After winning state titles in speed event competitions as a teenager Johnell qualified for her first AQHA World Championship Finals competition in 1980 while in college. She continued to qualify for the AQHA World Championships on one or more horses she has trained every year from 1982-1988, and then 1991-1995. She placed on numerous occasions in the AQHA Finals and won a World Championship in the American Buckskin Horse Association in 1988.

In 2003 Johnell placed in the Open Division at the ABRA National Finals, American West Central Finals and National Finals, and the IBRA National Finals on a mare named Smooth Your Jets. In 2004 she qualified for the ABRA National Finals and the IBRA National Finals on this mare while in foal. In 2005 Johnell qualified for the IBRA National Finals and placed while her horse was six months in foal. In 2006 she placed on Smoothie in the NBHA World Championship Show and her mare was once again six months in foal and qualified for the IBRA National Finals this same year. In 2007 Smoothie and Johnell qualified for the NBHA World Championship Show by virtue of a wild card win, the IBRA National Finals, and the WBRP Barrelnanza Finals and Big Bucks Race while once again Smoothie was six months in foal.

The Running J raises high quality barrel racing prospects out of only exceptional barrel racing mares that have proven themselves in national and World level competitions and by some of the industries best barrel racing stallions such as Firewaterontherocks (Happy), PC Frenchmans Hayday (Dinero) and Frenchmans Fabulous. We currently have available weanlings, yearlings, two year olds and three year olds that are Grandsons and Granddaughters of Easy Jet, Sunfrost, Frenchmans Guy, Firewater Flit, and Peppy San Badger.

For more information about Johnell and Running J Quartes Horses, go to:  www.runningjquarterhorses.com