2020 Media Guide - Awards

Steer Roping Purina Horses of the Year (continued)

Kent Soule photo

Mr. Blackburn Chex 113 “Dunny” owner Rocky Patterson

Dunny made his ProRodeo debut with Cole Patterson, the 2019 PRCA | Resistol Steer Roping Rookie of the Year and son of Rocky Patterson, a four-time world champion steer roper who owns Dunny. At 14.2 hands tall, this 1,100-pound 9-year-old AmericanQuarterHorsegelding iseasygoingoutsidethearenaandpullsa180when it’stimetocompete.“He’sprettygood- minded, doesn’t get too fired up about anything, scores good and stays on the ground all the time,”Cole Patterson said.

Tie-down Roping

Barrel Racing

Billie-Jean Duff photo

Billie-Jean Duff photo

Little Smart Leo “Big Time” ownerTyler Milligan

High Valor “Valor” owner Dona Kay Rule

After winning the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, Dona Kay Rule said it had been a blessed season and the blessings continued when she learned that her 10-year old sorrel gelding High Valor had been voted as the 2019 Purina Horse of the Year presented by AQHA. Valor, out of Rare High by Valiant Hero, carried Rule to her first Wrangler NFR qualification.“He wasn’t a barrel horse when I got him,”she said.“He was just a broke gelding. I knewhe was really, really powerful, and I brought him along slow. When he realized what I was asking him to do…man, he went to work.”

For the second year in a row, Big Time is the Tie-down Roping Horse of the Year. This 16-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding brings a solid and consistent ride every time. Big Time didn’t have any rodeo experience whenMilligan bought himfive years ago in Duncan, Okla., but in 2019 he took the 22-year-old cowboy to his first Wrangler NFR. “Not much really changed after winning it last year, but it gives you confidence knowing your horse is good enough to go anywhere and win,”Milligan said.

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