Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from RodeoClassifieds.com

2008 has been and exciting year for me personally and here at RodeoClassifieds.com We have many more exciting things to look forward to in 2009.

I have been back on the bandwagon working on the "new" RodeoClassifieds.com. This has been a project in the works for quite some time, but we are on a big push now to launch it in January. The new software we will be using will allow you as visitors to watch ads, save ads, print ads as well as edit your own ads. You will be allowed multiple pictures and be able to include complete pedigrees. It will be quite a change, pretty much a brand new site. I am sure we will have some growing pains, but I assure you that there will be so many exciting benefits you will enjoy the new site.

Thank you for your business and friendship in 2008. I look forward to promoting your ads in 2009 and making it our best year yet!

From my barn to yours, I hope you have a Christmas full of love and happiness and a season full of blessings.

Here's hoping 2009 brings you smooth runs and fast times.

Cheers!
Michelle
www.RodeoClassifieds.com

Trevor Brazile shows FanHouse dude how to rope

Found this online - kind of funny (probably funnier if you are bored). It was done last year. Enjoy.

M

Round 9 & 10 Videos

2008 World Champion Recaps




Round 10 Barrel Racing


Round 9 Barrel Racing


Go here for any other rounds you might have missed

First Canadian World Champion Barrel Racer Crowned

Lindsay Sears and Martha are the first Canadian World Champion Barrel Racing team - that is SO EXCITING. I had a feeling all day she was going to break the world record time so I'm feeling a little disappointed she didn't. I mean....she broke every other record! ? Weird how when someone gets so darn good our (my) expectations just keep getting higher and higher. Good for her for letting someone else win for a change though eh? (threw that eh in there for our US visitors...they liked that in Vegas..lol). Martha won 5 of the 10 rounds and placed 3rd in the average even with a tipped barrel.

From www.prorodeo.com
Barrel racer Lindsay Sears clinched her first world title after Round 8, so the only question remaining in that event was how much the Canadian would win and how high she would set the season earnings record bar. Sears, of Nanton, Alberta, finished the season as the sport's first $300,000 barrel racer, earning $323,570 in 2008 while claiming the gold buckle. Her horse, Martha, was named AQHA Barrel Racing Horse of the Year, and Sears has been more than complimentary when talking about the talented horse.

"I''m very honored and very proud to be Canadian today, and it means a lot to get the first barrel racing world championship that we get to take home to Canada," said Sears, who finished third in the Wrangler NFR average. "It''s been such a surreal year this year. It''s unbelievable. I''m so thankful that I have such an awesome horse. Martha''s really the world champion. She deserves it, and I''m so proud of her."

Sears won five of the 10 rounds in Las Vegas, including four in a row from Rounds 6-9, to pocket $139,002 at the Wrangler NFR. Jill Moody of Letcher, S.D., won the Wrangler NFR average with a total time of 140.11 seconds, earning $104,117 in Las Vegas to finish a distant second to Sears with $218,880 in total earnings. Terra Bynum won the 10th round in 13.70 seconds to finish her 2008 Wrangler NFR on a high note.


Here is the link to Lindsay's round 9 win I missed earlier

And how about Rod Hay - Finally able to show is stuff in the 10th round drawing well to take the win with an 89 point ride on Miss Congeniality. Here is the link. Jeff Chapman won another round in the 10th with a 7.1.

Canadian Barrel Racers Traci Dawson and Deb Renger weren't able to add any more money to their bank account in the last round. Dawson with a Barrel and Renger with another solid run - just out of the money.

Dusty LaValley didn't take any coin home in the last round, but will gladly take his third place average check from the pay window.

Curtis Cassidy ended the week with a bit of tough luck, but the Cassidy family will still be well paid as Willy was hard at work all week helping the new world champion Luke Branquino. Cassidy will be happy to have taken a 4th place cheque home in the final round.

World Champions include:
2008 World Champion Bareback Rider: Justin McDaniel
2008 World Champion Steer Wrestler: Luke Branquinho
2008 World Champion Header: Matt Sherwood
2008 World Champion Heeler: Randon Adams
2008 World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider: Cody Wright
2008 World Champion Tie-Down Roper: Stran Smith (a very exciting race to the end!)
2008 World Champion Barrel Racer: Lindsay Sears
2008 World Champion Bull Rider: J.W. Harris

For detailed interviews from the world champs click here for PRCA story

For Graham and a bit of round 9 reporting

Graham, here's some team roping reporting for you....
Sadly, I'm home from Vegas...its 2 am here (but only midnight in Vegas so I'm wide awake).

LAS VEGAS - The grandest stage in ProRodeo can often inspire greatness, and that certainly was the case in the team roping during Round 8 of the 50th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center. Travis Tryan and Cory Petska not only won the round, but also thrilled the 17,463 in attendance by tying the PRCA world record with a blistering 3.5-second time. Their mark ties the record shared by Blaine Linaweaver and Jory Levy (2001), Clay Tryan and Patrick Smith (2005) and Colter Todd and Cesar de la Cruz (2008).

It was the first round victory of the 10-day rodeo for Tryan and Petska and just their third check in the first eight performances, but they made it count in a major way.

"It's the coolest feeling I've ever had in my roping career," said Tryan, of Billings, Mont. "I got emotional after the run. I threw my hat, and I never do that. I had a feeling tonight that we were going to break the record, which I've never had before in my life, and can't explain why. When I was riding up to the box, I was thinking we were going to get the record. We had a great steer that stayed straight, maybe even stepped to the right a little, which helped us be fast because it helped my horse quicken up a little because he doesn't duck too hard, so it made things happen fast."

Petska is honored to have a share of the world record.

"I don't think it's set in yet that we just tied the world record," said Petska, of Lexington, Okla. "I got a little emotional at first. I was the same as Travis said, when we started to do the TV interview, I was a little worried that I would choke up. You own a piece of history."

Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith continue to lead the Wrangler NFR average race and are on pace to crush the average record of 59.1 seconds for 10 head set by Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper in 1994. They have a 41.4-second total through eight rounds and need only to finish the final two rounds in less than 17.6 seconds to lower the record mark.

Here is the link to that Run

Lindsay and Martha keep setting records and keep getting faster. Looks like they made another awesome run in the 9th round (will link tomorrow when its up). A 13.53 The world record is a 13.52 set by Brandie Halls (to correct any misleading info I might have posted earlier...). The 10th round will have the crowd on their feet cheering for the fastest time ever in the Thomas and Mack

Rod Hay and Dusty LaValley both grabbed cheques in the 9th round and Curtis Cassidy was empty handed with a NT. Deb Renger and Traci Dawson each took a barrel down according to Friday's results.

There are also some great interviews with round winners from the WPRA if you might like to read those...click here

Round 8 Barrel Racing Video

I taped this video tonight from Toby Keith's - I love this Bar & Grill. Its got the bar sound in the background and a few comments from the peanut gallery but you will get to watch Lindsay and Martha's record breaking run. AWESOME!

Round Winning Interviews

If you want to listen to some interviews from the round winners and some other "big names" Click Here

I listened to the Round 7 barrel racing and steer wrestling interviews and they were really good.

Last night I went to "National Finals Tonight" at the Gold Coast. It was really great. Here is the link so you can watch it live or watch past interviews. Its great.

Sears is sewing it up!

Lindsay Sears and her horse Martha are sewing up a world championship. Mathematically she could be beat, but if past performance dictates anything Martha should be on track to beat a world record. Martha is known to get faster and faster with every run and that is what is happening. 4 one hundredths from the record last night, it will be exciting to watch tonight and see if she can get it done. I watched Lindsay accept her round buckle from the 6th round and she said that Martha was handling the ground better every night as they got closer to the top of the ground. If Martha wins the world she will be the first horse in over 40 years to have run to the left and won. She will also join a handful of mares to be on the list.

2 Canadian horses also dominated the Steer Wrestling. Willy (with Curtis) tying for first Jesse (with Trevor Knowles)
When you click the link above

Martha makes a move

Lindsay Sears rocked the Thomas and Mack Tuesday evening. They had a blazing run of 13.68, the fastest time run so far at the 50th annual National Finals Rodeo. (***Video Link Added***) Here are the complete results followed by the world standings. Jill Moody and Maegan Reichert and the only two ladies to leave all the barrels standing, that puts Lindsay in 3rd in the average followed by Cassie, Brittany then Deb. Deb had another solid run for her 6 year old Harley. Traci Dawson rode Cabri. He looked a little cautious on the way to second and took down second 3/4 way around cranking a turn. He had a tough time handling the ground at third. I'm sure he will be back in the game tonight if she choses to ride him again in the 7th round.

Round 6
1 Lindsay Sears, 13.68, $16,766.83
2 Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, 13.81, $13,251.20
3 Jill Moody, 13.88, $10,006.01
4 Lisa Lockhart, 13.99, $7,031.25
5 Brenda Mays, 14.05, $4,326.92
6 Maegan Reichert, 14.10, $2,704.33
7 Mary Burger, 14.11
8 Terra Bynum, 14.21
9 Shelley Murphy, 14.27
10 Deb Renger, 14.29
11 Annesa Self, 18.70
12 Cassie Moseley, 19.03
13 Tammy Key-Fischer, 19.17
14 Stephanie Fryar, 19.25
15 Traci Dawson, 19.38

WPRA NFR Standings after Round 6
Contestant WNFR World Standings
1 Lindsay Sears $56,790.87 $241,358.30
2 Brittany Pozzi-Pharr $61,117.79 $196,346.46
3 Jill Moody $42,728.37 $157,491.99
4 Cassie Moseley $54,627.40 $114,380.70
5 Annesa Self $11,358.17 $109,477.23
6 Shelley Murphy $4,326.92 $107,218.82
7 Brenda Mays $8,654.84 $97,703.08
8 Mary Burger $10,006.01 $96,506.18
9 Maegan Reichert $24,338.94 $90,162.33
10 Lisa Lockhart $18,389.42 $90,071.58
11 Stephanie Fryar $17,037.26 $78,149.92
12 Tammy Key-Fischer $5,408.66 $74,191.18
13 Traci Dawson $2,704.33 $73,346.97
14 Terra Bynum $7,031.25 $68,273.71
15 Deb Renger $- $58,981.94

Lee Graves's horse Jesse won the steer wrestling in round 6, ridden by Beau Franzen. Rod Hay didn't great the greatest horse again and Dusty LaValley did all he could with his draw. Curtis Cassidy had a solid run, but a little long for the big cheque.

Hopefully our YouTube friend will post some video for us soon and I'll post the link for you.

Until next time,
Michelle

Live from Las Vegas - Barrel Racing Video Catch Up

Brittany Pozzi-Pharr took another round last night in the 5th go. Click for the link to her winning run and watch for a video of the fifth round coming soon.

None of the links on the prorodeo.com page seem to be working for me to give you the official results. I watched the rodeo live last night from Toby Keith's Bar and Grill. It was pretty cool. We taped the barrel race for you guys on a digital camera but it turns out my friend brought the TV cord instead of the computer cord and our cards don't swap out to my camera and my computer isn't reading the card. Technology...good when it works. We will try my camera tonight and see how we do. Right now I'm off to find some rodeo tickets and do some shopping. We were late getting to the ticket exchange yesterday and they were closed. Did a little preliminary scooting of the original Cowboy Christmas...I'm pretty sure I'll find something there to bring home!

Oh...the results from last night....
Lindsay was second behind Pozzi-Pharr. Deb Renger had a nice run, just a little long and Traci Dawson tipped. Doc kind of bumped second with his nose on the way in by the looks of it. Looked like that knocked the wind of Traci's sails and she got 3rd too. I hope she can stay strong and pull off a run we all know she can make soon. Curtis Cassidy made a clean run, but out of the money. Dusty LaValley had a crappy draw but rode it for all it was worth and placed 6th. Rod Hay rode, but we don't think he scored high enough to place, if he did it was lower.

Our YouTube friend has caught up on some of the goes so I've put her links in below.

Round 4 - part 1


Round 4 - part 2




Round 3



Hopefully we can get a camera to cooperate and we'll get some pictures on here too!

Cheers from Vegas!
Michelle

Pozzi-Phar takes round 4

The reining world champ took the 4th round. Here's the video. Check out the other videos on the site....they are lots of cool videos. Check out the Platinum Pass videos, they are neat.

Until next time (when I report from Vegas!),

Michelle

ps. looks like our trusty you tube friend hasn't been taping the rounds but I'll keep checking.

Sears is back on top......

A shakey start to the NFR had left Lindsay Sears without a cheque in the first and second round. Looks like they are back in business running a time of 13.91 to win the third round. The duo should be back on track and soon to see the winners stage again soon. Traci Dawson had some rough luck loosing a stirrup at first and taking down the second barrel. Deb Renger made another solid run on Harley remaining one of the few with all the barrels standing.

Our YouTube source has yet to post the barrel racers from round 3, but I'll keep checking in. It's Sunday morning so maybe they didn't get them posted yet. Until then, here's the link to Linz and Martha's winning run and the rest of the winning runs from the night.

Here is an interview where they talk to Lindsay. She gets asked what happened in her first two runs.

The Canadian roughstock riders continue with a some tough luck at the pay window but we're sure to see a turnaround real soon.

Curtis Cassidy remains solid placing 5th again last night and sitting third in the avearge. The Cassidy horse Willy continues to show why he's the best of the best carrying the top 3 riders in the finals average right now.

2nd round NFR barrel racing video

Canadians Solid during first round of National Finals Rodeo

Jill Moody's round 1 winning run The barrel racing video will come up and there will be other events and their winning runs on the right.

Keep checking back to that site www.rodeoup.com they add the winning runs every night or next morning.

Barrel Racing Round 1 results Click to go to that results page and there will be links to all the other events.

On the Canadian barrel racing front Lyndsay Sears and Deb Renger ran matching times of 14.24. Linz on Martha and Deb on her 6 year old Harley. Traci Dawson ran Rana Walter's gelding Doc for a 14.00 +5. The would have shoulda coulda won the round minus the tip. Good things to come for that pair when they leave the barrels up in the next round! Brittaney Pozzi tipped her first barrel in 21 runs at the NFR, this will make it harder for her to overtake Lindsay Sears for the world championship. Stich and Brittaney are known to make their big check in the average race, not by winning rounds (like Linz and Martha). Should be interesting to see how the week plays out.

Curtis Cassidy got second in the steer wrestling, but the Cassidy horse Willy was the big winner of the night placing 3 times for over $30,000 in earnings! Dusty LaValley, 10th with an 81 point ride.

Stay tuned here on the www.rodeoclassifieds.com blog for daily reports. After you are done, go search for your next winning mount at RodeoClassifieds.com

The 50th annual NFR is on the way

Keep an eye on this blog for daily video highlights and reports from the 50th annual National Finals Rodeo.....live from Las Vegas!

Canadian Finals Rodeo Round 5 Winners

The Canadian Champions have been crowned! Here is a video of the last round winners.



November 9, 2008

Canadian Champions Crowned at the 2008 Canadian Finals


Edmonton, Alta. - The 2008 Canadian Finals Rodeo wrapped up Sunday, with the new Canadian Champions crowned in front of 15,422 fans.
Bareback rider Kyle Bowers is the new Canadian champ. The Brooks, Alta. cowboy also won Sunday’s go-round buckle, scoring an 88 on Kesler Rodeo Co.’s Street Dance.
Steer wrestling was decided Saturday night, with Cody Cassidy, Donalda, Alta., earning the CFR championship. Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, B.C. won the Sunday performance, clocking in at 3.5 seconds.
Team ropers Murray Linthicum, Glentworth, Sask., and Dwight Wigemyr, Brooks, Alta. won the Canadian championship. Oregon cowboys Mike and Brandon Beers won the go-round with a time of 3.8 seconds.
Saddle bronc rider Dustin Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D. won the Canadian championship. Rod Hays won the go-round with 87.5 aboard Calgary Stampede’s Knife Money.
Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash., is the new tie-down roping champion for 2008. He also claimed that title back in 2006. Nathan Baldwin, Blackfoot, Ida. won the go-round with a time of 7.6 seconds.
Ladies barrel racer Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. is the new Canadian champ, also winning the performance with a time of 15.05 seconds.
Black Diamond, Alta. cowboy, Tyler Thomson, is the 2008 CFR bull riding champ.
Thomson also won the go-round, scoring 87.5 on board Big Stone Rodeo’s Bull of the Year, Spoon Full of Sugar.
Peters and Sons’ Miss Congeniality was named Saddle Bronc Horse of the CFR.
Calgary Stampede’s Grated Coconut is Bareback Horse of the CFR. Bull of the CFR went to Vold Rodeo’s Hot Wired.
See complete results at www.rodeocanada.com

Round 4 & 5 Canadian Finals Rodeo Video

Saturday Evening CFR Video



Saturday matinee rodeo performance video

Canadian Finals Rodeo Winners - Round 3

Friday November 7, 2008 Canadian Finals Rodeo video recap of round 3 winners.

Canadian Finals Rodeo Winners - Round 2

An exciting round 2 with a record breaking Team Roping run!

Lisa Lockhart & the NFR podcast online

Click here to listen in on Lisa's interview with Talk Rodeo

When you get to the talk rodeo site you'll click on the play button on the interview you want to listen to.

Until next time,
Michelle

Unsound Horses Video

Here is a pretty neat video that discusses horse unsoundness issues by John O'Leary an Australian horse trainer. He has other good videos on YouTube as well. Here is his website: http://www.horseproblems.com.au/

Calgary Stampede hands out the dough

I was going to sum up all the excitement at the Stampede and landed upon a blog post by my friend Barb Poulson about the Calgary Stampede Champs......Instead on reinventing the wheel on this fine Monday morning I'm going to send you over to Barbs post for the run down - I couldn't have said it better myself!


Go to Barb's post by clicking HERE


If you want to check out highlight videos and announcing by her husband Dave go here:

If you didn't get enough video go to CBC's site here (you'll find some other neat stories here too).

Congrats to all the money winners and thanks to CBC for the great coverage.

Calgary Stampede Rodeo - $100,000 Super Sunday has arrived

Once a year a select group of cowboys and cowgirls have a chance to win $100,000 at the Calgary Stampede. A lifetime of preparation has brought them to an 8 second ride or a sub 7 second tiedown roping run. Personal bests and arena records are sure to surface with all the money on the line.

In the barrel racing we will see the following lineup make the short go run to qualify for the 100,000 run:

Lindsay Sears $13,500

Lisa Lockhart $13,000

Jill Moody $12,000

Codi Baucom $11,500

Deb Renger $11,500

-T. Key-Fischer $11,000

Sierra Stoney $11,000

B. Pozzi-Pharr $9,000

-Sherry Cervi $8,000

Joleen Seitz $6,000

- wildcard entry

A slate full of past champions, Canadian champions, and World Champions. It is anyones game on Super Sunday. You can expect an incredible race to the finish.

Saturday's Wild Card Tiedown Roping was an example of how its not over till its over! One would have thought they would have been safe with a 7.1 second run, but it ONLY brought 3rd spot...not enough to make the short go round. Josh Peek roping his first sub 7 second run picked the right place to do it. A 6.6 secured his spot on championship Sunday.

There are three Canadian qualifers on the bareback riding lineup, four in the bull riding, one in the roping, three in the steer wrestling and four in the barrel racing. There were no Canadians qualify in the saddle bronc.

4 time Calgary Stampede champ Davey Shields will be looking for his 5th win today in the championship round.

When hedging a bet on this afternoons rodeo its hard to know who to put your money on. Do you go with the person that has marked the highest score or the fastest time at this rodeo or do you go with the one who's won it before? The reining world champ? The past world champ? Its anyone's cheque at this point, we'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out. Pick your favorite, pull up a chair and enjoy CBC's coverage of "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth"

If you don't get it on your television you can watch it live online. Here.
Scroll to bottom of the links page for a link to times and live player.

Calgary Stampede Winning Rides and Runs Online

Check out this page to watch the winning runs and rides each day of the Calgary Stampede. Dave Poulson does a great job of reviewing the high scores and fast times of each day.

Click and enjoy!

Rodeo Classifieds on the Road

Rodeo season is in full swing now. Many of us are hitting the road in pursuit of the next big win. If you happen to see my trailer or my name in the rodeo program(Michelle Davey) at a rodeo you are at, be sure to come by and introduce yourself. I know many of you only online and it would be great to meet you in person.



This past weekend Jet and I hit the road and visited CCA rodeos Warman, Unity and Kindersly. Although Kindersly had a lot of rain, we were lucky to run inside. Western Canada seems to be getting its fair share of rain lately. Hopefully the rains will be timely and keep the grass growing but the arenas dry!

Here are some pictures of the hail storm my travelling partner Rhonda and I ran into just outside of St. Rose, MB last night. We let the poor bikers in the one picture hop in while their family came from town to pick them up. In the other picture you can see the water laying in the fields on both sides of the highway.







Be sure to check out the classified ads, we have an incredible selection of horses, trailers and saddles online now. www.rodeoclassifieds.com

Canadian Barrel Futurities Kick Off

The first weekend in May saw the first barrel futurity in the Canadian Barrel Futurities series. The South Country Barrel Futurity and Derby in Cardston, AB was a great success as usual.

Futurity Champion was: Jodi Jamieson of Delbourne, Alberta riding a Crimewave daughter: SUM R HOT WAVE
Runner up in the futurity was Carmel Wright of Roy, Montana riding LITTLE DYNMITE a stallion by Doc O Dynamite

Derby Winner was Cardstons own Shellee Shaw on her Mr Eye Opener gelding MR COQUINA. Runner up in the derby was Jon Ottun of Montana and his Okey Dokey Dale gelding Okey Dokey Partner.

Complete Results can be found online at www.CanadianBarrelFuturities.com

The next event will be this coming weekend in Brooks, AB.

Barrel Racing Saddles Selling

Horses and trailers have been selling on a regular basis, but it seems like the barrel saddles are selling like hot cakes.

If you've been thinking of cleaning out your tack room, tack ads (including saddles) are only $25 WITH a picture ($15 without). An economical way to generate some cash and get you to the next barrel race or rodeo. Sell your old pads, bits and saddles that your not using.

Check out the ads online now: www.rodeoclassifieds.com

Canadian Pro Barrels Racers get their own "domain"

Through the initiative of Canadian Pro Rodeo Association's Ladies Barrel Racing director Marci Powell, the pro barrel racers of Canada have a new home on the net.

CanadianProBarrelRacers.com will be the online home for Canadian Pro Barrel Racers to stay up to date on time sensitive pertinant information. Marci will be keeping up with a blog which is part of the site. She also developed an area of the site where members can see where they are rodeo reps and the past measurements of the pattern at the rodeo. This will also be useful for new members in determining the arena size. Past champions horse and human will also be highlihted on the new website.


Powell states that "The initiative behind the development of our new site, is to bring our Sponsors to the fore front. As the Ladies Barrel Racers we have so many that contribute to our success. We love them all! Thank you!"

Not only will Marci be keeping the girls up to date via her blog, she will also be writing monthly features on members and sponsors in the Canadian Rodeo News.

Linz Sears - Takes Houston Barrel Racing

Canada's Lindsay Sears is well on her way to her third NFR. Taking over $60,000 out of Rodeo Houston, Sears has already won over $90,000 in season earnings and it is still March! A new season earnings record is well in the works. It would be fair to say Linz Sears will be the favorite to win the world in 2008 should be stay on the road.

Even with a few stumble steps Linz and Martha take the win by a couple tenths! Watch it here:


(check out www.rodeoup.com for more great videos)

Several other Canadians came out of Houston with some money. Deb Renger and Cathy Grant both made money in the rounds. Dusty LaValley, Rod Hay and Curtis Cassidy all took some money home and also made it back to the $50,000 round giving a great effort. Dusty and Curtis were second in their events, so close to the big check.
You can watch highlights from all the events here

Unofficially, other $50,000 winners were: BB - Steven Dent, BR: B.J. Schumacher, SW, Wade Sumpter, SB:, Scott Keogh, TDR: Josh Peek, TR ($55,000/2) Chad Masters and Jade Corkhill

Be sure to check out the awesome selection of barrel horses for sale, timed event horses, prospects, saddles, trucks, trailers and more! www.rodeoclassifieds.com

Have you ever wondered if your horse was Fugly?

You guys have got to check out this blog. It pretty much sums up the things many of us want to say. We are either too political, tactful or downright scared to say the the things this blogger does. It is hilarious and updated frequently.

Fugly Horse of The Day Blog

You'll want to make it one of your favorites and check back for a good laugh.

We've all seen those ads with fugly horses in them, this blogger tells us exactly what they think. You know $20,000 for that? Or...that horse is a stallion? It wouldn't even make a nice trail horse!

I have to thank Lisa for posting this on her website, I'm now a regular.

Until next time.....

Michelle

Tucson Rodeo Underway – Mud takes its toll on contestants.

I am officially a blog slacker. I was on such a real roll before I left the country. I’ve been hanging out in Arizona for a few weeks now and for some reason I haven’t had much inspiration for blogging. I have been on dial up here which makes everything a little more difficult. I feel for all of you who are still stuck on dial up all the time. You guys are real troopers! I do want to share some information with you on scammers, but that will have to wait until next time. Please accept my apologies and please keep checking back.


Today I thought I would fill you in on some fun I had on Monday. On Monday we took the day off from riding and went down to Tucson to watch the slack. This is no ordinary slack. You get to watch the best of the best compete from 8 in the morning till late in the afternoon if you are up for it. We were slowed up by a couple accidents getting into Tucson but were able to watch a handful of barrel racers bog through the mud. I didn’t get to watch any Canadian girls go, but there is no question the times would be outrun the next day. Several hours later the ground was much better. The desert sun can turn ground around in a hurry. A lot of the girls were running their back up horses and just breezing through. Results from the first round show Linz Sears winning the first go. Running in Tuesday’s slack would have been a big advantage ground wise. I watched Janna Jarreau run on Monday in the muck. She ran a 17.87 for 6th. A great run considering the conditions.

Exciting update since writing this...Canadian Barrel Racers are first and second in the second go that started Wednesday – Traci Dawson leads the second round with a 17.30, Lindsay Sears, second with a 17.37 (and is leading the average on 2 runs)

Following the barrel racing was the steer wrestling. Many of the doggers looked like contortionists at times as part of their bodies were going in different directions. A very long score line with steers that could cover ground quickly left most of the cowboys getting down at full throttle. Once hitting the dirt, there was no give. Legs heading everywhere, summersaults and face plants unfortunately the round would have made for a bang up bloopers video. Hit wasn’t long before the ground ended up hurting one of the Cowboys. Canadian cowboy Lee Graves was carried out of the arena in much pain. Before being carried from the arena it was clear it was his right knee that was hurt. I’m not sure the extent of his injury but do know he was taken to the hospital. Hopefully it won’t keep him down for long.

Several Canadian Tie Down Ropers were up Monday morning, but none of them made a move into the money. Before my trip down I purchased a new camera. The nicest camera I have ever purchased (but far from top of the line). I was impressed with some of the action shots I was able to capture. By the time the team roping ran the ground was improved. It’s too bad they didn’t run the barrel racing last, it would have been a lot better.


I’m not sure who the calf roper is as I wasn’t writing them down, but the team ropers are Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith.



If you are in to watching timed events and you happen to be in Arizona during the Tucson rodeo I highly recommend taking in the slack. It is great watching.

Here is a link to the results

Dash For Cash - a Legend

I found this great video on Dash For Cash. He really is a legend in the barrel racing and race horse world. So many great horses go back to Dash For Cash. His sons, daughters, and now grand get are becoming legends themselves.

Sit back and watch this great footage of the big ole guy.

Resizing your horse for sale pictures

Have you ever wondered how to easily crop and re size your barrel horses pictures? Or how about take the silly looking guy holding your prospect out of your picture. Maybe you were too far away when you took your picture and you want to crop it closer. Scanners and digital cameras these days take pictures at really large file sizes. This can make sending your pictures and viewing them a real pain in the butt.

Here is a link to some free software I use every day here at RodeoClassifieds.com. It is called Irfanview (click the word when you are ready to go to the site). It really is free, it is small and quick to download and install. It doesn't come with much for instructions so I made this quick video on how to crop and how to re size pictures.

I hope that this will help you out when you are sending ads in to RodeoClassifieds or when you are sending a bunch of pictures of your horses or trailers for sale to potential customers. You should crop all the extra stuff out of your pictures and also send them at a nice size for viewing, but also a size that will send and download quickly.

Here is the video, you'll see just how easy it is. It is me, on my computer, just for you! It has volume with me speaking, so you might have to adjust your volume....you really don't want to hear my voice blaring :o)



Be sure to sign up for our newsletter, our next newsletter will talk about buying and selling in the winter. We have so many nice horses for sale right now, check out the classifieds. If you are looking for a new trailer this season, the selection has never been better.

Get Mentally Tough For Rodeo and Barrel Racing

A couple years ago I purchased some old barrel racing magazines off ebay ("Turn" maganzine I believe they are called...or possibly the other but that's beside my point).

In each issue there was a short article by
Dr. Patrick Cohn a "Master Mental Game Coach". " I thought the short articles were fantastic and tracked him down online. His website and training tools are excellent.

The topics are not rodeo or barrel racing specific but it isn't hard to think in those terms and relate his tips to your situation.

If you long to improve your times this year I highly recommend spending some time to improve your mental game. I am so glad I did. I was really a puddle before I started to get control of my emotions. lol... Something I like to remind myself is: If you can't control yourself, how do you expect to control your horse?

If you are a parent of an up and coming rodeo star, I highly recommend the section for parents and how to help your kids be the best they can.

The products are excellent and the members area offers piles or audio and articles.

If nothing else, sign up for Dr. Cohn's free newsletter and get the free e-book. The newsletters are full of tips and give you lots to think about.

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