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Rodeo: News
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American Rope Horse Futurity Association
In nearly every other equine sporting event, the accomplishments
of horses are as meticulously recorded as those of the riders. Cutting, reining,
halter, pleasure, versatility, reined cow horse and barrel racing all record how
much a horse has won over the course of it's career. Rodeo and... | read »
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EXCLUSIVE
For years, those who care about Professional Rodeo have lamented
its fit-and-start progress. Everyone agreed there should be more money in the
sport: from contestants and contractors to administrators and alumni, the
general sense that somehow the product was better than the returns permeated... | read »
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Wildfire Ladies Open Champs Haul Home $25,000
Audra Lujan and Shannon Pope struck it rich at their first-ever
Wildfire Ladies Open after roping four steers in 45.98 seconds. Pretty in their
Tough Enough to Wear Pink Wrangler Shirts, they stuffed their hand-tooled Double
J Saddlery purses with $25,000 in $100 bills. They also rode off... | read »
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Chance Antonio
For all the great
champions to come out of the 2008 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, perhaps the
one who put on the most impressive performance was bull rider Chance Smart from
Philadelphia, Miss.
In addition to its
regular rodeo, San Antonio also hosts two Xtreme Bulls events. Xtreme... | read »
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Bonner Bolton Wins CBR World Title
Bonner Bolton of Gardendale, Texas, consistently rode his way to
the top of the world to win the Findlay Toyota CBR Word Championship Bull Riding
at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., in January. As one of
only three riders to cover all three bulls during the CBR finals,... | read »
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Fire and Ice
When Riley and Brady Minor won the National Western Stock Show and
Rodeo in Denver, it became obvious the team of brothers needed a nickname.
They're two personalities couldn't be more different.
Riley, who handles the heading duties, is the younger brother and
is gregarious, outgoing and... | read »
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The World Series Hits a Home Run
One roper who had no problems adjusting to leaving at the sound of
clanging gates is AQHA jockey G.R. Carter.
"It was an electric atmosphere," he said. "The biggest difference
was the No-Barrier system. The barrier's always been a detriment to me. Just
being able to ride my horse and... | read »
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WPRA Wins $6.875 Million Judgment Against the PRCA
The Women's Professional Rodeo Association won a $6.875
million jury award against the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in
December, at the start of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, finding the
nation's pre-eminent rodeo association guilty of "misappropriation of business
value and... | read »
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Trent Willmon to Release New Album
When the world of rodeo lost the great Jim Shoulders, something
special to remember him was sure to happen at the Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo. The house went black and a lone spotlight shone on a man playing the
guitar on the chutes with a fiddler behind him. It was Trent Willmon, and he... | read »
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Tryan and Woodard Win the U.S. Open for the First Time
The U.S. Open of the National Finals of Team Roping is among the
Big Four of open ropings. Along with the Bob Feist Invitational, the George
Strait Team Roping Classic and the Wildfire Open to the World, the U.S. Open
gives pros their best shot at a one-day big payday. In fact, the average... | read »
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| Learning to Take Chances to Become a Winner |
| At some point in your career, you’re going to have to learn to be an aggressive team roper if you want to have success--especially in the rodeo arena. You have to learn to reach. You don’t have to be wild, but there is an art to reaching. A guy who can reach at the rodeos if he needs to... | read |
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