ProRodeo Sports News - June 15, 2018

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With Old Glory at the fore, the crowd at the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo stands for the opening ceremonies June 2. Time to Honor

Tune into ProRodeoTV.com for broadcasts On June 19, tune into Episode 2 of the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo only on ProRodeoTV.com. Catch your old favorite weekly now through August at www. prorodeotv.com. Also, mark your calendar for the free livestream broadcast of Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days. ProRodeoTV.com will be broadcasting starting June 29 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Prairie committee donates to cancer center The Chisholm Trail RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo committee donated $1,000 on June 7 to the Taylor Le Norman/McCastland Cancer Center at Duncan (Okla.) Regional Hospital and $1,000 to Relay for Life. Joe Henderson, a board member for the group, personally delivered the check to staff at the cancer center. He said the money is from profits and proceeds earned from the rodeo last October. The RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo was held Oct. 19-21, in Duncan, Okla. “We do the Prairie Circuit Finals each year in October, and we’re fortunate to have extra money,” Henderson said in the June 8 edition of The Duncan (Okla.) Banner . “We feel like we need to give back to the community with that.” This was not the rodeo’s first time making a contribution to the community. It has been giving proceeds to other organizations in need for the last seven years. Smith to speak at North Dakota Cowboy Hall Stran Smith, 2008 PRCA World Champion Tie-down Roper, will be a guest speaker during the 2018 North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Medora. Formal recognition for this year’s inductees will commence at 6 p.m. (MT), June 15, with a dinner at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame. The dinner welcomes inductees, their families and friends, and is open to the public. The induction ceremony follows at 1 p.m., June 16, at Tjaden Terrace, also in Medora and open to the public. This is the 24th year honoring individuals, ranches and organizations which have made significant contributions to the development of North Dakota’s livestock industry, ranching or Western lifestyle. The 2018 Class of Inductees are: Jack Reich, leader in ranching and rodeo; Dave Dahl, pre-1970 rodeo; Nevada Jorgenson, modern-era rodeo; Larry Sandvick, modern-era rodeo; Chad Berger, rodeo arena; Steve Weekes, pre-1940 ranching; Ralph Murray, modern-era ranching; Top Hand, rodeo livestock; Olson Ranch, ranches.

Flying U Rodeo’s Against All Odds dies The storied stock contracting company Flying U Rodeo lost one of its top bucking horses, Against All Odds. The multi-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc horse passed away June 7 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 13. “He had skin cancer that was on his lip and we had to treat him weekly,” said Flying U Rodeo’s Reno Rosser. “It just got to the point where his life was going to be miserable. It’s tough (him passing) because bucking horses are so hard to come by anymore. You can find a bucking bull around every corner, but bucking horses are hard to find, and saddle bronc horses on top of that. I have a whole field of bareback horses, but great saddle broncs are hard to find.” Against All Odds was a great one for Flying U Rodeo Company. He most recently competed at the Wrangler NFR in 2015. “He’s one of the top 10 horses we’ve had, and considering we’ve been in business over 65 years that’s pretty good,” Rosser said. Against All Odds was born in 2005 and enjoyed an eight-year career as a bucking horse. “He was a small horse, but he could throw them off regardless the size of the cowboy,” Rosser said. “It is rare to see a horse that small in size have as much success as a bucking horse, which is why we named him ‘Against All Odds.’ What he lacked in size, he made up with heart.” According to a post on Flying U Rodeo Company’s Facebook page, it is estimated that cowboys won more than $300,000 on Against All Odds over his career. The horse was buried June 7 at the Flying U Ranch in Marysville, Calif., where all other Flying U Rodeo Company’s livestock legends rest.

ProRodeo Sports News 6/15/2018

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