ProRodeo Sports News, June 29, 2018

IN HIS OWNWORDS: TRENT CREAGER RECENTLY MARRIED, CREAGER FOCUSES ON RODEO

I got married June 2 to Callie Gray. She’s fromCanada and we got married in Erin, Ontario, about 45 minutes fromToronto. It’s really pretty up there. It was a big ceremony. We were supposed to have between 250 and 300 people attending. I don’t think they’ve had any other weddings lately that have had any more fun than ours did. It was a pretty big deal. Of course, a lot of my groomsmen were rodeo guys – Timber Moore, Clint Cooper, Tyler Milligan. We had a big time. The ceremony was at my in-laws’ house. They took care of everything. Callie and I just had fun. Callie and I are waiting until the rodeo season slows down to go on our honeymoon. We’re going to Hawaii. Until then, I’m going to try and make the Finals. Obviously, I wish I was higher than 35th in the world standings. It’s OK, it could be worse. Right now, is the time that counts. We go to Prescott, Ariz., (World’s Oldest Rodeo, June 29). Then we’re off to the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, Red Lodge, Mont., (Home of Champions Rodeo) and St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo. When I was younger I liked this time of year a lot more. I wasn’t out here checks at six rodeos during May and June (with the last weekend of June left to go). As of June 25, he had earned $18,125 to put him in 35th in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings. Last year, he finished with $20,001 in earnings. His one trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo came in 2010. Tie-down roper Trent Creager has been on a roll for cashing checks recently. The 38-year-old, Oklahoma cowboy pocketed

the last couple of years because I didn’t have a horse. I’m excited to be out here now that I have a couple of good horses. I was looking for one the last couple years, but ones that are ready for out here are really hard to find. Tyler has two really good horses we’ve been riding (Big Time and Propane). I also have a good horse I leased from a guy in Oklahoma. That horse is Ranch Hand, he’s 14. He doesn’t have any cheat, he’s just real honest. Everybody who rides Big Time has to rank him among their favorites. He’s probably among the top five going right now. He scores really well and stops really hard. Two or three guys can ride him and it doesn’t matter to him. I grew up around rodeo. When I was 15, on Easter Sunday, after dinner my family would rope. We went out, and I had just gotten old enough that I could rope pretty good, and as far as tying down, I had gotten big enough. Then I broke my leg. I was completely out of everything for a year and a half because it was a really bad break. So, I went on the rodeo trail a lot with my grandfather, TomCreager. He was retired, so I went with him all the time. He went to rodeos during the week and on weekends. We bought a house and 32 acres, but there was no fence or barn on the property. When I’m not rodeoing I’m building the fence, arenas, barns. Now, it’s just a couple hundred feet to the arena for me. I also like to golf and go to Oklahoma State University football games. I graduated fromOSU with a marketing degree. We used to have season seats but let them go a couple years ago because we would miss the first few home games in September because of rodeo. Now, we can spend less money and buy better seats.

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