ProRodeo Sports News - April 3, 2020

Cheyenne. Whatever works that I think would be fun to go compete at I will go here and there, if the family doesn’t have sports going on. I sold my (steer roping horse) Trick after the (NFSR) last year. I have just been borrowing a horse to steer rope on, so I really don’t know how much I will be able to go. Do you have a favorite event? Trevor: I love it all. I feel like when you’re in your prime there are fewer variables in the tie-down roping. Team roping would now be my favorite just because you can do it longer. You won your most recent gold buckle at the ClemMcSpadden National Finals Rodeo in November. You have won that event seven times. What do you enjoy about steer roping? Trevor: I enjoy the history of that event, and when done correctly it is fun to watch and to watch the horses that are trained so well. There’s no trust between the contestant and horse like there is in steer roping. What has made you so clutch in your career to come through and win gold buckles in Round 10? Trevor: Just repetition. I dare say nobody has spent more hours in the arena than me. When it comes down to times like that, that is when that stuff matters. You’re not going off a heater or something like that, you’re going off a blueprint that you have worked on harder than anybody else.

making those plans with your traveling partners and coming up with a route to make all that happen that would make any FedEx or UPS driver jealous. Cowboys are masters of logistics. Is there a TV show you enjoy watching? Trevor: I can’t wait for “Yellowstone” to come back out. I like that show. I met Taylor Sheridan (an executive producer of the show) and his wife at a couple of events. He’s really done an amazing job for the Western industry. Is there one restaurant you enjoyed going to on the PRCA trail? Trevor: One I will miss is Lambert’s Café in Sikeston, Mo., the home of Throwed Rolls. Every time we went to Sikeston that was just part of the trip. I never got hit in the head with the rolls. My favorite thing was to put my hand up when someone wasn’t looking, and those guys who throw the rolls are so accurate they will throw them to your hand, so if you move your hand and somebody’s ear happens to be behind it, that’s just part of it. What was the make of your first car? Trevor: I didn’t get my own truck, a Dodge Dually, until I left for college. I drove a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit to high school most of the time. My dad (Jimmy) wholesaled cars, and whatever he had in the inventory at the time, I switched cars all the time. My mom (Glenda) had that ’81 Volkswagen Rabbit, five-speed, baby blue to add insult to injury. You really have to keep your game sharp when you’re driving an ’81 Rabbit to high school.

Is there one cowboy you wish you could rope with? Trevor: I have been fortunate to rope through several generations. I have gotten to see a lot of my heroes go. Obviously, there are some before me that I didn’t, but I just appreciate all of them for what they did in their era. Is there one thing in the PRCA you would like to change? Trevor: Man, just more of the same. I feel like the PRCA is on a good track, and we just want it to keep building steam. Do you have pets outside of horses at your place in Decatur, Texas? Trevor: We have two bottle-fed goats the girls just got. We have a brown lab, and we have cats outside. We keep about 20 head (of horses) here all the time. What’s your favorite thing to do with your children? Trevor : I like playing basketball with my son. We have spent a lot of time through this quarantine going down on the creek and doing some target practice, doing country things that we are so lucky to do through this time. What’s your favorite thing Shada cooks? Trevor: Since we have been quarantined, I have been grilling a lot more, but she cooks everything good. My favorite that she cooks is probably either chicken fried steak or her turkey and dressing. Does it matter to you if your kids are involved in rodeo? Trevor: No. Everybody says rodeo is tough, but every sport is tough. If you’re going to do it because somebody else wants you to do it, it is not enough. I just want them to do what makes them happy and find their passions in this life. When you were going down the road full time, what did you do to pass the time? Trevor: Kind of what I miss about rodeo is the logistics of it all, putting those plans together, getting to 14, 15 or 16 rodeos over the Fourth of the July. When stuff slows down, it seems like a lot of work, but it wasn’t just the fact you were doing that, it was

Photo courtesy Brazile family The Braziles, from left, Shada, Treston, Style, Swayzi and Trevor, enjoy a family moment. Trevor cut back on his rodeo schedule following the 2018 Wrangler NFR to spend more time with his family.

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