Northern Rancher said:
Congratulations to the kid-we don't have another rodeo to go to till midJuly.
If you remember- just about 1 year ago I posted how the Kid was going to retire from Barebacks (after riding them 20+ years), and just stick with the saddle broncs so he didn't take such a beating on his body-- gave his rigging to a high school kid (who is going to the Fallon Finals right now)...
Well some how he got way out in the lead in some southeastern Division by just riding saddle broncs-- so now he got a new rigging to ride a few barebacks so he can qualify for the All Around Saddle and extra year end money... :roll:
Then he heard Opheim and Hinsdale were throwing in added money for a roughstock average over the 2 rodeos- so he brought his riggin along with him as well as his saddle, hoping to make some extra money...
I didn't think he did too bad for the first bareback he'd been on in a year-- altho he needs a different cinch and latigos as he found this one won't pull tight enough or hold good on this rigging- which caused for a rather graceless exit after the whistle :lol: :lol:
Yep-- and Opheim is definitely a town of Hospitality...Besides everything else they were having an all class reunion (and many of the locals are married back and forth to folks from that Wood Mountain country)- and several of the folks had been partaking of the hospitality for several days already :wink: :lol:
By half way thru the rodeo they had to close the concessions stands because they had such a big turnout that they had run out of hamurgers, hot dogs and all the food-- and they said the downtown cafe was out too---But they definitely didn't run out of beer, as they kept the trucks rolling in with a fresh supply for the water troughs.... :lol:
They still had 200 teamropers left to rope when we left at 6PM...
Nice ride,scored a 71,judges were marking hard yes.
