Daily Archives: July 24, 2009
Horse theft affecting state, nation *Justice For Dually*
By David Montgomery
Capital Journal staff
Published/Last Modified on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 – 01:05:30 am CDT
FORT PIERRE — When Marsha Swanberg heard about what had happened to the rodeo horse Dually after the Fourth of July Rodeo in Fort Pierre, she said she got sick to her stomach and cried for an hour. She still follows the case of the injured horse on a daily basis.
But Swanberg, like hundreds of other people paying close attention to the search for people suspected of injuring Dually, isn’t from near Fort Pierre. She’s a resident of Elk River, Minn., and is one example of how a crime committed in Fort Pierre has become a national story.
“I just can’t see somebody taking a horse and abusing it like that horse was abused,” said Swanberg, who looks for news about Dually on the rodeo Web site…(read more)
Posted in Justice For Dually, Rodeo News
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Trevor Brazile eyes record-tying 7th rodeo crown
By MATT JOYCE (AP)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — To hear Trevor Brazile tell it, the skinny cowboy blends in inconspicuously with the rest of the hard-traveling ropers and riders hustling from rodeo to rodeo at this time of year.
But when the Decatur, Texas, roper and his horse pop out of the chutes in hot pursuit of a steer, lariat circling overhead, the six-time all-around world champion’s signature skills come into focus.
“Luckily I’ve got great partners in my horses that make up for my weaknesses,” Brazile said this week during a break at Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. “And like I say, I’m a realist and I work hard.” (read more)
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