ProRodeo Sports News - March 9, 2018

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your rides, and you have to remember what was bad about them, in order to make subtle corrections. So, getting on one after the other and focusing on improving on your weaknesses is what helps me.

If you could pick one horse to draw in a sudden-death scenario, which would it be and why? - Brian Walters Tanner: Well, I won in 2016 on Showstomper of Frontier Rodeo, and then I split the win in the third round of the Finals on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil. Another one of my favorites that’s really a standout is Straight Jacket of J Bar J Rodeo or Onion Ring of Korkow Rodeos. Those are probably four horses that I would love to get on any day of the week. If it was sudden death in a four-man and it came down to those four, I guess I’d be happy with any one of those. What advice would you give to all the young rodeo kids who are dreaming of competing at the WNFR?

What would you say is your biggest accomplishment in rodeo?

- Suzy Richter

Tanner: I have some great wins that I’m very proud of, but I’m hoping that my biggest accomplishment is still in front of me. No matter what happens, good or bad, you always seem to have a smile on your face. Where does that come from? - GayeLynn Currie Tanner: I just love the sport. I love bucking horses. You’re constantly surrounded by good people, and for the most part, you want your buddies to do well and they want you to do well. It creates a passion and a love for it. So, when you get to get on good bucking horses, and if you’re able to make a living, it’s

- Dominic

Tanner: You’ve got to stick with it. You have to make goals and you have to set priorities so that if there’s something you want, you got to keep reaching for it and be willing to make the sacrifices. It’s definitely an attainable goal if you stick with it, and if it’s something you want to do, just don’t quit. That’s what I tell most kids, just don’t quit.

TANNER AUS Three-time WNFR qualifier

something to be happy about.

What does your daily workout routine consist of?

If you could pick three bareback riders, past or present, to travel with, who would they be, and why? - Clay Guardipee Tanner: I would have loved to have traveled with Chris LeDoux and to get to know him because of the stories that I’ve heard, and of course because his music is just excellent entertainment all the time. He was a guy with a great attitude. A guy that really helped me out when I was younger was Wayne Herman. I remember watching him kick the spur board at a couple of schools that I went to long after he’d retired and thinking that it would have been a lot of fun to go down the road with him. He had a really great positive attitude. I think Lewis Feild, too, because some of the stories that I’ve heard from Kaycee and learning about the kind of man that he was. I never got to meet him, but I’ve heard some great stories and that he was a guy who always had a smile on his face no matter if the chips were down. There’s a lot to learn from a person like that.

- Peter Fager

Tanner: When I’m on the road, I try to do anything I can to get the blood pumping in the day. I try to work out on the days we have to ride. I do some high-intensity intervals, stuff like that. When I’m at home, I have a routine where I focus on a different part of the body every day. If I have a couple weeks off, I like to try to do that. I do a lot of strength training with weights and cardio to stay trim. When it comes to practice sessions, which method do you prefer, and why? - Colton Cooper Tanner: I think the best tool to practice is just getting on horses. There’s a lot of things that you can do for fundamentals and for mechanics, but when it comes down to it, we go to more than 100 rodeos a year. You have to be able to remember what was good about

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