Today's Team-roping Talent Pool Runs Deep
I was one of those rookies 37 years ago who thought rodeo was so much fun that there wasn’t much more to life. We were going to more than 100 rodeos, rodeo was my life and it has been ever since. Now I’m seeing not only the faces changing, but the event evolving. Gradually, some of the older guys are going by the wayside and we’re seeing the new kids on the block coming up. Year in and year out you could always expect us to be in the conversation, but the Jakes and Clays and Speeds and Riches won’t be hanging on much longer. It goes so fast.
Thirty-seven years went by in a flash, and now the younger guys are stepping up. Styles have changed, team roping has gotten tougher and there are new guys winning all the time. The cream always comes to the top, and no one stays on top forever. The faces keep changing, and the next set of guys to watch keeps coming.
This story is from the August 2017 edition of Spin to Win Rodeo.
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