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Frenchmans Guy| Induction into the 2018 Casey Tibbs foundation
By Larry Larson ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ecoming a LEGEND isn’t an overnight process and the life story of the American Quarter Horse Stallion FRENCHMANS GUY isn’t any different. The vibrant 31-YearOld Stallion owned by Myers Performance Horses – Bill & Deb Myers along with sons Chad, Billy, Brandon and Brady from St. Onge, South Dakota – was formally inducted into the CASEY TIBBS FOUNDATION as the 2018 RODEO ANIMAL ATHLETE on the evening of November 3rd at their sold out Tribute Dinner in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. After proving himself in the arena, he went on to consistently sire progeny that have overtaken the Barrel Racing World and Performance Arenas along with siring a AAA winner on the Racetrack. He has sired multiple NFR Qualifiers in Barrel Racing, Team Roping and Steer Wrestling along with Junior NFR Qualifiers as well. Producing winners with Lifetime Earnings to date exceeding $12+ Million, those numbers continue to rise daily.
Foaled in 1987, the palomino stallion, sired by the proven sire Sun Frost by Doc’s Jack Frost, is out of Frenchman’s Lady, a daughter of Laughing Boy, a AA son of Lightning Bar AAA. Bred by the Loiseau Family from Egan, South Dakota, the Myers acquired Frenchmans Guy as a weanling. He unfortunately lost his right eye as a yearling but through his unending trust, they continued on with his training and arena competition – he excelled in everything he was challenged with. His accomplishments included being a Finals Qualifier for both the PRCA Badlands Circuit and the South Dakota Rodeo Association (SDRA) along with caputuring a Reserve Championship in the Northwest Ranch Cowboy Association (NRCA). Known World Wide for his ‘natural athletic ability, big heart, extended stride and speed’, Guy’s record is exemplary and he has etched his mark in record books that will be there for many years to come. A well deserved honor for this EQUINE LEGEND and the family that has dedicated a lifetime to his success!
Top | CASEY TIBBS FOUNDATION Honorees for 2018 included (left to right) Steve Mowry, Presho, SD, Past Rodeo Great; Bill & Deb Myers, St. Onge, SD, for Frenchmans Guy, Rodeo Animal Athlete; Kristi Lensegrav-Birkeland, Dupree, SD, Rodeo Cowgirl Great; Yvonne & Glen Hollenbeck, Clearfield, SD, Ranch Cowboy Family; Alice (Sutton) & Georga Sutton, Gettysburg, SD, for Raymond W. Sutton, Sr., Rodeo Promotor; and Jake Rinehart, Highmore, SD, Rodeo Cowboy Great. (Photo courtesy of the Casey Tibbs Foundation) Top Right | Frenchmans Guy running at a PRCA Rodeo in Dickinson, ND in 1995. Bottom Right | Myers family with Frenchmans Guy.
64 Working Horse Magazine 2018 December
