ProRodeo Sports News, June 1, 2018

IN HIS OWNWORDS: ALLEN BOORE NEW HOME BUILT, BOORE FOCUSES ON NFR RETURN

M y season had a slow start in the winter, but the last little bit picked up. It could always be better, but it’s been pretty good. I think the slow start was because I was trying to build a house in Axtell. I was finishing that up. We moved into it in mid-February. I didn’t have riding on my mind like I needed to, wasn’t focused enough. Building the house was a learning process for sure. It took about a year to do. It was a little slower than if contractors would have built it, but it was pretty fun. I enjoyed it and saved a fair bit of money. My wife, Katie, and daughter Berkley moved into it with me. Katie was most excited. It’s nice to be done with it and have our own space and have the roomwe needed. We just had a second child, Lennix, the 24th of April. Now we have Berkley in her own room and she doesn’t have to share a roomwith us. She loves it. Probably the first month or so if people came over, she would say, ‘Let me show you my room, come see this.’ I finished the house three days before going to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. My wife told me I had to have it done before I went rodeoing. I won more than $8,000 in San Antonio. I was able to do good there and help keep the diapers and groceries coming in. I hadn’t been going to a lot of rodeos in the fall. So, because I was The Axtell, Utah, saddle bronc rider is looking to get back to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this season after making it in 2016 but missing out in 2017. As of May 29, Boore was 18th in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $22,067, third in the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour standings and second in the Wilderness Circuit Standings.

working on the house and wasn’t rodeoing, we didn’t have any money coming in. It was nice to be able to win a little money but then also it boosts your confidence and pushes you to ride a little better at other rodeos. It was a little discouraging missing the Finals last year, but I got to the end of the year and knew I didn’t do good enough to go. It lights a fire under you to make sure you don’t miss it this year. You look back on the year and see a few things you should’ve done to try to correct those mistakes and hopefully make the best out of this year. I’d rather be 18th than 40th in the world standings, but I finished 18th in the year-end standings twice, so 18th is an unlucky number for me. But it’s still all right. I’m still in the running and not far from breaking into the Top 15. I don’t come from a rodeo background. My parents farmed. My older brother rode some bareback horses after high school. He and some other high school buddies talked me into getting on a bronc. I was like a lot of other guys, I wanted to ride bulls. I had no desire to ride broncs. I got on a couple bulls and tried them. But since I got on that first saddle bronc I haven’t looked back. Marty Trapp, a guy who lives in Salina, Utah, ProRodeoed for quite a few years. He has a bunch of practice horses. He knew how to help me and still helps me now. The adrenaline rush of getting on and trying to conquer a beast was one of the things I loved about the sport. My whole plan since I can remember is that I’m going to come back and work on the family farm. That’s still my plan once I retire from rodeo. My plan for the season is to make it back to the NFR this year. I feel like as long as I stay healthy I should be there again this year. That’s my goal. That’s where it’s going to end up.

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