ProRodeo Sports News - October 2, 2020

COWBOYS & HORSES

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Dan Hubbell

Mabel carries Jorgensen to two Wrangler NFRs Valuable Find Steer Wrestler Stetson Jorgensen competes aboard Mabel during Round 7 of the 2019 National Finals Rodeo.

Mabel’s road to rodeo superstardom, and maybe Jorgensen’s as well, could have been derailed for the relatively paltry sum (in the world of horse sales) of $1,000. When Garret Henry, Mabel’s owner,

BY JOLEE JORDAN Special to ProRodeo Sports News O n Dec. 11, 2019, steer wrestler Stetson Jorgensen stood on the stage at the South Point Hotel &Casino picking up the hardware that comes from winning a round at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo – another ProRodeo cowboy realizing a life-long dream. Like many of his fellow timed-event competitors, Jorgensen chalks up a fair share of his success to his horsepower, in his case a lightning-fast sorrel mare named Mabel.

purchased the mare as a 3-year-old in the Heritage Place Annual Mixed Winter Sale in January 2014, he was immediately offered $1,000 over the sale price. “I declined, saying I had plans for her,” Henry laughed. The potential buyer persisted, learning that Henry was hoping Mabel, who is registered through the American Quarter Horse Association as Patrionic Dash, would make a good steer wrestling horse.

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