Day one at the NRS Roping clinic. The clinic started with 8AM cowboy breakfast and introductions. Krece Harris was the instructor with a long history with horses and winnings. There were 13 people in the clinic from all over,Texas, Wyoming, Louisiana, and Canada. There was a Grandfather, son, and grandson group from Canada. It turns out the grandson is Jake Church from the television series “Heartland”. Jayden and I are big fans and have bought a couple seasons of the show on DVD. The grandfather leases all the horses for the show. I got to speak to Jake a little about his filming. Very cool, he gets paid $3,000/day to film. The entire setup and clinic was spectacular. The riders got breakfast and lunch each day and the majority of them leased horses. I spent my day roaming Decatur spending most of my time at David’s western store that is part of NRS.
Mark had a day of roping from the ground to the hot heels pull behind a jeep steer, to live cattle. He talked non-stop about his day. It was a lot to learn and one big change for most ropers, no more standing up to rope. That will take a long time to get used to.
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