Month: July 6, 2011

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Runnin’ hot

The Fourth of July rodeo run was plenty lucrative in 2011. In fact, 59 cowboys and cowgirls earned at least $10,000 during the one week of rodeoing. Of course, that meant a lot of long hours on the road. It mean all-night drives and rushed trips to airports. Barrel racer Brenda Mays said she began[...]
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Still breaking records

It’s been a few years since Ty Murray was on top of the rodeo world. More than a decade. It’s been 13 years since he won his then-record seventh all-around world championship. It’s been 12 years since Murray set the high-water mark for Cowboy Christmas earnings, those dollars won at rodeos over the lucrative Fourth[...]
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Making this flight

Part of Cowboy Christmas – the string of lucrative rodeo around the Fourth of July – is the possibility of competing at two rodeos on the same day. For D.V. Fennell and Justin McDaniel, that came Sunday, July 3. In order to insure they had the best shot at winning, Fennell and McDaniel took flight.[...]
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Technology you can work with

First performance of the PBR in Park Rapids, Minn., is in the books. Boy, does the Berger family bring some athletic animals. We got rained on, but made it through. The BMX motorbike fellas are performing here as well. They are fun to watch. My microphone wasn’t delivered as promised before I left, so I[...]
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