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Blue Moon talks about her truck alternator and the MVP Dash For Cash Barrel Race
Blue Moon and Dually
Good Morning OTRR Peeps!!
I thought I would write a review/update from my travels last weekend. This time last week, Guinness, The Heelin Hottie and myself were headed up to Lewisburg, OH to the MVP Dash for Cash show. Guinness and I had attended a MVP Show last October at Circle G and LOVED IT! We had an absolute blast and thought it would be a great way to kick off our season by starting it at another MVP Show. Well…..it was an interesting weekend that is for sure!!!
Friday morning we rolled in around 11:00, got the boys settled in their stalls and went to buy some exhibtions. Guinness was only going to be exhibitioning her horse Roanie and I wanted to get one run in on Dually. When I saddled Dually up for exhibtions I realized he had a bent shoe. ARRGGHHH!! Brent Puhl was nice enough to put me in contact with a farrier at Circle G and he got him all fixed up. In the meantime Guinness was in the warm up pen with Roanie who was acting RIDICULOUS because Dually was gone. HELLO!! What is THIS all about??????? Guinness went in and had great exhibtions and Dually had a nice run as well.
Friday night I warmed up the D man and went in for my run. This is how it went down:
Announcer: Blue Moon and Dually, the arena is yours!
Me: Kick, Kick, Kick, Smooch, Smooch, Smooch
Dually: UH, HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!! (running backwards, shaking head, planting feet!) NO WAY MOM!!!!!!!
Announcer: Blue Moon and Dually, come on in!!!!!!!
Me: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? SERIOUSLY????
Steps in Guinness………
Guinness: Let me walk him in
Dually settles, walks in and makes a pretty run but very slow. It was almost a full second off of what our last time was in that pen. This is where I start getting concerned. Is he hurting? Is he being an ASS because Roanie is not up at the pen? What is it??? Well at this point, I will just sleep on it and tomorrow is another run, right??????
Friday Night Run, Blue Moon and Dually
Saturday morning: Guinness goes to start the truck………………DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!!!! It won’t even turn over! The Heelin Hottie messes around with it and Guinness and I head off to find a diesel to jump it! We get it jumped, get to the show to feed, and get Guinness ready for exhibtions. Roanie did good in exhibtions and I head off to start the truck to make SURE it will still start……….DEAD, DEAD, DEAD! You have to be KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! The Heeling Hottie decides it is the alternator and gets it jumped again to head out to find a place that can replace it. He finds a tiny garage right past Circle G and pulls in to see if they will fix it. Will they fix it? YES! Will they take a check or a credit card? NO! So now I am on the hunt to figure out how to find a wad of cash. I walked up to the MVP office, told this SWEET, SWEET, SWEET woman my dilema. It actually went something like this:
Me: I have a bit of a problem
Sweet Woman: You do, what is wrong?
Me: My truck has broke down and my boyfriend has left to go get it fixed and they said they would fix it but that I had to pay cash and I dont have any way to get any cash and I have to have my truck ma’am because if I don’t I am going to have ride my horse all the way back to KY and he is acting weird anyway, he may be sore or something and I don’t know if he will make it and then I dont know what I am going to do and blah, blah, blah….there was lots more rambling and run on sentences.
Sweet Woman: Honey, I will personally cash your check, that is no big deal. Just go get your checkbook.
Me: You are the most amazing person I have ever met!!!!!!!!
I skipped off to get my checkbook and when I gave her the check, I secretly looked to see if she had wings or a halo, I didn’t see any but that woman is an ANGEL!
Saturday night: I go in to make my run and Dually ducked the second. OH NO!!!!!! Something is wrong. I had found out that I had made it back to the Finals on Sunday so I still had one more run to make. I worked all over Dually Saturday night and could find nothing. This is so NOT like him! He didn’t seem sore but he did seem aggitated. Again, I thought…….if this has something to do with him wanting to be with Roanie……….then I feel bad for him. 
haha! The Heeling Hottie made it back with the truck. It sounded GREAT! I was so glad to have him and the truck back at the show. He is truely a great guy to spend THREE days at a barrel race with me and Guinness and on top of that, run around getting the truck fixed. Thanks babe!
Sunday morning: I go in to make my run in the Finals and Dually ducked again. I pulled him up and left the arena. I hauled home very disappointed but worried about my horsey. I have had the vet and the chiro out and we have found out that he has some soreness issues and we are dealing with those. He is going to be fine and that was my main concern. I was sooooooooo excited about the MVP show and I have to say the show itself was FANTASTIC. The people, the announcer…….everything…..it was all just GREAT! They are having another in June and OTRR will be there, that is for sure.
I learned a good lesson this weekend. No matter how hard you perpare, all the late nights and hauling your ponies up and down the road to get them in shape, anything can happen. You can’t have a good weekend EVERY weekend. Even though I left there a bit disappointed, I have to say……I loved every second of being there!! After all, having fun with your friends, laughing and watching some AWESOME runs and spending time with your most favorite animal on earth………..that is what it is all about!!
- Guinness and Roanie
See ya out on the road!
Blue Moon
“Work hard, keep your standard high and never settle for anything less then you are capable of achieving.” -Sherry Cervi
Teen cowboys from New Mexico remembered as remarkable
It was Michael Hillman’s first professional rodeo win, and the first professional rodeo for his friend, Jesse Andrus.
Andrus and Hillman recently turned 18 and were following dreams of joining the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association when they came to Arizona last weekend.
They’d driven a white Dodge pickup truck with a camper shell from their home in Roswell, N.M., to Cave Creek to compete in Saturday’s Fiesta Days Rodeo.
They never made it back.
After the competition, where Hillman took first place in saddle bronc, the young men told a rodeo official they planned to leave Arizona early Sunday morning, because they wanted to be home in time for classes on Monday. Both were seniors at Goddard High School.
Word spread quickly Monday that the young cowboys were missing. By 10:30 a.m., Roswell police contacted Scottsdale police to help find them.
Officers used a cellphone’s GPS and found Andrus and Hillman dead in a north Scottsdale Safeway parking lot later that morning. Investigators suspect the men died of accidental carbon-monoxide poisoning. The generator on the rear of the vehicle may have been running, Scottsdale police said. (read more and picture credit)
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The Winner is……………
The winner of the T.H.E Calming Cookies is…………Amy Wahl!!! Thanks so much for everybody’s comments! We will do another giveaway soon!
Dodge National Circuit Finals News: Tammy Bruso Brings DCNFR Back to Southeastern Circuit after 17 years!
Pocatello, Idaho-It may well go down as one of the most exciting WPRA barrel races in Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo history. With one arena record already in the books posted by Wilderness Circuit Champion Sue Smith on opening night, the barrel racers heated things up even more on Saturday night.
With the DNCFR Championship on the line, Tammy Bruso and her 10-year old mare, Sweet Red Bug, proved that consistency wins titles.
Bruso, the Southeastern Circuit champion, had a relatively quiet DNCFR until the final run. She posted runs of 14.96 seconds and 14.97 in the first two rounds. In any normal year, these times would have been winning rounds but in the torrid conditions of 2010, Bruso collected a split of fourth and fifth in the second go and fourth in the average.
With all times erased for Saturday night, eight ladies took their shot at being one of the four who would come back to run for the championship. With nothing to lose, the times were again in record territory….(read more)
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Tomorrow……………We announce the winner of the T.H.E CALMING COOKIES!!
Be sure and leave a comment on our facebook or here telling us why you would like a bag of Calming Cookies for your horsey!!! We will draw for the winner tomorrow morning. From what I hear……..these cookies are AWESOME!
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It is Product Giveaway time!!!
Does your horse get nervous, excited, and unsure? These may be just what you need! T.H.E Products has introduced Calming Cookies! T.H.E has many wonderful products and if you haven’t checked out their website be sure and do so!
Bob at T.H.E is generous enough to give one lucky On The Rodeo Road Fan a bag of Calming Cookies! This is a $39.90 value, and one bag contains 30 doses.
Dose them one hour out and they begin to work in about 30 to 40 minutes and will last up to 4 hours.
There are 5 levels. Level one is for a horse that is just a bit too unfocused but not nervous. Level 2 and three will calm a normally nervous horse that is unfocused and keeps moving around but not uncontrollable.
Level 4 is for a VERY nervous horse and level 5 is for a psycho.
Bob will talk to whoever our lucky winner is and make sure you receive the correct level for your horse.
So.. lets get the fun started! Leave us a comment here, or on our facebook page (if you arent a fan yet, where ya been??) and tell us, why you think your horse would benefit from T.H.E Calming Cookies!
*Oh these cookies are only for horses…so they aren’t going to help your nerves!
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What is your workout routine?? Spencer Turner tells us about his!
Hello Ontherodeoroad.com fans,
So far this year I havent rodeo’d as much as I have in years past, but I have started something that will defiantly help me when I do start to hit the road hard in a few weeks. I started some serious condition training with some Mixed Martial Arts fighters at Battleground Fight Academy in Sedalia, MO. Last summer while I was hurt Brandy purchased P90X workout videos, I did the first couple DVD’s but I couldn’t get motivated to work out at home. I have been in and out of the gym since I was in high school, for some reason I can get motivated to drive to the gym but can’t get motivated to workout at home. So after a few failed attempts to workout at home, I started working out at Brian’s Gym in Sedalia. After a few weeks of working out, I started asking about the Battleground Fight Academy which is at the same place the gym is. I am a fan of UFC and other MMA associations, and have always found it very interesting the training regimens that these guys (and girls) do to stay in prime fighting condition. I have been wanting to train and condition like them, because I know that it can definitely help me with saddle bronc riding. The better shape I am in physically and mentally, the better I ride and more I win, and I like winning. After talking to Brian of Brian’s Gym, we worked out a deal with Battleground Fight Academy, for me to condition and train with them. The first conditioning class was a real eye opener. Like I mentioned before, I have been in and out of the gym since high school (I worked out for a few years then didn’t for a few years and then I would and then I wouldn’t, you get the idea). For the most part it has all been weight training, with a little cardio, and I mean little. The first session started with 500 jumping jacks (I haven’t done 500 in my whole life, so this was a challenge), then it proceeded to go into jumps and all sorts of plyometrics for the next hour with no breaks at all. I missed the second class of the week because it is on Wednesday and I was entered Montgomery, AL on Thursday, and I didn’t want to overdo it, since I am just starting. This was a good call because, I’m not gonna lie, my calves were sore for 6 days. The first session was about a month ago, and I do it twice a week, I don’t get as sore as I did in the beginning but sometimes I am still a little sore. I’m sure after a few more weeks of training I will be fine. I am still weight training in between the sessions at Battleground Fight Academy, so my body has been getting a rude awaking the last month or so, but it will all pay off. I really enjoy training with these guys, every session is something totally different and new. It all revolves around plyometrics, but with a twist. I went to a MMA fight a few weeks ago to watch a few guys from Battleground fight, including the conditioning instructor. Not only did the guys win quite handily, they were not exhausted at all. This just shows how awesome the conditioning and training is here. Since I have never been around MMA, or any of that, for now I am just sticking to the conditioning part of the training, I have sat in on some of the fight training and am looking forward to joining in soon, I also sat in on a boxing class they offer, I am planning on starting that as soon as I can. I don’t really have the desire to fight right now but I figure it can’t hurt to learn it. The coordination that comes with all the training is bound to help with me riding bucking horses, just as the conditioning is. I am looking forward to continued training and conditioning in the upcoming weeks. I would like to thank Brian’s Gym and Battleground Fight Academy for this awesome opportunity. You can check them out online or facebook if your interested in joining. Keep checking back to ontherodeoroad.com for more rodeo updates along with new training adventures.
God Bless,
Spencer
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In saddle or on ground, Taos Muncy loves what he does
Taos Muncy got tossed.
From his knees, on the dusty floor of City Bank Coliseum, the former world champion flung a fistful of dirt at Stranger, a young Beutler & Son’s bronc that got the better of him Saturday at the ABC Pro Rodeo.
Lubbock rodeo fans witnessed an oddity: Taos Muncy not making the whistle. But hey, the Corona, N.M., cowboy still got to spend another day at the rodeo.
“Heck, I do what I love, and I’m lucky to have this as a job,” he said.
The 5-foot-10, 155-pound Muncy enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top of the sport three seasons ago, becoming the youngest world champion ever – 20 years, six months – in saddle bronc riding. But a broken leg kept Muncy from making it back to the National Finals Rodeo in 2008, and he had to overcome a broken ankle early last year to make his second trip and finish seventh in the world.
Those experiences taught him something.
“You’ve still got to work for it,” he said. “I know after I got hurt, I really appreciate everything – getting to go and travel and go to rodeos … I appreciate it a lot more now than I think I did before.” (read more)
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DCNFR: Carmine Nastri and Brad Goodrich bring a combined 57 years of experience!
Carmine Nastri and Brad Goodrich, considered legends in the world of circuit rodeo, will bring a combined experience of 57 years to the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo at Holt Arena next week.
From April 7-10 at the DNCFR’s “Thunder under the Dome,” they’ll be seeking to add more wins to their already impressive records.
Nastri, 49, who splits his time between upstate New York in the summers and Georgia in the winters, got his start in rodeo at the age of 15 when he bought his Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association permit to gain entry into competitions. After winning more than the required $1,000 in prize money in that first year, he became a full member of the PRCA.
Since that time, Nastri has won too many titles to count and has made it to the national finals in Pocatello 11 times. One of his greatest achievements was winning the all-around title at the DNCFR in 2003, and he looks forward to every chance he gets to compete in Pocatello.
“This is probably the highlight of my year,” Nastri said via telephone while on horseback in Georgia. “This is the next best thing (to the Professional Bull Riders World Cup in Las Vegas) for a circuit cowboy that doesn’t rope full time and compete every day of the week.”
Nastri gained entry to the DNCFR by winning the average in calf-roping and team roping at the Dodge First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo in Harrisburg, Pa., in January of this year. Those combined wins also netted him the all-around title for the competition. He will compete in the calf-roping and team-roping competitions next week.
“I’ll try not to make any mistakes and make the best runs I can,” he said about next week’s rodeo. “Naturally, winning the final would be great.”…(read more)
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Canadian coach likes cup chances – PBR
The Professional Bull Riders outfit, trying to hype its annual five nations World Cup, asked the captains a couple of weeks ago to name their five-man teams.
They all complied, with the reservation that the rosters wouldn’t be locked in until the morning of April 12.
Team Canada coach Cody Snyder listed Aaron Roy, Scott Schiffner, Devon Mezei, Tyler Thomson and Tanner Girletz.
“The shoo-ins are Roy and Schiffner,” Snyder said, before hesitating and beginning his response again. “Right now, I’m looking at about nine guys total. I’m not saying I have any shoo-ins because every guy has to be healthy and riding with momentum.”
Roy, regarded as Canada’s premier bull rider, suddenly is not healthy.
He got busted up at the Ty Murray Invitational this past weekend at Albuquerque, N.M., riding a bull called Heavy Hitter, and went on the disabled list with a bruised right knee.
He’ll miss this weekend’s Ford Series start at New Orleans and possibly another the weekend after, at Nampa, Idaho. (read more)
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