Outside the Arena with...
Peyton Martin Gay By Georgia Akers
This is the last of a three-part series that I like to refer to as girl power in the bucking bull industry. This lady is unique because if there was an angel helping our riders, it would be Peyton Martin. She has raised approximately $140,000 to support our riders through the Western Sports Foundation (WSF). In this last year of COVID, donations have been down for almost all charities as everyone has struggled, but riders still needed assistance. She produced and orchestrated a fund-raising fashion show. Not what you would think to have at the World Finals full of Tell us about yourself. cowboys and stock contractors. Peyton’s fundraiser was an incredible success and just plain fun. And if you want to see a cowboy out of his I grew up in a rodeo family on a ranch in western North Dakota that is also on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. My dad and comfort zone, put him on a runway! papa rode bulls and I grew up going to rodeo and roping events. I was never interested in partaking in rodeo myself, but I loved Let’s learn more about this cowboy’s angel. supporting my family. I have always ridden horses but it is usually for a reason like rounding up or working cattle. In 2014, my best friend, Sadie Berger, introduced me to soonto-be husband PBR rider Gage Gay. It was the last night of the PBR World Finals. I never would have thought that night in Las Vegas would have turned into the life we now have together but it’s funny how things work out. I would not trade our life together for the world. We have a son Bently who is seven and a baby girl on the way who is due in May. We have been living in North Carolina for the past 5 years, but are currently building a home in North Dakota and will be moving back there in the spring.
Humps-Horns.com · 9 · February 2021
