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The daunting road to qualification finds and a few lucky and hard-earned spots are heart of the pink-clad cowgirl kicking with
competitors in Cheyenne, Wy.; Fort Worth, awarded to the top 15. all her might to emulate what her heroes do
Texas; Estes Park, Colo.; and Red Bluff, Calif. on television. Lest rodeo fame ever forgets
There is simply no limit to how many miles The glory of rodeo is not in the buckles and what they do this for, simply turn to the
competitors young and old will travel on the checks. It is in the fact that these top 15 audience and find the hands begging for a
road to Vegas. spots, for no sum of money, can be bought. touch from all they aspire to ever
A million miles is only driven by two hands be: cowboy.
WHY TAKE THE ROAD and a will to make the next performance.
LESS TRAVELED An expensive horse can only hold up to the “There is no way to describe the road to
What the world yearns to know every care it is given, and the human body simply the NFR other than it is prestigious, it is
Christmas season is what it takes to get learns by what it repeatedly does. honorable, it will test your faith and at the
there. Not the highs and wins of the season, end of the day the winners are the ones
but the tough, nitty gritty work and tragic No, the road to rodeo fame is paid for in who remain true to themselves and who
tears of dreams won and lost that pave the the hours before the sun comes up when it never gave up no matter the circumstances,”
road to Vegas. Trials and triumphs, many seems like the world could care less about Spears said with a twinkle in her eye much
leading to heartbreak come September, the competitor praying they make it for 8 like the sparkle of her former Miss Rodeo
a.m. slack. The true spirit of rodeo sits in the Oklahoma crown.
Judge writing scores after a bulldog run at the Wood- Taylor Spears, Miss Rodeo Oklahoma 2018 at the
ward Elks Rodeo in Woodward, OK. Photo by Annie Jo Woodward Elks Rodeo in Woodward, OK. Photo by
Gilbert of Roan Pony Productions. Annie Jo Gilbert of Roan Pony Productions.
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