ProRodeo Sports News - April 20, 2018

IN HIS OWNWORDS: J.J. ELSHERE

1/4 page color ad $457 (12mth b/w rate) SADDLE BRONC RIDER GETS BOOST FROM RAM NCFR J.J. Elshere earned $16,110 in saddle bronc riding at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla., April 5-8. Those winnings vaulted Elshere into eighth place in the 2018 PRCA World Standings with $33,905 as of April 16. The 38-year-old from Hereford, S.D., hasn’t been to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo since 2010. But you can bet that another run at the Finals is on his mind. and get to go down there is a big deal. You get to have fun while you’re there, and they paid us for it. We took the kids the first time I made it, just in case I never made it again. This time, it was just me and the wife (Lindsay). We kind of had a little mom-and-dad time. We went to Epcot and got to do that. We took it easy when we did it. Instead of trying to rush and make sure we saw everything, we took our time with the few things we wanted.

I n 2011, I got boogered up a little bit and was home and didn’t get going again. I ruptured a disc in my back. I wasn’t out for very long, but it was a nagging deal. It got to where it wasn’t fun. When you’re not having any fun there ain’t no sense in being there. I tried rodeoing again in ’12 and things weren’t rolling. I decided to stay close to home. I like it (staying close to home) a lot, especially since the circuits are adding more money it makes it easier for a guy to stay close. My back has been feeling really good the last couple (years). It feels like maybe I could get on 30 more head this season. With five sons, family life played a big part in staying close to home. The more stuff the boys get into the more you don’t want to miss. It wasn’t a hard decision. For the second time I went to the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kissimmee. (The trip marked his seventh overall qualification for the RAM NCFR.) It’s always kind of a goal to win as much as you can, but just to be there

PSN- Pro Rodeo Sports News May 2018 Since I won so much money at the RAMNCFR and am where I am in the standings, I’ve been getting harped on from about every corner there is about trying to get back to the Wrangler NFR. But, I don’t know. We’ll see after the school deals (for the kids) get over in June and we’ll see how the Fourth of July goes. That’s not too far away. It’d be nice to go one more time, especially with the kind of money they’ve got added up out there. Just to pull a check every night you don’t even have to win a round and a guy gets his week paid for. My oldest son (Talon, 15) checks the world standings about every week. He keeps me reminded. It’s good to see him interested in it and to be part of it is neat.

The older two (Talon andThayne, 13) remember quite a bit about going to Vegas. But the last one (Trailon, 5) wasn’t born yet; the other two (Trik, 8, and Tel, 7) were pretty small. When I’m not rodeoing, I’ve got a little place of my own here and I break a lot of horses for people. That and go to kids’ sporting events.

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