PRORODEO Sports News - July 12, 2024

STOCK CONTRACTOR

Sammy Andrews Stock contractor, rodeo lifer finally gets Hall Call BY TRACY RENCK S ammy Andrews is a third-generation stock

contractor, who formed Andrews Rodeo Company in 1980. He bought his PRCA card in 1987 and has made a name for himself in the past three-plus decades in the ProRodeo ranks. Now, the highly-respected Andrews is receiving the ultimate honor for his hard work as he will be inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. “I’m kind of at a loss for words right now, rodeo is all we’ve ever done. I started out as a youngster, and this is all I ever wanted to do,” Andrews said. “The good Lord blessed me and allowed me to keep doing it. So, with this honor it feels like you’ve finally done something right in your career and somebody out there recognized that.” The late B.D. Andrews sold his rodeo company to Elra Beutler & Sons when his son Sammy was a teenager. Sammy then formed Andrews Rodeo Company 44 years ago. Andrews has had countless great bulls over the years – and horses for that matter – but he’s best known for his ProRodeo Hall of Fame bull Bodacious, one of the most famous bulls in the history of ProRodeo. Bodacious was the PRCA Bull of the Year in 1994 and 1995 and was the top bull of the NFR in 1992, 1994 and 1995. “Bo,” as he was known, was a 1,900-pound beast who struck fear into cowboys who didn’t want to ride him. Andrews retired Bo after Round 10 of the 1995 NFR and the star bull was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1999. Following Bodacious for Andrews was Skat Kat the top NFR bull in 1996 and 1998. “It is harder to get horses than anything,” Andrews said. “It is a fine line; you can’t get them where they don’t like them, and it is too rank, and you try and get one that bucks the right way and just good enough.” Andrews, who is a member of the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, was named PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year in 2002. Although Andrews was known for his bulls, he has had plenty of outstanding horses since he started his bucking horse breeding program in 1987. Andrews mentions Roly Poly, the top bareback horse of the 2004 NFR, as a key horse in his stock contracting firm. Roly Poly was retired in 2014. His other honors consisted of 2001 PRCA reserve bareback horse of the year and second-place bareback horse of the 2001 NFR. He also was voted the 2002 Texas Circuit Bareback Horse of the Year. “He was little, but he blew up right there and kicked hard right out of the chute,” Andrews said. “Cowboys liked him, and he was the first horse we ever had that ever won anything. We were very proud to have him.”

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“The good Lord blessed me and allowed me to keep doing it. So, with this honor it feels like you’ve finally done something right in your career and somebody out there recognized that.” – SAMMY ANDREWS

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