Reno Gonzales (left), who won the John Deere Gator as second overall high-point roper, stands with overall high-point Bloomer winner Ty Murphy (center) and Tyler Magnus in front of the trailer.
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One of the biggest draws of the annual Crawfish Open produced by
Tyler Magnus is the heaping plates of crawfish that team ropers can inhale
between runs while live music floats over from the bank of the nearby Llano
River.
But an arena-drenching downpour on the scheduled weekend forced
Magnus to delay the roping until April 24-26, a week after the crawfish party.
Nevertheless, the eating was good and the cash and prizes were even better.
Heeler Dustin Davis dominated the action by winning first and
third with headers Luke Brown and Drew Horner in the Open average to rake in
$3,555 and a Reinsman saddle.
Davis and Brown (who earned $2,960 on the day), won the roping by
two full seconds, followed by Tee Woolman and Jett Hillman, while fourth went to
Luke Brown and Kory Koontz. The fast-time winners were Tyler Waters and Koontz
with a 4.64.
But the two jackpot kings of the weekend were undoubtedly Ty
Murphy and Reno Gonzales, who took home the Bloomer horse trailer and a John
Deere Gator from Mustang Equipment, respectively.
Murphy won the No. 16 heading for Dryce Stoner, then placed third
in the No. 11 heeling for Charlie Williams and sixth in the No. 12 heeling for
Ryder Lee to earn $3,395 on the weekend. Gonzales won the No. 13 and the No. 11
heeling for Tyler Wojcechowski and Corey Bader, respectively, to earn $4,715 and
take home Saturday’s high-point saddle.
In addition to four high-point Reinsman saddles, ropers in each jackpot
earned Roping Show belt buckles and jackets, Tony Lama boots and Magnus Equine
gift certificates.
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