Placing in every round at Cheyenne with a 30-foot score is pretty unbelievable, but to nearly 40-percent that rodeo is unheard of. Those guys deserve it, though, they hadn’t won a dime over the Fourth of July and the future was beginning to look bleak.

The real story from Cheyenne, though, might just be Lindsay Sears and her super horse Martha. She won yet another huge rodeo. She won RodeoHouston’s $50,000, Calgary’s $100,000 and now $11,000 in Cheyenne by winning the short round, placing sixth in the two long gos and winning the average. She’s got $108,861 counted toward the world standings at this point, which gives her a $20K lead over defending champ Brittany Pozzi-Pharr.

A couple other notes: Cody Wright, who just won Calgary’s $100,000 saw his little brother Spencer win the National High School Rodeo Association’s saddle bronc riding title. Riley Joe Duvall, of the Checotah Duvall clan, won the steer wrestling.

At the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee, Okla., an family friend, RA Brown, won the saddle bronc riding. Congrats, RA. I feel a little old since I can remember my family taking care of his big sister, Amy, when he was born. The Brown family has a lot of history and stature in the horse and cattle worlds and it’s neat to see RA continuing the cowboy tradition for them.

If you’re following my horse saga, Deuce is still a little sore, we’ve put him on some bute, and we’re hoping the muscles are slowly readjusting now that his back is aligned properly. Tomorrow will be the true test to see if he’s coming out of his lameness at all. We’re sure hopeful, but it may require more intensive treatment. We’ll see.