September 16, 2025 • 24 mins
Meet Cailey Divine, a remarkable 17-year-old who embodies the perfect balance of academic excellence and rodeo prowess. Already taking college-level courses while serving as her FFA chapter president, she's set to graduate with an associate's degree before even finishing high school—all while competing at championship levels in breakaway roping, barrel racing, and pole bending.
From her earliest days on horseback to winning rounds at prestigious events like Oklahoma's Richest Breakaway Roping, Cailey's journey reveals the extraordinary dedication required to excel in both academics and rodeo. Her strategic approach to time management—completing homework during long drives to competitions—demonstrates wisdom beyond her years. With multiple sponsorships from industry leaders like Prefert, Heel-o-matic, and Smarty Rodeo (where she now serves as a trainer), Cailey has established herself as a rising star in the rodeo world.
What truly sets Cailey apart is her crystal-clear vision for the future. After exploring various career paths, she's set her sights on agricultural communications with the goal of becoming a rodeo broadcaster—a dream sparked by meeting professionals in the field. Her perspective on the unique supportive culture within rodeo provides heartwarming insight into why this community remains special: "Someone's horse is sore? Jump on mine. Blow a tire? We're coming to get you." Behind her success stands incredibly supportive parents who've built practice arenas, driven countless miles, and maintained her rigorous schedule. Cailey's advice rings true for anyone chasing dreams: find your passion, surround yourself with supportive people, and never let others' opinions derail your journey. Ready to be inspired? Listen now and discover how determination, family support, and clear goals can create extraordinary results at any age.
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
are we rolling, are we rolling?
We're live.
What's been going on, kaylee?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
nothing much just got done with college classes today
, so oh yeah, sic, yes, what areyou taking there?
Right now I'm taking psychology, business law, english um.
I don't remember my psychology.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yes, so you can tell what I'm thinking right now no
that's, that's psychic.
That's different.
Um, do you like the psychology?
No, no, hopefully your teacherdoesn't watch this.
I wouldn't share it with them.
So you have.
How old are you?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I'm 17.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
And you already have quite an impressive resume under
the rodeo column.
Yes, you've done a lot.
When did you start ridinghorses and everything?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
I started when I was like ever since I've been
walking I've been on a horse,but I actually started competing
when I was like ever since I'vebeen walking I've been on a
horse, but I actually startedcompeting when I was five.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
What were you doing at five?
Speaker 1 (01:08):
So five was I think we did like goat tail and tying
and then barrels and poles and Ithink that's oh and dummy
roping Dummy roping.
Oh, mutton busting.
That's the mutton busting part.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I love to watch those little kids hang on for dear
life.
I'm afraid my daughter's goingto want to do that too.
My second one I was not a fan.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I would cry, like every time before I got on the
sheep.
I did not like it Did they makeyou do it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Yes, I guess that builds character.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yes, me and my good friend Kale, like we both
despised it, we did not like it,we didn't want to do it because
all the boys were so big andthey got like the smaller sheep
and you know they put us on thebigger sheep because they were
easier to ride, but it was likeone of those.
At the time we just saw themand we were like, ooh you just
grab a handful of wool and hangon right.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, we had used like a rope, oh you.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, I think that's more like county fair.
At the Junior Rodeo we werereally professional.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
You had a mutton rope .
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Have you ever ate mutton?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Did you go?
Where'd you go?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
We get it from home.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Oh yeah, you Kentuckians eat a lot of mutton.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Not really.
I mean, it's good, I like it,but I'm not going to go after it
.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Have you been to Moonglow, I think is what it's
called in Owensboro?
Moonlight, moonlight, yes, yeah, that's the first place I had
mutton and I wasn't lookingforward to it, but it was
actually pretty good.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's not that bad.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
No, that's like the biggest.
They go through more pounds ofmutton there than anywhere else.
It's alarming, john.
Can you look that up Like howmuch mutton they go through at
this place per week or year?
Moonlight Barbecue in Owensboro.
Yes, it's a buffet style.
That's what we had, the buffet.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Everything was good.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yes, and you're from Kentucky, where at?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I'm from Morganfield.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Morganfield, which is just right across the river
from here, right across theriver, from here, right across
the river.
Yeah, and you drive to schoolevery day.
I guess I went to SIC too.
Mm-hmm, I can't imagine goingto a big university from a small
high school.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Mm, I don't know.
I feel like it's just kind ofone of those like you just do it
.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Well, I mean versus SIC.
Like my organic chemistry classthere was like three kids.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Then the first I had to take a freshman level
economics class when, I got to Uof I and I walk in and there's
like 300 people in there.
That was the worst grade I gotat U of I was economics.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yes, it's definitely going to be different when I
finally go off to college.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Where are you wanting to go?
I'm wanting to go in Texassomewhere.
I'm undecided.
I have my top three schoolspicked out and I'm fixing to go
tour and visit and do all theall the college things next
month.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Awesome.
What's the what's the top three?
A&m stay in there.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
East Texas A&M, Sam Houston and Huntsville and
Angelo State University.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
How come you picked those three?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
So I originally wanted to go to Texas A&M in
College Station.
I spent some time down there.
That's where I go to rope a lotof times.
We have some good friends andfamily down there.
That's where Dirty he came fromtheir trailer and that's where
he lives.
And I stayed down there bymyself for about like a week and
I was just like driving,driving around and being in
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College Station, I was like thisis really big and I haven't
even been on the campus.
And then I went and took acampus tour and it was like a
two-mile walk just for thecampus tour and I was like I
don't, I don't think this is, Ithink there's a little bit too
big.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So well, those other ones are really good too yes
yeah, and what are?
What are you studying?
What's your major?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
so right now I'm studying ag business, but I'm
going to switch my major to agcommunications with a minor in
business and marketing and thenhopefully go on to do broadcast
oh, like rodeo broadcast.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh, that would be awesome.
Yes, that's um, I don't, Idon't know.
I've ever met anybody thatwants to do that.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I didn't know.
I wanted to do it and then Ihad to fill out this
questionnaire and it was likewhat's your dream job?
And I was like, honestly, Idon't know anymore, Because used
to I wanted to be a vet andthen I spent time around a lot
of vets and I was just like wescared you away.
No, I just didn't want to be onthe clock all the time.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And just didn't want to be on the clock all the time,
yeah.
And so I was like I want to dosomething where I can still be
involved in rodeo, still beinvolved in horses.
And then I really startedgetting into like social media
and outreach and all that stuffand I was like, okay, marketing
that school, I might want to dothat.
And then I actually met KatieLucas from the cowboy channel
and did an interview with herand she was like I was just
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talking to her about it and Iwas like you know, this would be
like an ideal dream job.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, that would be awesome and I think and it seems
like after Yellowstone too- allthe broadcast and televised
stuff is before it was.
What's his name?
Ronnie Gay at the.
Nfr and stuff.
But I mean they're televisingeverything.
There's a cowboy channel, rfdtv and all that.
So that that's pretty good.
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We'll write you a good letterof recommendation for somewhere,
I'm sure um, john printed off abunch of stuff that you've done
.
You've been at some pretty bigplaces and done pretty good
against the pros.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
I've tried.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What's the biggest highlight of your rodeo career
so far?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Let me think that's, um, probably last.
Yes, so last year I went tooklahoma's riches, which was,
which was also a million dollarbreakaway qualifier.
Um, I did not do good ropingoutside, unfortunately, and
that's where all the pros were,that's where the million dollar
breakaway qualifier was.
But then we went inside foroklahoma's richest and I won the
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second round in the 19 andunder and then split third and
fourth or fourth and fifth withBrealey Arms in the third round
oh, wow, that's good.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
And you also went to Cheyenne Frontier Days, right,
the daddy of them all.
How was that experience?
Speaker 1 (07:08):
it was very interesting, it was cool, it was
awesome.
Definitely want to go back.
Um, I really liked I forgetwhat they called it.
It was like something saddlebronc riding, but I don't
remember.
It was just like they juststarted going, like when one
person fell off, they werepulling another gate, like, and
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it was.
There was like 20 horses outthere at one time and we know
some of the pickup men jake and,um, I can't think of his name,
not Charlie, that's his daughter.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Anyway, we noticed yes, Charlie's dad.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
We noticed some of the pickup men out there and
like they were scrambling,trying to get you know, make
sure people weren't just stillon these horses and then making
sure that these other horsesweren't fixing to like run
through the fence.
But it was cool, I liked it,liked it that's wild.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
So was there a big crowd you were roping in front
of I wasn't roping there, ohokay, I just.
We just went oh, okay, I gotyou that.
Um, that's on my bucket list.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Yes, because that that would be really, really
cool it's definitely a good oneto go to, to say you've been and
to just go experience all ofyou?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
have you been to the nfr?
I haveR.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I have been to the NFR.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Oh yeah, that's right .
Oh, I remember now.
How did you end up there?
Why don't you tell us thatstory?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
So I filled out an application for a Boot Barn
Future Star Rodeo which it waslike the first year that they'd
done it in a long time and itwas just anyone who qualified
for the high school finals couldfill out this application and
basically, like, the big picturewas, you won a trip to the NFR
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and you got to work with BootBarn, and so I was just like you
know, this seems cool, I'mgoing to fill it out and see.
So I filled it out and I gotselected to be a top five
candidate and there was fivegirls, five boys, so 10 in total
.
And then it went on to onlinepolling and voting, and so I had
to reach out to a lot of people, um, you know, just to tell
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them and ask them to vote.
That way I could have thatexperience and I ended up
winning by over like 3000 votes.
So, thank you to everyone whovoted for me.
And then I got to go to the NFRand me and my mom went.
Dad didn't come with us, sadly,but we had a great time and it
was just cool to actually be inthe Thomas and Mac, which it
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looks a lot bigger on TV.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
That's what everybody says.
I've been out to Vegas duringit, but we didn't go because
everybody's like you'll see itbetter on TV.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
It's also one of those things you probably want
to go just once in your life tosay you've done it and to say
you've went and just to see,because it is very different,
different.
We were like right behind theroping boxes, so it was cool to
watch them in there yeah, andvegas during nfr is just crazy
it was insane, yeah do you doany shopping?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
I did lots of shopping, yeah since your dad
wasn't there, did he leave hiscredit card he did not?
Oh, that's too bad um.
So this past year I guess well,24, 25 you did um junior rodeos
, right?
Yeah, I did high school andthen just amateur rodeos okay,
how'd you, how'd you fare in thehigh school rodeos?
Speaker 1 (10:14):
High school rodeos.
I ended up reserve championbreakaway roper and I was third
in the barrels and fourth in thepoles, I believe.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Wow, I love to watch the pole bending.
Yes, I think after the firstone I'd fall right down.
You're also very involved withthe FFA.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
In fact, I remember was it the what do they call it?
The Creed, or whatever?
Your dad put you on the spothere and made you recite it one
day yes.
How long ago was that?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
That would have been three years ago now, so it was
freshman year.
I won county for Creed speaking, went on to play second at
regionals and then went to stateand gave gave the creed at
state.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
That's awesome where is where state for you?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
guys is in lexington.
Lexington lexington's a crazytown.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
At rup arena oh wow, that that's a big place.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yes, was it full um, so it's not actually like in,
it's in the building of arena wedon't like they have some
workshops in that, like on theactual court, but it's like one
of the many side conferencerooms that we're in but we we
fill it up in sessions orthey're crazy.
People are running in theretrying to get to the front and
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get good seatings.
And I was on the foundationcommittee so we had a little.
It was just people who weredoing work for, you know,
sponsors, outreach, stuff likethat and we got, you know, I
think it was like 10 seats inthe front row, so we never had
to worry about it, and that wasthe one time that I went to
state in the past few years.
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I've just been busy with rodeo.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Right, and are you an officer with the FFA?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Yes, I was secretary last year.
This year I'm president.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Okay, so you're still in high school and also doing
college classes yes, androdeoing yes, and kicking butt
at it.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I guess so.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
How do you, are you passing your classes?
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Okay, you must be.
If you're already in college,how do you manage your time for
all that stuff mean as far ashigh school classes, college
classes, keeping your horsesgoing and keeping you going like
what's your practice, andeverything like that look like
so I actually only go to thehigh school for ffa and any like
state or standardized testing.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That's the only time that I'm physically at the high
school, because at our highschool we have an early college
academy, early college program,which is how I've had the
opportunity to be at SIC.
So I'm just full-time college.
I don't take any high schoolclasses anymore so when will you
graduate from SIC?
I'll graduate in the spring.
I'll graduate SIC or I'll turn18, graduate SIC with my
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associates in art and businessor arts and science, sorry and
then I will graduate high schoolafter that.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Holy cow, you've done more, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Yeah, but going back to your question, um, I, anytime
we're on the road and going,most of the time that's when I
spend time doing homework.
I do homework, obviously,whenever it's due, but, um,
that's kind of my time to getready for rodeos, but also just
get some school out of the way,cause most of the time it's
about a two and a half threehour drive to get anywhere.
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So it's just time that I'mgoing to be sitting on my phone
or taking a nap.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
So I might as well be doing something productive with
it and you're not driving I'massuming while you're doing this
?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
with it and you're not driving, I'm assuming, while
you're doing this.
I haven't been lately.
I've got a great dad, a verygood dad, and he likes to drive,
and my mom and dad, they loveto go everywhere with me, so
they haven't really kicked me tothe curb yet and been like go
by yourself, so I've just beenin the back seat.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
So you don't waste any time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
No, I think it was.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Tony Robbins calls it net time.
Yes, no extra time because I'mbad about that.
I'll make autumn drive placesand do you work on a computer?
Yes, yeah, that makes me dizzysometimes like car sick.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I try to make sure that I only have like one or two
assignments that are just kindof quick and easy, that I have
to do any of my big stuff.
I'll try to get it out of theway before I ever have to think
about leaving yeah, and yourmain mount right now is that
dirty.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Yes, tell us a little bit about dirty.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
You said he came from Texas yes, so he came from
Bryan, texas.
Um, he was originally areigning horse.
He was an ex-reigning horse andDerek Traylor got him, turned
him into a calf horse and heDerek rode him for a few years.
Then Derek just kind of put himon like the back burner and
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Corey Solomon took him as abackup horse to a few rodeos
while he was pro rodeoing andthen somewhere along the lines
lines 30 was a heel horse too.
I don't know when all thishappened, but, um and I guess it
was three years ago is when Ibought him and brought him back
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home to kentucky and corey iscorey payne no, corey solomon,
corey solomon okay becausethere's also a corey payne
Speaker 2 (15:14):
yes, right and that's a family friend.
Veterinarian in texas okay allright, I'll get this straight
here in a minute.
So when you're riding, how oldis Dirty?
Speaker 1 (15:24):
He's 17.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
He is that old.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I didn't realize he was that old Me and him are the
same age, and that's the onlyway I can keep it straight.
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Did you find that, John, on the Moonlight Barbecue?
I found it on there, Like howmany pounds of mutton?
Oh, I can't.
Oh, we'll look later.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
I'll let you know, kaylee.
Okay, so when you, when youpractice, do you practice a lot
at home?
Yes, so I got on the PrefordJunior Elite team and we'd been.
We just moved to our farm wherewe're at now.
We were in the process ofbuilding a house and everything.
When I got on that team and wewent down to Mount Pleasant to
the headquarters for theirroundup that they have, and we
learned a lot about theirproducts and everything like
that and you know, then thatkind of made dad's mind up on
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what he wanted to do.
So we got that arena from prefor we got it set up and, um,
when we set it up, I was notable to rope in it because it
just rained oh I roped in it onetime, and then it poured and
poured.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
That was this spring.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
This has been a year, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
So it just rained and it kept raining and it was like
as soon as it would get dry anddad would work it, I might rope
one time and then it would rain.
So we kind of let it sit andget settled.
But that's where I've beenpracticing.
Thankfully it's been very dryyeah for like two months now
yeah, it's been really dusty,but I'm not going to complain
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about it and you said you wereon the pre-fert.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
What?
Junior elite team how did youdo that?
What is?
Speaker 1 (16:54):
that that's also fill out an application and then you
just get selected from that.
But it's just anothersponsorship program.
They um really believe ingiving back to the youth and
just um showing people whatpre-ford is all about.
So you do go down to mountpleasant for two, three days, I
guess um to their roundup andyou learn all about products.
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You get to talk to like thehead people there and they're an
amazing family um, and thenalso their sponsored athletes
that they have all the prosthey'll come down there.
You get to do some liketraining with them.
We got to rope, I got to ropethe dummy with Larry D Guy.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
That's who was with us.
Yes, yeah, do you do a lot ofthe dummy roping for practice.
Yes, fundamentals, yes, yeah.
So when you're practicing atyour house, you got live calves.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yes, yeah, so when you're practicing at your house,
you got live calves, or yes?
So I have my sorry, I have myHelimatic dummy.
I'm also sponsored by them andthey're another great product,
but I have my Helimatic dummy.
I like to get on the necks andjust get my fundamentals down.
Usually I'll rope it aboutbetween five and 15 times before
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I ever get on my horse.
Then I'll take Dirty or whoeverI'm riding that day down to the
arena.
Usually I'll pull a sled a fewtimes if my horse is a little
bit tight or my horse maybe isjust a little bit free.
Get on the sled, warm them up alittle bit more and then I'll
rope live calves For Dirty.
It's turned into really justroping like two or three just to
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make sure he's firing and he'sworking.
Good, I don't really rope formyself on him.
That's when I use repeat.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Okay, repeat's kind of your practice horse now.
Repeat tried to kill himself acouple times with us, didn't he?
Speaker 1 (18:41):
He did yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Is he still staying good on his hind end?
He is Good, good.
Yeah, is he still staying goodon the signed in?
He is good, good.
So you said you're thehelomatic that's made by smarty,
correct?
Yes, and you're sponsored bythem as well, yes, geez.
So how'd you?
How'd you do that?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
another application that was another application, um
.
So two years ago I filled itout for helomatic.
Helomatic then got um bought bysmarty and it all turned into
Smarty Rodeo.
And last year they just lovedme so much and I did such an
awesome job.
They brought me back this yearas a trainer.
Oh, cool.
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So I got to go back to campagain, work with some more pros,
try out some new equipment.
They have some demos out therethat we get kind of first look
at.
So I got to do that, oh sweet.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
And then I got to meet all the um young pros this
year, so they're calling you atrainer.
Did you get to help any youngkids?
Yes oh, how'd you like that.
You like teaching it?
was good yeah, do you have anyadvice?
There's I think, there's somekids that listen to this.
Do you have any advice for ayoung kid who wants to get into
it?
Um, just anything for any kidthat may just want to start
rodeoing or rope it, or anythingyeah, if you have a dream, just
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chase it and it doesn't matterwhat people say about it.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You know a lot of people at my high school um,
they all knew that I rodeoed andnone of them understood what I
did and they all were just kindof like oh, why do you do that?
And I was like it's becauseit's what I love and it's what I
do.
So just, no matter what peoplesay, follow your dreams.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
And if you have that dream and you think you can do
it, you definitely can yeah andfind the right people yes, find
the right people that'll be inyour corner and back you no
matter what yeah, and that's onething I've noticed with the
youth rodeos especially, likethe camaraderie and support
everybody has is, even thoughyou're competing against
somebody, everybody seems tohelp everybody.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It's a great community yes, and everyone's
happy for everyone, no matterlike who's winning, no matter
who's not doing so good, likeyou'll always see kids back
there, especially and it's sofunny now when I look back at it
especially like when I go tojunior rodeo and I see those
kids.
You, you know they just wentout there and ran like a seven
second breakaway run and they'reall so happy.
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You know the kids are on thebucking shoots and they're
screaming and clapping and youknow just one of those things.
I think now you don't see it asmuch in sports, where people
are genuinely happy for eachother, but in rodeo you see it
all the time.
You for each other, but inrodeo you see it all the time.
You know someone's horse issore here, jump on mine.
If someone you know they blow atire, we're coming to get you.
You know, no matter what it is,it's just always it's very
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family oriented and everyonewants to see everyone succeed at
the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
And that's something you can do beyond high school.
Yes, I mean a lot of my.
I didn't play sports while Iplayed golf, but I could go pick
up my clubs and go have funtoday, and I think that's the
same with the rodeo and horsestuff.
I mean, that's something youcan do the rest of your life,
and if you're good like you, youcan win some money too, right?
I try and sponsorships andyou've got some.
(21:39):
You mentioned your dad earlier.
You've got some pretty awesomeparents in your corner that
we've come to know over the pastyears working on your horses.
So anything you'd like to sayto them because I'm assuming
they're- going to listen?
Speaker 1 (21:51):
yeah, they definitely will.
They'll be like, why'd you saythat?
I'm just kidding.
But, um, my parents are awesome.
They've done, they've given meevery single opportunity that
I've ever had and you know,they've always been in my corner
.
There's been days where Ihaven't wanted to practice.
You know, I've been tired, I'vebeen at school all day and I'm
just kind of like I don't reallywant to rope today.
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And dad's like, no, I alreadygot the calves pin, let's go
like go get your horse.
And my mom, she's kind of likeour secretary, she keeps
everything lined out, she putsropings on the books.
She's like, hey, this rope endsthis day, do go.
And I'm like let's go, and thenwe'll be planning on going to
that one.
She'll get about five more.
One time we went to like I thinkit was like four or five days,
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I don't know how many rodeos andrope-ins we went to.
We were like out of town and wejust kept bouncing around and
hitting them.
But if there's a rope insomewhere she will find it.
And she's taken us to.
Last year I was nominating forsome WCJR stuff and she found
this one rodeo no box pads.
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There was two calves in thewhole, like the whole pen.
There was just two of them andthere was like 12 girls that
entered in the breakaway.
It was crazy, but my parents areawesome and they do a lot for
me and I'm very thankful forthem.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
We're thankful for them too, because it's great to
see you young kids doing awesomethings, because you guys are
the future of my livelihood too,yes, so we're trying to do all
we can for you guys, so we tookeverything down, but I think,
did you already pick up all yourstuff?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yes, we're getting you.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Okay, awesome, yeah, shout out to all the companies
that donated for you guys.
I think it's great.
I guess that's all about it.
I think we need to have youback again after certain things
and maybe you can tell us somesecret, smarty stuff you roped.
Is there anything else you wantto go?
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Any questions for me?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
I don't know.
I've talked to you a lot.
You've been working on all myhorses.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yep, yeah, we appreciate you guys bringing
your horses here and trusting usto take care of them.
I hope we do them justice.
It's always so much fun to workon horses like you ride,
because Autumn says it all thetime.
Can we just trot older geldings, older rope horses all day?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Some of the young ones can be a bit challenging.
Well, kaylee, thanks so much.
I know you're super busy, sothanks for taking the time to
come over here and do this withus, and I hope to have you back
sometime.
Yes, thank you for having meAll right.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Everybody, thanks for tuning in and until next time,
take care of your horses andyourself.
are we rolling, are we rolling?
We're live.
What's been going on, kaylee?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
nothing much just got done with college classes today
, so oh yeah, sic, yes, what areyou taking there?
Right now I'm taking psychology, business law, english um.
I don't remember my psychology.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yes, so you can tell what I'm thinking right now no
that's, that's psychic.
That's different.
Um, do you like the psychology?
No, no, hopefully your teacherdoesn't watch this.
I wouldn't share it with them.
So you have.
How old are you?
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I'm 17.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
And you already have quite an impressive resume under
the rodeo column.
Yes, you've done a lot.
When did you start ridinghorses and everything?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
I started when I was like ever since I've been
walking I've been on a horse,but I actually started competing
when I was like ever since I'vebeen walking I've been on a
horse, but I actually startedcompeting when I was five.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
What were you doing at five?
Speaker 1 (01:08):
So five was I think we did like goat tail and tying
and then barrels and poles and Ithink that's oh and dummy
roping Dummy roping.
Oh, mutton busting.
That's the mutton busting part.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I love to watch those little kids hang on for dear
life.
I'm afraid my daughter's goingto want to do that too.
My second one I was not a fan.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I would cry, like every time before I got on the
sheep.
I did not like it Did they makeyou do it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Yes, I guess that builds character.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Yes, me and my good friend Kale, like we both
despised it, we did not like it,we didn't want to do it because
all the boys were so big andthey got like the smaller sheep
and you know they put us on thebigger sheep because they were
easier to ride, but it was likeone of those.
At the time we just saw themand we were like, ooh you just
grab a handful of wool and hangon right.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, we had used like a rope, oh you.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, I think that's more like county fair.
At the Junior Rodeo we werereally professional.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
You had a mutton rope .
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Have you ever ate mutton?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Did you go?
Where'd you go?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
We get it from home.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Oh yeah, you Kentuckians eat a lot of mutton.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Not really.
I mean, it's good, I like it,but I'm not going to go after it
.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Have you been to Moonglow, I think is what it's
called in Owensboro?
Moonlight, moonlight, yes, yeah, that's the first place I had
mutton and I wasn't lookingforward to it, but it was
actually pretty good.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
It's not that bad.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
No, that's like the biggest.
They go through more pounds ofmutton there than anywhere else.
It's alarming, john.
Can you look that up Like howmuch mutton they go through at
this place per week or year?
Moonlight Barbecue in Owensboro.
Yes, it's a buffet style.
That's what we had, the buffet.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Everything was good.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yes, and you're from Kentucky, where at?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I'm from Morganfield.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Morganfield, which is just right across the river
from here, right across theriver, from here, right across
the river.
Yeah, and you drive to schoolevery day.
I guess I went to SIC too.
Mm-hmm, I can't imagine goingto a big university from a small
high school.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Mm, I don't know.
I feel like it's just kind ofone of those like you just do it
.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Well, I mean versus SIC.
Like my organic chemistry classthere was like three kids.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Right.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Then the first I had to take a freshman level
economics class when, I got to Uof I and I walk in and there's
like 300 people in there.
That was the worst grade I gotat U of I was economics.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yes, it's definitely going to be different when I
finally go off to college.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Where are you wanting to go?
I'm wanting to go in Texassomewhere.
I'm undecided.
I have my top three schoolspicked out and I'm fixing to go
tour and visit and do all theall the college things next
month.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Awesome.
What's the what's the top three?
A&m stay in there.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
East Texas A&M, Sam Houston and Huntsville and
Angelo State University.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
How come you picked those three?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
So I originally wanted to go to Texas A&M in
College Station.
I spent some time down there.
That's where I go to rope a lotof times.
We have some good friends andfamily down there.
That's where Dirty he came fromtheir trailer and that's where
he lives.
And I stayed down there bymyself for about like a week and
I was just like driving,driving around and being in
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College Station, I was like thisis really big and I haven't
even been on the campus.
And then I went and took acampus tour and it was like a
two-mile walk just for thecampus tour and I was like I
don't, I don't think this is, Ithink there's a little bit too
big.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
So well, those other ones are really good too yes
yeah, and what are?
What are you studying?
What's your major?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
so right now I'm studying ag business, but I'm
going to switch my major to agcommunications with a minor in
business and marketing and thenhopefully go on to do broadcast
oh, like rodeo broadcast.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Oh, that would be awesome.
Yes, that's um, I don't, Idon't know.
I've ever met anybody thatwants to do that.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
I didn't know.
I wanted to do it and then Ihad to fill out this
questionnaire and it was likewhat's your dream job?
And I was like, honestly, Idon't know anymore, Because used
to I wanted to be a vet andthen I spent time around a lot
of vets and I was just like wescared you away.
No, I just didn't want to be onthe clock all the time.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And just didn't want to be on the clock all the time,
yeah.
And so I was like I want to dosomething where I can still be
involved in rodeo, still beinvolved in horses.
And then I really startedgetting into like social media
and outreach and all that stuffand I was like, okay, marketing
that school, I might want to dothat.
And then I actually met KatieLucas from the cowboy channel
and did an interview with herand she was like I was just
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talking to her about it and Iwas like you know, this would be
like an ideal dream job.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, that would be awesome and I think and it seems
like after Yellowstone too- allthe broadcast and televised
stuff is before it was.
What's his name?
Ronnie Gay at the.
Nfr and stuff.
But I mean they're televisingeverything.
There's a cowboy channel, rfdtv and all that.
So that that's pretty good.
(06:09):
We'll write you a good letterof recommendation for somewhere,
I'm sure um, john printed off abunch of stuff that you've done
.
You've been at some pretty bigplaces and done pretty good
against the pros.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
I've tried.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
What's the biggest highlight of your rodeo career
so far?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Let me think that's, um, probably last.
Yes, so last year I went tooklahoma's riches, which was,
which was also a million dollarbreakaway qualifier.
Um, I did not do good ropingoutside, unfortunately, and
that's where all the pros were,that's where the million dollar
breakaway qualifier was.
But then we went inside foroklahoma's richest and I won the
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second round in the 19 andunder and then split third and
fourth or fourth and fifth withBrealey Arms in the third round
oh, wow, that's good.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
And you also went to Cheyenne Frontier Days, right,
the daddy of them all.
How was that experience?
Speaker 1 (07:08):
it was very interesting, it was cool, it was
awesome.
Definitely want to go back.
Um, I really liked I forgetwhat they called it.
It was like something saddlebronc riding, but I don't
remember.
It was just like they juststarted going, like when one
person fell off, they werepulling another gate, like, and
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it was.
There was like 20 horses outthere at one time and we know
some of the pickup men jake and,um, I can't think of his name,
not Charlie, that's his daughter.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Anyway, we noticed yes, Charlie's dad.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
We noticed some of the pickup men out there and
like they were scrambling,trying to get you know, make
sure people weren't just stillon these horses and then making
sure that these other horsesweren't fixing to like run
through the fence.
But it was cool, I liked it,liked it that's wild.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
So was there a big crowd you were roping in front
of I wasn't roping there, ohokay, I just.
We just went oh, okay, I gotyou that.
Um, that's on my bucket list.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Yes, because that that would be really, really
cool it's definitely a good oneto go to, to say you've been and
to just go experience all ofyou?
Speaker 2 (08:14):
have you been to the nfr?
I haveR.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I have been to the NFR.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Oh yeah, that's right .
Oh, I remember now.
How did you end up there?
Why don't you tell us thatstory?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
So I filled out an application for a Boot Barn
Future Star Rodeo which it waslike the first year that they'd
done it in a long time and itwas just anyone who qualified
for the high school finals couldfill out this application and
basically, like, the big picturewas, you won a trip to the NFR
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and you got to work with BootBarn, and so I was just like you
know, this seems cool, I'mgoing to fill it out and see.
So I filled it out and I gotselected to be a top five
candidate and there was fivegirls, five boys, so 10 in total
.
And then it went on to onlinepolling and voting, and so I had
to reach out to a lot of people, um, you know, just to tell
(09:05):
them and ask them to vote.
That way I could have thatexperience and I ended up
winning by over like 3000 votes.
So, thank you to everyone whovoted for me.
And then I got to go to the NFRand me and my mom went.
Dad didn't come with us, sadly,but we had a great time and it
was just cool to actually be inthe Thomas and Mac, which it
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looks a lot bigger on TV.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
That's what everybody says.
I've been out to Vegas duringit, but we didn't go because
everybody's like you'll see itbetter on TV.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
It's also one of those things you probably want
to go just once in your life tosay you've done it and to say
you've went and just to see,because it is very different,
different.
We were like right behind theroping boxes, so it was cool to
watch them in there yeah, andvegas during nfr is just crazy
it was insane, yeah do you doany shopping?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
I did lots of shopping, yeah since your dad
wasn't there, did he leave hiscredit card he did not?
Oh, that's too bad um.
So this past year I guess well,24, 25 you did um junior rodeos
, right?
Yeah, I did high school andthen just amateur rodeos okay,
how'd you, how'd you fare in thehigh school rodeos?
Speaker 1 (10:14):
High school rodeos.
I ended up reserve championbreakaway roper and I was third
in the barrels and fourth in thepoles, I believe.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Wow, I love to watch the pole bending.
Yes, I think after the firstone I'd fall right down.
You're also very involved withthe FFA.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
In fact, I remember was it the what do they call it?
The Creed, or whatever?
Your dad put you on the spothere and made you recite it one
day yes.
How long ago was that?
Speaker 1 (10:46):
That would have been three years ago now, so it was
freshman year.
I won county for Creed speaking, went on to play second at
regionals and then went to stateand gave gave the creed at
state.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
That's awesome where is where state for you?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
guys is in lexington.
Lexington lexington's a crazytown.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
At rup arena oh wow, that that's a big place.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yes, was it full um, so it's not actually like in,
it's in the building of arena wedon't like they have some
workshops in that, like on theactual court, but it's like one
of the many side conferencerooms that we're in but we we
fill it up in sessions orthey're crazy.
People are running in theretrying to get to the front and
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get good seatings.
And I was on the foundationcommittee so we had a little.
It was just people who weredoing work for, you know,
sponsors, outreach, stuff likethat and we got, you know, I
think it was like 10 seats inthe front row, so we never had
to worry about it, and that wasthe one time that I went to
state in the past few years.
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I've just been busy with rodeo.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Right, and are you an officer with the FFA?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Yes, I was secretary last year.
This year I'm president.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Okay, so you're still in high school and also doing
college classes yes, androdeoing yes, and kicking butt
at it.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I guess so.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
How do you, are you passing your classes?
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Okay, you must be.
If you're already in college,how do you manage your time for
all that stuff mean as far ashigh school classes, college
classes, keeping your horsesgoing and keeping you going like
what's your practice, andeverything like that look like
so I actually only go to thehigh school for ffa and any like
state or standardized testing.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That's the only time that I'm physically at the high
school, because at our highschool we have an early college
academy, early college program,which is how I've had the
opportunity to be at SIC.
So I'm just full-time college.
I don't take any high schoolclasses anymore so when will you
graduate from SIC?
I'll graduate in the spring.
I'll graduate SIC or I'll turn18, graduate SIC with my
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associates in art and businessor arts and science, sorry and
then I will graduate high schoolafter that.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Holy cow, you've done more, all right.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Yeah, but going back to your question, um, I, anytime
we're on the road and going,most of the time that's when I
spend time doing homework.
I do homework, obviously,whenever it's due, but, um,
that's kind of my time to getready for rodeos, but also just
get some school out of the way,cause most of the time it's
about a two and a half threehour drive to get anywhere.
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So it's just time that I'mgoing to be sitting on my phone
or taking a nap.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
So I might as well be doing something productive with
it and you're not driving I'massuming while you're doing this
?
Speaker 1 (13:36):
with it and you're not driving, I'm assuming, while
you're doing this.
I haven't been lately.
I've got a great dad, a verygood dad, and he likes to drive,
and my mom and dad, they loveto go everywhere with me, so
they haven't really kicked me tothe curb yet and been like go
by yourself, so I've just beenin the back seat.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
So you don't waste any time.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
No, I think it was.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Tony Robbins calls it net time.
Yes, no extra time because I'mbad about that.
I'll make autumn drive placesand do you work on a computer?
Yes, yeah, that makes me dizzysometimes like car sick.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
I try to make sure that I only have like one or two
assignments that are just kindof quick and easy, that I have
to do any of my big stuff.
I'll try to get it out of theway before I ever have to think
about leaving yeah, and yourmain mount right now is that
dirty.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Yes, tell us a little bit about dirty.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
You said he came from Texas yes, so he came from
Bryan, texas.
Um, he was originally areigning horse.
He was an ex-reigning horse andDerek Traylor got him, turned
him into a calf horse and heDerek rode him for a few years.
Then Derek just kind of put himon like the back burner and
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Corey Solomon took him as abackup horse to a few rodeos
while he was pro rodeoing andthen somewhere along the lines
lines 30 was a heel horse too.
I don't know when all thishappened, but, um and I guess it
was three years ago is when Ibought him and brought him back
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home to kentucky and corey iscorey payne no, corey solomon,
corey solomon okay becausethere's also a corey payne
Speaker 2 (15:14):
yes, right and that's a family friend.
Veterinarian in texas okay allright, I'll get this straight
here in a minute.
So when you're riding, how oldis Dirty?
Speaker 1 (15:24):
He's 17.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
He is that old.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I didn't realize he was that old Me and him are the
same age, and that's the onlyway I can keep it straight.
That's cool.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Did you find that, John, on the Moonlight Barbecue?
I found it on there, Like howmany pounds of mutton?
Oh, I can't.
Oh, we'll look later.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
I'll let you know, kaylee.
Okay, so when you, when youpractice, do you practice a lot
at home?
Yes, so I got on the PrefordJunior Elite team and we'd been.
We just moved to our farm wherewe're at now.
We were in the process ofbuilding a house and everything.
When I got on that team and wewent down to Mount Pleasant to
the headquarters for theirroundup that they have, and we
learned a lot about theirproducts and everything like
that and you know, then thatkind of made dad's mind up on
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what he wanted to do.
So we got that arena from prefor we got it set up and, um,
when we set it up, I was notable to rope in it because it
just rained oh I roped in it onetime, and then it poured and
poured.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
That was this spring.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
This has been a year, I guess.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
So it just rained and it kept raining and it was like
as soon as it would get dry anddad would work it, I might rope
one time and then it would rain.
So we kind of let it sit andget settled.
But that's where I've beenpracticing.
Thankfully it's been very dryyeah for like two months now
yeah, it's been really dusty,but I'm not going to complain
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about it and you said you wereon the pre-fert.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
What?
Junior elite team how did youdo that?
What is?
Speaker 1 (16:54):
that that's also fill out an application and then you
just get selected from that.
But it's just anothersponsorship program.
They um really believe ingiving back to the youth and
just um showing people whatpre-ford is all about.
So you do go down to mountpleasant for two, three days, I
guess um to their roundup andyou learn all about products.
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You get to talk to like thehead people there and they're an
amazing family um, and thenalso their sponsored athletes
that they have all the prosthey'll come down there.
You get to do some liketraining with them.
We got to rope, I got to ropethe dummy with Larry D Guy.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
That's who was with us.
Yes, yeah, do you do a lot ofthe dummy roping for practice.
Yes, fundamentals, yes, yeah.
So when you're practicing atyour house, you got live calves.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yes, yeah, so when you're practicing at your house,
you got live calves, or yes?
So I have my sorry, I have myHelimatic dummy.
I'm also sponsored by them andthey're another great product,
but I have my Helimatic dummy.
I like to get on the necks andjust get my fundamentals down.
Usually I'll rope it aboutbetween five and 15 times before
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I ever get on my horse.
Then I'll take Dirty or whoeverI'm riding that day down to the
arena.
Usually I'll pull a sled a fewtimes if my horse is a little
bit tight or my horse maybe isjust a little bit free.
Get on the sled, warm them up alittle bit more and then I'll
rope live calves For Dirty.
It's turned into really justroping like two or three just to
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make sure he's firing and he'sworking.
Good, I don't really rope formyself on him.
That's when I use repeat.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Okay, repeat's kind of your practice horse now.
Repeat tried to kill himself acouple times with us, didn't he?
Speaker 1 (18:41):
He did yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Is he still staying good on his hind end?
He is Good, good.
Yeah, is he still staying goodon the signed in?
He is good, good.
So you said you're thehelomatic that's made by smarty,
correct?
Yes, and you're sponsored bythem as well, yes, geez.
So how'd you?
How'd you do that?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
another application that was another application, um
.
So two years ago I filled itout for helomatic.
Helomatic then got um bought bysmarty and it all turned into
Smarty Rodeo.
And last year they just lovedme so much and I did such an
awesome job.
They brought me back this yearas a trainer.
Oh, cool.
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So I got to go back to campagain, work with some more pros,
try out some new equipment.
They have some demos out therethat we get kind of first look
at.
So I got to do that, oh sweet.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
And then I got to meet all the um young pros this
year, so they're calling you atrainer.
Did you get to help any youngkids?
Yes oh, how'd you like that.
You like teaching it?
was good yeah, do you have anyadvice?
There's I think, there's somekids that listen to this.
Do you have any advice for ayoung kid who wants to get into
it?
Um, just anything for any kidthat may just want to start
rodeoing or rope it, or anythingyeah, if you have a dream, just
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chase it and it doesn't matterwhat people say about it.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You know a lot of people at my high school um,
they all knew that I rodeoed andnone of them understood what I
did and they all were just kindof like oh, why do you do that?
And I was like it's becauseit's what I love and it's what I
do.
So just, no matter what peoplesay, follow your dreams.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
And if you have that dream and you think you can do
it, you definitely can yeah andfind the right people yes, find
the right people that'll be inyour corner and back you no
matter what yeah, and that's onething I've noticed with the
youth rodeos especially, likethe camaraderie and support
everybody has is, even thoughyou're competing against
somebody, everybody seems tohelp everybody.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It's a great community yes, and everyone's
happy for everyone, no matterlike who's winning, no matter
who's not doing so good, likeyou'll always see kids back
there, especially and it's sofunny now when I look back at it
especially like when I go tojunior rodeo and I see those
kids.
You, you know they just wentout there and ran like a seven
second breakaway run and they'reall so happy.
(20:51):
You know the kids are on thebucking shoots and they're
screaming and clapping and youknow just one of those things.
I think now you don't see it asmuch in sports, where people
are genuinely happy for eachother, but in rodeo you see it
all the time.
You for each other, but inrodeo you see it all the time.
You know someone's horse issore here, jump on mine.
If someone you know they blow atire, we're coming to get you.
You know, no matter what it is,it's just always it's very
(21:16):
family oriented and everyonewants to see everyone succeed at
the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
And that's something you can do beyond high school.
Yes, I mean a lot of my.
I didn't play sports while Iplayed golf, but I could go pick
up my clubs and go have funtoday, and I think that's the
same with the rodeo and horsestuff.
I mean, that's something youcan do the rest of your life,
and if you're good like you, youcan win some money too, right?
I try and sponsorships andyou've got some.
(21:39):
You mentioned your dad earlier.
You've got some pretty awesomeparents in your corner that
we've come to know over the pastyears working on your horses.
So anything you'd like to sayto them because I'm assuming
they're- going to listen?
Speaker 1 (21:51):
yeah, they definitely will.
They'll be like, why'd you saythat?
I'm just kidding.
But, um, my parents are awesome.
They've done, they've given meevery single opportunity that
I've ever had and you know,they've always been in my corner
.
There's been days where Ihaven't wanted to practice.
You know, I've been tired, I'vebeen at school all day and I'm
just kind of like I don't reallywant to rope today.
(22:11):
And dad's like, no, I alreadygot the calves pin, let's go
like go get your horse.
And my mom, she's kind of likeour secretary, she keeps
everything lined out, she putsropings on the books.
She's like, hey, this rope endsthis day, do go.
And I'm like let's go, and thenwe'll be planning on going to
that one.
She'll get about five more.
One time we went to like I thinkit was like four or five days,
(22:35):
I don't know how many rodeos andrope-ins we went to.
We were like out of town and wejust kept bouncing around and
hitting them.
But if there's a rope insomewhere she will find it.
And she's taken us to.
Last year I was nominating forsome WCJR stuff and she found
this one rodeo no box pads.
(22:55):
There was two calves in thewhole, like the whole pen.
There was just two of them andthere was like 12 girls that
entered in the breakaway.
It was crazy, but my parents areawesome and they do a lot for
me and I'm very thankful forthem.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
We're thankful for them too, because it's great to
see you young kids doing awesomethings, because you guys are
the future of my livelihood too,yes, so we're trying to do all
we can for you guys, so we tookeverything down, but I think,
did you already pick up all yourstuff?
Speaker 1 (23:26):
Yes, we're getting you.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Okay, awesome, yeah, shout out to all the companies
that donated for you guys.
I think it's great.
I guess that's all about it.
I think we need to have youback again after certain things
and maybe you can tell us somesecret, smarty stuff you roped.
Is there anything else you wantto go?
(23:49):
Any questions for me?
Speaker 1 (23:51):
I don't know.
I've talked to you a lot.
You've been working on all myhorses.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yep, yeah, we appreciate you guys bringing
your horses here and trusting usto take care of them.
I hope we do them justice.
It's always so much fun to workon horses like you ride,
because Autumn says it all thetime.
Can we just trot older geldings, older rope horses all day?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Some of the young ones can be a bit challenging.
Well, kaylee, thanks so much.
I know you're super busy, sothanks for taking the time to
come over here and do this withus, and I hope to have you back
sometime.
Yes, thank you for having meAll right.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Everybody, thanks for tuning in and until next time,
take care of your horses andyourself.
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