Casper Baca Series Round 1 in the books

The 31st Annual Casper Baca Rodeo Company Rough Stock Rodeo Series

by Philip Leimbach, http://www.doubleptack.com

The 31st Annual Casper Baca Rodeo Company's Rough Stock Rodeo Series kicked off this weekend in Belen, New Mexico. Once again Casper Baca and family showed off their high caliber livestock with outstanding rides and lots of buckoffs to keep all of the fans on the edge of their seats. With some great weather thrown in by mother nature, it made for a great weekend of rough stock action!

While the Casper Baca Remuda showed off their talents with the likes of Forrie Smith, Kenny McOsker, Kevin Cox and Jimmy Nugent. The crowd waited with baited breath for the biggest attraction to hit the series in years. The wild and wooley Mutton Busting. With plenty of young and fresh faces (Ok the average age was 4) entered up, the crowd roared into a frenzy as they dug in hard for their rides. While the animals may not have had famous names the crowd was into it more than any event in Las Vegas.

Of course each day of the event was caped off with the most dangerous sport in the world. Bull Riding! With dozens of Open and novice bullriders each day showing up to ply their trade, it was anything but boring for the fans. In the Open Bullriding Saturday proved for the most rides as Jesse Griego and Randon Henry showed up in the same car and scored the same 84 points. Brendon Bond did what Simon Said and took home a 78 and Nathan Jones beat on Tom Tom for a 77. But the high score of the round belonged to Avalino (Lino) Baca, no relation, who on Sunday scored the round winning 86 on Black Cloud.

For more information and the current standings please visit the Casper Baca Rodeo Company web site at www.casperbacarodeo.com