Editorial

Nekkei Sanford, Champion Mounted Shooter

July 23, 2024 . by Cowgirls In Style . 0

Nekkei is a World Champion Mounted Shooter, who when not on a back of a horse is a successful realtor, and a rapidly growing social media
sensation and she sits down with Cowgirls In Style Magazine in our Summer issue.

Cowgirls In Style Magazine: We love following your latest success in the Mounted Shooter world. You ride so well. Did you grow up with horses?

Nekkei Sanford: I didn’t grow up with horses, but I did grow up playing sports and being very competitive so it wasn’t until I moved out and was going to college that I was bored out of my mind and just came across an ad for horseback riding lessons. I went and took my first lesson and I was hooked. I was 20 years old.

CIS: What led you to your interest in the Mounted Shooting competitions and have you done other equestrian events besides shooting?

N.S.: I started off running barrels and poles and I did that for a few years and I just got sort of bored of it. There was a girl at one of the barrel races that did mounted shooting and I had never heard of that so I looked it up on YouTube and thought it was the coolest thing! I then got with a trainer and had a new obsession and passion.