Jessica Routier

Jessica Routier is a professional barrel racer who has competed in many rodeos all over the world. She has three National Finals Rodeo qualifications, and she has seven National Circuit Finals Rodeo qualifications.

Early life Routier was born Jessica Mueller on June 20, 1983.

With a rodeo scholarship to National American University in Rapid City, South Dakota, she competed under the tutelage of Glen Lammers and she qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo four times, winning the national barrel racing title in 2003. She graduated in 2006 with a master’s degree in business.

Horses Routier rides horses that have been provided by Gary Westergren, from Westergren Quarter Horses of Lincoln, Nebraska. Prior to meeting Routier, Westergren was looking for someone who could get one of his horses into the National Finals Rodeo, and he found that person in Routier. She gets Westergren's horses as two-year-olds and sends them out for thirty days. Then she gets them back, putting lots of ranch miles on them and slowly introducing them to barrels. She and Westergren then decide if the horse is a good fit for her or not. If they agree, then the horse stays; if not, Westergren will sell it, however if it is a mare he will take it back and breed it.

Career highlights In 2017, she won the Badlands Circuit year-end title. In 2018 she finished the year as reserve WPRA World Champion with $251,704 and was second in the NFR average race. She placed in 7 out of 10 rounds at her first Wrangler NFR. In 2019, she entered the Wrangler NFR ranked 8th. She placed in six out of 10 rounds, finished 9th in the average and remained ranked 8th in the world. She won a total of $94,615 at the NFR and finished the year with $191,197 in earnings. In 2020 she finished third in the average at the National Finals Rodeo, scoring 174.59 seconds across 10 runs, winning $82,346. She won the Oregon Trail Rodeo. 2018–2019: She won the Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award Winner at the Wrangler NFR.