Daily Archives: January 4, 2010

Spencer and Brandy

I hope the first couple days of the New Year finds everybody doing well and excited for 2010! As for myself, I am really looking forward to 2010!

2009 was a year of ups and downs for me. I started off on a pretty good winning streak, by winning a lot of the rodeos I entered in January. The International Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City was great for me too, I was blessed to win 2 of the 4 rounds. February was a little rough but I got back on track in March and April. May started ok then ended badly when I broke bones in my foot, crushed a few joints and dislocated almost every other joint in my foot. This injury put a big dent in my rodeo plans for the year and my 2009 rodeo goals. I did some intense therapy and entered a few rodeos in the beginning of August. I placed at one and then severely injured my other leg when I had a horse run me into a pipe fence. After this injury I pretty much put all my rodeo plans on hold until 2010 so I could heal up and start fresh for the new season. I then got a few phone calls and realized I qualified for the IPRA Central/Southern Region finals and the PRCA Great Lakes Circuit Finals in the fall. I wasn’t prepared to ride, but still rode well and was satisfied with how the season ended. I didn’t come close to accomplishing all of my rodeo goals for 2009, but I know everything happens for a reason and the Lord has great things in store for 2010. Even though I didn’t have the year in rodeo I was wanting, I still had a great year, I met my girlfriend in February and I also got to do a lot of other things I wouldn’t have normally got to do if I was rodeoing hard like normal. I also moved again, actually I moved several times, and I’m now settled in Otterville, MO.

In 2010 I have some of the same goals I had in 2009 that I didn’t accomplish. I am going to rodeo in the IPRA, PRCA and possibly some amateur associations around the Midwest. I plan on making the IPRA finals (IFR), and the PRCA Great Lakes Circuit Finals again. I plan on rodeoing enough to get my PRCA qualifications high enough so in 2011, I can enter some of the more elite rodeos where there is some major money to be won. I want to accomplish all of these goals in 2010, but I am not going to be stupid about it, I am not going to go broke doing it. The rodeo goal is still to make a living riding bucking horses, the bank does not care whether the money comes from pro rodeos or amateur rodeos, money is money. Don’t get me wrong, awards, accomplishments, and rodeo status are extremely nice, but I still have to pay bills and make a living. As far as my goals in my personal life for 2010, I am excited for 2010 with Brandy and our family and friends. I am looking forward to a new business opportunity. I am also going to try and get in better shape (and stay in shape), read more, be a better person by trying to live more like the Lord wants, help others, and I defiantly want to continue having fun and staying positive no matter what I’m doing. 2010 is going to be a great year, I wish all of the ontherodeoroad.com fans a Happy and Blessed New Year!

 *OTRR would like to wish Spencer Turner all the luck in 2010! We cant wait to put up rodeo updates from Spencer! I am sure it is going to be a rockin year!