HUNTER CREEK RANCH
Mounted Shooting Horses
Kenda Lenseigne, Trainer

Kenda has been riding for over 30 years and training horses for the last 15 years in Texas, California, and Washington.  She has spent her life on the back of a horse, and competed all throughout her childhood.  After high school, she began her career as an apprentice in Texas and California to some of the top Cutting horse trainers in the NCHA.

It was in California that Kenda discovered Mounted Shooting, when she saw a demo held at a small local rodeo in San Bernardino.  She was  training horses in general discipline and instructing riders at the time.

Given her competitive background, she immediately jumped on the opportunity to try the new sport, and amazingly qualified for the World Championship after only her 4th shoot in 1998.  Kenda won the World Ladies Limited Champion Title, as well as the Reserve World Champion Cowgirl title that year. 

In 2000, Kenda brought home to Southern California the World Point Champion Cowgirl Title., as well as the Reserve World Champion Cowgirl title.

After taking some time off from the mounted shooting sport, and moving to Washington State,  Kenda resurfaced in 2005 and shattered a World Record by .435 of a second.  She also won the World Point Champion Cowgirl title for the second time, and won the World Pro Class Champion Cowgirl Title.

In 2006, as history repeats itself, Kenda won the World Point Champion Cowgirl title for the third time, and the World Pro Class Champion Cowgirl title for the second time.

Kenda is the founder of the Washington State Mounted Shooters,  a charter club of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association. In it's first year, the WSMS became the fastest growing CMSA club in Northwest history.   In it's second year, the WSMS paid out over $22,000 in cash and prizes to its competitors, another first in Northwest history.

Kenda has coached hundreds of riders in her tenure, and continues to promote and encourage riders to meet their potential.   She has started, tuned, and finished many mounted shooting horses, with her horse, Justin, being the ultimate testimony of her abilities.   She bought Justin in 2004 for a mere $2000 from a teen aged trail rider.  By November 2005, he had a world title and a world record on his resume.  The road to greatness was not easy as Justin needed a lot of work. However, Kenda has incredible patience and dedication,  and knows potential when she sees it.

Kenda, along with her husband, currently owns and operates a training facility in Ellensburg, Washington, where she keeps a long list of satisfied clients and happy horses. 


The links below will take you to featured articles.

1998   CMSA Reserve World Champion Cowgirl

1999   SASS  Nevada State Champion Cowgirl

1999  CMSA National Champion Cowgirl

2000  CMSA World Point Champion Cowgirl

2000 CMSA  Reserve World Champion Cowgirl

2000  SASS California State Champion Cowgirl

2000  Western Regional Champion Cowgirl

2002   CMSA California State Champion Cowgirl

2003  CMSA California State Champion Cowgirl

2005  CMSA World Point Champion Cowgirl

2005 CMSA World Pro Class Champion Cowgirl

2005 CMSA World Record Holder (read article 1)   (read article 2)

2006 CMSA Oregon State Champion Cowgirl

2006 CMSA Utah State Champion Cowgirl

2006 CMSA Utah State Pro Class Champion Cowgirl

2006 CMSA World Point Champion Cowgirl

2006 CMSA World Pro Class Champion Cowgirl


Read More:

Pages from Cowgirl Action Shooting

Daily Record Front Page Article, October 2004

Daily Record Article, October 2004

Daily Record Article, February 2007



CMSA: Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association
SASS: Single Action Shooting Society