ProRodeo Sports News - May 28, 2021

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Luke Brown’s sorrel, Slim Shady, passes away at 28 Slim Shady, the horse that laid the

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foundation for team roping header Luke Brown’s standout PRCA career, passed away May 15 at 28. Brown has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 13 times (2008-20), seven times riding Slim Shady. Brown earned more than $2 million aboard his iconic, game-changing sorrel. “I bought (Slim Shady) in 2007 and rode him half the year in 2007 and all the way through 2014 and then a little in 2015 before I retired him,” Brown said. “He was a unique horse. He had thoroughbred papers and he could fly. He could run so hard, and he was a horse that you couldn’t get tired no matter how much you hauled him or you roped on him. He would give 100 percent every time and he was super easy to rope on. After I rode him a little bit in 2015, I just felt like he had done enough for me, and I wanted him to take it easy the rest of his life.” The Team Roping Journal first reported the news. Brown said Slim Shady never had any health problems. “When he was 28, he looked 20,” Brown said. “He was sound and never limped or never had a bump on him anywhere. I thought he would live until he was 35 as tough as he was. He had been having a little bit of Colic issues and finally the last Colic got him. They said he

ounces – valued at about $9,450 – that the winner of the Northernmost Xtreme Bull Riding in America will receive. The Division 2 Xtreme Bulls event in Palmer, Alaska, also will have $15,000 added and will air on The Cowboy Channel May 29. 12 The number of years in a row – 2009-20 – that Frontier Rodeo’s Medicine Woman has competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. She made her debut at the NFR in 2009 in bareback riding but has competed in saddle bronc riding at the NFR the last 11 seasons. Medicine Woman was PRCA Horse of the Year in saddle bronc riding in 2011, 2014-16 and Saddle Bronc Horse of the NFR in 2010 and 2015. 95 The record number of points in bull riding at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo. The record is shared by Clint Branger (1997), Shane Drury (2001) and Myron Duarte (2002). The Reno Rodeo was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic but is set to return June 17-26.

Slim Shady

probably had a tumor in his small intestine and that was causing some blockage. Surgery would have been super hard on him and recovery would have been even harder. He had never had any pain in his life, and I didn’t want to put him through that.” Brown buried Slim Shady under a huge oak tree on his ranch in Lipan, Texas. “He’s the best horse I will ever own, I believe,” Brown said. “He came at a perfect time for me. I had two head horses, and both passed away. I didn’t know if I liked (Slim Shady) very much when I got him, and I grew to love him. I don’t think I would have ever made the NFR the first time (in 2008) without that horse. I will forever be grateful for him.”

San Antonio rodeo donating $9 million The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo announced on May 21

of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in the press release. “The rodeo and our more than 6,000 volunteers work diligently to generate funds for the youth

that it is donating $9 million to help education for the 2021 school year. The money is raised through

events and the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, and is given in the form of scholarships, grants, endowments, junior livestock auctions, student Western art auction, calf scramble program and show premiums, a press release said. “We are thrilled to help future generations of Texas youth achieve their educational goals,” said Cody Davenport, executive director & CEO

of Texas, as it is at the core of our organization and mission. This educational commitment would not be possible without the support of our community, sponsors and patrons that visit us each year.” This past year, the organization helped to educate more than 12,000 Texas students. Since 1984, the rodeo has committed more than $232 million in the cause, the press release said.

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