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Riata Buckle Breakaway Winners: Wray, Raupe and Boisjoli on The Breakaway Breakdown

Visit with the three champions from the 2023 Riata Buckle on this episode of The Breakaway Breakdown.

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Marissa Boisjoli and DT Hickory Blu Steel won the 2023 Riata Buckle futurity incentive. | Andersen/CBarC Photography

Meet the three Riata Buckle winners in the breakaway roping in Guthrie, Oklahoma, on November 2, 2023: Danielle Wray, Taylor Raupe and Marissa Boisjoli.

On this episode, catch up with the three cowgirls who banked around $10,000 each in the richest breakaway roping of the year and the standout Riata Buckle horses that helped them notch those victories.

First hear from Danielle Wray, who earned the Riata Platinum aggregate win aboard Show A Song Joe.

Then, meet Taylor Raupe and listen to her talk about the horse who helped her win the Gold aggregate win, PeanutBetter N Jelly

Finally, hear from Marissa Boisjoli about her futurity incentive win aboard DT Blu Hickory Steel.

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