CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It is said lightning doesn't strike twice, that is unless you are professional barrel racer Sissy Winn.
For the second year in a row, the homegrown talent from Chapman Ranch has climbed the ranks to compete in the Super Bowl of rodeos, the Wrangler National Finals.
She and her support team, her parents left Friday for Las Vegas where she faces 10 long days of competition.
When she's not winning rodeos or traveling cross country, 25 year old Sissy Winn is most happy at her family's ranch spending time with her horses.
She has her own arena where she trains for her runs as she has her sight set on the ultimate prize, a return to the NFR in Las Vegas.
"You will be rodeoing all year, sometimes they are really big pens, Vegas is a 13 second pattern pen, kind of made it, put the banners up to get the feel and let Scoop (her horse) know what we are about to do," she said.
3NEWS caught up with Sissy as she spent some downtime and prepares for the road that lies ahead.
"I'm more confident this year then I was last year, it was a rookie year, you don't know what to expect."
Part of her family's home, there is a saddle room where you can get a sense of her rodeo success.
She's added a few trophies since the last time we met.
Still she stays humble.
"I hope I'm a better rider, just another year with my horse and learning new things, to better myself, i didn't change too much," she said.
Her most cherished moment this year, winning in front of a hometown crowd and taking the prize at Rodeo Corpus Christi that earned her $15-thousand dollars and a surfboard.
She says she hasn't dared taken it out to the beach.
"Winning that title this year, I rank it up there with my top five it was huge, to hear the Corpus fans being so supportive," she said.
The journey to get here never easy.
"We can drive 6-7 hours to get to one rodeo, you ride for 17 seconds and you drive all night to the next one," she said. "75 rodeos," This year? "This year alone, it was a long year our season starts in October and ends Sept. 30th," she said.
Winn is currently ranked 11th in the pro rodeo world standings and has already won $110-thousand dollars.
Vegas will have her once again competing against the best of the best. On the line, $30-thousand dollars each round.
"It's just an honor to be there, I remember watching since I was a little kid, love to run down that alley way and be there for 10 night, years later I'm actually doing it," she said.
She said she can't take all the credit.
"It's all about the horses when we are traveling it's not about our comfort. I work for Scoop my horse, if he's not happy I'm not winning," she said.
It's was in the barn where we met some of her travel companions.
Each of the horses Scoop and King, get their own mini travel companion to keep them company on the long drive.
"This is Scoop, Sissy's number one horse and he's won probably 80 percent of her earnings this summer," said her father Tom Winn.
Thankful for her family's support every step of her rodeo journey.
Her dad said he was no doubt proud.
"So proud of Sissy we are both so proud so difficult to do what she's done," he said.
"Just amazing, I can't believe my dream is becoming their dream, every parent wants their kid to success but they are helping me and doing it with me and I'm just so grateful," said Sissy.
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo starts next week December 7th.