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Kenda Lenseigne
Accomplished Horsewoman, Sharpshooter, Entrepreneur.

Kenda has spent her life on the back of a horse. She started competing at the age of 4 and continued all throughout her childhood in both Western and English disciplines.  She began her career in Texas as an apprentice in the Cutting Horse business, working for some of the top trainers in the NCHA.  From there, she accepted a position on a Cutting Horse ranch in Southern California and continued her path in the equine business. 

 

It was in California that Kenda was first introduced to Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Given her competitive background, she was excited to try the new sport and qualified for the World Championship after only her 4th shoot.  Kenda won the World Ladies Limited Champion Title, as well as the Reserve World Champion Cowgirl title that year which set her mounted shooting career in motion. 

After five years in the sport and gaining accolades along the way, Kenda moved back to her home state of Washington and founded the Washington State Mounted Shooters, a charter club of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association. In its first year, due to her efforts in promoting the sport, the WSMS became the fastest growing CMSA club in Northwest history.    

As an instructor and horse trainer, Kenda has coached hundreds of students in her tenure and continues to encourage riders and horses to meet their potential.  She has started, tuned, and finished many mounted shooting horses with Justin being the ultimate proof of her abilities.  Justin was purchased by Kenda in the fall of 2004 from a teen-aged trail rider.  By 2005, he had a world title and a world record on his resume.  The “making of” Justin was not easy as he needed extensive training but Kenda has incredible patience and dedication, and knows potential when she sees it.  By the end of the 2009 season, the Kenda-Justin team had won an Overall World Champion Title, 4 World Point Champion Cowgirl Titles, and 6 world records.  

In 2009, Kenda made history and became the first ever woman to win the Overall World Championship, beating out all men and women to claim this prestigious title. In 2010, she again made history by being the first woman to claim the Overall National Champion title along with Western, Eastern, and Central United States Overall Champion titles. In 2010 she was named Best Living Cowboy Mounted Shooter by True West Magazine. Not only is she one of the top competitors in the sport, but she also is a highly respected mounted shooting horse trainer, clinician and riding instructor. Clients come from all points of the United States to train with her.  

Kenda is a member of the Circle Y Team of Champions. Circle Y is America’s Leading Saddle Brand and has taken the opportunity to work with her to design a line of mounted shooting saddles under the Kenda Lenseigne brand. With the success of its launch year of 2009, Circle Y and Kenda have added five more models to the line.  

To keep her teammate “Justin” running strong, Kenda joined the Professional’s Choice Sports Medicine Products endorsement team in 2009 and is currently the only competitor of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association to represent the sport under their name. Justin remains well protected with the latest technology in sports medicine products and protective gear. 

In 2010 Kenda worked with Cimarron Firearms to design and launch the signature KL Thunderstorm line of guns, designed with unique and innovative features that set them apart from anything else in the firearms industry. The line includes eight guns of various finishes, grip styles and barrel lengths. Kenda owes part of her success to the Thunderstorm as they were the guns that won her the World. 

The 2011 season started in high gear with Kenda joining the Safariland team. Together they designed the Kenda Lenseigne Signature Series gun belts and holsters under the Bianchi Cowboy name.  Bianchi is synonymous with exceptional quality and high standards in gun leather, and Safariland with innovative technology in military, police and competitive shooting gear.  Kenda’s first shoot with the new holsters were a proven success when she claimed her 7th world record at the Central United States Championship. 

Kenda’s sponsor lineup grew in momentous proportions when she proudly signed on with Miller International to represent the Cruel Girl clothing line in the spring of 2011. She is currently the only contracted female endorser under Cruel Girl name and rides in style both inside the arena and out. 

Also included in Kenda’s sponsor program are renowned companies such as Platinum Performance, Kippy's, and RevitaVet Therapeutic systems. All of which have her representing their products at every competition across the country.  

Kenda’s media ventures are numerous, including a half hour spot on the Outdoor Channel’s show COWBOYS, as well as a feature on Evening Magazine, a Northwest based news magazine television show. Kenda is also highlighted on RFD TV for Circle Y and several news broadcast interviews across the nation. Print publications include featured articles in Western Horseman, plus covers of Western Shooting Horse Magazine, CMSA Rundown and the Mounted Shooters World. She has also been featured in American Cowboy, True West Magazine, Rodeo News, Northern Horse Source, Cowgirl Action Shooting, California Riding Magazine, Shoot Magazine, and many newspaper publications.  

Kenda has raised the bar in Cowboy Mounted Shooting as a competitor, instructor, trainer and business woman. Continue to check this website for her tour stop schedule, exciting press releases, continuous news updates, and to book a clinic, inquire about horse training.


 

   
 

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