Daily Archives: May 19, 2009

Spencer Turner, Winning Ride at IFR 2009

 
Date, Rodeo Name and Location
Friday May 8th, I went to The Rodeo On the Ridge in Lafe, Arkansas it was a PRCA rodeo 
 
 Which horse did you draw?
 I drew a little bay horse branded 24 and named Ben
 
 Stock Contractor?
The rodeo stock contractor was Classic ProRodeo from Texas
 
How was your horse in the chute?
He wasn’t real bad as far as trying to flip over or anything but he did lay down a couple times
 
Did you learn about the horse before hand?
I looked on the computer and noticed that he had not had a qualified ride on him in the last 8 or so times he was bucked. I asked around and found out that he was just a common horse but he had a wild move when he came to the fence and that’s where he threw most of the riders.
 
Tell me about your ride, did you feel strong, did the horse perform the way you thought it would?
After i got on him he laid down and wouldn’t get up. I called for the gate while he was lying down. With the gate open the horse still didn’t leave. They closed the gate and we rolled him up into the next chute. I got on him again and again he laid down, I called for the gate again this time he got up and started bucking. They had a ton of rain in the area that week and earlier that day and the arena was really muddy and had standing water on top of the mud. That I think had an effect on the horses. My horse just kinda hopped across the arena and came to the fence and had a suck back move and threw his head up but I was ready for it. After that he was weaker and didn’t buck very good and even worse than he did in the beginning of the ride. I scored a 71 and made some money by splitting 3rd and 4th.
 
Comments about the rodeo? Committee, hospitality, etc.
The rodeo added $1000 in the bronc riding and the committee had a ton of food for the contestants.