ProRodeo Sports News - July 24, 2020

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J.T. Moore broke femur in March Recovering

B ull rider J.T. Moore was having a great season in 2020 before rodeos were halted in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 17, Moore was sixth in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $37,740. Unfortunately for him, soon after rodeos went on hiatus, he broke the femur in his left leg in a swimming pool accident. “I was having a good year, and then I broke my femur,” said Moore, 24. “It happened in late March. I had surgery, and they put a rod in there that goes from my hip to my knee. They told me I would be out for at least four months. I hate that rodeos were halted (until the third week of May) because of the coronavirus, but it has helped me have time to recover.” Moore’s hoping to return to rodeo competition the first week of August. As of July 22, he was 10th in the world standings. “I’ve been going to physical therapy twice a week, and that has helped me out a bunch,” said Moore, who lives in Alvin, Texas. “I just had a check-up (July 17), and the doctor said it looks good. I can pretty much do everything on my leg but run. “I’m trying to get healthy as I can as quick as I can so I can get back at it and make sure I can keep my spot in the standings and make the NFR. It’s terrible that I got injured. I’ve been trying not to look at where I am in the standings, so I don’t put any pressure on myself.” Moore had a career-best year in 2019, finishing 25th in the world standings with $71,276. Moore’s two biggest paydays in the 2020 season came in San Antonio ($7,500) and Fort Worth ($5,720). “Last year I learned a bunch about traveling, entering and all kinds of stuff,” Moore said. “I also got to see some great things and meet some really great people.”

Healthy Hunter Herrin having success again

Injuries can ruin a cowboy’s season plans in

and finished eighth in the world. The next year in Las Vegas, he won Round 9 and split the Round 2 win to finish seventh. Herrin’s best finish came in 2008 when he was second. “We have a pretty good rapport,” Herrin said. “The first rodeo I rode Rambo at this season was Grand Island (Neb.) in the middle of March right before COVID-19 hit. When rodeos started coming back, Rambo and I started putting things together.” Herrin earned $10,438 over the Cowboy

an instant.

That was the case for tie-down roper Hunter

Herrin in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

The nine-time qualifier for the Wrangler NFR (2006-09, 2011-12, 2014-16) had right hip surgery in October 2017 and May 2019. “I think I went to five rodeos in the winter (of the 2019) season, then I had that hip surgery and didn’t start roping again until November,” said Herrin, 35. “The hip is not 100%, but it’s good.”

Herrin

Christmas run, highlighted by winning the World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz., July 5 to earn $6,282. He followed that by claiming the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo title in Weatherford, Texas, July 11 and earning $2,822. That hot streak pushed Herrin to 20th in the July 22 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $21,374. “It feels good to just be rodeoing in general,” Herrin said.

Finally healthy, Herrin also regained some old horsepower. “I got a horse (Rambo) back I sold in January of 2016 to Travis Dobbs,” Herrin said. “He’s let me ride him this year.” Rambo was the 2014 AQHA | PRCA Tie-Down Roping Horse of the Year. Herrin rode Rambo at the 2014 and 2015 NFRs. In 2014, Herrin placed in seven of 10 rounds at the NFR

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