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Good Omens in Omaha
At the Omaha stop of the Ariat Playoffs, it was all about second chances and good omens. First, the second chances. In the elimination-style tournament, contestants compete in two go-rounds from which the top 8 in the average move on to a semifinal round, with their previous scores or times... | read »

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World Record Holding Bronc, Airwolf, Becomes First Bucking Horse Cloned
Franklin Rodeo Company welcomed the cloned foal from their legendary saddle bronc/bareback horse "Airwolf," as the latest addition to their bucking string, on August 4, 2008. Canadian-based Franklin contracted ViaGen, Inc. of Austin, Texas, to clone the gelding and give it the opportunity... | read »

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Change is Good
In the middle of July, a significant partner shuffle left two ropers without a team. When Chad Masters and Michael Jones reunited, a domino effect resulted in Travis Tryan roping with Walt Woodard, Clay Tryan roping with Kory Koontz and David Key roping with Marty Becker. That left Jade... | read »

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The Spicer Gripp Weekend Extravaganza
The Texas Panhandle town of Hereford hosted the country's top ropers and sweltering heat the first weekend in August for the annual Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping. In addition to professional showdowns in team roping, calf roping and steer roping, a pro-am team roping, dummy roping, beef... | read »

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Swallows, Cowboys Migrate to San Juan Capistrano
The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano are legendary. The world-famous winged ones skip town by the thousands every year near the Day of San Juan, which is October 23. They winter 6,000 miles south of San Juan in Goya, Corrientes, Argentina. The birds return on or around St. Joseph's Day,... | read »

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Living the Dream
Wade Sumpter's 2008 season is the kind of year that rodeo cowboys dream about. To begin, he won $54,000 at RodeoHouston. Later, he won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and Cody (Wyo.) Stampede. Plus, he placed at countless rodeos large and small along the way. By the end of August, he had amassed... | read »

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DeMoss and Harris Travel to Africa for Roughstock Event
Saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss of Heflin, La., and bareback rider Chris Harris of Itasca, Texas, recently returned from an exhibition roughstock event in Calulo, Angola, Africa. They were also joined by Canadian bareback rider Roger Lacasse. The event featured seven contestants in each of... | read »

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Rodeo Luminary Clem McSpadden Dies at 82
Clem McSpadden, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and an immensely popular political figure in his native Oklahoma, died at 10:51 p.m. July 7 at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a lengthy struggle with cancer. McSpadden, of Chelsea, Okla., was general manager of the... | read »

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Northern Lights: Stars Shine in Calgary
The Calgary Stampede's $1 million Showdown Sunday featured everything that's right about an elimination-style format in rodeo. In the tie-down roping, fans relived a little of the magic from the 1997 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo--one of the most entertaining tie-down ropings in the... | read »

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New Association Aims to Revolutionize Rope-Horse Industry
A new team roping organization formed recently in Texas is the first ever to sanction events using a format based on both performance and time. The National Team Roping Horse Association (NTRHA) will hold lucrative events nationwide using a unique maneuver-based and time-to-points... | read »

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Ask the Pros--Rating

Dear Logan,
I have a 9-year-old gelding who I have been in the box with and have tracked some steers and calves on him, but he hasn’t been trained yet. He is tracking pretty good, except sometimes he runs right past them. What do you think I should do?

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Ryan,... | read

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