Courtesy Photos Tony Galucci
July 11, 2021
Riding on Faith Rodeo Report
By Chris Darus
The Bandera Prophet
The fourth week of competition in the Riding on Faith Summer Series saw prior winners return in Bulls, old and new winners in Barrels and Roping along with new names in the money in all events.
Winston Lopez, Open Bulls and Sterling Hutron, Junior Mini Bulls, showed good form winning their divisions. Hutron doubled up winning Senior Mini Bulls as well.
Jayden Doss was a new winner in Novice Bulls.
In Barrels, Zoey Thygesen almost broke the 18-second mark in Open with a nice 18.090 run to edge out Ava Garcia’s 18.125 to become a first time winner this season. Laura Moos and KD Cortez, both earlier money winners, were third and fourth.
Chloe Simms keeps on finishing at or near the top in Juniors, taking another first this week and Cecily Hicks was in the money again for the third week in a row.
The Roping events saw one return winner in Breakaway this week.
Shanni Shipley continues to dominate in Breakaway, winning again this week with a very quick 1.660-second catch and Sarah Haby beat out Shada Cline by .01 the take second place leaving Cline in third.
Team Perf, #10 and Tiedown all had new winners with the team of Kody Beach and Cody Crowell taking first in Team Perf., Jed Marquet and Garrett Reeves winning #10 and Russ Ferrell taking the Tiedown title.
The weekly rodeos happen on Fridays, weather permitting, through Aug. 13, and the gates open at 6 p.m. with Exhibition and Pre-Show Barrels at 7 p.m. and the Grand Entry at 8 p.m.
Call 830-777-7129 for more info.
This week’s event (July 9) was cancelled Friday morning due to inclement weather and ground conditions at Mansfield Park Arena.
Riding on Faith Rodeo
Week 4 results
Bulls
Open_ 1, Winston Lopez, $696.00
Novice_ 1, Jayden Doss, $685.00
Sr Mini_1, Sterling Hutron, $210.00
Jr Mini_ 1, Sterling Hutron, $210.00
Barrels (standing, contestant, time, winnings)
Open_ 1, Zoey Thygesen, 18.090, $252.00, 2, Ava Garcia, 18.125, $189.00, 3, Laura Moos, 18.320, $126.00, 4, KD Cortez, 18.582, $63.00
Junior _ 1, Chloe Simms, 18.809, $224.00, 2, Seleh Farmer, 18.820, $124.00, 3, Cecily Hicks, 19.037, $90.00
Roping (standing, contestant, time, winnings)
Team Perf_ 1, Kody Beach/Cody Crowell, 6.240, $1,000.00
Team #10_ 1, Jed Marquet/Garret Reeves, 11.04, $504.00, 2, Toby deLeon/Tres Garcia, 14.38, $336.00
Tie Down_ 1, Russ Ferrell, 11.060, $147.00
BreakAway_ 1, Shanni Shipley, 1.660, $333.00, 2 Sarah Haby, 3.810, $249.00, 3, Shada Cline, 3.820, $167.00, 4, Kutter Kicker, 3.940, $85.00
Winston Lopez, Open Bulls and Sterling Hutron, Junior Mini Bulls, showed good form winning their divisions. Hutron doubled up winning Senior Mini Bulls as well.
Jayden Doss was a new winner in Novice Bulls.
In Barrels, Zoey Thygesen almost broke the 18-second mark in Open with a nice 18.090 run to edge out Ava Garcia’s 18.125 to become a first time winner this season. Laura Moos and KD Cortez, both earlier money winners, were third and fourth.
Chloe Simms keeps on finishing at or near the top in Juniors, taking another first this week and Cecily Hicks was in the money again for the third week in a row.
The Roping events saw one return winner in Breakaway this week.
Shanni Shipley continues to dominate in Breakaway, winning again this week with a very quick 1.660-second catch and Sarah Haby beat out Shada Cline by .01 the take second place leaving Cline in third.
Team Perf, #10 and Tiedown all had new winners with the team of Kody Beach and Cody Crowell taking first in Team Perf., Jed Marquet and Garrett Reeves winning #10 and Russ Ferrell taking the Tiedown title.
The weekly rodeos happen on Fridays, weather permitting, through Aug. 13, and the gates open at 6 p.m. with Exhibition and Pre-Show Barrels at 7 p.m. and the Grand Entry at 8 p.m.
Call 830-777-7129 for more info.
This week’s event (July 9) was cancelled Friday morning due to inclement weather and ground conditions at Mansfield Park Arena.
Riding on Faith Rodeo
Week 4 results
Bulls
Open_ 1, Winston Lopez, $696.00
Novice_ 1, Jayden Doss, $685.00
Sr Mini_1, Sterling Hutron, $210.00
Jr Mini_ 1, Sterling Hutron, $210.00
Barrels (standing, contestant, time, winnings)
Open_ 1, Zoey Thygesen, 18.090, $252.00, 2, Ava Garcia, 18.125, $189.00, 3, Laura Moos, 18.320, $126.00, 4, KD Cortez, 18.582, $63.00
Junior _ 1, Chloe Simms, 18.809, $224.00, 2, Seleh Farmer, 18.820, $124.00, 3, Cecily Hicks, 19.037, $90.00
Roping (standing, contestant, time, winnings)
Team Perf_ 1, Kody Beach/Cody Crowell, 6.240, $1,000.00
Team #10_ 1, Jed Marquet/Garret Reeves, 11.04, $504.00, 2, Toby deLeon/Tres Garcia, 14.38, $336.00
Tie Down_ 1, Russ Ferrell, 11.060, $147.00
BreakAway_ 1, Shanni Shipley, 1.660, $333.00, 2 Sarah Haby, 3.810, $249.00, 3, Shada Cline, 3.820, $167.00, 4, Kutter Kicker, 3.940, $85.00