2019 PRCA Media Guide - Awards

AQHA | PRCA Horses of the Year (continued) Team Roping (heading)

RK Tuff Trinket “Bob” owner Riley Minor

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This is the fourth time Minor’s made it to the WranglerNFRbycompeting on Bob. This 17-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding is very versatile and brings a lot of try and heart to the arena. “He’s been in second place for Horse of the Year and I know he’s a good horse with a few quirks,” Minor said. “There’s not many times in the year he costs me or messes up, it’s mostly on me if I don’t win. I’ve ridden a lot of good horses and he’s the best one I’ve had and doesn’t make many mistakes. You’re only as good as your horse and he’s definitely changed my game. When I’m on him, I’m more confident and I know I’m going to win.”

Team Roping (heeling)

Zans Colonel Shine “Colonel” owners Jake andTasha Long Jake Long bought Colonel eight years ago, as a 6-year-old from Oklahoma-based Dixon Flowers Rope Horses. Since, the horse has won AQHA/PRCA Horse of the Year three times (2016-18) and has helped him get to five Wrangler NFRs. Long will competed on Colonel, 15, in Las Vegas for a sixth time after finishing eighth in the 2018 PRCA | RAM World Standings. “From the get-go he was like nothing I’d ridden before,” Jake Long said. “A lot of the better horses have been high strung and that makes themgood because they always want to go. But it’s unique for him to be so laid back and relaxed, and still be something you know every time he goes in the box he will be ready to fire. He is like a little kid, he gets a lot of cookies and wants to be in the middle of everything. He’s constantly looking for attention and has a playful personality. Every time I hook up the trailer, he watches me and is disappointed when he doesn’t get on the trailer.”

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2019 PRCA MEDIA GUIDE