The top ProRodeo breakaway ropers are nothing without the horses beneath them, and all throughout the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, the horses made the difference in the battle to the top.
Here’s who made it into the Cheyenne short round and the horses that got them there.
Maddy Deerman – Lady Polka
Maddy Deerman is switching from “Yellar,” who qualified her for the Cheyenne Frontier Days short round, to “Whopper,” her faithful bay horse.
Shawnee Sherwood – TFR Dualin Lane
Brooke Bruner – Nobadtest
Resistol Rookie candidate Brook Bruner is calling upon foundation-bred quarter horse gelding “Nobadtest” for Cheyenne’s breakaway short round.
Danielle Lowman – Tungsten Rebel
Rylee George – Wright Style
Rylee George is coming off a Co-Championship at the CNFR on “Royce,” and picked up the California Rodeo Salinas Championship on another horse last weekend, making for some good momentum heading into Cheyenne’s breakaway short round.
Bailey Bates – Merlins Handy Man
Bailey Bates traded out her gelding “Rocket,” who got her through the qualifying round, for “Melin,” who she rode in the Quarter and Semifinals.
Jacee Currin – SJR Diamond Roan
Jacee Currin is calling upon 8-year-old cowbred SJR Diamond Roan in Cheyenne.
Hannah Giger – Tough Lil King
Hannah Giger topped both her qualifying set and Quarterfinal set on Tough Lil King, lending her some good mojo in Cheyenne ahead of the short round.
Jordan Hollabaugh – Smarter Than Gage
Jordan Jo Hollabaugh won Semifinal 1 on Smarter Than Gage.
Jordi Edens-Mitchell – TRR Tanquery Cat
“Spike” is a hard-running gray gelding Jordi Eden-Mitchell purchased from 777 Performance Horses in Weatherford, Texas.
Sequin Brewer – Black Betty
Shy-Anne Jarrett – Austins Greytest
