ProRodeo Sports News - February 19, 2021

RYAN JARRETT – T ie-down roper Age: 37 NFR Qualifications: 13 (SW2005; TD 2005-06, 2009- 13, 2015-18, 2020) World Titles: 1 (all-around, 2005) Career Earnings: $2,327,774 First ProRodeo: Possibly 2003 Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla. First ProRodeo Win: Possibly 2003 Silver Spurs Rodeo What do you remember about your first ProRodeo competition? I won’t say it was the first one, but there’s a good chance it was Kissimmee (Fla.) for the Silver Spurs back when they had it outside. ( Jarrett started his permit in January 2003 and won Kissimmee’s tie-down roping and all-around Feb. 14- 16, 2003.) I remember it was a good win because it was back when Kissimmee had a lot of guys there. What do you remember about your ProRodeo experience when you were still new at it? I felt really intimidated in San Antonio in about 2003 or 2004. I can’t remember for sure, but knowing it was a big one, I was at it and it was one of the first times they had it at the AT&T Center, it was on a different level. I actually made the short round there, so I kind of got a vibe that I could compete with them, like maybe I do have what it takes. ALLEN BOORE – Saddle Bronc Rider • Age: 29 • NFR Qualifications: 2 (2016, 2020) • Career Earnings: $647,450 • First ProRodeo: Days of the OldWest Rodeo in Delta, Utah (2010) • First ProRodeo Win: ABC ProRodeo in Lubbock, Texas (2012) My family wasn’t too supportive of it. We farm and raise cows, but we’re not around rodeo. My parents didn’t want me to rodeo at all. It took them a few years before they were alright with it, but now they’re as supportive as could be. I got them talked into it when I was 17, three months away from 18, and they knew they could only hold me back for three months. I remember I was scared out of my mind. I think Cody Wright was there (in Delta), and he was a world champion, but I was up against him. I thought there was no way I could beat that guy – and I didn’t because that’s what I told myself and that’s what happened. It’s only an hour from the house, but Marty Trapp went with me and some kids I knew from high school, and I was kind of out of my element. I had amateur rodeoed a bit, but I had only ridden a year-and-a-half when I went to my first ProRodeo. It took a while before I won much at them. I rode my bronc for a couple of jumps, but I don’t remember anything of it, I was so nervous. Before I knew it, I was in the middle of the arena on the ground. I had let the emotions of it get the best of me and I didn’t perform. I’m not sure who it was, but I think it was Jake or Jesse Wright. I watched them get bucked off too on that particular day. I was like, “They ride good, but they still get bucked off, so I just need to work at it harder and hopefully it’ll turn out.” Looking back on it, a guy is going to get a little nervous, and he should probably just be able to use that nervous energy in his favor instead of against himself. It can work both ways if you let it. Whatever mindset you have can help you or it can hurt you. What do you remember about your first ProRodeo competition?

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Dan Hubbell Ryan Jarrett steer wrestles at the National Finals Rodeo in 2005. That year, Jarrett won the all-around world title.

PRCA ProRodeo photo Saddle bronc rider Allen Boore competes at the 2016 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

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