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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
2006 World Champion Steer Wrestler
By going for broke, rodeo hand Dean Gorsuch won his first-ever world steer wrestling title in 2006 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. Gorsuch also won the steer wrestling average title at the NFR and $194,268. Dean Gorsuch could have eased his way around the last round and... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Surprise, Surprise
When you're seventh high call back, coming out the champion doesn't really seem possible-regardless of the roping or rodeo. At the
National High School Rodeo Finals in Springfield, Ill., in July, that's exactly what
happened, but even that wasn't the most surprising thing about the championship... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
2005 Tie-Down Roping World Champ
Leading
up to the 10th round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo the tie-down
roping race was the most wide-open.
Mathematically,
seven cowboys had a shot at the world title. But in the end, it was the cagey
veteran Fred Whitfield, who came out on top--for the eighth time, no less.... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
2005 Steer Wrestling Champ
Lee
Graves felt pretty good coming to the Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo.
And
why not?
He
was going to ride his 20-year-old horse Willy, which won him $40,000 during
a two and a half week stretch in July. Willy also carried Graves
to a Calgary Stampede record time of 3.1 seconds... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
2005 Barrel Racing World Champ
It's
not often that a tipped barrel helps a contestant win.
The
five seconds of penalty time it adds is like an eternity in a sport where runs
are measured to the hundredth of a second. But for 2005 World Champion Kelly
Kaminski, the dropped can in the second round of the Wrangler NFR... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Snedecor Crowned Steer Roping World Champion by $1.67
Scott
Snedecor, of Uvalde,
Texas,
won the 2005 steer roping title after winning $1.67 more than runner-up Guy
Allen over the course of the season. There has never been a world title, in any
event, determined by such a close margin that wasn't a tie. In 1975, Tom
Ferguson and Leo... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
2005 All-Around Champs
The
dairy industry will have to change its slogan.
How
does "Got Gold?" sound?
Pretty
good for Ryan Jarrett.
The
Georgia
cowboy became the new poster boy for the dairy industry, winning the
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world all-around title for
2005.
Jarrett,... | read »
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Rodeo: Timed Events
from the pages of Rodeo
Jimmie Cooper: The Consummate Cowboy
When I got
the call from Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Commissioner Troy Ellerman
earlier this year asking me to sit on the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Selection
Committee, I was deeply humbled. It was not the kind of call where you hang up
the phone and go straight to jumping up and... | read »
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