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San Juan Capistrano
In the season-long dogfight that is professional team roping, JoJo LeMond and
defending World Champion Heeler Randon Adams, kept scrapping with their win at
the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo in San Juan Capistrano.
The rodeo, held on a converted polo field, boasts itself as the
richest two-day... | read »
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Something Special at the Spicer
There may be a recession in this country and around the world, but at
the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping in Hereford, Texas, raising money for education
is the most important priority and will not be held back by a shaky economy.
For 15 years, the citizens of the town in the Texas Panhandle... | read »
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Joe Fabulous Calls it a Tie-Down Roping Career
An era has ended. Another is just starting to blossom. It's time to
stop to applaud, appreciate and celebrate the full body of Joe Beaver's work
throughout his legendary tie-down roping career. And Brody Beaver's first
national championship--in the boys cutting at the 2009 National High... | read »
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We're All Witnesses
Rodeo is special because at any given time, with eight events,
there's a transcendent performer. Speed Williams and Rich Skelton were that in
the team roping for a time, The Fred Whitfield and Cody Ohl battles captivated
our attention in the calf roping, Billy Etbauer and Dan Mortensen did... | read »
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Caught in the Crossfire
The history of the crossfire rule (first examined by Denny Gentry
in the June 2004 issue of Spin To Win
Rodeo) has no single root cause, but several important events that
lead to its establishment. In the early 1970s, 11-year-old Sterling Price and
12-year-old Wes Smith beat the PRCA ropers... | read »
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Fun in Farmington
Thirteen performances and 1,375 students later, the 61st Annual
National High School Finals Rodeo--held in Farmington, N.M., July 19-25--wrapped
up with 17 newly crowned champions. The biggest rodeo in the world is literally
a three-ring circus, with the roughstock events, pole bending and... | read »
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Clay Tryan Owns Salinas
Every professional rodeo cowboy has a short list of rodeos they want
to win before their career ends. Less for the prize money involved and more for
the prestige attached to them. To name a few: Houston, San Antonio, Reno,
Cheyenne, Salinas and Pendleton.
For team ropers, the California... | read »
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United States' Canadian Invasion
While earnings from the Calgary Stampede don't count toward
ProRodeo contestant's world standings, the chance to win over $100,000 can make
or break a cowboy's year.
In 2008, tie-down roper Jeff Chapman finished with $158,344 (and
in fifth place) in the world standings. That took an entire... | read »
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Colorado Couples Earns $200,000 Merritt Raise at 2009 Reno Rodeo Invitational
The husband-and-wife team of Jo Ann and Lory Merritt
doubled down at the Reno Rodeo Invitational, and deposited both of the $100,000
champs' checks into their joint account back home in Eaton, Colo.
The $200,000 windfall, banked by roping four steers in 38.30
seconds, was a thrill. But the... | read »
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Hepper and Hemphill Dominate RRI Ladies Only Roping
Hepper and Hemphill Dominate RRI Ladies Only Roping Job One for Molly
Hepper and Jessica Hemphill was to steer clear
of mistakes. The payoff
for the fundamentally flawless friends--the only team to
make four clean
runs at the 2009 Reno Rodeo Invitational Ladies Only Roping,
held June... | read »
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