WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Florida resident Helen Foulke may be 72 years old, but that doesn't mean she has to act her age and stop taking part in the dangerous sport of barrel racing.

   Also a grandmother, Foulke said that while barrel racing is typically a sport embraced by those less than half her age, she has no intention of ending her involvement in the rodeo sport any time soon, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel said Sunday.

   "I just like doing it," she said of her unusual career choice. "I'm just going to keep doing it until I can't."

   Foulke's loyalty to the sport comes even in the wake of a particularly harrowing incident in which her horse, Sassy, embraced its name by uncharacteristically throwing Foulke.

   She said that incident, which occurred as she tried to round Sassy around three barrels, was certainly a wake-up call.

   "She's crazy. And I'm crazy for riding her. She takes you and throws you. She doesn't do that at home," she told the Sun-Sentinel. "My back can't take that. I won't be able to walk tomorrow."
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