Moody not at NFR for first time since '07

For the first time in three years, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo got under way Thursday without Jill Moody. Instead of attempting to win her second consecutive NFR barrel racing aggregate title, Moody will be at home in Letcher, trying not to think about what could have been this year, had her horse Dolly not been plagued by a serious illness.

By: Matt Bunke, The Daily Republic