A great portrait of Rodeo Houston. Finally, national television shows the positive side of rodeo. This is a great report from the NBC Today Show and Matt Lauer.

To Whom It May Concern,

“My name is Katlyn Grubb. I am the grand daughter of Les Hirdes the 1963 Team Roping World Champion. Yesterday on May 5, 2008 my grandma Fran Hirdes’ home in Turlock, California was broken into and burglarized. Many valuable things were taken including jewelry and such, but nothing more valuable than my grandpa’s trophy saddles. If you are familiar with Les you may know that he did pass away some years ago, so the two saddles that were stolen are more than just saddles but family jewels to us. The two saddles stolen were his 1983 Pot of Gold Saddle and his 1963 RCA Team Roping World Champion Saddle.   Hopefully someone out there might hear about them and possibly see the saddles out on the street or being used they might be able to make it back home to us.”

If anyone has information on the above saddles, pleas conact us here at RopersOnly.com and we will relay the information to the family

Lazy E Productions has announced that it has moved the Worlds Greatest Roper competition to Reno during the Reno Rodeo, BFI and Reno Invitational.

Daniel Green of Oakdale, California came into the fifth performance on Sunday with a 31-second lead on the “King of Rodeo” Trevor Brazile and a field of World Champions. Not only did Green win his second title and hold off the world’s best cowboys, but shattered the arena record in the average set one-year ago by Brazile. Green posted a 276.1 over 25 head of livestock worth $57,000.00 and joined the elite fraternity of multiple-time world champions at the 24th Annual Wrangler Timed Event Championship this weekend at the Lazy E Arena.

Green had a stellar weekend and used consistent runs, great horses, and world class helpers to rise above his fellow nineteen competitors that made up one of the greatest fields of contestants ever assembled to compete for the prestigious “Iron-Man” title. Brazile, after winning his record fifth title last year, finished the event as the runner-up, recorded the fastest over-all go-round time, and placed again in the 5th round for an event total of $41,000.00 bringing Brazile’s career WTEC earnings to $508,500.00. Keeping on the west coast, Los Alamos, California cowboy Casey Branquinho took home third place honors and earned $15,000.00.

2008 Wrangler Timed Event Championship Standings

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Fastest Rounds

     
Arena Record Bonuses

2008 Contestants