Daily Archives: March 25, 2010

Spencer Turner, Winning Ride at IFR 2009

Date, Rodeo Name and Location
Friday I competed at the IPRA rodeo in Cullman, Alabama

Which horse did you draw?
I drew a grey horse branded 511

Stock Contractor?   
The contractor was 5M Rodeo Company

How was your horse in the chute?
When I saw the draw and figured out what horse I had, I started asking around about him. I had never been to one of 5M’s rodeos so I had no idea about any of their horses. The contractor said that he was a good bronc and bucked good, but he had some issues in the chute. He had a reputation of rearing up in chute and flipping over on cowboys. After hearing this several times from the contractor, I was coming up with a game plan. I was gonna keep people away from his head, and saddle him and get ready without anybody near him. This planned worked pretty well. I saddled him, climbed in chute slow and smooth and got out on him without any issues. He never attempted to flip over but he did act very nervous in there and was moving around a lot. The Lord defiantly blessed me with a smooth uneventful time in the chute.

Did you learn about the horse before hand?
The guys I asked said that he was gonna be a good a good bronc (after the whole flipping over in the chute thing). They said he was one of the horses to have in this string of horses.

Tell me about your ride, did you feel strong, did the horse perform the way you thought it would?
After getting out on him smoothly from the chute, I was ready to make a good ride. He started awesome, he didn’t cover much ground the first jump and hung in the air, I laid back and spurred him really high in the neck, the second and third jump was exactly the same. I was sick all weekend and wasn’t feeling good at all, but Laying back and spurring a good bronc, makes ya forget about feeling sick. After a few awesome jumps and me spurring great and riding great, the horse had enough. He then decided to start run bucking down the arena. He started run bucking to the other end of the arena, and gaining speed, he slowed and hopped a little when he came to the fence. I spurred him the best i could while he was run bucking but still only scored a 73 because he didn’t buck great the whole time. That score was good enough for me to take 3rd place. Even though I was sick all weekend and the rodeos didn’t turn out like I wanted, I am still blessed to be out on the road doing what I love to do, which is riding bucking horses, and I thank the Lord for that.

Comments about the rodeo? committee, hospitality, etc.
This was my first time to Cullman, AL. The coliseum was nice and the crowd was packed.