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Q - Your Look -

The hair…when did that style start?

A - Long hair, don’t care. So when you don’t care, the first thing you don’t care about is your hair! So, it gets long. A lot of people ask me if it is real, if it is my hair.

Yes, its real and it is my hair, and I have the receipt to prove it.

Q - How to be a Cowboy. When did you

first start with that slogan?

A - What I usually say is, “You Ain’t No Cowboy,” rather than How to Be A Cowboy.

I teach people how to be a cowboy through my internship program. But, “You Ain’t No Cowboy” is more popular for what Dale Brisby tells people. Dale Brisby has set the rules on what it takes to be a cowboy. That is what gives him the authority to determine who is and who ain’t one.

To me it has been a lot of fun, all the way around. I enjoy making videos, I enjoy making people laugh, I enjoy being in a Rodeo Arena, on the back of a horse. I look forward to every single day, and I do not take a single day for granted. I don’t take a single fan for granted, I don’t take a single view for granted. People have asked me what I would do if it all ended. But, they don’t realize how cheap the cost of living is in Winnebago, Texas!

Q - You’ve used humor to define

your image Were you always funny?

A - Yes, Ma’am, I was always the class clown. My Mom always thought I was funny! She always laughed. I loved making teachers laugh. I love making co-workers laugh. Sarcasm, comedy and humor have

Q - After building a large following

Q - How long did it take to get

traction?

A - It took about as long as the first video we did on that subject, which was about three and a half minutes.

That video went crazy viral! When that video came out in late 2016 or early 2017. That was a hit, but what really put my work on people’s radar was that we have consistently been putting out quality content for eight years.

To be honest, it is the content. A lot of people in general try to identify the time this all exploded. Some people will say, “Man you all hit a lick,” or “man you blew up”. Those terms are relative. Essentially what it has been, is a really slow and steady grind for almost a decade that has gotten me to this point. A lot of people have come to watch and follow my content recently, and they may see it is a “recent” explosion, but for me it has been a long and steady, and very enjoyable but long road.

Q - That is inspiration for folks

that may not realize that things may take a lot longer to reach success than they perceive?

A - Longer than most bull riders careers.

I imaging the average Bull Riders career is six or seven years. You have got some of those that will stick to it a little longer, like someone I mentor that a lot of people may have heard of, J.B. Mauney. J.B. has been at it for 15 years. He has been at it longer than that. He has gone to the PBR World Finals 15 years in a row. Mauney is now about to walk into his first NFR as a 34 year old legend.

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all. It paid for my lunch, and I came home with $36.00! That is when I knew I really enjoyed sales and I enjoyed hustlin’’.

When I got out of High School and went into College, I realized what I wanted to do.

I wanted to do something where I could be my own boss, mainly because I wanted the freedom to Rodeo.

My Dad was a Cowboy and worked at the Pitchfork Ranch. He was a real Cowboy. He was a mix between John Wayne and Woodrow F. Call. My Grand-Dad was an entrepreneur. He was not the “Wolf of Wall Street,” but he was a hustler. Those two culminated into what I am today, and that is someone who is passionate about Rodeo, passionate about being a Cowboy, but also someone who really enjoys hiring employees.

always been a great way to cope with crappy situations in life, which I have had plenty of. Everybody has, let’s be honest. That is how I made it through 2020, it was Jesus and Memes. Laughter is the best medicine, unless you are treating diarrhea - of course!

Q - As a little kid what did you want

to be when you grew up; a cowboy, comedian, or actor?

A - Everything was second to being a Rodeo Cowboy! As a young man I always had entrepreneur tendencies. My Grand-Dad was an entrepreneur, and my Dad was a Cowboy. That was the best combo, I think, for Dale Brisby.

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on social media you pivoted into NETFLIX, that is a move no one else has pulled off. Why you, what triggered that event?

A - They called me, and that is one thing that is important. Anytime that you receive the call, you have a lot more leverage than when you make the call. I knew that every video that I put out, after a couple of years of putting out content, I realized that I was not as much concerned with how many views the videos got so much as who was watching each video. I was waiting on an opportunity that someone with a production company, someone with a network, someone with a streaming service would see one of those videos.

And lo and behold, that is what happened. Video, after video, after video - YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, SnapChat, LinkedIn, Discord, everything, you name it, we are putting it there.

Then finally somebody saw it. They made a call, who made another call and then we got the Netflix show.

As an entrepreneur, I am always 20/20 looking at the horizon. Like, what am I going to do in a down economy when I have an apparel brand, etc. I thought, “Well a Netflix show, sure won’t hurt the brand.” So, that came to fruition and God really blessed us there. We were all very thankful to take advantage of it.

Q - What tips can you share other folks

trying to score some of the Dale Brisby magic or score a show of their own?

A - If someone is coming after the greatest Bull Rider of All Time, what they need to realize is that the best that they will ever be is second behind Dale Brisby. Outside of that,

the things that I do, that I execute on daily, in terms of a Rancher, Cowboy, Rodeo Cowboy and an entrepreneur.

There are fundamentals. Just like in Bull Riding, in business there are fundamentals.

When you execute those fundamentals daily, over time, if you have persistence and you consistently and give it everything you have. No matter what you do, you have to have work ethic. If you execute those fundamentals over time, eventually you can’t help but be successful.

Coming up with a good idea is the easy part. You and I, right now, could sit for 20 minutes and come up with 5 - million dollar ideas. That’s the easy part. It’s the execution that people don’t do. Everybody has a million dollar idea, they just don’t execute on it. With what I do on social media and business, with building a brand, there is nothing special about it. Outside of the fundamentals I am executing on.

Now, having talent, is something that comes along with it in terms of business. If you want to be the face of the company, and you want to be on TV, and you want to make people laugh, and that is how you build your brand. Then you need to have talent, but if you do not have that talent, partner with somebody that does. Then you work behind the scenes. It is the exact same when being a cowboy, I have interns come in. I have had 20 to 25 people that worked for me that essentially were working for me to learn a craft.

Whether it be Bull Riding, Bronc Riding or just being a Cowboy. One thing I told a young man, he had never been on a horse when he showed up, and he wanted to be a top hand cowboy. I told him #1, unless you are super creative, you might need to consider the fact that if you want to be a ranch hand you are not going to have a lot of money moving forward. If you are OK with that, and you still want to go down this path, what you need to do is wear a lot of leather off of that tree. What that means is that you sit in the saddle so much, that you wear holes in that saddle. And that is how you do it. Like Tiger Woods says in Golf, “Same boring strokes every day.”

In terms of my faith, like you mentioned earlier, that is the absolute easiest to get started with. Everything else I talked about, whether it is getting a paycheck, being a World Champion Bull Rider, being an entrepreneur, you do the work first and then you get paid.

The thing about being a Christian. In

Christianity it is the opposite, because it is a Gift. When you receive Christ, that is when you receive salvation. Then you work out your salvation after you receive it, because it is a Gift. It is a Gift, it is not a wage. It is actually the most simple thing to do.

People over complicate it, but if you love Jesus and you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that He is the Risen Savior, well then you are saved.

Then all of a sudden, the rest of your life is just a reflection of that salvation. The cowboy stuff, the business stuff, all that takes the hard work before your successful.

Q - How are you managing your

are alive.

As far as my overall attitude. I have a Bible study every night with myself and every morning with myself. So, I try and start and end my day with that. That is where I try and put my hope and foundation. If you spend too much time on the news feed, or on the media, they literally make more money with the most depressing story they can find. So, that is not the best place to find hope. In terms of management, making big decisions, hiring, firing, supply chain issues, money. That is more of a one day at a time thing. I try to make decisions that I wish I had made 5 years from now. When it comes to money, or hiring, or when you consider debt is something you want to do or not do. Like those kind of major decisions, it is all based on what will I wish I had done.

Q - It is like living everyday as a

gift?

A - 100%, and being a Christian, once you realize that, “Hey I definitely do not deserve salvation. I don’t deserve to be alive. I do not deserve the gift’s that God has blessed me with everyday”. That puts things into perspective like, “Oh wait, I am undeserving of all of these blessings. Yet, I am going to be grateful”.

Then all of a sudden, you go and listen to Yeonmi Park, who escaped from North Korea and you hear what life is like over there. Then you are like, “Oh, wait, as bad as it is here, we still got it pretty good”. I am not saying as far as things that can’t be changed, I am saying that, as far as my attitude.

I need to have an attitude of gratitude.

That is what helps life day to day.

enriched celebrity?

A - In terms of staying positive, one of the main things I try and give myself every day is perspective. I get really good, and this is going to sound morbid, but I get really good at imagining that those closest to me pass away that day. It is a trick that I learned from Gary Vaynerchuk. Essentially, it is a trick that will give you gratitude in the day.

If your most closest family member, or best friend, if you were to not have those 2 or 3 people in your life. You realize, wait, I do have them! This does a couple of things. #1 it puts into perspective the little things that go wrong in your day, and #2 it also helps you with those relationships with those people. You are a little bit more forgiving when you are just grateful that they DECEMBER 2021

Q - Who is Gary V? A - Gary Vaynerchuk is a guy I met 6

years ago. He came over from the Soviet Union when he was a couple of years old, so he is an immigrant. He is a social media guru, an entrepreneur, a tycoon. He puts all of his content out there for free. The jokes on him, I would have paid more. He is the real deal. I try and emulate my business decisions after his.

Q - Filming and all that goes with televi-

sion production takes time. How has that effected your day to day life?

A - It was pretty chaotic. Filming, it took two months. It was five days on, and two days off. They were Union workers. It was an all day deal. We did not start until about 9:30

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in the morning. I could not talk about it on social media, and we had to continue to operate as a business for two months. I was filming a Netflix show, I still had my biggest months revenue wise on YouTube that I ever had. We put out more videos then we ever had. I still continued to post on social media.

At the time we had 12 or 14 employees that I was managing. Now we have 18. I was still running all of those companies while we were filming for two full months.

I was a Producer on the show and it took us two whole months to film 6, twenty-two minute long episodes. Stress level, through the roof! I did not take a break when it was done, we just kept on moving. We just kept going and we have not stopped since. It was crazy, but I enjoyed it.

Again, my family, we were not stupid poor, there were definitely people that had it worse than we did when we were kids.

Like Leroy, and Dancey and I, my two siblings who are in the show. We were fine, but looking back, we were not high class. We weren’t at the top, we didn’t have that much.

Anyways, I have had points in my life, where I can look back and give myself perspective, so it is easy for me to push through stuff.

Like filming a Netflix show was nothing. I have worked a graveyard shift at a feed-lot before. It’s 3am in the morning, you are 15 years old, processing cattle in a feed-lot.

Thats sucks. Filming a Netflix show, talk about First World problems, go cry to someone else.

Q - You have a team of people around you that are the real deal. How are they handling their new celebrity status?

A - Yes, they all really work for me. There

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are some parts on the show that are obviously just for fun. Like the very first opening scene. There are like 5 different camera angles, we are trotting thru the pasture where we take a call from my Mom. Like that, that was obviously for fun, it was scripted. But, the rest of it is real.

Donnie is getting on real broncs. Those are real buck-offs. Leroy actually works for

and sarcasm, but we would do this without cameras.

Q - The characters on “How to be A

Cowboy” were so strong, almost seem like they were chosen just for the show?

A - No, not at all. Cheech is a sales rep, so he is contract labor. He is outside sales and he does not live here, but he spends a lot of time here. We work together and he brings in outside sales and I pay him money for that job. Leroy, he films for me, 3 videos a week. So, he is contract labor also. I write him a check every week. The others are actually employees and they get a salary. Like Donnie and Jordan. What we do is a real thing. All of these people are people I am invested with. Cheech, he hangs around.

He lives, eats and sleeps in his trailer.

Those are real scenarios. Like, how we met that intern, that’s how we meet all of them.

They roll up, cameras rolling, we put them on a bull. It is irresponsible, but we have a good time.

Q - What are your plans for the NFR this me. We go to actual Rodeos. That explosion, we had no idea it was going to be that big! Otherwise it would have been on camera. If you watch the camera angles, it blows out of the camera angle.

We were not even set up for it. Carl Wayne getting out, Cheech breaking his finger, it was a real filming, That’s our life.

There are some subtleties in our content on Netflix where there are mysterious things that we say, do and act. To be honest they are not really that mysterious, but at the end of the day, this is who we are. This what we do every day. I think that is what people can see in our work and filming. The way we commentate it is humorous and thru comedy

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A - I have 3 booths this year at the NFR. One is at Cowboy Christmas, one at Mandalay Bay and also a third at South Point. I am doing the pre-show at the NFR at the Thomas & Mack Arena, right outside in the Fan Zone with the PRCA and then the after party at the Mirage - I will be doing both every day at this years NFR in Las Vegas.

I will be at Cowboy Christmas for 7 or 8 of the 10 day event as well. Every morning I will be doing Pod-Casts as well in my room with some of the contestants.

Q - Dale, you have been doing a lot of

work lately with J.B Mauney the “2nd Most Famous Bull Rider” ever, can you tell us what you have been up to?

A - There ya go - J.B. and I are just good

friends. We have been friends for 6 years now. We have a lot in common. Now we have some Rodeo cows together, we have JBDB Bucking Bulls, which is a real thing.

I have some of his bulls here and he has some of my bulls there. J.B is a bull man, so he actually has a lot of little partnerships.

He will partner here and there with some of his buddies and he has several bulls of his own. He is just a bull guy, he has pens at his house in Stephenville and he is always going to have stock around. I think I am the only one that he has Rodeo cows with, and we actually raise them. He does a lot of trading. He will buy a 3 year old and sell him two months later. I don’t care for production, I do not want to actually put on Rodeos, I don’t want to raise stock, except for when J.B. called me. I thought man, if I am ever going to partner with somebody on anything Rodeo production wise, it is going to be J.B. Mauney because he knows what he is doing!

Q - You and JB are doing a lot of fun

stuff together right now online with content too, tell us about it!

A - Right now that is the most all-around positive stuff that we do together. He asked me a couple of years ago to take over his merch. When I do a YouTube video, every quarter I will look back, and if he is in the YouTube video, we split the revenue 50/50 right down the middle. Like if his name is in it, his face is in it, etc. So, that is something we are doing and the merch. I handle the merch for him too.

Q - The Merchandise that you sell is

very creative with the fabric designs and the slogans so innovative - how do you come up with all of the designs?

A - Some of them I come up with on my own, and some are from the 3 independent graphic designers I work with. I will reach out to them about once a year and then we have an in-house girl that does a really good job.

Essentially we work with about 5 different people and when we rotate thru like that, it keeps everything fresh. Some designers will get kinda pigeon-holed into using one specific font more than others to often. We have a couple that we like to lean on so we can change it up. But, essentially it all revolves around the content that we put out. That’s where these shirts are sold. Long before the words are on a T-Shirt. Ya know like, “Your Moms Favorite Bull Rider,” “Ole Son,” “Rodeo Time,” and “Ridin’ Bulls - Punchin’ Fools”. They all mean something to people before they even see them on a shirt. That

is all part of the branding strategy that we go by here.

Q - How long have you been working

with J.B.?

A - Six years ago we met at the Iron Cowboy at the AT&T Stadium. We were back behind the chutes hanging out and kinda bull crappin,’ and got each others SnapChats, and then were just sending each other funny SnapChats. That is really all it was. Then one day PBR called and they had just come out with Ride Pass and they wanted us to do a show called “Keeping’ it 90” which was one of my slogans at the time. We did 6 episodes together and he does not like doing stuff like that, but at the time he was willing to do it because I was involved. He knew we would have a good time.

We share a good friend in common, Randy Quartieri and he was there, so it was fun time to get to film it.

That was our first big project together. It has been all downhill since then, and we just kind of now done more and more stuff together.

Q - You and J.B. have a lot of chemistry

when working together is it real?

A - I am going to give credit for that to J. B., he is a real dude. He is what you see is what you get. He treats everybody the same, he doesn’t show favoritism. It doesn’t

matter if its Brad Pitt, Donald Trump, Trevor Brazile or some 14 year old steer rider comes in, he is going to treat them the exact same. That’s just J.B., it always has been.

That is the kind of respect he expects in return and I give him that respect and that is why I think we have always gotten along really well. When you get into the culture, the Rodeo culture, you will find some people similar to J.B. Like Tuff Hedeman is one and Jim Sharp. Those guys are all actually really good friends and they get along really well.

That is part of the reason why, they are very similar in that they are all “No Bull Crap”.

Its like this who they are. Tuff, he is going to treat everybody the same. You will find that in the guys that are “Old School”. That is what they call J.B. he is Old School.

He is the way he chooses to live. Its like they plucked one of the early 90’s Bull Riders out and threw him into the next generation.

Q - The VICE show

about J.B., did it open the door for Cowboy in the mainstream to be cool again? The Yellowstone TV show, a Netflix TV Show, Dale Brisby?

A - The VICE show came out in 2018, and I am not sure that that show could be responsible for all of that. But, it was a big deal, and there were many things that came from it. Like on that show J.B. showed everyone how he would stand on a medicine ball to work out. It was pretty much one of the only workouts he would do besides getting on practice bulls, he would stand on a medicine ball.

Now a lot of kids stand on a medicine ball because of that video. But, the brand that J.B. has, he has been building for 15 years. Yes, it is something that Social Media and TV have helped grow that, because of the PBR is being televised and the YouTube videos, plus a little bit of Dale Brisby, but it is all because of what J.B. has done and built.

He is a huge inspiration to young kids that want to be stand out Bull Riders. I think this is something that has been coming thru the last few years and with the advent of social media and what not, essentially all of these people that didn’t realize that we existed, now have a microscope into our world of being a Cowboy.

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show came from mainstreams interest in this industry. That is why I have had the success that I have had, because I am one of the few people in this industry that puts out consistent content.

There are a lot of people that put stuff out occasionally. Fallon Taylor is really good, she puts stuff out all the time. But, there are not a lot of people that are on a horse talking about “This is how you get

They are starting to see, “Oh snap, J.B. Mauney is a big deal,” “Dale Brisby is a big deal,” Trevor Brazile is a “big deal”. Yes, I put my name in between those two! But, the point is, the Internet as a whole, is a new way for the Cowboy to come thru to the World, but J.B., he is just been himself for so long, he has built that brand.

started,” or just putting out consistent content.

The World is hungry for it, and Netflix was too!

Right now, all of these networks are looking for a hit cowboy show. Netflix was not the only one interested in taking on this show. The point is, there is a wave. I see the future, and if we can manage our side of it correctly - the future of this industry is bright!

Q - Over the last 6 years, the interest

and respect for the Cowboy lifestyle has blossomedA - That is where the idea for the show came from. The production company was like, “Hey, what are we going to make a show about?”, we know that you have all of this content, and you’ve got the YouTube show Rodeo Time, but we need this show to be different. I said, we literally get 50 messages A DAY, from people who say, “How do I get started Ranching?” — “How do I get started Rodeoing?” - “How do I get started Riding Bulls?”. I had made videos on the subjects, “This is how you get started Ranchin,” “Five ways to get started Ranchin,” “Three things NOT to do when you get started Ranchin” I had made those videos. So I said, what we need to do, is have a show and then we bring on guests to each episode. I said, like Trevor Brazile, like Craig Cameron, like J.B. Mauney. I wanted to call it “You Ain’t No Cowboy,” but they decided to call it “How to be A Cowboy”.

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Q - Agreed, there is a wave of popularity right now-

A - Yes, like Yellowstone. Yellowstone is

similar to How to be a Cowboy in that, they are both depictions of the Cowboy lifestyle and they both have a storyline that offered entertainment as you learned about it. Those are the two big similarities that we both have. We do it in a form of comedy in an unscripted platform, and they are doing it obviously scripted with more drama, but they are both bringing entertainment (How to be A Cowboy on a smaller scale than Yellowstone). But we are all trying to make a positive impact, as positive splash for the industry. We are the ambassadors for the industry.

The last thing I have to say is check out “How to be A Cowboy” on Netflix, and check out DaleBrisby.com for all the merch. for J.B. Mauney and myself.

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JB MAUNEY

The 2021 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is upon us with 21 cowboys and cowgirls making their debuts at the Thomas & Mack Center this December.

JB Mauney has risen to No. 5 in the PRCA bull riding standings following an impressive Summer run, “I knew I just had to go back to having fun, and, hell, I started going to these and I started having fun again,” Mauney said. “Before I got to the PBR, I rodeoed and when I was in High School I did multiple events. I was always used to going to rodeos and it kind of changed and I went to the PBR. It has been fun to get back to go up there and watch the bareback riding, the bronc riding, the ropings and stuff, and get to ride bulls.”

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Triangle Horse Sale Concludes 2021 Sale Year With Historical Sale Averages

The 42nd annual Triangle Fall Horse Sale, held October 29-30 in (One Time Pepto-Shorty Lena Girl by Shorty Lena), a 2008 blue Oklahoma City, wrapped up with the highest averaging sale season roan stallion consigned by Creek Plantation of Augusta, Georgia, since its establishment in 1979. The Fall Sale averaged $12,900 and selling to Dan Barner of Hershey, Nebraska, for $77,000. This on 406 catalogued horses, less withdrawals and achieved an 81 was followed by Hip No. 36 at a purchase price of $56,000 for a percent sales completion. Of the 381 sold horses, 155 head went red roan yearling colt, AR Cashnfame (Dash Ta Fame-Shegetscash for more than $10,000, averaging $20,100 as a group and marking

by Peptoboonsmal). The colt was consigned by Atwood Quarter an impressive 51 percent total entering the Triangle Top $10,000 Horses Inc. of Weatherford, Texas, and purchased by Ty Smith Club.

Performance Horses of Edmond, This cultivated a new Oklahoma.

Top $10,000 Club annual Fourth and fifth high sellers achievement, with 375 horses were Hip No. 388, Bet N Shesa bringing more than $10,000 in Cat (Bet Hesa Cat-Glow A the 2021 sale year.

Pepto by Peptoboonsmal), This was the second year bringing $50,000 and Hip No. the Triangle Fall Sale was 254, Reckelle (Metallic Cat-Lil showcased during opening Bit Reckless by CD Royal), also weekend of the Farnam AQHA bringing $50,000. Bet N Shesa World and Adequan® Select Cat was consigned by Nathen World Championship Show Anderson Cutting Horses of at the OKC Fairgrounds.

Elmore City, Oklahoma, and The sale event drew a large purchased by Randy White of crowd, beginning with a sale Solomon, Kansas. Reckelle, preview October 28, followed bred to Dual Reyish (Hottish-A by reining-bred, ranch, barrel, Little Reylena by Dual Rey), was trail and family horses selling consigned by the Estate of Terry The high seller was Hip No. 282, Driving Miss Em on October 29 and cutting and Albracht of Springtown, Texas, and (Woody Be Tuff-Swing Thru The Drive by Hydrive Cat), purchased by Shayne Barrington of roping-bred horses selling on October 30. The three-day crowd selling for $90,000. Consigned by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp Weatherford, Texas. consisted of buyers from 33 The next Triangle Horse and a near-$100,000 NCHA money earner, Driving Miss Em states, with top buyer states being Sale will be the coveted Winter sold with a breeding to Dont Stopp Believin Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Sale, also referred to as the (Dual Rey-Dont Look Twice by High Brow Cat).

Iowa and California.

January Sale, which will be held The high-selling entry was Hip No. 282, Driving Miss Em in Oklahoma City at the OKC Fairgrounds, January 28-29, 2022.

(Woody Be Tuff-Swing Thru The Drive by Hydrive Cat), selling for Entry forms are due December 7 and can be found at www. $90,000. The 2015 sorrel mare was consigned by Phil and Mary trianglehorsesales.net.

Ann Rapp of Weatherford, Texas, a near-$100,000 NCHA money For more information, visit www.trianglehorsesales.net. earner, and sold with a breeding to Dont Stopp Believin (Dual ReyMarkel Insurance provided 24-hour fall of the hammer mortality Dont Look Twice by High Brow Cat). The mare was purchased by insurance coverage for horses purchased during the 42nd Jeanine Benenati of Springtown, Texas.

Triangle Fall Sale. What does “fall of the hammer” insurance While cutting-bred horses led the Top Ten sales, the top selling mean? Fall of the hammer mortality insurance coverage provides group as an average were reining-bred horses at $21,050, followed buyers immediate all risk mortality and theft coverage on horses by cutting and cow horses, which averaged $19,000. These two purchased for 24-hours after the close of the sale. A Markel groups were followed closely by seasoned geldings at $17,800 and representative must be contacted to extend coverage after the ranch and roping horses, averaging $14,300.

24-hour period. Markel’s all risk mortality and theft coverage The second high-seller overall was Hip 201, New Cut In Town reimburses you for the death, theft or human destruction of your

Join us in December for the 2021 NRCHA Judge Seminar NRCHA Judge Seminar will be hosted in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel and Casino from December 14-15, 2021, register now!

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The National Reined Cow Horse Association welcomes all NRCHA judges to attend the next Judge Seminar in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seminar will be hosted at the South Point Hotel and Casino from December 14-15, 2021.

Due to COVID restrictions, NRCHA has not hosted a Judge

Seminar since 2019 and is excited to get a new seminar scheduled.

All NRCHA judges, except those who judged the 2021 Snaffle Bit Futurity® limited aged events or those who attended the 2019 Judge Seminar in Dallas -Fort Worth,

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are required to attend the seminar in order to maintain their judge’s card. For any judge with concerns about their ability to attend the upcoming seminar, please contact the NRCHA office at 940-488-1500 or email elizabeth@nrcha.com.

Registration is now available online.

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COLE PATTERSON CAPS RECORD-SETTING SEASON WITH FIRST CAREER GOLD BUCKLE

BY TRACY RENCK, PSN EDITOR

Cole Patterson left no doubt who the best steer roper is in the PRCA in 2021.

Patterson, who came into the National Finals Steer Roping with a $39,415 lead in the PRCA | RAM World Standings, was never threatened as he cruised to his first career gold buckle at the Kansas Star Arena.

"The hardest one to get is the first gold buckle and to get it this early is big," said Patterson, 26. "I have a ton of family here and I will be talking to them all night. This has been a long time coming. A lot of work has gone into this. I want to try and reflect on everything. To think just four years ago I was learning how to do this."

Patterson won Round 3 and Round 8, as well as placed in eight other rounds to earn an NFSR-record $85,726. He finished atop the world standings with $190,242, a single-season steer roping earnings mark. Patterson's NFSR earnings broke the mark of $70,651 set by Cody Lee in 2016. Patterson also won the average with a 97.7-second time on nine head to collect $27,347.

Scott Snedecor took second place in the world standings with $95,951 – $94,291 behind Patterson.

Patterson earned $104,516 in the regular season, which ended Sept. 30, which set the steer roping regular season record. And he kept cashing checks at the Kansas Star.

Cole broke the single-season steer roping earnings record of $142,350 set by his father Rocky in 2016. Rocky finished 10th in the world standings with $63,029.

Cole joins his father as a steer roping world champion. Rocky won championships in 2009-10, 2012 and 2016. The Pattersons are the third father and son to win steer roping world titles. They join John McEntire (1934) and Clark McEntire (1956-57, 1961) and Charles Good (1975) and Gary Good (1979).

"Anytime I get to rope with my dad no matter if it is in Mulvane or some little bitty rodeo in the middle of nowhere, I try not to take it for granted because I know one day it will not be there," Cole said.

"He's one of the best to ever do it and he taught me everything.

I couldn't ask for a better teacher, a better dad. He's helped me every step of the way."

Rocky was thrilled to have his son reach the top of the PRCA summit like he has.

"Watching Cole win a gold buckle is something else," he said. "It is pretty special to get to compete with him and then get to watch him put on a dominating performance like he did here was great to see. You can teach anybody to do this, but they have to be willing to bang their head against the wall every day to work at if they want

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to rope like he did here (at the NFSR)."

Cole placed second in Round 1 (10.3 seconds); fourth in Round 2 (12.2); and then won Round 3 (9.5). He followed that up with second-place finishes in Round 4 (11.2) and Round 5 (9.9). On Saturday, Cole failed to place in Round 6 and rebounded to take fourth in Round 7 (11.6).

Then, he clocked 9.9 seconds to win Round 8. In Round 9, he took third at 11.2 seconds.

The only drama left for Cole in Round 10 was to see if he could set the NFSR 10-head average record held by Trevor Brazile at 111.3 seconds and established in 2015.

Cole needed a 13.5-second run, and he came up short with a no time.

"Missing that last one is probably going to keep me up a few nights, but I think I did pretty well here," Cole said. "That just shows how good Trevor Brazile is."

Cole still won the average and he and Rocky became the fifth father and son to accomplish that feat in steer roping joining the company of Jim Snively (1959) and Joe Snively (1961, 1972); James Allen (1971) and Guy Allen (1989, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004); Charles Good (1976) and Gary Good (1979); and Jim Davis (1988) and Bryce Davis (2009).

Cole was riding Tigger, 16, the 2021 Nutrena Steer Roping Horse of the Year presented by AQHA at the Kansas Star.

"A lot of what I have been able to do comes back to this horse," Cole said. "I feel like I have an unfair advantage when I saddle this horse in the morning. That's not a knock on anybody else's horse.

There were so many good horses that were in this building this weekend, but this horse right here has something special about him."

Thomas Smith won an event-best three rounds. He won Round 1 with a 10.0-second time and then tied the Round 4 NFSR record with a 9.0-second winning time. Snedecor set the Round 4 record in 2020. Smith added the Round 6 win with a 10.3 run. He earned $32,807 at the NFSR. Chet Herren ($44,705), who was second in the average, and Jess Tierney ($43,779) won the second and third most money at the 2021 NFSR. Slade Wood won Round 2 with an 11.7-second time to win the Colby Goodwin Award. The Second Go-Round Award is given in honor of the late Goodwin, who passed away after being injured during the ninth round of 1999 NFSR. Wood, who finished sixth in the world standings with $82,307 also won the Dixon McGowan Award, given to the highest-ranked first-time qualifier to the NFSR. The award memorializes McGowan, who died at age 23 in an automobile accident May 10, 1997.

Wood also was the Resistol All-Around and Steer Roping Rookie of the Year.

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2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse Crowned

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AQHA Superhorse,

Snap It Send It, owned by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, Arizona.

During the past three weeks, the top exhibitors and horses have been competing at the 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; and Nutrena Level 1 Championships.

The 2021 Farnam Superhorse Award is the top honor at the Farnam AQHA World.

The Farnam Superhorse title is awarded to the horse that earns the most points in three or more Level 3 open events in three categories during the show.

The 2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse is Snap It Send It owned

by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, Arizona. The 2016 gray mare, by VS Code Red and out of Snap Krackle Pop, was bred by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, Missouri. Snap It Send It earned 29 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Blake Weis of Pilot Point, Texas. Snap It Send It won the world champion title in junior trail, placed fourth in performance halter mares, eighth in junior western riding and was a finalist in junior western pleasure. Snap It Send It received a trailer, courtesy of Sundowner Trailers, an original Lisa Perry bronze and rose bouquet.

The 2021 Reserve Farnam AQHA Superhorse Hot Lopin Lily, owned by Caroline Cavallo of Gillespie, Illinois. The 2017 bay mare, by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Shes A Lopin Machine, was bred by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, Missouri. Hot Lopin Lily earned 29 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Blake Weis of Pilot Point, Texas. Hot Lopin Lily was the reserve world champion in junior trail and junior western riding and placed ninth in performance halter mares. The reserve Farnam 40

Superhorse receives a prize package that includes $10,000.

Placing third is Hez Blazin Trouble, owned by Bonnie Sheren of Studio City, California. The 2015 sorrel gelding, by RL Best Of Sudden and out of Troubles A Blazin, was bred by Stanley and Susan Scott of Ocala, Florida. Hez Blazin Trouble earned 25.5 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Jason Martin from Pilot Point, Texas. Hez Blazin Trouble won the reserve world championship title in senior western riding, placed third in performance halter geldings, placed ninth in senior trail and was a finalist in senior western pleasure.

Placing fourth is DGS Dont Tell Tales, owned by Pam Stubbs of Scottsdale, Arizona. The 2013 bay gelding, by PR Tells A Tale and out of Skys Blue Blood, was bred by Robin Degraff of Port Clinton, Ohio.

DGS Dont Tell Tales earned 25 points and was shown by owner Pam Stubbs; AQHA Professional Horsewoman Lainie DeBoer of Forest Lake, Minnesota; and AQHA Professional Horseman Jerry Erickson of Whitesboro, Texas. DGS Dont Tell Tales won the world champion titles in senior working hunter and senior hunter hack and placed seventh in senior pleasure driving.

Placing fifth is Heza Radical Zip, owned by Bonnie Sheren of Studio City, California. The 2005 bay gelding, by Radical Rodder and out of Sonnys Last Zip, was bred by Olivia Hoecker of Reddick, Florida. Heza Radical Zip earned 22 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Jason Martin from Pilot Point, Texas; AQHA Professional Horsewoman Ashley Dunbar-Clock from Pilot Point, Texas; and Charlie Bussieres from Nueville, Quebec. Heza Radical Zip won the world championship title in senior western riding and was a finalist in senior western pleasure, senior trail and aged geldings.

The third- through fifth-place Farnam AQHA Superhorses each receive $2,500.

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Grammy Award-winning superstars

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill to perform live at The American

Teton Ridge, a brand dedicated to promoting and preserving America’s iconic western culture and cowboyinspired sporting events, announced today that The American legendary western weekend will feature a live concert from multi-platinum GRAMMY Award-winning musicians Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on Sunday, March 6.

“Welcoming a concert of this magnitude will truly elevate The American to new levels,” said Teton Ridge Sports Executive Vice President, Ellen Newberg. “Treating fans to a live performance by globally recognized powerhouses Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will add first-class entertainment to an already extraordinary weekend at The Crown Jewel of Rodeo™. Teton Ridge’s vision is to usher in a new era of rodeo with a steadfast commitment to the competitors while engaging broader audiences with innovative programming, live music, and welcoming truly iconic names in the entertainment and western industries in order to grow the sport.”

The GRAMMY award-winning duo will perform live in-arena before the final round on Championship Sunday.

The American is an iconic western sports and entertainment weekend that occurs annually at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and represents the richest single-day event in all of western sports.

Over the course of qualifier events across the country, rodeo athletes will all compete for what could be the biggest single-day paycheck of their careers.

Acquired by Teton Ridge, The American is a true open competition format bringing together top professional rodeo athletes and honest, hardworking cowboys and cowgirls in a winner-take-all showdown, meant to crown the finest talent the world has to offer.

In just nine short years since its inception, The American payout earnings have rivaled that of the Kentucky Derby.

With an unmatched total purse of more than $3 million in 2022, nonstop rodeo action, live music, entertainment and more, the industryleading event is the centerpiece of Teton Ridge’s western sports portfolio.

The American features competitors in all eight rodeo disciplines: barrel racing, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, team roping (heading and 44

heeling), tie-down roping, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. Semifinals will be held the week prior to the event.

Each qualifier who makes it to the 2022 finals will be eligible for their discipline’s $100,000 prize money and will also have their shot at the bonus millions. For the first time in the event’s history, women’s breakaway ropers will also be eligible for the $2 million added bonus.

In a landmark partnership between Teton Ridge and PBR (Professional Bull Riders), the weekend will additionally feature the 2022 PBR Global Cup USA on Saturday, March 5. The 2022 PBR Global Cup USA will feature five nations and six teams battling it out for national pride and the title of “Toughest Nation on Dirt.” Teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico will attempt to upset host nation Team USA, which will be represented by Team Eagles and all Native American Team Wolves.

The PBR Global Cup, first held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 2017, debuted in the United States in Texas at AT&T Stadium in 2019.

Team USA made history at the most recent iteration of the event in 2020, becoming the first nation to win the international team event on home soil. The Eagles contingent was led by 2016 PBR World Champion and Dallas resident Cooper Davis who is an anticipated front-runner to once again represent his home nation.

The legendary weekend of western sports and entertainment gets underway on Saturday, March 5 with the 2022 PBR Global Cup USA at 5:45 p.m. CST and then the nonstop rodeo action at The American begins at 12 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 6.

Tickets for both events go on sale Friday, December 3 at 10 a.m. CST and can be purchased at ATTStadium.com or SeatGeek.com. Tickets for both events start at just $20, taxes and fees not included. While individual event tickets are available for purchase at varying price levels, fans can save up to 20% by purchasing weekend combo packages to experience both Saturday and Sunday.

All tickets for Sunday, March 6 include the live concert performance from Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

For fans wanting to make this one-of-a-kind weekend even more memorable, VIP tickets are available for both the PBR Global Cup USA and The American. Guests can enjoy premium seating closest to the action, question-and-answer presentations, behind-the-scenes tours and much more. For more information or to purchase VIP tickets and premium experiences, event-goers can visit SeatGeek.com.

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RICO AUSTIN - INTERVIEW Q - Rico, you are a man of

many passions-an awardwinning Author, hold a PHD, travel non-stop and now a new business venture. How do you do it all?

A - Answer – Yes, I do like to

keep moss from gathering on my boots. Well, the short answer is I’m a Gemini, born on the 4th of June which is ultimately the center of the Gemini chart and, no I’m not one of those star / galaxy guys who reads his horoscope every morning before shaving. I’m not even sure what my birthstone is??? Something blue or white, clear or turquoise maybe? Now for the long, windy answer: as a child my world was pretty limited growing up in the small town of Marsing, Idaho along the banks of the Snake River.

I was the oldest of five boys and my Dad wasn’t around much, and then he unfortunately died at a very young age, so my mother pretty much raised us by herself. In order to pay the trailer house rent, the propane, put food on the table, all of us boys started working at an early age – milking cows, mowing lawns, feeding cattle, selling greeting cards, flower and garden seeds, shining shoes, sorting pop bottles, stocking shelves late at night, detasseling corn, changing sprinkler pipes, rolling bales of hay, picking up rocks out of fields, sacking groceries, picking fruit in the orchards – basically anything we could do, we did it.

If anyone needed anything done, they would hire one of the Austin boys. So, all I wanted to do when I grew up was to see the world, get a college education, someday own a company or land and move to a warm state where in the winter I wouldn’t have to slip on ice and land on my ass and most of all, to make my mother proud of her eldest son. After my mother met a good man and remarried, I enrolled in college.

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to play one year on the Boise State Football team as a walk-on player, a year before the famous Blue Turf of which there is a full chapter on that subject in my bestselling novel, MY BAD TEQUILA about a Spring Break Trip gone bad that spans for 50 years of poor decisions. I continued my education over the years including earning an MBA from Thunderbird, American Graduate School of

Rico with his first book and New

BAJARRIBA Tequila International Business and YES, finally a PhD in Tequila! Yes, that is a real thing of which less than 800 people in the world have.

My motto, “I wasn’t drinking, I was studying,” when I’m asked about how much tequila I drank to get that degree. So, in finale, the answer is that I want to experience life to the fullest and feel thankful and blessed, and I thank GOD for this crooked road that led to one of the most incredible adventures I could not have imagined.

Q - What started you on the book journey?

A - As a child I’ve always loved

to read. The books I read took me too far away lands and introduced me to people I had never heard about and worlds I had never dreamed about. I liked to write and to take photographs, but it was always a hobby as I was

told by my mother that it would never pay the bills when once in a great while I might mention my dream of becoming a writer or a photographer.

I was able to satisfy my writing and photography hunger by being elected the 4-H Reporter of the Eager Beavers and serving as the Reporter all three years in FFA (Future Farmers of America). Then many years later in 1996 while attending graduate school I was frustrated by the horrible method of how enrollment was being done and wrote an article about it in the school newspaper – Das Tor and it was put on the front page.

The editor asked me if I wanted to write for the paper and I told him I already had two jobs, but he convinced me that I could write as little or as much as I wanted and would get paid by the article of which I could choose – voila, thus began my love again for writing and late one night after drinking mucho tequila on December 18th, 2007, I saddled up and began writing my first novel MY BAD TEQUILA of which a memorable Spring Break in 1986 occurred.

My one and only Spring Break Trip for a cost of $200 included the bus trip from Boise, Idaho to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. It was the first time I’d ever come through Arizona and seen a live cactus and fell in love with the beauty of the desert.

Q - You have published a

wide-variety of books-How does someone go about publishing a book with today’s technologies?

A - Yes, I have several genres

of books I’ve written and luckily in today’s world many writers have the opportunity to self-publish their books or to find small publishers who for a fee will do the work for the new author.

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Years ago, writers were at the mercy of the big publishers and if the person reading the manuscript did not find it interesting or entertaining then the manuscript was never heard of or printed.

It was a lousy system that only a handful of persons controlled what was published and again everything favors the publisher, so it is extremely rare for anyone to make the big bucks or get the million-dollar contract such as my fellow author friend Diana Gabaldon – wrote the Outlander Series which was picked up by SHOWTIME. So proud of her and her art of writing.

Q - How do you decide when you have an idea worthy of a book?

A - I believe if I find something

interesting and present it in a well written form that others too will find the same thing worthy of their interest.

There are so many ideas I have for books, just don’t have the time with my full-time Sales Manager position covering the 13 Western states and El Paso, TX. I do try to write at least every other night or third night when on the road in my hotel room, it does help keep me out of the honky-tonks every other night.

Q - You’ve had a few folks look

to option your work to create a screen play for the movies. How does that work?

A - In the film industry, an option

is a contractual agreement pertaining to film rights between a potential film producer (such as a production company, a movie studio, or an individual) and the author of the material such as a book or screen play for an exclusive, but temporary, right to purchase the screenplay, given the film producer lives up to the terms of the contract for a specified time frame, let’s say two years and if nothing moves forward then author / writer keeps the option money, usually a few thousand dollars and her / his work is now free to seek other alternatives or another option.

I have written a couple of screen plays from my books as

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Q - You have won several

someday my dream will come true of having one or more of my books adapted onto the silver screen.

A - I write about what I know,

MORE RICO AUSTIN

Q - Tell us about your newest book-

A - It is titled BOY to Successful

MAN, a Roadmap for Teens & Young Adults and was just published this last June 2021. I began writing this project late 2011, nearly 10 years of writing, rewriting, adding chapters, etcetera.

It was quite different writing for me as this was not a fun write, but one that I felt like I needed / obligated to pen as a pay-it-forward sort of contrivance because I’ve been blessed as a human being and man to be living such a grand, beautiful life with many great friends and family.

Growing up I always wondered why I was born into a poor family. I didn’t envy my friends, just puzzled and wanted always to better myself. This book was written to help anyone who feels misunderstood, for anyone who feels angry, for anyone who feels lost – this book is for you.

There is no shame in feeling trapped or confused by the expectations for you to grow from a boy into a man. This book is a tool to give young men great lives, no matter their circumstances. For instance, the chapters consist of everything from Chapter One Accepting Responsibility; Chapter Four - Common Sense; Chapter Eight - Manners; Chapter Eleven – Education; Chapter Fourteen – Bathroom Etiquette; Chapter Twenty-Two – Get Involved and Volunteer; Chapter TwentyFour – Attitude and Gratitude; Chapter Twenty-Five – Proverbs Remembered and Restored.

Basically, this book is everything I wished that I had been told while growing up, some of it I was taught, some I was not.

“A grand life is when you assume nothing, take responsibility, do more, need less, dream large, laugh often and realize how blessed YOU are!” – Rico Austin

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awards as an Author. What is your secret? what interests me, and I do my absolute best to offer the best novel, book, short story there is. I want my readers to feel that they chose the right book to read after finishing one of my stories.

I am proud of the writing awards I’ve won, including being chosen in 2016 as “one of the top 50 great writers you should be reading,” but what brings me the greatest reward if when I read a 5 Star Review about one of my books or someone comes up to me at a book signing or at a restaurant and tells me that my book or story was one of the best they’ve ever read. Now that warms a writer’s heart.

If you don’t mind, I’d love to offer this excerpt from a short story I did several years ago since this is a horse magazine and it fits the narrative: “I have always longed to live in a time and place where if you had a quick gun and an even faster horse, your chances of surviving the hot, desert climate, renegades and outlaws were greatly increased.

I am living that dream: where cowgirls, horses, saloons, cacti and tequila abound. When my time on Earth is no more, I want to be buried in my boots, six feet under, covered with Arizona soil that is warm to the touch.”

Q - A new project you have

been working on is a boutique brand of Tequila. Please tell us a bit about this new project.

A - YES, so pleased you asked

about this as I am over-the-top intoxicated (pun intended) about our new BAJARRIBA Tequila which translates loosely to Bottoms Up! Our three founding partners, Jay Nance, Michael Hill and I – Tres Cabo Amigos are extremely excited to share our love for Baja in a bottle which has a unique design of the shape of the Baja upside down, so when pouring or drinking out of the bottle, the tequila is coming out of the southern-most tip – Cabo.

This tequila represents many good times amongst three friends who have Cabo San Lucas,

México in common and a passion for some of the most exquisite tequila available in the world. If the term “Caboholic” resonates with you, then you too will understand what it is like to bounce around on the Baja roads visiting some of the most popular beach locations designated on our front label.

Whether you are a cowboy, fisherman, farmer, an off-road racer, a traveler of dirt roads, a sailor, surfer, or just a fan of great tequila, we welcome you to share the exceptional taste of BAJARRIBA Tequila!

Since our inception we have taken on two other minor partners (no, not that kind of minor, they are both over age of 21) – Mr. Jim Riley, a former Baja 1000 winning racer and he had his own tequila line in the past.

The other newest partner is a Cave Creek, Arizona local celebrity and former All-Star Basketball Player – Mr. Tom Chambers who had his number retired with the Phoenix Suns.

We are planning and hoping to launch in Cabo San Lucas on Saturday, February 5th through the 12th at various venues. Then again, we will introduce it locally, here in the Phoenix / Scottsdale / Cave Creek areas in March and April 2022. You are all kindly invited to attend.

There is only one you, perfect yourself because everyone else is taken.

Secondly, I would advise that self-promotion should not be uncomfortable. Don’t push your product or service. Use it as a tool to help others while smiling and having fun.

Thirdly, value matters most, not how many years you’ve been in the industry. One of the worst things a person can do when selfpromoting is to tell about all the past experience and years they’ve been in the biz.

Self-promotion is about value not experience. And these last two tips of which I absolutely live by, (1) is to be excited about your product, your service, your art. If you’re not excited about it, how can you expect others to share in the excitement. (2) Do not take yourself too seriously and give your ego a rest. Have fun with your interactions, not only sharing serious articles, but also fun, entertaining stories and photographs.

No one wants to purchase a boring butler’s artwork or book.

Make fun of yourself once in a while. Heck, I make fun of myself and post some of the most unflattering photos of moi. It tends to make you more approachable and likable.

Q - Deploying social media is

Q - Where can one find out

harder than it looks. What tips can you offer folks trying to promote themselves online?

A - Social-Media is an incredible

tool for authors, artists, real estate agents as well as businesses and non-profit organizations if used correctly.

I actually wrote a couple of personal how-to marketing books about this very subject – Author, Artist & Anyone’s Personal Marketing Guide, Financial Success with 11 Proven Promotions including Blogs and Social-Media, the other book is tailored more toward Entrepreneurs and Realtors.

I believe one of the most important things to remember is to be yourself. Don’t try to be that gal or guy that you believe everyone tries to emulate. Be true to yourself and don’t be fake.

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more about Rico Austin and his books?

A - I want to Thank You and

Bridle and Bit for this interview and the opportunity to mention where your loyal readers can find more about our BAJARRIBA Tequila at www.bajarriba.com and where to purchase on-line, in stores or ….. My novels and books can be found on my personal website www.ricoaustin.com which will take them to my Amazon site.

And www.brileybaxterbooks.com/ author-rico-austin/ Also, available on-line at www.BarnesAndNoble. com ; www.BooksAMillion.com ; and www.Target.com ; Rico Austin PhD, author, writer, philosopher, free spirit and tequila connoisseur.

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Farnam AQHA World and Adequan®

Select World Championship Shows Wrap-Up

That’s a wrap on a historic AQHA World Championship Show!

The 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; and Nutrena Level 1 Championships, saw more than 8,500 entries, 1,800 exhibitors and 2,500 horses.

Exhibitors competed for 290 championship titles, 104 Farnam AQHA World championships; 44 Adequan® Select World championships; 85 Adequan® Level 2 championships; and 40 Nutrena Level 1 championships, plus, more than $2 million in purse, prizes and the coveted gold globes at this year’s event, October 28 November 20 at the OKC Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

If you were unable to attend the show or missed the free live webcast, be sure to check out all of the official results and winning runs at www.aqha.com/worldshow where you can relive record setting moments from the Jim Norick and Adequan® Performance arenas.

The most anticipated awards of the event were presented to the Farnam AQHA Superhorse, AQHA All-Around Amateur, AQHA Select All-Around Amateur, OKC Leading Owner, The American Quarter Horse Journal Reserve Leading Owner and the top AQHA Ranching Heritage-bred horses at the show. This year’s show also featured a variety of exciting events and extra added money: $50,000-added Pleasure Versatility Challenge, brought to you

by Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses $25,000-added Level 3 barrel racing classes, courtesy of Standlee Premium Western Forage and the OKC Convention & Visitors Bureau $25,000-added working western rail and $10,000 added twopart ranch series, courtesy of Headley Quarter Horses $15,000-added Western Pleasure Challenge $5,000 added 3-year-old western pleasure stakes class, sponsored by Rusty and Katie Green

Free Ride the Pattern Clinics, presented by Nutrena

AQHA Professional Horsemen volunteered their time to give 14 free Ride the Pattern clinics, presented by Nutrena. These clinics gave exhibitors and spectators the perfect opportunity to learn how AQHA Professional Horsemen would approach a specific class or pattern at the show. You can watch the previously recorded clinics on AQHA’s Facebook page. Thanks in part to Nutrena’s generosity to match the amount donated at the Ride the Pattern clinics, the Professional Horsemen’s Endowment Fund raised a record breaking $18,375. The AQHA Professional Horsemen also hosted an online auction, which raised more than $80,000 for the Professional Horsemen Endowment Fund.

We are only $26,606 away from our show goal of $125,000, which will fully fund the AQHA Professional Horsemen’s Endowment Fund at $750,000. You can still be a part of supporting 50

$50,000-added Pleasure Versatility Challenge, brought to you by Terry Bradshaw Quarter Horses

AQHA Professional Horsemen by donating online at the AQHA Professional Horseman donations page. Your contribution to the American Quarter Horse Foundation is tax deductible, learn more today at www.aqha.com/give-to-the-foundation-overview.

Farnam AQHA Superhorse The 2021 Farnam AQHA Superhorse, presented by Sundowner Trailers, is Snap It Send It owned by Kent Ray Taylor of Mesa, Arizona. The 2016 gray mare, by VS Code Red and out of Snap Krackle Pop, was bred

by Twylla Lynn Brown from Perry, Missouri.

Snap It Send It earned 29 points and was shown by AQHA Professional Horseman Blake Weis of Pilot Point, Texas. Snap It Send It won the world champion title in junior trail, placed fourth in performance halter mares, eighth in junior western riding and was a finalist in junior western pleasure.

Snap It Send It received a trailer, courtesy of Sundowner Trailers and an original Lisa Perry bronze. Read more about the top five 2021 Farnam Superhorses.

Farnam All-Around Amateur Morgan Ratkowski of Pleasant View, Tennessee, earned the title of 2021 Farnam All-Around Amateur. Ratkowski showed the American Quarter Horse Better Buy The Minit. The 2005 bay gelding by Do You Have A Minute and out of Tickle My Asset, was bred by Kramer/Davis of Reddick, Florida. Ratkowski and Better Buy The Minit earned 57 points in the all-around amateur competition. The team earned the amateur world champion titles in working hunter, hunter hack, and equitation over fences and the reserve world champion title in amateur hunt seat equitation.

Ratkowski received $10,000 and an original Lisa Perry bronze.

Read more about the top five Farnam All-Around Amateur exhibitors.

AQHA Select All-Around Amateur

The 2021 Select All-Around Amateur is Kimberly Stewart Burritt of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Burritt showed her American Quarter Horse Do You Have A Winner. The 2011 gray gelding by Good Terms and out of Do You Have A Dream, was bred by Heather Himelick of Connersville, Indiana. Burritt and Do You Have A Winner earned 35 points. The team earned the world champion title in Select equitation over fences, reserve world champion title in Select working hunter and the reserve world title in Select hunter hack. Burritt received a prize package that included an original Lisa Perry Bronze and $10,000. Read more about the top five AQHA Select All-Around Amateur exhibitors.

Oklahoma City Leading Owner The Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau Leading

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AQHA Select All-Around Amateur

Owner is awarded to the owner who has the highest number of points accumulated for their horses entered at the Farnam AQHA World in both Level 3 and Adequan® Level 2 classes across the amateur and open divisions. The owner must have three horses entered at the show to be eligible. This year’s Oklahoma City Leading Owner is Dan Fox of Chino, California.

Fox earned 149 points with

15 American Quarter Horses during the show. The American Quarter Horse Journal Reserve Leading Owner is Josh Weakly of Shelbyville, Illinois, who earned 122 points with his nine American Quarter Horses.

Gene Graves Super-Select Special Recognition The 2021 Gene Graves Super-Select Recognition Award recipient is Rick Neff of Galt, Missouri. Neff showed

his American Quarter Horse, Wicked Boy AW. The 2015 sorrel gelding by Dash Ta Fame and out of Wicked Felina CL, was bred by Alan Woodbury of Dickinson, North Dakota. Neff and Wicked Boy AW earned the title with 22 points. They were crowned world champions in Select stake race and reserve world champions in Select pole bending.

2021 Nutrena Senior Athletes The 2021 Nutrena Senior Athletes of the Adequan® Select Show are Donald Tisdall

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of Castle Rock, Colorado, and Pistol Packin Mister. The award is presented to the exhibitor and horse with the highest combined age competing at the Adequan® Select World. AQHA has proudly teamed with AQHA Corporate Partner Nutrena on this award since 2012. Read more about the 2021 Nutrena Senior Athletes.

Top Ranching Heritage Bred Horses AQHA recognizes the top Ranching Heritage-Bred horses at the Farnam AQHA and Adequan® Select World. The owners and breeders of the top-placing AQHA Ranching Heritage-bred horses each received $250. The owners also received a specially designed trophy. Learn more about the four American Quarter Horses that earned the top Ranching Heritage-Bred awards at this year’s show.

Triangle Fall Sale The 42nd annual Triangle Fall Horse Sale, held October 29-30 in Oklahoma City, wrapped up with the highest averaging sale season since its establishment in 1979. The Fall Sale averaged $12,900 on 406 catalogued horses, less withdrawals and achieved an 81 percent sales completion. Of the 381 sold horses, 155 head went for more than $10,000, averaging $20,100 as a group and marking an impressive 51 percent total entering the Triangle Top $10,000 Club.

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There are a handful of true roping hotspots that have developed over the years for a multitude of reasons: Arizona in the wintertime, Reno for a week in June, the Lazy E in Guthrie, Vegas in December during the Finale, and of course, Fort Worth, Texas at any given time throughout the year.

Due to the climate and availability of good cattle coupled with the concentration of team ropers which then leads to more and more great events, it is pretty easy to see why Fort Worth

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Cinch National Finals of Team Roping Heads Back to Cowtown

and the surrounding areas are hot spots for team ropers, not to mention competitive equine enthusiasts as a whole.

For years, USTRC ropers looked forward to an annual trip every October that landed them a few hours north of Fort Worth, in Oklahoma City. OKC was the home of the Cinch National Finals of Team Roping until the recent move, two years ago, to a new

home a the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth. The dates changed, the venue moved south a few hours, and the ropers were loud and clear on their opinion of the move!

For two years in a row, 2020 and 2021, the US Finals has felt like its old self. The turnouts have been knocking on 6,000 teams and the "feel" of the event has been extremely positive for

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everyone involved. Three arenas were used and teams could flow through their runs, starting at the John Justin Arena, moving outside to the Pavilion for the second run, and then wrapping up their long go-rounds with the third steer in the Will Rogers Coliseum. All of that happened in under 12 minutes! Ropers could stay "in the zone", didn't have to wait for their next round runs, and once the job was completed, ropers and their families had more time to spend at the shops in downtown Fort Worth or visit the newly redone Historic Stock Yards.

With this many teams, horses, and ropers, the flow is always of main concern. Not just how the roping will flow, but how to keep everything efficient during the check-in and unloading process. The roping arenas are the easy part. Handling everyone who drives into the Will Rogers Memorial Center relatively at the same time to park, unload, stall, and hookup is where the true magic happens during an event of this size. Keeping all of the contestants happy and comfortable is one of the USTRC's main concerns. The Forth Worth city and facility allow this to happen.

"We made some decisions when it came to parking, one-way streets, and traffic flow," says John English of the USTRC "The City of Fort Worth, the police, and the staff at the Will Rogers are so accommodating and helped us in every way possible to streamline parking, unpacking, and managing this many truck, trailers, and horses” As the 2021 season comes to a close and 2022 is ready to kick back off, the USTRC is grateful for the continued partnership with the City of Fort Worth and has locked in dates for the next three years.

The 2022 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping will be held April 24th - May 1st, 2022.

Keep checking back here at USTRC.com and on social media for schedules, updates.

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By Taylor Breeding

The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) would like to congratulate Tori Shaw on being selected as the 2021 recipient of the Todd Drummond Memorial Award.

Each year, NCHA affiliates have the opportunity to nominate one outstanding youth member for this award

TORI SHAW SELECTED AS 2021

TODD DRUMMOND MEMORIAL AWARD RECIPIENT

created in memorial of Todd Drummond. The recipient is recognized for their scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities, and cutting horse involvement.

“Tori is an amazing individual who embraces the idea of ‘If you’re going to do it, do it right and do it well,’” said Cherie Rogier, agriculture

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teacher and FFA adviser at Mt. Vernon Township High School.

“Her passion, dedication, leadership, drive, and focus will take her far in life, and she has been a genuine blessing to have in class every day for the last four years.”

Shaw is from Mount Vernon, Illinois and has been an NCHA member since 2020. She is enrolled in several advanced classes at Mt. Vernon Township High School as well as dual-enrollment classes at her local community college.

Additionally, Shaw is very active in her school’s FFA chapter and leadership positions within that chapter, currently serving as vice president of her chapter and the Section 21 FFA secretary encompassing 16 area schools.

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“When I first got the news [I received the award], I was shocked,” Shaw said. “There’s got to be so many other people

that are deserving of the award, and for me to get it is a huge honor. I want to thank Tina and Ernie Beutenmiller for supporting me through everything as well as my family, especially my parents, Scott and Vanessa Shaw.”

Shaw will be presented with the Todd Drummond Memorial Award buckle during the upcoming 2021 NCHA Metallic Cat World Championship Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas.

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PRCA & TETON RIDGE ANNOUNCE PIVOTAL PARTNERSHIP

TETON RIDGE NEW PRESENTING SPONSOR OF NATIONAL FINALS RODEO

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association®, and Teton Ridge today announced a multi-year deal for Teton Ridge to become the presenting sponsor of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

Teton Ridge is a brand dedicated to promoting and preserving iconic western culture.

Since 1985, Las Vegas has played host to the NFR, except for 2020 when the NFR was moved to Arlington, Texas, because of COVID-19 restrictions in place in Las Vegas.

The NFR is a culmination of more than 600 PRCA-sanctioned events within the regular season. Las Vegas Events, the special events coordinator for the rodeo, projects 17,000 people in attendance at every performance at the Thomas & Mack Center, or 170,000 total. The total estimated economic impact of the NFR was more than $175 million in 2019 according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

"This is great to partner with Teton Ridge as the presenting sponsor of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the richest and most prestigious rodeo in the world," PRCA CEO Tom Glause said.

"It's extremely pleasing when you can partner with an organization whose beliefs align with ours. We look forward to this being a great relationship moving forward."

Emphasizing the same commitment to excellence that is exhibited in all Teton Ridge's integrations, the dedicated western-

preservation brand will place a special focus on elevating the PRCA World Champion crowning ceremony.

"A PRCA world title received at the NFR is one of the most treasured achievements in rodeo," Teton Ridge CEO Jonathan Katz said. "Celebrating champions and the hard work that goes into rising to the top levels of each rodeo discipline is at the core of Teton Ridge. Aligning with PRCA and LVE as part of this iconic year-end event, we want to join them in honoring western sports and the tremendous professionals competing for world titles in a very prestigious way."

The partnership comes on the heels of Teton Ridge's recent move to bring The American under the brand's umbrella and elevate the richest single-day rodeo in the world to new levels in March 2022 in Arlington, Texas, including an unmatched total purse of more than $3 million, non-stop rodeo action, live music, entertainment and more. The industry-leading event is the centerpiece of the brand's western sports portfolio.

Adding the NFR partnership was a natural next step for Teton Ridge and further illustrates the significance placed on celebrating excellence at the top levels of the rodeo world.

For the most comprehensive source for everything ProRodeo year-round and the Wrangler NFR visit prorodeo.com. Ticketing information and more is available at NFRexperience.com. Details on Teton Ridge activations and events surrounding the week can be found at tetonridge.com or through social media @TetonRidge.

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BETTER BARREL RACES AS PART OF ITS GROWING FOCUS ON WESTERN SPORTS

Barrel racers across the western sports industry scored a major victory today with the announcement that Better Barrel Races has been acquired by Teton Ridge, the new and rapidly growing Western culture brand founded and led by visionary business leader and Western culture enthusiast Thomas Tull.

The acquisition comes on the heels of Teton Ridge’s recent moves to bring The American under the growing brand’s umbrella. Teton Ridge aims to bring Western sports to the national stage and to share the unique experiences and values of the iconic Western culture with audiences across the country and around the world.

As an official sanctioning organization for The American, Better Barrel Races provides Teton Ridge and The American with a critical component that will help grow the annual March event, and provide ongoing continuity for the sport.

Additionally, Better Barrel Races will benefit from improved capitalization, access to a broader and more deeply experienced financial and business management team, and an unprecedented opportunity for long-term growth.

The exceptional team currently managing Better Barrel Races, that to date boasts more than 150 years combined experience in the barrel racing world, will continue to work alongside the team at Teton Ridge to advise, consult and assist with the historic partnership in order to become an unrivaled powerhouse.

A sampling of the many ways competitors will see the benefits of this include expansion of the Better Barrel Races X-Tra program supporting local events across the country, expansion of the existing Better Barrel Races World Finals with significantly increased prize money, the addition of a handful of large-scale “regional finals” with divisional and futurity competitions and much more on the horizon.

“We are very excited about this opportunity, not only for Better Barrel Races, but specifically for our membership and the entire barrel racing community,” commented, Corky Barder, co-founder of Better Barrel Races. “As a part of the Teton Ridge family, we can grow our events and sport like never before, increasing barrel racing’s reach to new audiences and taking it to the next level with additional large-scale races, elevated prize money and so much more.”

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In recent months, Teton Ridge has actively acquired multiple Western sports properties, as well as invested in high pedigree bloodstock for its planned equine breeding and training facility, located near Weatherford, Texas.

Integration of Better Barrel Races into Teton Ridge is expected to be immediate, so that qualifying events for The American will not be impacted- in order to give riders a chance to make the final field at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on March 6th of 2022.

About Teton Ridge: Teton Ridge is a multi-platform brand devoted to the iconic American Western way of life and western equine sports. Teton Ridge was created with the singular focus of elevating Classic Western Sports and America’s Western Culture on the world stage, while broadening audiences around the globe as well as at home. Additionally, Teton Ridge operates a philanthropic foundation which provides invaluable funding for land stewardship; fosters community by preserving the cultural heritage of America’s western culture; and, ensures the future of ranching and riding sports. For more information about Teton Ridge, please visit tetonridge.com or @tetonridge on Instagram @tetonridgeusa on Facebook.

About Better Barrel Races: Since its inception in 2003, Better Barrel Races has paid out more than $112 million to competitors at its sanctioned events, with $10.4 million of that within the past year alone. With a membership list that embraces more than 19,000 members and 1,000 independent event producers hosting more than 1,800 races in 2020, they are a leader in the industry. In addition to the monumental number of events held throughout the year, Better Barrel Races hosts the largest and highest paying divisional world finals exclusive to barrel racing.

With more than $725,000 in prize money and $75,000 in awards, the event spans four days and three competition arenas to feature more than 2,200 horses and 6,400 competitive runs.

The exceptional team managing Better Barrel Races, that to date boasts more than 150 years combined experience in the barrel racing world, will continue to work alongside the team at Teton Ridge to advise, consult and assist with the historic partnership in order to become an unrivaled powerhouse.

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Souza wins season-opening Touring Pro Division event in Arizona

AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenge

PUEBLO, Colo. – Manoelito de Souza Jr. is the first rider to hit paydirt on American soil for the 2022 season. The 26-year-old went a perfect 4-for-4 to win the Navajo Nations Queen Creek PBR, as well as place third overall, this weekend in Queen Creek, Arizona.

Souza was flawless at the first Touring Pro Division event of the new season as he rode four consecutive bulls for the first time in his brief American career. Souza, who double-entered the event, began the competition at the Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Center with 83.5 points on Black Magic in Round 1 on Friday night and followed that up with 85.5 points on Hammer Lane. On Saturday, Souza stayed perfect with 83 points on Heat Seeker in Round 2. before covering Big Whiskey for an event-best 88.5 points.

The first American Quarter Horse Association Ranching Heritage Challenge in 2022 is slated for January 13-15, during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas.

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“The Challenge program is designed to recognize and reward horses and exhibitors perpetuating ranching heritage and the spirit of the working American Quarter Horse.”

Ranching Heritage Challenges are open to any horse bred by an AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeder and enrolled in the program. AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders are breeders who have been breeding American Quarter Horses for at least 10 years and whose horses are primarily bred to work on a cattle ranch. Horses foaled in 2010 and earlier are automatically enrolled in the program with no additional fees due.

Anyone can own and show these eligible and enrolled horses in the Challenges.

The Challenges offer multiple divisions for various ages and skill levels for both horse and rider. Classes include working ranch horse and ranch riding; some Challenge events also offer team roping and barrel racing.

AQHA appreciates the generous sponsorship of John Deere and Nutrena in supporting these Ranching Heritage events.

For more information on AQHA Ranching Heritage Challenges or for upcoming events, visit www.aqha.com/ aqha-ranching-heritagechallenge.

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AQHA Select All-Around Crowned

During the past three weeks, AQHA Select all-around amateur contenders competed in a variety of events throughout the AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented

by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan).

The 2021 Select AllAround Amateur is Kimberly Stewart Burritt of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Burritt showed her American Quarter Horse, Do You Have A Winner.

The 2011 gray gelding

by Good Terms and out of Do You Have A Dream, was bred by Heather Himelick of Connersville, Indiana. Burritt and Do You Have A Winner earned 36 points by earning the world champion title in Select equitation over fences and reserve world champion titles in Select working hunter and Select hunter hack. They also placed fifth in Select jumping.

Burritt received a prize package that included $10,000 and a Lisa Perry Bronze.

The reserve Select allaround amateur is Scott Allen Reinartz of Aubrey, Texas, who showed his American Quarter Horse, Investin A Goodbar.

The 2009 sorrel gelding by Ima Zippo Good Bar and out of Foxy Asset, was bred

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2021 Select All-Around Amateur Kimberly Stewart Burritt of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, showed her American Quarter Horse, Do You Have A Winner.

showmanship, were third in Select pleasure driving, seventh in Select trail and finalists in Select aged geldings.

Reinartz received $5,000 and a silver cup.

The third-place Select allaround amateur is Laina Banks of Schulenburg, Texas, who showed her American Quarter Horse, Strawberri Wine.

The 2008 red roan mare by Openrange and out of Buddys Buffalo Gal was bred by Katie Green of Pilot Point, Texas.

Banks and Strawberri Wine earned 33 points. They earned the world championship title

in Select western riding and reserve world championship title in Select horsemanship.

They also placed 10th in Select performance halter mares and were finalists in Select showmanship.

The fourth-place Select all-around amateur is Kim Burrell Gutowski of Littleton, Colorado, who showed her American Quarter Horse, Toucht. The 2011 bay gelding

by A Touch Of Sudden and out of Miss Zippo Chex was bred

by Robert and Sandra Brown of Waukee, Iowa. Gutowski and Toucht earned 27.5 points.

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They placed third in Select horsemanship, fifth in Select showmanship and 10th in Select trail. They were also finalists in Select performance halter geldings.

The fifth-place Select allaround amateur is Tina McElroy of Rome, Ohio, who showed the American Quarter Horse, Giv Romance A Chance, owned

by Joann Marsinek Haney from Rootstown, Ohio. The 2012 bay gelding by A Chance For Romance and out of Skys Castle Magic was bred by Amy Brosch of Howey In The Hills, Florida. McElroy and Giv Romance A Chance earned 26.5 points. They placed fourth in Select hunt seat equitation, fourth in Select equitation over fences, eighth in Select pleasure driving, eighth in Select hunter hack and ninth in Select working hunter.

The Select all-around amateur third- through fifth-place award winners each received $1,500.

Gene Graves Super-Select Special Recognition AQHA also awarded the Gene Graves Super-Select Special Recognition Award.

The award is presented to the Super-Select exhibitor, age 70 and over, earning the greatest number of points in competition at the 2021 Adequan® Select World.

The 2021 Gene Graves Super-Select Recognition Award recipient is Rick Neff of Galt, Missouri. Neff showed his American Quarter Horse, Wicked Boy AW. The 2015 sorrel gelding by Dash Ta Fame and out of Wicked Felina CL, was bred by Alan Woodbury of Dickinson, North Dakota. Neff and Wicked Boy AW earned the title with 22 points. They were crowned world champions in Select stake race and reserve world champion in the Select pole bending.

Neff and Wicked Boy AW received a specially designed plaque.

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Four horses earned special awards as they joined the largest group of exhibitors and horses ever at the 2021 Farnam AQHA World Championship Show; AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan); Adequan® Level 2 Championships; and Nutrena Level 1 Championships at OKC Fairgrounds in

Ranching Heritage Top Horses Oklahoma City October 28-November 20.

Those four horses are AQHA Ranching Heritage-bred horses, and in addition to the awards they won at this prestigious event, they earned special awards as the Top Ranching Heritage-Bred Horse in their division. This recognition comes with a specially designed trophy

and a $250 cash prize to both the owner and the breeder.

The AQHA Ranching Heritage program highlights ranches that are certified as AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders. These working cattle ranches produce quality horses needed to work on the ranch. The program is designed to showcase the

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All-Girl Team Roping The Charlie One Horse All-Girl Team Roping paid out $66,500 in less than 8 hours of competition. Open Champions, Bailey Gubert and Lorraine Moreno split $10,400 with a time of 29.45 on 4 head. The 9.5 Champions, Courtney Sanders and Kinley Ann Urbanovsky, took home $15,000 with a time of 24.75.

Breakaway Roping More than 110 breakaway ropers showed up at the Cowtown Coliseum to take a run at $21,500 in added money. The Cowgirl Magazine Breakaway Roping had a total payout of $62,570. The Open Champion Martha Angelone left the arena with $11,729 after winning first and second in the first round, first in the second round, fourth in the short round, and first in the average. Alee Andrews took home $6,120 as the Challenger Champion, placing in all three rounds and winning the average.

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Meet the 2021-2022 Team Wrangler Professionals

Team Wrangler, a joint effort between Wrangler and the American Quarter Horse Association, promotes educational outreach for the horse industry. The 2022 team is as versatile as the American Quarter Horse, comprising top AQHA Professional Horsemen from across disciplines – from halter to all-around and roping

to racing.

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By ALLY GALLAGHER, Special to ProRodeo.com In 2019, rookie bareback rider Evan Betony claimed his first RAM Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo title. Since then, he's been craving the feeling of another circuit finals win. The 2021 finals brought him just that. "(Winning) still feels the same as the first time, it can't get any better than that," Betony said.

When he took home the title in 2019, Betony was an underdog. But this year, he started strong from the start, winning the first two rounds, and clinching the win aboard Salt River Rodeo's Tonto.

Going into the third and final round, Betony already had a 12.5-point lead, which he stretched to 19 points by the end of the night.

Even with that lead, Betony knew he had to focus on his last ride. Also, a bull rider, he had to focus on not only riding

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BY NRHA During the Fédération Equestre Internationale General Assembly which began on November 14 and concludes today, November 17, reining was removed as an FEI discipline. According to former National Reining Horse Association President Mike Hancock, it was not an unexpected move.

Hancock chaired NRHA’s FEI Task Force that was created in 2019 and has

NRHA Statement Regarding Reining’s Removal as FEI Discipline been involved with reining internationally in one capacity or another since the nineties.

“We’ve had many conversations with FEI including face-to-face meetings in 2018 and 2020.

Both entities recognize the value of and interest in reining and reining horses worldwide.

However, we were never able to blend the two organizations and

their business models,” Hancock explained.

He added, “Also with the difficulties during the 2018 World Equestrian Games as well as the ensuing announcement that there would be no multi-discipline WEG going forward, you might say the bloom came off reining as an international event for the reining community. For NRHA, there was less attraction, but we

continued with an International Competition Task Force created in 2020, and just days before the General Assembly we had conversations and tried to reach a working agreement with FEI officials. Unfortunately, this was not possible.”

Current NRHA President Rick Clark was quick to thank Hancock and the International Competition Task Force and noted that he would repurpose it to address the possibility of future NRHA competitions in an international format. He said, “The NRHA still has an interest in International and Continental championships and will research resources that might allow them to take place. We are glad to hear that FEI and a good number of National Federations are supportive of us proceeding in that direction. The International Competition Taskforce created in 2020 will address this to determine if it is feasible.”

NRHA Commissioner Gary Carpenter added, “All of us who have been involved thank the friends we have made at FEI for the years of support in jointly promoting the sport of reining.”

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On November 2, at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the United States and United Arab Emirates officially launched the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) alongside 31 countries and over 48 nongovernment partners. In remarks at the World Leaders Summit, President Biden announced that the United States intends to mobilize $1 billion in investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation over five years (2021-2025).

Previewed at President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate in April, AIM for Climate is a pioneering initiative uniquely focused on increasing investment and enabling greater public-private and cross-sectoral partnerships, intended to both raise global climate ambition, and underpin transformative climate action in the agriculture sector in all countries. AIM for Climate has already begun to bear fruit, garnering an “early harvest” of $4 billion in increased investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation over five years.

AIM for Climate partners are mobilizing this investment to close the global investment gap in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation. Climate-smart agriculture is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, while adapting and building resilience to climate change and/or reducing/removing greenhouse gas emissions. AIM for Climate seeks to create incentives for, and mechanisms for maximizing the impact of, new investments toward an agriculture sector that is ready to face a changing climate.

Government partners are providing the crucial foundation of AIM for Climate, through a wave of public investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation. Other sectors, including

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business, philanthropy, and other non-government partners are invited to build upon that foundation with “innovation sprints” – investments in specific, impactful, measurable, expedited efforts – or by providing critical knowledge for identifying investment gaps, challenges, and opportunities.

AIM for Climate has three primary objectives:

Demonstrate collective commitment to significantly increase investment in agricultural innovation for climate-smart agriculture and food systems over five years (2021-2025); Support frameworks and structures to enable technical discussions and the promotion of expertise, knowledge, and priorities across international and national levels of innovation to amplify the impact of participants’ investments; and Establish appropriate structures for exchanges between Ministers, chief scientists, and other stakeholders as key focal points and champions for cooperation on climate-related agricultural innovation, to engender greater co-creation and cooperation on shared research priorities.

AIM for Climate focuses on increasing and accelerating investment in, and other support for, climate-smart agricultural innovation in the areas of:Scientific breakthroughs via basic agricultural research through national-level government and academic research institutions; Public and private applied research, including through support to international research centers, institutions, and laboratory networks; and Development, demonstration, and deployment of practical, actionable, and innovative products, services, and knowledge to producers and other market participants, including through national agricultural research extension systems.

AIM for Climate government partners announced at COP26 include: A full list of partners and more information on AIM for Climate is available at www.aimforclimate.org.

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HRH The Princess Royal visits Queen's Award winner Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging

HRH The Princess Royal recently visited Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging—a staple in offering advanced imaging systems to the veterinary market—to recognize its 2021 Queen’s Award for Innovation, spotlighting the value of veterinary innovation to the greater community.

According to a company release, the prestigious award acknowledges the unique, innovative Hallmarq 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner created from the ground up for small animal veterinary practices. Princess Anne toured the factory and offices while meeting staff from each department and Hallmarq’s guest, Kate Richards, BVM&S, DipM, MRCVS. “It was an honor for our team to welcome HRH The Princess Royal and show her around our Head Office in Guildford. Hallmarq has been at the forefront of developing innovative diagnostic systems for veterinary practices over the last 20 years,” said Mick Crosthwaite, Hallmarq CEO, in the release.

“Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, and this award is well-deserved recognition for the team’s passion and hard work in pursuit of our goal of improving the lives of animals and the people that care for them,” he continued.

Hallmarq’s small animal MRI is the only 1.5T high-field scanner developed for veterinary use which addresses the challenges of imaging small animals of all breeds and sizes. The unique design integrates an innovative V-shaped bed and a 1-meter-long V-shaped spine coil to ensure correct patient positioning and spinal alignment. According to the release, it also enhances image quality compared with flat spine coils used in human machines and allows identification of more subtle changes to soft tissue structures.

What's more, the small animal MRI features a radio-frequency shield which decreases project cost and complexity. Additional important design elements include veterinary-specific imaging software, flexible, open-top head coils for various patient sizes, and a comprehensive lifecycle customer support package called ‘Q-Care.’

“Our system requires no external radio-frequency shielding, reducing one of the key barriers to veterinary practices. This

Thousands of specimens show no evidence of COVID-19 in pets Aligning with statements from multiple animal and human healthcare groups, IDEXX Laboratories says there is no evidence companion animals have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.

The veterinary diagnostics company says, to date, it has seen no positive results of the virus in the thousands of canine and feline specimens it has evaluated during validation of its new veterinary test system for COVID-19. The specimens were obtained from those submitted to IDEXX Reference Laboratories for PCR testing.

These results, IDEXX says, align with the current understanding that the virus is primarily transmitted person-to-person and supports the recommendation against testing pets for COVID-19.

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makes advanced imaging more accessible to an increasing number of first opinion veterinary, emergency practices and referral centers, especially when combined with our innovative approach to customer support,” noted Steve Roberts, PhD, BSc, chief technology officer at Hallmarq.

“These innovations have significant benefits for animal health and welfare, as improved diagnostic capability leads to more targeted treatments and better patient outcomes," he continued.

While HRH The Princess Royal was on the tour she viewed a working system via a live video link and met with Hallmarq customer, Cody Alcott, DVM, DACVIM, a neurologist and owner of Tucson Veterinary Specialists in Arizona. Alcott has seen the advantages of the system first-hand to both his practice and patients and demonstrated the machine’s ease of use.

Princess Anne was also introduced to Nick Bolas, DPhil, MBA, Hallmarq’s founding director, who unveiled the new standing equine leg CT system from Hallmarq, recognizing a mutual interest in horses and displaying a few advances in imaging technology since her last royal visit to Hallmarq 6 years ago. president and CEO. “Pets are important members of our family, and we want to keep them healthy and safe. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 and pet health across our global IDEXX Reference Laboratories network as this situation evolves.”

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) concur there is “no evidence at this time” that pets could be a source of infection for other animals or humans.

However, those who are sick with COVID-19 should avoid contact with animals, just as they should with people, until more information is known about the virus.

“When possible, have another member of your household care for your animals while you are sick,” CDC says. “If you must care for your pet or be around animals while you are sick, wash your hands before and after you interact with pets and wear a face mask.”

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Purses and Stakes Boosted for Turf Paradise’s Upcoming Meet

Overnight purses will get a 30% hike while the stakes program will receive a $1 million infusion as Turf Paradise prepares to kick off its 125-day meet, running through May 7, 2022, with racing conducted on a 5-day a week basis, Monday through Friday.

“The increases are a result of State and Federal subsidies for horsemen’s purses,” said track general manager Vincent Francia.

Last meet, a 79-day session, paid out $105,000 per day in purses. This upcoming meet will see $130,000 paid out per day.

Both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses will benefit from the increases.

In the stakes division, the track’s premier sprint race, The Phoenix Gold Cup, and marquee turf race, the Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile, have been raised from $75,000 to $100,000. The Arizona Oaks and Turf Paradise Derby have been raised from $50,000 to $75,000. Fifteen additional stakes have been boosted to black type status of $60,000.

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by Hall of Famer Kent Desormeaux over nine furlongs on the Del Mar grass course, C R K Stable’s Beyond Brilliant was a picture perfect winner by a neck in Saturday’s Grade I, $404,500 Hollywood Derby.

The bay son of Twirling Candy made every pole a

winner as Desormeaux milked every ounce of run from his charge through the first mile, then got him to sprint hard through the stretch and hold off Godolphin’s Santin in 1:48.84.

Sterling Stables, Nentwig or CYBT’s Cathkin Peak finished a length and a quarter back in third in the field of 14 3-yearolds.

Beyond Brilliant, a 2-yearold-in-training purchase for $200,000 last year, earned a first prize of $240,000 for his efforts and increased his

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bankroll to $381,280 with his third victory in his ninth start.

He races out of the barn of trainer John Shirreffs and was scoring his first stakes tally in taking the Grade I headliner.

The winner paid $23.80, $11.80 and $7.40 across the board.

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one of three graded stakes on the Saturday program. Earlier in the day, Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass captured the Grade II, $251,000 Seabiscuit Handicap and Slam Dunk Racing and Roger Newman’s Tezzaray was home first in the Grade III, $103,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes.

KENT DESORMEAUX (Beyond Brilliant, winner) – “All credit for this win goes to the barn. They’ve done wonders with this horse over the past month. When I rode him last time (October 31 at Santa Anita), he was a handful to control. Today he was easy.

He was dry as a bone in the paddock and he was happy out on the racetrack. His mind was right. And he showed he can sprint that last part.

JOHN SHIRREFFS, (Beyond Brilliant, winner) – “This horse likes to be on the lead or close to the lead and obviously with a big field that’s a good place to be. And Kent Desormeaux is riding great right now, isn’t he? I’m gonna put Kent on more horses he’s riding so well. I’m thankful for him doing it for us today.”

FRACTIONS: :23.96 :49.23 1:13.62 1:3696 1:48.84 The stakes win was the third of the meet for rider Desormeaux but his first in the Hollywood Derby. He now has 87 stakes wins at Del Mar, ninth most of all riders.

The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer Shirreffs and his first in the Hollywood Derby. He now has 20 stakes wins at Del Mar. The winning owners are the C R K Stable of Lee and Susan Searing of Arcadia, CA.

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Four New Champions Crowned at the 2021 USEF Endurance National Championships

by Leslie Potter/US Equestrian Communications Department

Four new national champions emerged over the weekend at the 2021 USEF Endurance National Championships for CEIYJI1*, CEI1*, CEIYJ2*, and CEI2* divisions. Horse-andrider combinations took on the South Carolina terrain at Broxton Bridge under cool and clear conditions on November 12 and 13, 2021.

Geneva Soule and Syrocco Madrigal 2021 USEF CEI1* National Championship Geneva Soule (Frenchtown, N.J.) and Meg Sleeper’s 2011 Arabian mare, Syrocco Madrigal, took the champion title in the CEI1* division.

“Maddie” is a seasoned competitor, with 1530 endurance miles completed so far over her sixyear career, and her experience helped take Soule to the National Championship win in the rider’s first time out at the event.

Geneva Soule and Syrocco Madrigal.

“I started competing in FEI rides last year ©Becky Pearman Photography with Meg’s horses, and this was my first National Championship ride,” said Soule. “The atmosphere was so friendly with everyone working toward a common goal: to keep the horses happy and healthy so we could get a completion. The Broxton Bridge trails and hospitality are something I always look forward to when I visit.”

Soule has gotten to know Maddie well as one of her caretakers at home.

“I hadn’t actually ridden Maddie in about two years, but I’ve known her and have helped care for her during that time as the manager of Meg Sleeper’s New Jersey farm, Goodwink Farm,” said Soule. “Maddie is a great mare and is very easy going around the farm. It’s fun seeing her Sydnie Tycer and Gypsy develop as a competitor, and she definitely lets Brocade. ©Becky Pearman her herdmates know that she’s an accomplished Photography endurance horse!”

The Reserve National Champion title for the CEI1* went to Jose Ortega (Miami, Fla.) and Nazeefs Flashy Rose, a 2007 Arabian mare owned by Cheryl Van Deusen.

Sydnie Tycer and Gypsy Brocade 2021 CEIYJ1* National Championship Sydnie Tycer (Natalbany, La.) and Gypsy Brocade, her 2008 Arabian mare, earned the National Champion title in the CEIYJ1* as well as the Best Condition award for the one-star division. Tycer and “Gypsy” have built a bond over seven years together, and that connection helped them to finish strong.

“She has such a big personality and is always willing to please,” said Tycer. “She can be a little overdramatic and feisty at times, but she gets Charly Dugan and Southern Justice. calmer as the race goes on. One of my biggest ©Becky Pearman Photography highlights [from the National Championship] was 96

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crossing the finish line. She was extremely forward the entire time and never lost motivation to go.”

Looking ahead, Tycer has ambitions of representing the U.S. in endurance competition on the world stage. “My goal for 2022 is to get all of my qualifications to be on the U.S. Young Rider Team,” she said. “I hope to reach these goals by the end of the year.”

Reserve National Champion honors in the division went to Avery Betz-Conway (Kingsland, Ga.) and RR Soldier, a 2012 Arabian gelding owned by Stephen Rojek.

2021 USEF CEIYJ2* National Championship Charly Dugan and Southern Justice Charly Dugan (Muncy, Pa.) and her 2012 Arabian gelding, Southern Justice, rode to the win in the CEIYJ2* division. Dugan and “Roo” are capping off an exciting year of competition in which they competed as part of the U.S. Endurance Team at the 2021 FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders and Juniors in Ermelo, The Netherlands, in September.

Roo is a former show horse re-trained for endurance by Dugan’s mom, Sally Jellison.

Dugan took over the ride last year in the lead up to the World Championship. Dugan and Jellison were able to ride together for part of the course at Broxton Bridge, which Dugan cites as a highlight of the weekend.

“Roo can be a spook monster, but he’s always well intentioned and he’s very sweet,” said Dugan. “When competing, he puts his big boy pants on and is all business. The first loop is always a struggle, but after that it’s smooth sailing.

“Looking ahead to 2022, I have several goals for Roo,” said Dugan. “They are completing his first 3*, getting most of my rides with him to get my Elite Status, and continuing to spend time in the ring with him to work on equitation.”

Erin Lemmons and Tuscarora John 2021 USEF CEI2* National Championship Erin Lemmons (Hico, Texas) and Tuscarora John, her own 2006 Arabian gelding, earned the National Champion title in the CEI2*, finishing the 120km ride with a time of 7:30:15. Lemmons and Tuscarora John have a long history together, having competed at the FEI level since 2016. The Reserve National Champion title went to Cheryl Van Deusen (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.) and JG General, her own 2012 Arabian gelding.

The Best Condition award for the two-star division went to third-place finishers Kelsey Russell (Williston, Fla.) and Tru Beau Sardi, a 2013 Arabian gelding owned by Cheryl Van Deusen.

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“That was disappointing. I felt defeated. I just kept moving The first things Molly Otto had to learn about the 2021 ProRodeo down (the world standings) every week, because I wasn’t going to season were the differences between the futurity life and the rodeo rodeos.” life.

Still, her phenomenal season stayed with her, and she finished “You show up for a weekend, and you make two runs on good the campaign with $64,173, good enough for the 15th and final ground in a super controlled environment,” Otto of Grand Forks, spot to allow her and Chewy a chance to run North Dakota, said of futurities. “There are a inside the Thomas & Mack Center. lot of things out of your control in rodeo. You “I think it’s a good setup for both my don’t have control of the weather or the ground horses,” she said. “It’s a similar style of arena conditions, and you’re making multiple runs in a to what we run up north here. I feel really week with different setups and different kinds of good about it.” ground.

She should. She’ll also get a chance to “They are really polar opposite of one run her prized mount against the top ladies another.” and the top horses in ProRodeo during 10 In 2021, she found her way on the rodeo nights in the Nevada desert. She’ll chase the trail, though, and she’s heading to the Wrangler world standings leader, three-time reigning National Finals Rodeo for the first time in her world champion Hailey Kinsel, and she’ll get career. the title-on-the-line feel of the sport’s grand She’s excelled at both futurity and rodeo, and finale. she’s achieved some high markings on the same “All those girls are amazing,” Otto said. horse each of the last two years, Teasin Dat Guy, “I’m really happy to be there and be able to a 5-year-old palomino mare out of Teasin Jetolina compete with them.”

by Frenchman’s Guy that Otto calls Chewy. They One is Lisa Lockhart, a two-time NFR were the WPRA world champions at the 1D average champion (2014-16) who is riding futurity level in 2020, and Chewy won the WPRA/ inside the storied yellow chutes for the 15th Badlands Circuit Rising Star of the Year award. straight year. She’s a staple in Las Vegas – “I’m not really sure what to think, but obviously or at the championship in Arlington, Texas, in Lisa Lockhart I’m excited,” Otto said. “I feel relieved after going 2020 – and she’s proven to be a contender for all year that it actually happened. It doesn’t quite WPRA Photo by Clay Guardipee the world title. feel super real yet, but I think it will change when “Where it’s been consecutive years, it just became a mindset we’re getting ready to head that way.” for me to make the NFR,” said Lockhart of Oelrichs, South Dakota.

She’s been heading in that direction all season, picking up “We all have that goal. That’s what you want to do, and that’s victories along the way. In all, she finished the regular season where you want to be. That’s part of the driving force this summer, with 12 outright victories, from Sikeston, Missouri, to Moses Lake, so you may have to work a little harder this summer. It’s what I’ve Washington, and several places in between.

There was no set plan or design to how she traveled, which was had the privilege to do.”

It was a different year than most for the veteran. She fell behind by herself much of the time. She and Chewy’s owner, Katie Lindahl, early, then spent much of the late spring and summer playing figured out a path, and they made plans for her rodeo entries then. catch-up. She was on the bubble until the end of the regular She was able to see several parts of the country for the first time, season, but she still finished with $65,044 to qualify for the NFR in and it’s all because of a young horse that has provided so much.

14th position.

“At the beginning of the year, I just thought of going to some “Hard-fought well describes my year,” she said. “We did not rodeos and see how it goes,” Otto said. “If my horse was winning have a good winter. I only went to a few places. I was short on enough to keep going down the road, I’d keep entering. Of course, horsepower, especially with Rosa at the breeding center, so things it seems like she picked up checks every week. About July, I felt didn’t fall into place. like I might actually have a shot at this, so I may as well keep “I got a really late start. Even after the Fourth of July, I had so going.” very little won. I just figured it is what it is, so I’ll just stay home and Not all the season was peaches and cream, though. Covering ride my young horses.” thousands of miles by herself became a weight on her shoulders, Because of the multitude of rodeos in July and August, she had and her family was back home in northeastern North Dakota. already entered several events. With all that was on the table, Lockhart Besides the long and winding roads, rodeo is also a roller coaster opted to stay on the road with Rosa – otherwise known as Rosas Cantina of emotions and outcomes.

CC, an 11-year-old buckskin out of Dash Ta Vanilla by Corona Cartel – “I got to a point where I felt frustrated when things weren’t going and Cutter, registered as Prime Diamond, a 10-year-old black gelding out well, and I was frustrated when she was not getting checks,” she of Hugos Diamond by Prime Talent. said. “When she goes out and makes good runs, I feel like she “Lo and behold, Cheyenne (Wyoming) and Ogden (Utah) were game should get a check. Then all of the sudden, she would win a rodeo. changers for me,” Lockhart said. “I was already entered. I’d almost thought about not going, but I had to go to Cheyenne. I love Cheyenne, That was really exciting for me, and it made it feel like the perfect and Rosa loves Ogden, so, I thought, ‘Heck, I’ll just go.’ timing to keep me going.”

She won $7,107 at the Daddy of ’em All and $7,309 in Ogden, and An abscess hit at a bad time, too, and Otto ventured home for she was back on track. She was still a long way out, but it lit a fire in most of September to keep her young yellow speedster in the best her that pushed her through the challenges that she faced. Anything is health possible. continuned on page 107 98

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APHA’s innovative incentive program, Chrome Cash, made its European debut last month in France at the Equita Lyon horse fair. More than €10.000 in prize money was awarded to APHA members and registered Paint Horses at the event, which boasted record-breaking attendance. Congratulations to this inaugural class of champions.

Presented by Arcese Quarter Horses and Gunnatrasha, the inaugural APHA Open Chrome Cash Champion title went to Wimpy Special Gun and Tiara Van Dongen (pictured above), earning a score of 208 and €1,995. Wimpy Special Gun is a 2014 sorrel overo mare by One Gun and out of Ruff And Tuff Wimpy (QH); she is owned by Catharina Smesters of Bocholt, Belgium.

Hollywood Gunrunner & Nikolai Stiller: APHA Amateur Chrome Cash Champion Nikolai and his mare scored 216.5 and pocketed a cool €2,021 and the title of APHA Amateur Chrome Cash Champions, presented by Phantom Face Dunnit, in addition to their win in the Grand Prix Non-Pro class. Hollywood Gunrunner is a 2012 bay overo mare by Colonels Smokingun and out of Dun It For Missy (QH); she is owned by Nikolai who is from Pulheim, Germany.\ Maytheforcebewhizyou & Mirko Midili: APHA Derby Open Level 4 Chrome Cash Champion Presented by APHA and Volker Schmitt Reining Horses, the APHA Derby Open Level 4 Chrome Cash title and €776 went to Mirko Midili and Maytheforcebewhizyou. The duo marked a 227 for owner Alberto Capello of Busca, Italy, and were reserve champions in the LL Technology Euro Derby Open Level 4.

Maytheforcebewhizyou is a 2014 bay solid stallion by Spooks Gotta Whiz and out of Jac Golden Faith (QH).

Dance Gotta Gun & Stephanie Blessing: APHA Derby Non Pro Level 4 Chrome Cash Co-Champion Two winners shared the spotlight and the title of APHA Derby Non Pro Level 4 Champion, presented by APHA and Jinetes Del Cielo. Stephanie Blessing scored a 213 to earn €747 with Dance Gotta Gun (pictured right), a 2016 bay solid mare by Spooks Gotta Gun and out of Dance Little Spook (QH); she’s owned by Grey Stone Ranch GmbH, located in Herbolzheim, Germany.

Cant Hide A Gun & Markus Spreitzhofer: APHA Derby Open Level 4 Chrome Cash Co-Champion Markus Spreitzhofer and Cant Hide A Gun also marked a 213, earning co-champion honors in the APHA Derby Open Level 4 Chrome Cash class and €747. The 2013 bay tobiano stallion is by The Big Gun and out of Cattrena and is owned by Markus who is from Rettenegg, Austria.

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possible at that stage of the game, but it also seemed very unrealistic that she would keep her streak going.

“It was quite a roller coaster,” she said. “The carrot was always dangling. It felt like we’d gain a little, then we’d go weeks without winning anything, knowing in the back of our minds that we just had to win, win, win to ever think we could accomplish it. It was a

come-from-behind struggle without a doubt.”

It was also well-deserved, and she’ll be back on the best-paying playground in ProRodeo with 14 other top cowgirls.

“Is it about records? No,” Lockhart said. “I just kept thinking to myself, ‘What am I going to do this fall if I don’t make it?’ I tried to vision sitting on my couch watching and how much that was going to drive me crazy, so I just told myself, ‘Suck it up and go out and try to get there.’ ” Mission accomplished.

Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2022 Series Qualifier to Return to U.S. with New Location in San Juan Capistrano, California Communications Department After a yearlong hiatus of Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ series competition in the United

States, US Equestrian, along with the Federation Equestre International (FEI) are pleased to announce the return of a series qualifier to a new location at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., from May 10-15, 2022.

The competition will mark the first time the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ USA will be held on the West Coast of the United States.

“Blenheim EquiSports is very excited to be hosting the U.S. leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup in 2022. It has been our goal to bring international caliber show jumping back to San Juan Capistrano and Southern California and highlighting the Nations Cup will be the pinnacle of our competition calendar next year,” said Stephanie Lightner of Blenheim EquiSports.

The U.S. leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ series was last held in 2020 in Wellington, Fla., with the COVID-19 pandemic halting plans for a 2021 edition. As the only qualifier for the series held on U.S. soil, the return of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ USA will serve as an opportunity for teams from North/Central America and Caribbean to earn points towards qualification for the annual final competition held in Barcelona, Spain in late September.

Additional details will be forthcoming and released over the next several months, including information on ticket sales, hospitality offerings, and further competition opportunities.

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TEAM ROPING PAIRS REVEALED FOR 2021 WNFR

By TANNER BARTH, PRCA Media Coordinator

When team ropers qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo it's not uncommon for them to have to choose a new partner for the rodeo because their partners didn't finish in the Top 15 in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

That will be the case again at the 2021 Wrangler NFR presented by Teton Ridge.

Four different cowboys have had to find different team roping partners headed into Las Vegas. Nine-time NFR qualifier Derrick Begay is teaming up with 12-time NFR cowboy

Brady Minor.

The other duo joining forces in Vegas is Quinn Kesler, a three-time NFR qualifying header and last year's third place finisher in Arlington, Texas, Joseph Harrison.

The other team roping pairs set to compete at the 2021 Wrangler NFR at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 2-11 are listed below: 2021 NFR Team Roping Pairs

2022 NRCHA RULE BOOK ONLINE

With the new show year comes a revised and updated 2022 NRCHA Rule Book. Printed rule books are in the works, but we have the 2022 NRCHA Rule Book linked online for your review of the changes to the eligibility, class names and new divisions.

Curious about changes you may have heard about? Questions about eligibility? Go to www.

NRCHA.com.

Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira Erich Rogers/Paden Bray Clay Smith/Jade Corkill Cody Snow/Wesley Thorp Clay Tryan/Jake Long Tyler Wade/Trey Yates Derrick Begay/Brady Minor*

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Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II Coy Rahlmann/Douglas Rich Rhen Richard/Jeremy Buhler Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan Clint Summers/Ross Ashford Quinn Kesler/Joseph Harrison* * Indicates a new team at NFR

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Mauney in historic run at NFR PRO RODES NEWS

PUEBLO, Colo. – Two-time World Champion J.B. Mauney would roll over in his bed as a kid and excitedly turn off his alarm clock and run to the living room.

Mauney was in elementary school at the time, and the aspiring bull rider was not allowed to stay up all night to watch the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo seeing as he was in the eastern time zone in North Carolina. Mauney, though, was allowed to set his alarm five minutes before the bull riding would start at the Thomas & Mack Center so he could then rush to turn the television on and watch some of his childhood heroes compete inside the prestigious yellow bucking chutes.

One small memory like that is just another reminder of how special a qualification for the 2021 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo later this year would be for Mauney. The future PBR Ring of Honor inductee, and one of the greatest bull riders of all time, has never competed at the NFR after focusing his career in the PBR since he turned pro in 2006.

“Growing up, yeah, I watched the PBR, but I also watched the NFR,” Mauney said Monday while making the drive to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. “I would have my alarm set and timed perfectly to where I could watch the bull riding, go to sleep and then head to school in the morning.”

Mauney has risen to No. 5 in the PRCA bull riding standings following an impressive summer run, qualifying for the NFR for the first time in December.

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