Daily Archives: January 20, 2010

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Steamboat Springs — Skis, poles, snow and cowboy hats went flying over the gates on the sides of Stampede run Tuesday afternoon, as 64 cowboys on skis and snowboards flew, tumbled or ran the final event of the 36th annual Cowboy Downhill.

Jed Moore — a bull-riding rodeo cowboy from Cheyenne, Wyo., who came into his 13th year racing in Cowboy Downhill hoping to take home his second consecutive win — said he knew his fellow rodeo competitors would be gunning for him at Tuesday’s event.

“They told me that they’d rather take themselves out and put me out of the race than have me win, so I was a little bit weary of some of the competition today,” Moore said.

By catching a solid jump off the kicker on the Cowboy Downhill course, Moore was able to reclaim his title as champion of the event-ending stampede.

He claimed third in the timed slalom event. (read more)