is registered to Dan and Leslie Kinsel. Sister is 8 years old as of 2019. She is a Palomino American Quarter Horse mare born in 2011. She is by PC Frenchmans Hayday and out of Royal Sissy Irish, who is a daughter of Royal Shakem.

Thunder Stones "TJ" is a 15-year-old gelding as of 2019, by Sticks and Stones and out of See F Jets Candy.

Lockwood still lives in the town where she grew up, Cotulla. Lockwood graduated in 2017 from Texas A&M University with a BA in Agriculture Economics. Lockwood competed on the Fightin' Aggie Rodeo team as a breakaway roper. While Lockwood was attending university, she maintained a packed schedule that included classwork, taking care of three horses, leading a bible study, and competing in PRCA rodeos. In April 2018, Lockwood and 2017-2019 Professional Bull Riders World Champion Bull Rider Jess Lockwood started a relationship. As of December 31, 2018, they were still together.He confirmed that they have been dating more than a year now. On March 28, 2019, Lockwood announced their engagement to be married on his Instagram account. On October 25, 2019, Jess Lockwood and Hailey Kinsel were married at Kinsel Lockwood's ranch in Cotulla, Texas. The Lockwoods split their time between their ranches in Stephenville, Texas for the winter and Montana for the summer.

The Kinsel family bought Sister at age 2 while Lockwood was in her college freshman year; she and her mother took turns riding her. They experienced issues training Sister, but the mare also had some natural abilities. They waited until Sister was 5 years old to start her in the futurity. Her second year running barrels was 2017 and was Lockwood's first year qualifying for the NFR. In the mare's first 14 months of competition, she won $35,000. She was instrumental in Lockwood first professional win in Elizabeth, Colorado, in 2016 and in her win in Denver, Colorado, in the 2017 season.

Lockwood won a gold medal at the Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah), and won the West of the Pecos Rodeo (Texas). She finished in second place at the Tri-State Fair and Rodeo (Amarillo, Texas), the Dinosaur Days Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo (Oklahoma), and the San Patricio County PRCA Rodeo (Sinton, Texas), and tied for second place at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver). Other than barrel racing, she also competed at the 2017 WPRA World Finals in Breakaway Roping.

In 2016, Lockwood won the Elizabeth Stampede (Colorado), the Longview PRCA Rodeo (Texas), the Crockett Lions Club PRCA Rodeo (Texas), and the Hugo PRCA Rodeo (Oklahoma).

Lockwood had qualified for The American Rodeo at the Better Barrel Races Regional (BBR) Qualifier in Glen Rose in November 2016. Due to that qualification, Lockwood became the first BBR/The American Qualifier to split the $1 million payout. Because Lockwood holds a BBR membership, her total winnings for $433,333.33 is a world record for members. "I didn't wear the right mascara for this," said Lockwood after her win. "God is good, and my horse is awesome." Sister helped Lockwood win almost $500,000 in the last couple of months leading up to and including The American.

Lockwood turned professional by joining the WPRA in 2015. Barrel racing is sanctioned by the WPRA, while other rodeo events are sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). The barrel racing events, however, take place at PRCA rodeos, alongside events such as bull riding and tie-down roping. All of the championship rodeo events are held together (except steer roping which has its own finals event, the National Finals Steer Roping), at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) held at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. In July 2017 at the Days of '47 Rodeo she started winning major rodeos. She won the RFD-TV's The American Rodeo in 2017 and came in second in 2018. She qualified for the NFR in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

In 2015, Lockwood finished ranked 19th in the WPRA Rookie of the Year standings with $4,880.

Lockwood qualified for the NFR at the 7th position in the World Standings to make the top 15 competitors who qualify for the trip to the finals in December at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. She finished 2nd in the World Standings to become the Reserve World Barrel Racing Champion after 10 days of 10 go-rounds in the finals. Lockwood set a new arena record for the third go-round with a time of 13.11 seconds. She set a new earnings record for the NFR by winning $189,385 in barrel racing over the entire 10 days of competition. She placed sixth in the NFR Average by winning 4 rounds out of 10 total and placing 8 out of the 10 total rounds. For 2 of the 10 rounds, Lockwood finished just short of winning money due to knocking over a barrel. However, this did not stop her from being the high-money earner with $189,385.

In February, Lockwood competed at the AT&T Center, in the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in Texas. Lockood and Sister swept Bracket 1 to start the Semifinals as the high money winners and finish as the same. They won $7,134 in their bracket. The first round of the SemiFinals won her $2,230. When they competed on Wednesday night, their run was almost perfect, garnering them a time of 13.60 seconds. They broke the arena record of 13.67 seconds set by Sydni Blanchard in 2013. Lockwood said it was special because she grew up attending this rodeo, which was nearby her childhood home.

At the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lockwod and her horse Sister won the World Barrel Racing Championship for the second time. Lockwood finished 8th in the Average. She finished 11th in her final go in the 10th round on Saturday, December 14, with a time of 18.85.

Hailey Kinsel Lockwood (born October 3, 1994) is an American World Barrel Racing Champion. In December 2018 and 2019, she won the championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lockwood and her horse, Sister, have qualified for the NFR three times in her years in professional rodeo, in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Lockwood has been competing in rodeo since adolescence, winning awards through high school and college in both barrel racing and breakaway roping, as well as professional rodeo. Her horse, Sister, won the Women's Professional Rodeo Association/American Quarter Horse Association (WPRA/AQHA) Barrel Racing Horse of the Year Award in 2018.

Hailey Kinsel was born on October 3, 1994, in Cotulla, Texas, to Dan and Leslie Kinsel (née Walker). Her mother, who has an equestrian background, is a former Miss Rodeo Texas of 1980. Her parents own a commercial beef cattle ranch, and were instrumental in fostering her interest in rodeo and horses because they both had rodeo backgrounds. They encouraged her and her brother to compete. However, Lockwood initially preferred to compete as a gymnast. When she turned 11, she became interested in barrel racing and changed her focus.

At the 60th NFR on Saturday, December 15th, Lockwood won her first World Barrel Racing Champion title. She and NFR Average winner Carman Pozzobon accepted their gold buckles and saddles in front of an audience of 17,150 in the stadium that evening. Lockwood finished the 10-day competition with a WPRA record $350,700 in season earnings. "Oh man, it was amazing", she said. "Everyone up there is so deserving, and they're heroes of mine. It was definitely surreal and was pretty awesome".