Daily Archives: July 28, 2009

Date, Rodeo Name and Location.
July 18, 2009. Davis Memorial Rodeo in Ringgold, Ga. PRCA.  
 
Which horse did you run?
I ran the one and only…Biscuit. lol.

How was your warmup? Did you get there in plenty of time to get prepared?
We got there in plenty of time to do just about anything we wanted to do. ha. The warmup went well. He was fine for the first few minutes I was on him. Long trotted and acted like a complete gentleman…then he wanted to break off in to his lunatic act he pulls. When he starts acting like that, I know I have done something right.

How did you feel mentally?
Mentally, I was good to go. The night before, I had taken him to and open rodeo in Mississippi and ran him. He had a smoking run and outran a lot of nice horses by 3 tenths. I knew as long as I did my part, I could make a nice run. Usually if anything goes wrong, I can blame myself for it. He only listens to me.
 
Tell me about your run, the good the bad and the ugly. Exactly how you felt about it?
Our run was satisfactory to me. He ran really, really hard. Went blowing into the first and peeled the paint off of it. Second and third could have been a little bit prettier but he was flat out rolling and didn’t waste a whole lot of time at them. Didn’t run out as hard as he could have as it was a closed gate that ended in a pretty dark alley. Ya never know what kind of booger-bears can be hanging out in a place like that…especially when we were only there 15 seconds ago. lol.

How was the ground, alley, warm up area, etc?
The ground was a tad hard but he handled it like a champ. As far as the set up of the whole rodeo, I will be back for years to come. It’s an awesome rodeo with an amazing crowd. Where we warmed up was just a big, open field. Alley wasn’t all that long but it was decent.

Comments about the rodeo?
Very good rodeo. At the opposite end of the rodeo, there is a little old-timey looking town for the spectators. Very neat! Great, FREE food at the concession stand. Heck, they even fed my sweet little hauling partner, Callie (my aussie pup). There was a digital timer up which I love to see at a rodeo. This was a pretty good rodeo as far as competition. The last few holes they paid were stacked right on top of each other. All in all, I’ll be back next year. We didn’t make a lot of money but something is better than nothing.    
 
Anything funny or out of the ordinary happen at this rodeo? (or did you see anything funny, hahah)
Oh gosh, this was one of the funniest trips I have taken lately. My cousin, who doesn’t rodeo, went with me, along with my crazy dog. We stopped in a little town in Alabama to eat at the smallest pizza place in the world. This place is proof that size doesn’t matter…the food was delicious but there was barely room enough for two booths to sit at!! lol. We let Biscuit off the trailer and Callie got to run around and chase a giant ROOSTER that actually scared her. Then, coming into Georgia, there was the scariest bridge I think I have ever crossed in my life. I had to lock the brakes up on the trailer to make it down the hill that led to the one way, two laned bridge that wasn’t quit up to code. lol. Then we led off into a little windy road that GPS so intelligently led us down. I believe we heard banjos playing. Thank goodness we left 5 hours early. :) There were TONS and TONS of stories that I could tell you about this trip but I think I’ll save it for a rainy day.