Although Lorie Diodosio grew up in Pueblo, CO, on weekends she would go with her parents to their family farm outside of Fowler.
“It was basically like having a double life,” she joked.
Having a country connection gave her an early start in barrel racing and showing horses, and when asked how long she’d been at it, she said, “Before I can even remember.” But even at a young age, Diodosio said, “I just knew I liked barrel racing more.”
Today, Lorie lives outside of Fowler with her husband Mike. She continues to concentrate on her barrel racing and recently found something to give her and her horse a bit of an edge.
Here’s how she tells the story. “My husband won some Formula 707 Glo-N-Go™ at the CPRA finals, and. since it was near the end of the season we didn’t give it to his horse, but saved it for my horse at the start of the next season,” said Lorie.
Her barrel futurity horse, Got Grace, was just starting to tour, and according to Diodosio, was nervous and high-strung. But, she notes, this is a very high-stress time in a young horse’s life. Hauling and leaving home for the first time, sometimes for weeks at a time, can make it very hard for a horse to keep weight on, and keep positive energy up, Diodosio said, but Glo-N-Go helped lay those worries to rest for Got Grace.
That season, Got Grace took the barrel-racing scene by storm.
“We were in the money at the Speedhorse Gold Cup Futurity, High Plains and Cornhusker Futurity, and won the Speedhorse Silver Cup Futurity, winning not only the average, but also the second go.” Total winnings at the Speedhorse Silver Cup: $29,000.
“Glo-n-Go definitely made a difference,” she said.
All together, Mike and Lorie have fourteen horses, including racing horses, brood mares and colts. As someone who’s been racing since before she can remember, Lorie has tried a number of supplements, but she trusts and uses Formula 707 Glo-N-Go because, “I know that it does really work.”
Come spring, Lorie will be riding a different horse, Sly Fortune, out to the races. But you can bet Glo-n-Go will be on his menu.