PRORODEO Sports News - March 7, 2025

COWBOY GRILLE with Kensie Darst-Todd S age Allen, 21, sat atop the Resistol Rookie Bareback Riding Standings as of March 4. The

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HOW’D YOU GET YOUR START IN RODEO? My mom’s side of her family has always rodeoed, so I’ve always been around it. When I got to high school, I got tired of all the other sports I was playing and because I had been around rodeo a bunch, I wanted to start rodeoing. In high school, I knew I wanted to make a career out of it. I definitely didn’t ride good enough to make a ca reer out of it, but closer to my second year of college I started realizing that I could if that’s what I wanted to do. Well, I actually wanted to ride bulls and my mother didn’t want me to. One day I was scrolling through YouTube, and I saw a Hooey video of Mason Clements when he made his first NFR. I thought, ‘man, that video is what I want to do.’ I asked my mom, and she said that I could ride bucking horses because my dad used to, so I started riding bucking horses. DID YOU COMPETE IN ANY OTHER RODEO EVENTS GROWING UP? I actually just wrestled and played football. Blackfoot, Idaho, native finished first in Round 1 and Round 3 of the Bracket 4 competition at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo. He kept the momentum rolling with a top finish in the finals, where he earned $15,252 with a 90-point ride aboard Championship Pro Rodeo’s Wild Thang. WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD MAKE A CAREER OUT OF RODEO? WHY DID YOU DECIDE BAREBACK RIDING WOULD BE YOUR EVENT?

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WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO GET YOUR PRCA CARD THIS YEAR? I didn’t want to go to college for an other two years to stay on my PRCA Permit. I felt like I had finally dialed in enough and put in the work that it was time for me to finally buy my rookie card and really go at it. The biggest thing I want to focus on is staying consistent throughout the whole year. It doesn’t matter where we’re going or what we’re drawing. I just want to be able to stay consistent and win money everywhere I go. WHO’S SOMEONE YOU LOOK UP TO IN THE RODEO BUSINESS RIGHT NOW? There’s a couple of guys for sure, but one of the main guys is Kelly Wardell - my old college coach at College of Southern Idaho. He’s been to the finals a couple times, and I’ve spent a lot of time being around him. He is definite ly one of the top guys that I look up to. Obviously all of them, right? After being second in San Antonio, I’d defi nitely like to win San Antonio. But I think one of the big outdoor summer rodeos like Calgary or Cheyenne would be really cool. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO LEARN DURING YOUR RESISTOL ROOKIE SEASON? WHAT’S ONE RODEO YOU WANT TO WIN BEFORE YOUR CAREER IS OVER?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Man, that’s a hard one. I really don’t watch that many movies, but I’m go ing to have to say Get Hard. WHAT’S YOUR GO-TO RESTAURANT BEFORE OR AFTER A RODEO? Chick-fil-A. Their chicken nuggets are always good. WHAT’S THE FIRST VEHICLE YOU DROVE? 1997 Honda Civic DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE CANDY? I actually have a lot of favorite can dies, but I would probably say Reese’s White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING WHEN YOU’RE NOT RODEOING? In the winter when I’m at home, I snowmobile a lot. In the summer, I just enjoy being in the mountains, being outdoors, hunting and fishing. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY? Probably either St. Patrick’s Day or the Fourth of July. WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU LIKE? We spend so much time on the road, so I listen to everything from rock to country to rap to even stuff 16-year old girls listen to. I like to listen to it all.

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