Month: August 31, 2011

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Now that’s an all-around hand

Jerome Schneeberger is one of the best in the game, an 11-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and its 2001 tie-down roping average champion. Never once has he played on ProRodeo’s grandest stage in team roping, but he did so this past weekend during the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo. In fact, Schneeberger[...]
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A champion’s attitude

No matter how many times I’ve experienced it, I’m still awestruck world champions’ demeanor. Take five-time winner Lewis Feild. It’s been more than 20 years since the Utah cowboy has won gold, but he still carries a quiet confidence that is befitting a rodeo cowboy. Now known more as the father of one of ProRodeo’s[...]
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Let’s talk hospitality

When I got home from a recent two-week rodeo road trip, my wife was a little concerned about making sure I had home-cooked meals. She didn’t realize the kind of hospitality folks in Lovington, N.M., and Silverton, Texas, provide, because everything was wonderful. From Dutch oven cobbler in southeastern New Mexico to the pre-rodeo steak[...]
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Of softballs and cow patties

The softball diamond in Silverton, Texas, is next to the rodeo arena. Maybe that’s why the base paths and outfield were littered with cow patties and piles of horse excrement. That wasn’t about to stop a bunch of cowboys and cowgirls from having a little softball fun. I think it just enhanced the experience. Even[...]
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On the road again

For every ride inside a rodeo arena, cowboys spend hours on the road. Saddle bronc riders Cody Taton and Casey Sisk put that measure to the test last weekend. The traveling partners from Corona, N.M., had ridden Friday night in Canby, Ore., with their buddy, 2007 world champion Taos Muncy, also of Corona. They left[...]
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