Local Ranch Wins Top Team Award
Wilson Cattle/Haystack Cattle of Canyon, Texas, captured the top team award at the Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo on August 3rd in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Wilson/Haystack team included Rodey Wilson, Clay Paige, Tyler Rice, Jed Middleton, and Tanner Allen. They represent the cities of Canyon, Amarillo, Friona, and Blackwell, Texas. At the Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo, twelve teams competed for top team, top hand, top horse, and event awards.
“Horse power is important and a big deal,” says team captain Rodey Wilson. “I like the stray gathering. It’s real and everyone participates. I like the branding, too. You have to set the calves up and can’t run wide open. Everyone is so good it means a lot to get the win and qualify for the World.”
About WRCA
In March of 1995, a group of people from across the western United States created the Working Ranch Cowboys Association. WRCA produces the World Championship Ranch Rodeo as a means to showcase the skills of the working ranch cowboy and to raise funds for the WRCA Foundation. The WRCA works to promote ranching on a National and International level and to preserve the lifestyle of the working ranch cowboy.
For more information about the Ride for the Brand Ranch Rodeo, contact Elly Durham at elly.durham@thestockmensbank.com. For more news from WRCA or the World Championship Ranch Rodeo, visit www.wrca.org.
Photo by Lauren Feldman
First Place: Wilson Cattle/Haystack Cattle
Tanner Allen (3rd from left) and Tyler Rice (4th from left) are from Friona, Texas
