Monthly Archives: January 2013
Timed Event Championship Hosts Top Stars
Written on January 29, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
The Biggest Names in Professional Rodeo Ready for This Year’s ‘Ironman’ Competition The Lazy E Arena has been a showcase of rodeo’s greatest stars for nearly three decades. The arena – which the late Clem McSpadden dubbed the Taj Mahal of the rodeo business – just gets better with age, and the 2013 Timed Event Continue Reading »
Saying another goodbye
Written on January 21, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
EDITOR’S NOTE: This morning, I had the honor of speaking at the funeral of Jacob Marriott, a young cowboy who died last week just a couple weeks shy of his 27th birthday. I didn’t know Jake, but because of his mother, Dee, I knew his heart. Dee asked me to be part of this amazing Continue Reading »
Rodeo book reveals a few problems
Written on January 17, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
I love rodeo stories. I especially love good rodeo stories, so I enjoy the times when I’m able to read a book about the sport. My wife found a copy of Biting the Dust; The Wild and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West, authored by Dirk Johnson. It was published in Continue Reading »
Dreams really do come true
Written on January 16, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final story I wrote in 2012. It has been published in the January edition of Women’s Pro Rodeo News, the official publication of the WPRA. During the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, I wrote the nightly WPRA.com updates from Las Vegas, so I visited with Mary Walker several times over Continue Reading »
Rodeo’s change is proof of positives
Written on January 15, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Change is often the most difficult thing to accomplish. Sometimes, though, it’s the most important thing to accomplish. That was the consensus of the volunteers who produce the Will Rogers Stampede, which will conduct its 67th edition of Claremore’s rodeo at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 24-Sunday, May 26. “Our biggest move this Continue Reading »
Carr animals showcased at circuit finals
Written on January 14, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
WACO, Texas – Dirty Jacket has been considered one of the greatest bareback horses in the world. Now he’s been honored as the best bucking horse in the Lone Star State, recognized at such Jan. 3-5 during the Ram Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas. The 9-year-old bay gelding Continue Reading »
Happy new year
Written on January 9, 2013 at 12:00 am, by Ted
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted, but the ol’ brainbox needed a breather. Now that it’s been recharged, it’s time to get back at it. Work has begun on several jobs already, and I’m so very blessed by these tremendous opportunities. We’re hot and heavy with the new year, and my first writing Continue Reading »