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Roger Daly
Speedhorse Photo
Photos this Page: Roger Daly’s ranch is pictured. Photos courtesy Roger Daly Horses
oPPosite Page: Left, D. Wayne Lukas, Sleepy Gilbreath (pictured in righthand photo) and Dr. Charles Graham are among those that
Roger learned from in the beginning of his career.
Photos by Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
sales and he and the people who work for him have great training ability.”
HIS FIRM FOUNDATION
Although he’s been in Texas for more than 50 years, Roger was born in New York’s Finger Lakes region, in Weedsport.
Of the three girls and four boys born to Richard and Marion Daly, Roger is the oldest.
And he’s the only one in the family other than his dad who has any interest in
horses. “We had a dairy and crop farm and he drove some draft
horses,” Roger says.
Roger participated in 4-H and FFA and showed in some open shows around home while in school, but, he says, “I hated milking cows and didn’t like shoveling snow. I liked the horses a lot better than I liked the cows!”
Due to Texas’ horse-hub reputation, he relocated there in his early 20s. “I was lucky
to get jobs riding colts for a lot of ranches and did some halter and pleasure showing,” he says. “I also got to show some cutting horses, which was kind of my favorite thing to do.
“The ranch I was at had some really well- trained horses that took real good care of me,” he adds. “I didn’t always know what I was
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