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Bareback greats square off
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| H&N photo by Andrew Mariman Former OHSRA state bareback riding champion Steven Peebles of Redmond, left, and 2002 PRCA world champion Bobby Mote of Culver prepare for their fundraising match Saturday during the OHSRA State Finals rodeo at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. The two competed against each other to raise money for participants in next month’s National High School Finals Rodeo. |
June 18, 2007
Bobby Mote of Culver, the 2002 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion, made a stop in Klamath Falls to compete in a fundraising match against 2006 Oregon High School Rodeo Association state champion Steven Peebles of Redmond.
All who donated saw their money’s worth.
Mote and Peebles capped the OHSRA State Finals at the Klamath County Fairgrounds John Hancock Event Center in style, posting impressive rides in front of hundreds of state competitors and spectators.
Mote, who also finished second in the average at last year’s National Finals Rodeo, made a slight detour in the midst of a trip from Alberta to Nevada for the match, which raised money for the state’s competitors in next month’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Springfield, Ill. Peebles is one of those competitors.
“It helps out a lot, because usually you’ve got to try and get a bunch of sponsors, try to get as much stuff as you can,” Peebles said. “But if you can do something like this and have fun doing it, you can make a big chuck of money to get there.”
The match also fed Mote’s competitive spirit.
“It’s just a chance to get on a great horse. I do this to get on great horses and try to see how good of rides I can make,” Mote said. “For me to get on a great horse and compete against another great bareback rider, that’s an awesome deal.”
Mote led off with an 85-point ride, then his prot©g© followed with a 79-point effort three hours after scoring 77 to win the state finals short go.
Peebles registered 81 Thursday on his first ride of the weekend, and his lowest-scoring ride of the finals was Friday’s 75-point run. Despite missing nine of the series’ 15 rounds with a broken leg, Peebles still finished second to R.C. Landingham of Pendleton in the season standings.
That kind of success has caught the eye of his mentor.
“I think the proof’s in the pudding. He wins everywhere he goes,” Mote said. “The guy’s dedicated and determined to accomplish something, and he’s not getting sidetracked with different things, like a lot of kids are.
“He’ll go a long ways like that.”
Peebles had seen firsthand what it takes to be one of the world’s best riders many times before, but going against Mote head-to-head was a different experience.
“It was pretty cool. I’ve never done anything like this before,” Peebles said. “It was just cool that he came down here and did this for all of us.”
- By Josh Petrie
Bobby Mote of Culver, the 2002 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion, made a stop in Klamath Falls to compete in a fundraising match against 2006 Oregon High School Rodeo Association state champion Steven Peebles of Redmond.
All who donated saw their money’s worth.
Mote and Peebles capped the OHSRA State Finals at the Klamath County Fairgrounds John Hancock Event Center in style, posting impressive rides in front of hundreds of state competitors and spectators.
Mote, who also finished second in the average at last year’s National Finals Rodeo, made a slight detour in the midst of a trip from Alberta to Nevada for the match, which raised money for the state’s competitors in next month’s National High School Finals Rodeo in Springfield, Ill. Peebles is one of those competitors.
“It helps out a lot, because usually you’ve got to try and get a bunch of sponsors, try to get as much stuff as you can,” Peebles said. “But if you can do something like this and have fun doing it, you can make a big chuck of money to get there.”
The match also fed Mote’s competitive spirit.
“It’s just a chance to get on a great horse. I do this to get on great horses and try to see how good of rides I can make,” Mote said. “For me to get on a great horse and compete against another great bareback rider, that’s an awesome deal.”
Mote led off with an 85-point ride, then his prot©g© followed with a 79-point effort three hours after scoring 77 to win the state finals short go.
Peebles registered 81 Thursday on his first ride of the weekend, and his lowest-scoring ride of the finals was Friday’s 75-point run. Despite missing nine of the series’ 15 rounds with a broken leg, Peebles still finished second to R.C. Landingham of Pendleton in the season standings.
That kind of success has caught the eye of his mentor.
“I think the proof’s in the pudding. He wins everywhere he goes,” Mote said. “The guy’s dedicated and determined to accomplish something, and he’s not getting sidetracked with different things, like a lot of kids are.
“He’ll go a long ways like that.”
Peebles had seen firsthand what it takes to be one of the world’s best riders many times before, but going against Mote head-to-head was a different experience.
“It was pretty cool. I’ve never done anything like this before,” Peebles said. “It was just cool that he came down here and did this for all of us.”
- By Josh Petrie
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