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Matt Cohen : Best of 2016 Rodeo Slideshow

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Bull Riding

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Bareback Riding

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Saddle Bronc Riding

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Tie-Down Roping

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Barrel Racing

about a year ago

2016 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Steer Wrestling

about a year ago

.@joakim_ryan @sjsharksofficial #sjsharks

.@joakim_ryan @sjsharksofficial #sjsharks

Joe Thornton ➡️ @brent_burns_88 @sjsharksofficial #sjsharks

Joe Thornton ➡️ @brent_burns_88 @sjsharksofficial #sjsharks

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“I’ve been rodeoing most of my life. Back when I was barrel-racing in high school and college rodeos, making the National Rodeo Finals seemed attainable. It was a goal, something I planned to do.
Then, you grow up and life happens and making the NFR becomes less a goal than some vague dream. At least that’s what happened to me. Even as recently as last year, finishing the season in the top fifteen was still a dream. But all that changed this year.” - Jessie Telford
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Cowboy Journal is following Jessie, and other @_classicequine athletes, as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE
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Photo by @mattcohenphoto
Featuring @jessie.telford
#thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #classicequine #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #rodeolife #barrelracing #barrelhorse #bareelracer

#Repost @thecowboyjournal ・・・ “I’ve been rodeoing most of my life. Back when I was barrel-racing in high school and college rodeos, making the National Rodeo Finals seemed attainable. It was a goal, something I planned to do. Then, you grow up and life happens and making the NFR becomes less a goal than some vague dream. At least that’s what happened to me. Even as recently as last year, finishing the season in the top fifteen was still a dream. But all that changed this year.” - Jessie Telford . . . Cowboy Journal is following Jessie, and other @_classicequine athletes, as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE . Photo by @mattcohenphoto Featuring @jessie.telford #thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #classicequine #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #rodeolife #barrelracing #barrelhorse #bareelracer

C.J. DeForest @marysville_stampede 2018

C.J. DeForest @marysville_stampede 2018

. @cameron_messier_ @marysville_stampede 2018

. @cameron_messier_ @marysville_stampede 2018

Seriously @halideapp is amazing.

Seriously @halideapp is amazing.

#Repost @thecowboyjournal
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“I’m not the youngest saddle-bronc rider out there. I’m thirty-eight and will turn thirty-nine on December 5th, the day before the start of the NFR. Let’s just say I’m well-seasoned.
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But I feel almost better than I did when I was going earlier. I don’t know what the deal is. There are still days when you crawl out of the van, and you’re stiff and sore, but it don’t take a whole lot of stretching to get back at it again.” - J.J. Elshere
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Cowboy Journal is following @cinchjeans roughstock athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE
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Photo by @mattcohenphoto
#thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #broncs #broncriding #broncrider #roughstock #buckinghorse

#Repost @thecowboyjournal ・・・ “I’m not the youngest saddle-bronc rider out there. I’m thirty-eight and will turn thirty-nine on December 5th, the day before the start of the NFR. Let’s just say I’m well-seasoned. . But I feel almost better than I did when I was going earlier. I don’t know what the deal is. There are still days when you crawl out of the van, and you’re stiff and sore, but it don’t take a whole lot of stretching to get back at it again.” - J.J. Elshere . . . Cowboy Journal is following @cinchjeans roughstock athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE . Photo by @mattcohenphoto #thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #broncs #broncriding #broncrider #roughstock #buckinghorse

mini bronc riding @marysville_stampede 2018

mini bronc riding @marysville_stampede 2018

#Repost @thecowboyjournal
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“I’m on the bubble, but that’s not the only excitement I’m feeling at the moment. My wife, Randa, is going to give birth any day now. Her due date was September 17th—three days ago!
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When Randa’s due date rolled around, I was in Oklahoma at Tyler Pearson’s house trying to figure out which rodeos I can get to and still be there for my wife. I’m in a tight spot—sitting fourteenth with about five thousand dollars between me and being out of the top fifteen.
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From now until the end of September, I’m entered in eight rodeos. If I’m lucky, I’ll make five or six of them. My wife being due at any second throws a bit of a curveball, but the birth of my baby girl means more to me than anything.” - Kyle Irwin
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Cowboy Journal is following seven @cinchjeans and @_classicequine athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE
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Photo by @mattcohenphoto
Featuring @kyleirwin15
#thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #classicequine #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #rodeolife #bulldogger #bulldogging #steerwrestling #steerwrestler

#Repost @thecowboyjournal ・・・ “I’m on the bubble, but that’s not the only excitement I’m feeling at the moment. My wife, Randa, is going to give birth any day now. Her due date was September 17th—three days ago! . When Randa’s due date rolled around, I was in Oklahoma at Tyler Pearson’s house trying to figure out which rodeos I can get to and still be there for my wife. I’m in a tight spot—sitting fourteenth with about five thousand dollars between me and being out of the top fifteen. . From now until the end of September, I’m entered in eight rodeos. If I’m lucky, I’ll make five or six of them. My wife being due at any second throws a bit of a curveball, but the birth of my baby girl means more to me than anything.” - Kyle Irwin . . . Cowboy Journal is following seven @cinchjeans and @_classicequine athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE . Photo by @mattcohenphoto Featuring @kyleirwin15 #thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #classicequine #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #rodeolife #bulldogger #bulldogging #steerwrestling #steerwrestler

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“Five years ago, near the end of my rookie year as a pro-rodeo saddle-bronc rider, a reporter for the Missoulian newspaper asked me what I hoped to be doing five years down the road.
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I’d like to be making a run for the National Finals Rodeo, I told him, and hopefully will have been there a couple times.
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It’s five years later, and the first half of that statement is coming true. I’m currently sixteenth with seventy-one-thousand dollars won. But I’ve never been to the NFR. Until this year, I’ve never even finished in the top fifty.” - Chase Brooks
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Cowboy Journal is following @cinchjeans roughstock athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE
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Photo by @mattcohenphoto
Featuring @chase_bronx
#thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #broncs #broncriding #broncrider #roughstock #buckinghorse

#Repost @thecowboyjournal ・・・ “Five years ago, near the end of my rookie year as a pro-rodeo saddle-bronc rider, a reporter for the Missoulian newspaper asked me what I hoped to be doing five years down the road. . I’d like to be making a run for the National Finals Rodeo, I told him, and hopefully will have been there a couple times. . It’s five years later, and the first half of that statement is coming true. I’m currently sixteenth with seventy-one-thousand dollars won. But I’ve never been to the NFR. Until this year, I’ve never even finished in the top fifty.” - Chase Brooks . . . Cowboy Journal is following @cinchjeans roughstock athletes as they fight to make the NFR. Win or Go Home. Follow the action: #theCjHASE . Photo by @mattcohenphoto Featuring @chase_bronx #thecowboyjournal #onthebubble #cinchjeans #leaddontfollow #rodeo #rodeo2018 #nfr2018 #broncs #broncriding #broncrider #roughstock #buckinghorse

2015 WNFR: Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifiers: Team Roping

September 29, 2015 in Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, rodeo

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Check out my Best of 2015 slideshow.

Congratulations to the cowboys who finished the season in the top 15 of the PRCA team roping (headers & heelers) standings. Here are some recent pictures of the 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo team roping qualifiers. Good luck in Vegas to all!

Headers

#1 - Clay Tryan of Billings, MT

#1 - Clay Tryan of Billings, MT

#2 - Derrick Begay of Seba Dalki, AZ

#2 - Derrick Begay of Seba Dalki, AZ

#3 - Chad Masters of Cedar Hill, TN

#3 - Chad Masters of Cedar Hill, TN

#4 - Trevor Brazile of Decatur, TX

#4 - Trevor Brazile of Decatur, TX

#5 - Aaron Tsinigine of Tuba City, AZ

#5 - Aaron Tsinigine of Tuba City, AZ

#6 - Jake Cooper of Monument, NM

#6 - Jake Cooper of Monument, NM

#7 - Colby Lovell of Madisonville, TX

#7 - Colby Lovell of Madisonville, TX

#8 - Erich Rogers of Round Rock, AZ

#8 - Erich Rogers of Round Rock, AZ

#9 - Nick Sartain of Dover, OK

#9 - Nick Sartain of Dover, OK

#10 - Luke Brown of Stephenville, TX

#10 - Luke Brown of Stephenville, TX

#11 - Jake Barnes of Scottsdale, AZ

#11 - Jake Barnes of Scottsdale, AZ

#12 - Clay Smith of Broken Bow, OK

#12 - Clay Smith of Broken Bow, OK

#13 - Coleman Proctor of Pryor, OK

#13 - Coleman Proctor of Pryor, OK

#14 - Riley Minor of Ellensburg, WA

#14 - Riley Minor of Ellensburg, WA

#15 - Matt Sherwood of Pima, AZ

#15 - Matt Sherwood of Pima, AZ

Heelers

#1 - Jade Corkill of Fallon, NV

#1 - Jade Corkill of Fallon, NV

#2 - Clay O'Brien Cooper of Gardnerville, NV

#2 - Clay O'Brien Cooper of Gardnerville, NV

#3 - Patrick Smith of Lipan, TX

#3 - Patrick Smith of Lipan, TX

#4 - Travis Graves of Jay, OK

#4 - Travis Graves of Jay, OK

#5 - Ryan Motes of Weatherford, TX

#5 - Ryan Motes of Weatherford, TX

#6 - Kollin VonAhn of Blanchard, OK

#6 - Kollin VonAhn of Blanchard, OK

#7 - Travis Woodard of Stockton, CA

#7 - Travis Woodard of Stockton, CA

#8 - Kory Koontz of Sudan, TX

#8 - Kory Koontz of Sudan, TX

#9 - Paul Eaves of Lonedell, MO

#9 - Paul Eaves of Lonedell, MO

#10 - Cory Petska of Marana, AZ

#10 - Cory Petska of Marana, AZ

#11 - Rich Skelton of Llano, TX

#11 - Rich Skelton of Llano, TX

#12 - Junior Nogueira of Scottsdale, AZ

#12 - Junior Nogueira of Scottsdale, AZ

#13 - Jake Long of Coffeyville, KS

#13 - Jake Long of Coffeyville, KS

#14 - Brady Minor of Ellensburg, WA

#14 - Brady Minor of Ellensburg, WA

#15 - Russell Cardoza of Terrebonne, OR

#15 - Russell Cardoza of Terrebonne, OR

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