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The Rodeo Road with CPRA barrel racer, Brooke Wills

Brooke WillsOct 5, 2023 - That’s a wrap on the 2023 regular season of rodeos! And I have to say it feels nice to not have to drive anywhere for a while haha.

Congratulations to everyone who achieved their goals this year. Whether that was qualifying for the CFR or a small goal like seasoning a horse or finishing in the top 30. If you didn’t quite reach the goal you had in mind, that Okay! Taking that sting of finishing 13th or 14th makes for great fuel for next season. There is so much to be learned during the rodeo road that can help you for next year. Like which days to enter a rodeo, or which ones to skip if you know your horse doesn’t like a certain pen. We can learn so much from our horses that can set us up for success next season.  

I’m happy to say I have qualified for my 3rd CFR. My sister, Lane, also qualified so I’m very excited that we get to be there together. Famey won’t be getting any breaks between now and the CFR, she gets fat just looking at a square bale so it will be business as usual, which includes lots of riding out in the field and taking her to some jackpots to keep her sharp and keep her air up.

Red Deer holds a lot of special memories for me. Winning my first Canadian Title definitely ranks up there but it was also the last rodeo my grandpa got to watch me compete at and I treasure those memories dearly. I get excited just thinking about pulling up to Westerner Park, it really can’t come soon enough. 

I hope everyone has a great October and Best of luck to everyone at the CFR!

Brooke 

 
Catching up with CPRA Tie-Down Roper / Team Roper STEELE DEPAOLI
CPRA BlogOct 5, 2023 – Here we are and the season has finished up. The raw truth is it hasn’t been the best fourth quarter for me and that resulted in me not accomplishing my goals this year. I actually roped quite well this year but I made some crucial mistakes. I worked my butt off this year, so I cannot use that as an excuse. The best part about competition is it shows you where you need to work on things. I always try to look at things in the way that everything happens for a reason. I bet next year I will be that much better. I know exactly what I am wanting to work on for my ability and I am already focusing on that.

Congratulations to everyone that made the CFR and NFR. It’s such a challenging road. It will be exciting to watch a few close friend compete at the NFR.

I am so fortunate to have such good horses and an unreal support team of family and sponsors. They are always in my corner. I have some really cool young horses on the go and I am excited to put more energy towards them in the next few months.

Thanks to everyone for following along! 

Steele
 
The Rodeo Road with CPRA barrel racer, Brooke Wills
The Life of a Rodeo HorseAugust, 2023 – It's been a little while since I’ve written another blog post.

Time is flying by and its hard to believe we only have about 10 rodeos left for the 2023 season. I can give a pretty quick recap of the month of July for me… it was a dry one haha. Some hit barrels plagued me and my confidence was not very high. If it wasn’t a hit barrel then it was just barely being out of a pay cheque. For us barrel racers, its crazy how much a hundredth of a second matters. I had a sneaking suspicion something wasn’t quite right with my mare, Famey. I trusted my gut and I was right and its been paying off in a big way since. Cor Vet Services has Famey feeling really good right now and with that my confidence has come back. Ive also mostly been trying to stay out of Fameys way and let her do the work and that seems to be helping too.

So far for the month of August, I’ve picked up a cheque every where I’ve ran, minus Regina, and finished no less than 6th place. I even got my first 2 wins of the season. The first one was a smaller win in Grimshaw but the second win came in Dawson Creek, which was fun since Dawson Creek is my hometown rodeo now. Its was really nice when the North run was on, we didn’t have to drive nearly as far. A couple hours here and there and the horses were back in their pens at night, that doesn’t happen very often. Once again we got spoiled at La Crete. They have the best hospitality and I encourage everyone to attend that rodeo at least once.

I'm really looking forward to the upcoming rodeos in BC. I really enjoy those rodeos. They are arenas I grew up running in at Little Britches and High School rodeos so they’re very familiar to me. We stay at my parents place in Kamloops, the horses love it there and I usually try to get some boating in since its so hot, and take the time to visit all of my family who lives there. Now let’s just hope we don’t get smoked out from the wild fires. Wishing everyone safe travels and to finish strong.

Photo: "The Life of a Travelling Rodeo Horse" - Famey and Halston taking a nap before Pincher Creek Rodeo.

Brooke
 
Catching up with CPRA Tie-Down Roper / Team Roper STEELE DEPAOLI

Steele DepaoliAugust 14 - The last few weeks have been very busy for everyone. We have driven all over Saskatchewan, Alberta and part of BC.  We made three trips to northern Alberta. I would say my roll has kept going and I have been picking away in the Tie Down Roping. I have managed to get myself back in the top 10. I placed at Bruce, High Prairie, Strathmore and Dawson Creek. I was one spot out of placing at La Crete and Rimby. I am happy with how Big Money is working and I am looking forward to the last quarter of the rodeos. 

I have roped really well in the Team roping but I broke a bunch of barriers. Things would look completely different if I was 1 or 2 inches the other way, I barely broke them and there was only one run that I knew I broke it in the run. Usually if you break out you know it but they were so close I didn’t realize until after I faced up. The thing about a broken barrier is that it is still broken and still a mistake on my end. Riley roped absolutely outstanding for me and we won the one CCA rodeo we entered. We have a great run together, I just lacked on the team.

I was pretty fortunate as my boy told me I needed to win a buckle and I won the High Point Saddle and two buckles at Herbert, Sk and also got a beautiful buckle from Kennedy, Sk. So I guess I surpassed Kelton’s expectations!

All in all the last two weeks was successful but I feel like I should have won way more money. I am feeling sharp and ready to continue the roll.


July 30 - This week is an exciting week for the rodeos in Canada! It starts a really good run of rodeos. I started Friday in Rockford and it was pouring rain at my house. So I loaded my other calf horse and planned to ride him if it was raining. When we pulled into Rockyford, it was dry but Scot and I thought we should give Five 0 a chance anyways. He worked really well, this is the first rodeo he has ever been to and he gave us both a chance to win. I had a calf that wasn’t gonna let me win. In the team roping I reached and gave Kyle a terrible handle. He made an outstanding heel shot and we ended up placing.

We drove to Medicine Hat and roped Saturday morning and Schriner’s house for the open. I didn’t do my job very well. Then the performance at the rodeo started at 1:30 so the family and I ate at Montanas to get prepared. In the team roping I roped with Riley Wilson and we made a decent run but I broke the barrier. In my mind I thought I seen the start but it was evident I didn’t when I watched the video. Dawson and Dillion did what they normally do and made a heck of a run. It is  going to be cool to watch them in December. In the tie down there were three of us that rode Big Money. He worked as his normal self and gave us all a chance. My calf was not very good at all. That gets frustrating but it is part of this game. Kyle Lucas made a good run but broke the barrier. This wasn’t a very successful day.

We eased up to Bruce and the dance sounded like it was pumping there. The kids were singing to the music in the trailer while we were trying to put them to bed.

In the morning they had a great pancake breakfast. Rodeos going out of their way to put on things like this really help.

During the rodeo I thought I set up a great run but I didn’t get the rope hondo over far enough and knocked my calf down on his side. I had to get him up and finished with a 9.1. Scot did the same thing but Kyle stayed off the barrier and was 8.7. Pretty cool of the judges because the barrier didn’t work and after some discussions they took the barrier off. This was absolutely the correct call. In the team roping I scored really well and missed as the steer stepped to me.

What did not feel like a very productive week; finished off alright. I ended up winning a bit and between the two events it has been five out of the last six rodeos I have placed at. The roll continues as we head to High Prairie for Wednesday.

 
Catching up with CPRA Tie-Down Roper / Team Roper STEELE DEPAOLI

Steele DePaoliJuly 24, 2023 – Here we are just over half way through the CPRA season. Everyone that has been reading along knows how things have been going.

Last week at Teepee Creek I had the same result. As I was riding back to the trailer I was laughing because, hey what else do you do hahaha! I rode by Mike Johnson and we started talking. He told me a few old rodeo stories of how the struggle can be so real and no one will ever understand until you rodeo long enough to go through it. He mentioned a few of the crazy things that had happened to him and it got him back winning. I have made it my goal this year to keep the pressure off myself no matter what the circumstances are; hence the laughter at myself. It is easy for me to try so hard and make things harder to win than normal. Mike really made this stick even more in my mind.

The next day I went to Bowden and in the performance it started raining on us. Boom! I placed in both events. This made me feel like my luck had changed.

The next week I was lucky to get to go on a trip to Mexico with my wife for her birthday. Most of the time in this situation I would stay home practicing but this forced me to just relax and forget about life. If you know me I don’t ever do this, I am always on the run working or roping. When I got to the resort we turned the Cowboy Channel on and got to watch Beau, Kyle and Jared kick some major butt at Calgary. This is huge moment for them to make the NFR. That ride of Dawson Hay’s was absolutely remarkable. I am completely impressed with how well Canada does at Calgary; being outnumbered so badly. It’s pretty darn cool.

We got home at midnight, I still had to pack and I left the house at 3:30 am to go on the east run. We started in Kennedy, SK. I won the Tie Down and Kasper and I split second in the Team Roping. We drove to Morris, MB and I completely messed my calf up but still placed. This is huge; I am living the role now as we speak. The bounces are officially in my direction. Three rodeos in a row.

I never take vacations but I told Becky we might have to take more!

 
The Rodeo Road with CPRA barrel racer, Brooke Wills

Brooke WillsJuly 4, 2023 - Cowboy Christmas has come to an end, and while I feel like I came up short, I also know there are plenty more rodeos for more money to be won. I consider the week of Sundre and Wainwright to be the start of Cowboy Christmas since there is such good money to be won, and from Wainwright, it rolls right into Ponoka.

Famey and I started off in Wainwright slack on Thursday.  We made a nice, smooth run but she didn’t quite fire like I needed her to.  She didn’t do anything wrong so I couldn’t be upset with her. From there we headed to Sundre for slack on Friday morning.  It was muddy and a bit on the heavy side, but lucky for me, Famey loves mud and we managed to run one of the fastest times in slack, and held on for a 6th place cheque.  I had no time to waste after slack, as I was in Bassano that afternoon and it was almost a three-hour drive to get there.  It was pedal to the metal and I showed up with about one rake of girls before me.  I think we all have nightmares about this ha-ha.  My sister, Lane, was in Switzerland that week so I thought it was a great time to borrow her horse and make a run on Halston so Famey didn’t have to make two runs that day.  I thought we did quite well considering I had only ran Halston a couple of times when he was younger.  No money was won in Bassano but it was fun to ride Halston.  It was early to bed that night since I had High River slack the next morning at 7 a.m. and I was 4th out.   If you are familiar with High River, you know they start at exactly 7:00 a.m. sharp.  I am not a morning person and neither is Famey, but she made a nice run and managed to place 6th once again.  

Famey and I had Sunday and Monday off to get rested for Ponoka on Tuesday.  I was very happy with our run there.  I felt like I set her up perfectly so she didn’t get out into the marbles where it was a bit slick.  A tiny slip at first was probably the determining factor to make the short go or not.  Unfortunately, it just wasn’t our year this year.  Nothing will break your heart more than being .01 of a second out of making the short go.  It was so disappointing, especially since we managed to hold on all week, only to get bumped out on the last performance.  We were also just .05 out of making money in Raymond.  We re-bounded in Airdrie,and pulled another 6th place cheque from the slack on Friday morning.  Lane returned from Switzerland and ran in Ponoka Friday afternoon.  From there, we made the all night drive to Kamloops.  We chose to stop in Kamloops so the horses could rest at my parents' place, and they were able to sleep in a familiar pen.  The request for my Dad’s delicious breakfast also helped determine our route.  Some tire trouble caused our drive to go much later than planned.  We pulled into Kamloops at about 2:30 a.m. and were back on the road to Williams Lake at 10:00 a.m.

I didn’t have the run I needed in Williams Lake, which sucks because it pays so much, and can really help set you up well for the rest of the season.  Famey struggled at first barrel but managed to stay on her feet.  I was pretty upset afterwards and of course you start to question things afterwards.   Did I send her too hard to first barrel?  Should I have taken a straighter approach?  Should I have used a different bit?  It’s hard not to let the “what ifs” creep into your mind.  I allowed myself to be upset but then it was time to move on.  All we can do is take it one run at a time and do the best we can for the situation we are given.  

I am still waiting for that big win, but for now, Famey has been placing steady, which is a victory in itself with the level of horse power we have up in Canada right now.  I know it will come, but for now it's just one run at a time.  
Wishing everyone a successful July.

Brooke

 
Catching up with CPRA Tie-Down Roper / Team Roper STEELE DEPAOLI
CPRA BlogJuly 3, 2023 – It’s been a few weeks since I wrote anything, I really have not had much to inform everyone about. This last month has been a weird and wild month for me. I have roped as well or even better than I ever have and the results have not been showing that way. In fact it might be the worst June I have ever had. I have definitely made some mistakes but I am actually happy with some of the steers I have spun and how well my calf roping has been. These hard times really make a person appreciate the good times. It’s also a cool opportunity to really learn and forces the study of the game. I think the best part of my personality is that I never quite and I love to study the game in the good times and the bad times. I guess it shows how much I love the sport when all I can think about is that I wish I was driving to another rodeo. I know this is one run away from being on a roll. 

The other week I got an outstanding compliment. A fellow team roper read my blog and said it was very well written. This pumped me up because it covered off two different victories. One, I was always terrible at Language Arts throughout school and this came from a teacher, Justin McCarroll. Two, we were all joking and a comment was made that I needed to include more people in the write ups. So here it is, I mentioned you Justin hahahaha. 

Another thing that I have been thinking about is how expensive and hard it is to get down the road. It really make me appreciate the sponsors that work with us competitors. When we are winning things can be easy but when things are not going our way it really can get tight on the financial side. These sponsors help keep us going until things turn around. My entry fees for the last two week were $4,103.00 and I am only entered at the Canadian rodeos. This would be substantially more if I was trying to make the NFR. The other huge part of the team is our families. They really help us driving down the road; they keep us positive and understand our goals. They truly know us more than anyone; we can put on a hard face with people out of our inner circle but our close family really know us and keeps us sticking to our game. 

Next week is a new week!
Steele DePaoli
 

Steele DePaoliHi there

We are now in the thick of the rodeos. The last two weeks we have been to seven rodeos. It is fun to finally be rolling.

Grande Prairie week I felt like I roped well in both events. In the calves I drew two calves that it turned out I didn’t have much of a chance to place on and I made a good run in Grande Prairie. In the Team roping we had a steer pull a leg at Leduc, in Grande Prairie out steer hardly got into a lope and they pulled him out of the draw, in Hand Hills I had some bad luck and hit the post at the mouth of the box with my rope and I missed our steer.

I went home and got to break in some calves and I helped dad one day moving yearlings. We got to rope a bunch in the pasture, we had some great help with five of us there that have roped at the CFR. That was fun to get ready for this week. We started Friday at Brooks in the slack. We drew a great steer and Kyle lost his rope and then in the calves I got kicked past the whistle.

I drove up to Bonnyville for the slack Saturday morning and I missed a great steer. I didn’t get my swing wide enough and use my tip well enough and roped only the left horn. In the calves Big Money was absolutely perfect and we set up an outstanding run and got kicked again. I left there in a hurry and drove to the performance in Lea Park for 1 pm. This rodeo is a cool rodeo with the hill as the grandstand. I was pretty excited about my calf, I was told he was an add on but really good. I set up what I thought was a great go but got a rolling fall. I was still able to get him flanked to win a good cheque and the calf strained on me while I was tying him. In the team roping there was nothing getting done at all and I over thought my game plan. I took an extra swing and turned an alright steer but we were going to be longer than I wanted.

I left there and drove to Levi Simpson’s place to stay the night. When we got up Levi and I roped with Chase Simpson and Travis Speer. This was a great practice to set things up for Rocky Mountain House.

When I got to Rocky it was raining and wow is it nice to see a bit of moisture even though it was not very much. I ran my calf and again got kicked. Then in the team roping I seen what I wanted to and our steer tripped and fell to his knees just before he pulled the barrier and I broke out. We were 4.3 plus 10.

To be completely honest I am glad these two weeks are over because all the bad draws and bad luck is behind me and I feel like I am roping outstanding. Crackers is working well and Big Money has been trying to be one of the best calf horses going down the trail. We have set up six out of the seven calves for great money, we just need the puck to bounce our direction and we will put it in the net.

See everyone in Innisfail!
Steele DePaoli

 
Meet 2019 Canadian Barrel Racing Champion, Brooke Wills, our newest Pro Rodeo Canada blogger!
Brooke WillsHi all, I was recently asked if I would do a blog about life on the rodeo trail. I should have lots to write about seeing as I now live in Dawson Creek, and nothing is close to Dawson Creek, so I’m on the road all the time.

It’s true when they said the road is full of ups and downs. I spent a couple of hours at Fountain Tire getting a tire fixed on my horse trailer. I’m not too sure what I ran over on my way to Hand Hills rodeo but it was not tire friendly. Luckily they were able to patch it, and $60 later I was back on the road. Also If anyone needs the name of a good axle re-alignment shop, I know of a good one. (Don’t ask me how I know.)
I started the past week off at Grande Prairie, where I managed to pull a cheque out of the mud. I’m very thankful that my mare, Famey, really will run in any conditions and managed to split 5th with the 2021 Canadian Champ, Justine Elliott and Blondy.
From there we headed to Leduc and also ran in the slack there. Poor timing and riding led to a downed barrel. It was 99 percent my fault so we shook it off and didn’t dwell on it. If it’s a bad run I usually only try to watch my video a few times, see what I did wrong, learn from it and move on. I had Friday off so my sister Lane, and I went to Coulee Equine to treat the horses to a little spa day. We are so lucky to have such a great facility that always tries to make time for our busy schedule. Since I live about 8 hours from central Alberta, I’ll typically lay over in Bowden. It’s always open, the water is on and the ground is typically worked. I’m so appreciative of rodeo grounds that stay open for us competitors who don’t get to go back to our homes at night. Saturday morning we headed to Hand Hills. Famey made a really solid run and we managed to catch a bottom cheque. Despite the 3 punctures in my tire, it was a good week.

I’m hoping to keep the ball rolling into Brooks, Lea park and Bonnyville. It’s getting to be a fun time of year when there’s lots of rodeos to go to. It’s a good way to keep momentum going into the next run or change your luck around from a bad run.
Wishing everyone fast times for the upcoming week of rodeos. Brooke
 
Steele De PaoliThe Rodeo Road with CPRA Blogger Steele DePaoli

May 28, 2023 -

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote anything out and there has been lots going on. A few weeks ago Kiel Wilson and I did a roping and horsemanship school. This went really well; I took care of the roping and Kiel worked with everyone on their horsemanship. The feedback I got was very positive. With our roping game horsemanship plays such a big part. I thought it was a great idea when Kiel pitched it to me and I thought it was a great opportunity for me to learn something from him. 

Then we drove out to Falkland, BC and last week I went to Beau Cooper’s calf roping finals. I had no luck at either of these. I haven’t been getting to rope any calves but I am hoping this week my calves will be big enough to break in. I have been getting to team rope a bunch and that feels really good. 

Then today I was up at Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement, AB. I thought they put on a very good rodeo. They have lots of money up for the cowboys, they have a great rodeo grounds, they had a good crowd and the food was awesome for breakfast and lunch. I got the impression they are trying to be contenders for committee of the year, I hope every rodeo tries this hard to put on a great show. 

In the team roping I was extremely happy with Crackers, he scored great and we did our job but did not win anything. In the calf roping my lack of practice showed as I roped my calf around the eyes. I hardly ever miss so I am going to forget about it, but I feel like I should never miss in the calf roping. 

I am excited for this week coming up because we will be going to three rodeos and it really feels like we will be in the swing of the summer. When there is only one rodeo a week it can be hard to get in a rhythm winning. 

Speaking of horsemanship, I am proud of Becky as she won another buckle this weekend at the Cowhorse derby in Stavely. 

See everyone next week.

CPRA tie-down roper - team roper
Steele DePaoli

 

Steele DePaoliThe Rodeo Road with CPRA Blogger Steele DePaoli

May 1, 2023 - Week three finished up over the weekend and I ended up winning a little bit. It was a good week as I got to rope most afternoons.

We started in Coleman Friday morning. Coleman has always been one of the first rodeos of the year and makes it really feel like things are kicking off for the season. I thought the cattle were really good and strong. In the team roping we made a decent run but we got caught in the fence and slowed us down a bunch. We were one out of placing. In the calf roping Big Money worked outstanding again and I made one major mistake by miss stringing the front leg. I still managed to place third.

We drove to Taber and got to watch the performance that night. It was loud and I got to watch Schmidt make another really good run.

I roped in the morning slack. In the calf roping I knocked my calf down and took too long to get him up. In the team roping we maxed out on penalties. I was real sharp with my rope all weekend I was please with my horses but luck was not on my side.
I got to have a day off on Sunday. I actually could try and help out around the place and ride my 2 yr old horses. It was an awesome low paced day.

Next week I am trying to figure out if I can make the Level Up Calf roping Thursday night and then I am in Drayton Valley Pro Rodeo Friday night.

CPRA tie-down roper - team roper
Steele DePaoli

Tanner GirletzWeekend Wrap Up from Dawson Creek with CPRA Rodeo Administrator Tanner Girletz

April 24, 2023 - Well, this past weekend I ventured north to Dawson Creek to take in their Spring rodeo. It is the first rodeo I have attended as the CPRA Rodeo Administrator and I was very impressed with the content, production, professionalism and crowds. I was fortunate enough to cruise around the arena and help where I could.

I did everything from untying tie down calves to running the out gate, sorting stock, opening chute gates to just watching our outstanding athletes perform to the best of their abilities. As an old man in the bull riding game now, I love nothing more then going and watching rodeo as a whole and can’t wait to get to many more performances this year and pitch in and help where and when I can. This is what it’s all about! I love the sport of rodeo and love watching and helping people do good. Lots of the contestants now are new and I’ve watched them grow up from junior rodeos to the elite level. It was great to see Miss Rodeo Canada, Mackenzie Skeels, there to showcase her reign as queen. I’m excited about where Canadian rodeo is at right now and, on our way, up to Dawson Creek, we got the announcement that the Cowboy Channel has officially taken over Flo Rodeo and our rodeos will be broadcast on a bigger spectrum this year which makes me very excited for the future of our sport.

Dawson Creek Spring Breakup started Friday night, the barrel racing was tough as it was the first event and ran very smoothly. Your Champ in a long line of great barrel racers was CFR qualifier Bradi Whiteside. The barrel racers ran hard and fast and made it a solid horse race.

First guy out in the bareback riding was Kody Lamb and he was 88 points on a great young horse of the Calgary Stampedes to split the rodeo win with our reining Canadian Champ Ty Taypotat! What a way to start a rodeo! The bareback riding was outstanding all weekend with 6 scores in the eighties.
The Steer wrestling also proved to be very entertaining! The first guy out in the Steer Wrestling and our Wrangler Official Dale Reid was bucked off a bad one in the flagging event of rodeo. Everyone was ok and was good for a chuckle. Steers were strong and the guys dug deep and made some great runs, Highlighted once again this weekend with new dad Tanner Milan! Baby is getting new shoes!!

The steer riding and novice were great, we saw some great young talent highlighted by local boy Chase Siemens’ 83-point effort on another great young horse of the Calgary Stampede’s. The future is looking bright, and the steer riding was a riding contest with only one buck off. The boys and Girl!!! came to ride.

Team roping again proved to be fast, 3.7 by CFR qualifiers, Tate and Kagen Schmidt, for their second win of the season…. followed closely by veteran heeler Riley Wilson and his partner Tee McLeod. It was a great showing with 6 times under 5 seconds and the guys looked great as we move forward in our season.

Tie Down Roping was great - highlighted once again this weekend by veteran tie down roper Murray Pole. He was 8.7 in the first performance and it was good enough to hold on for the event win. This is Murray’s second win of the early season and it looks like he is ready to roll into Red Deer this year. Good for you Murray, keep it up!

The crowd’s favourite breakaway roping was equally as tough. Newcomer to pro rodeo but not a newcomer to the sport of rodeo, young Aubrey Ross, daughter of CFR qualifier Rocky Ross, and brother to 2022 CFR qualifier Denim Ross roped her calf in a blistering 2.2. The breakaway roping was tough with a short score but the girls were on point. It took 3.2 to even place. Good work girls, you’re making a name not only for yourselves but for the event as a whole. Good job!!

The bull riding on the first day was highlighted by an 85-point effort by Brock Radford. Most times an 85 would hold up strong. However, the boys came to ride Saturday night and Coy Robbins of Camrose Alberta, was the hot hand with an 87.5 effort on Night Walker of the Calgary Stampede’s. Next out was 3X Canadian Champion Jared Parsonage and he put up a strong 87-point score… followed shortly by an 84.5 and an 83.5. Then the hometown boy, the Prince of the Peace country, Jake Gardner, brought the crowd to its feet with a solid 85-point effort to win 3-4 in the bull riding, closing out the rodeo in the perfect way.

All in all, the rodeo was great, and the contestants didn’t leave anything on the table. They all came to try and win, and they did just that. Can’t wait for the Taber and Coleman rodeos this weekend. Look forward to seeing everyone down the rodeo road. I plan on popping in rodeo to rodeo and checking out events like I did this weekend. Hope to see everyone down the road.

See you soon!!!
Tanner


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Steele De PaoliCatching up with Steele De Paoli

April 17, 2023 - Years ago I was asked to blog the rodeo trail as I travelled down the road. Recently I was asked by a few people to do the same thing this year. I have decided that I can take the time to do that. It is easy to write something when thing go my way and it is difficult to write when things don’t go my way. So I will try to give the full experience as rodeo has so many ups and downs.
Friday I went to an Open roping and I rode a horse that has never been away from home. He worked really well and I am excited for the future on him.
Today I was up at the Broncs and Honky Tonks in Medicine Hat. It was a full crowd there and that always makes things more exciting for the first rodeo of the year.
The results didn’t turn out how I would have liked them as I missed in the team roping and I did an alright job on my calf but was in crying hole.
I am excited for the year, I have a couple of really nice horses. In the Team Roping I will be riding Crackers and roping with Trent Tunke. I have roped with Trent in the past and we did very well together. In the Tie Down Roping I will be riding Big Money. He is an outstanding horse I got from Lakota and Logan Bird a few years ago. I went through a seasoning year last year with him and I am extremely excited for this year; especially after how he worked for me today.
This year seems different for me, growing up I have always had a bunch of drive to try and be as technically sound as possible but I feel like I have more drive than I ever have. I am pretty lucky to have my family travel with me and support me. They make every day a winning day, even if I don’t rope well that day. I also have some great sponsors in my corner that I can represent while we work together.
I feel like I am not someone who is very outgoing and I never say what my goals are to anyone but I have waited for a long time and this year I am putting my name on a few Gold buckles! Thank you, Steele De Paoli
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