Carr Pro Rodeo offering free bareback riding clinic

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ATHENS, Texas – The development of young rodeo talent is vital to the future of the sport, and nobody realizes that more than Pete Carr.

The owner of Dallas-based Carr Pro Rodeo, he is well known for having some of the greatest bucking animals in ProRodeo. His passion for the sport goes many years; before Carr became a sought-after rodeo producer, he was a bareback rider traveling the country in hopes of manhandling bucking beasts.

His love for the sport is why he is organizing an invitation-only free bareback riding clinic that will take place Saturday on the Carr Pro Rodeo ranch in Athens.

“We do it every year,” said Carr, who operates the livestock firm with his wife, Sherrill. “It’s a good way for us to see some of our young horses buck, to develop them, and a way to help cultivate some young bareback riders.

“We’ve got some of the best guys to ever ride bareback horses who are going to be our instructors, Jeff Collins, Mark Gomes and Phil Smith, just to name a few.”

Smith is a two-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, while Collins (2000) and Gomes (1998) are world champions. That kind of expertise goes a long ways to building a solid foundation for some of the rising stars in the game.

“We have always done a free open bareback riding and bronc riding school, but this year we made it invitation only,” Carr said. “We really want to help the young guys that have the desire and have been on enough horses to help them with the minor things they need that will help them get to the next level.

“We called a lot of college coaches from around the country and told them to bring a couple of their up-and-coming stars that could benefit from it.”

It will be a busy weekend for the Carr crew, which on Friday will test out its youngest bucking horses by strapping a mechanical dummy to the animals and seeing how well tackle the athletic maneuvers it will take to be a great bucking horse.

“I think it’s important to develop these young stars, whether they’re cowboys or horses,” Carr said. “Nobody, no matter how athletic they are, can just go out and start riding bareback horses. They need to be trained the right way. That’s the same philosophy we have with our horses.”

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