Jackie Crawford visits The Breakdown Podcast to discuss her January victory at the San Diego Rodeo on old teammate “T-Boy,” who’s been in semi-retirement for the last few years.
Crawford recounts the journey to the big win in California and what made her pull T-Boy out of the pasture and start roping on him again. She also dives into her current horse string and the problems that come with having too many “good ones.”
Jackie Crawford Talks T-Boy, Good Horses on The Breakdown Podcast
On Jan. 12, 2025, Jackie Crawford won the invitational San Diego Rodeo on legendary gelding “T-Boy,” putting an exclamation point on the return of one of the most formidable teams in breakaway roping history.
With times of 2.0 in the eight-man, 2.1 in the four-man and a 2.6 to break a tie with Josie Conner, T-Boy more than proved he was back and ready to fire with Crawford. In all, Crawford came away from California with $35,063.
Sunny San Diego
When Crawford heard she had been invited to San Diego, she only put one horse in the trailer—DS Sassy Shiner, known as T-Boy.
“It felt like his setup,” Crawford said. “When I cracked him out at the Kimes, he was good, but I hadn’t ridden him in a competition in 2-and-a-half years. I hadn’t been on one that scores and breaks to the line flat like he’s notorious for. I didn’t trust it, I drew some softer calves and broke the barrier a few times. I took him to [the NFBR] but it didn’t feel like it was his setup. I didn’t want to put that kind of pressure on him, so I rode my roan Trojan…”
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