Daily Archives: September 21, 2009
Tracey Goodman checks in to talk about Memphis, TN PRCA Rodeo *Video*
Tracey Goodman and Biscuit
Well, this is one of my absolute most favorite rodeos seeing as how it’s my hometown rodeo. Last year, it was also the rodeo that I filled my permit on by taking home the 2nd place check! Biscuit seems to really fire hard in this pen at the rodeos. He loves the loud crowd and the attention that he gets!! To start the day off right, my cousin and I head to the arena knowing it doesn’t take long to get there. Little did I know or remember…traffic was gonna be horrible considering they were having the fair and everyone within a 200 mile radius was coming to it to it. Also, the low fuel light was on on my truck so at every stop we would make…I’d turn the truck off and wait in line. Pitiful, I know!! Anyways, we make it to the gas station and then back to the traffic jam. We park after about a 30 minute wait, get out, pay our fees and start getting ready. Biscuit warmed up pretty good. He was wired for sound so I took him out away from all civilization and let him chill some. That always helps him mentally. He can handle anything you throw at him but you have to go about it the right way or he will tell you different!! lol. So, let the can chasing begin!! The times were stacked in there pretty thick from the night before and a good bit faster than last year. I was really curious to see how this turned out. Well, I put Biscuit in his little “safe corner” close to the arena, get on and send him down the alley. Picture perfect first barrel…which is slightly unusual. Pretty nice second and third and he hit another gear coming out. The crowd was going crazy!! We had the fastest time of the night and that was good enough to take home 4th for the weekend. It was a tough and very good rodeo. It’s such a good feeling to be blessed with a good run, especially in your home town for everyone you know to see.
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Queen of the cloverleaf
By OWEN R. SMITH
The East Oregonian
PENDLETON - Needing a 28.52 second ride or better to secure a record fourth consecutive barrel racing win at the Round-Up, Linzie Walker put her faith in her horse Azure Dude and turned in the best time all week-a 28.22 second effort that gave her the victory in just her fourth rodeo of the year.
“My horse is my secret,” Walker said. “He never lets me down. There’s nothing you can really do to prepare. You just sa a little prayer before you get on and away you go. But I have Dude and I can count on him 110 percent. That’s what sets him apart from the rest.”
Jana Isaac almost stole the show with a 28.40 time to go with her first-round 28.45, but Walker and Azure Dude were nearly flawless in the last ride of the day.
The Round-Up is Walker’s favorite rodeo, which might be obvious with four wins in a row here. But she said that Saturday’s win is the one she treasures most.
“Honestly, this year is my favorite year because I know what competition’s coming, I know how tough it can be, I know what I have to do,” she said. “Everybody who knows me and Dude, everybody in these stands expects it from me. I try not to let them down and not let Dude down.”
The timed events portion of the rodeo started with a tie between two men. Jerrad Hofstetter and Matt Shiozawa both turned in a 33.7 aggregate through three runs. Hofstetter came in at 23.1 and needed to hit 10.6 to take the lead, which he nailed exactly in the third-fastest run of the day. (read more)
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