I want to remind everyone out there that right here in TN we have a bull riding organization that sanctions events and has their own World Championship. It is the ABA in Jackson ,TN and if you want to ride bulls I urge you to join the ABA. Many riders have gone from there in the past three years to the CBR,PRCA and PBR. If you own bulls and want a place to buck them come on and join. As a stock contractor with the ABA I am having a blast. We have weekly Thursday night Futurities at Circle 13 in Denmark,TN. for 2,3 and 4 year old bulls .Following the Thursday night Futurities is the practice pen session .And like the big boys we even have international riders joining as Jessie Perez from Durango, Mexico.
May 25th was the ABA ‘s second event of the season at Circle 13.Scott Littrell the CEO of the ABA and owner of the Circle 13 Rodeo Company has become quite the announcer; and be prepared to get picked on if you come to an event. He knows how to make it fun for the audience. Watch out Donny Gay!
Scott and his wife Terry are both of Cherokee descent and proud of their heritage. I have found most people I have met on the rodeo trail from the USA have some degree of Indian blood. Some of the international riders do too as many are either from Mexico , Brazil or Canada. I guess Australia is the exception but the owners of Rodeo Wild ,Australia are a transplanted American Indian couple. But back to the ABA.
The first to ride was Matt Littrell who did well in both the NABA and IPRA. Matt who doubles as a bullfighter fell victim to a bull he knows well-Circle 13’s P1 Prince Albert who bucked straight left along the chutes with some fakes right and left getting Matt off at about 7.8.Blake Climer came out on our bull TN Two Hawks who took 4 leaps to the left while kicking over his head to get his rider off early. Clint Nance drew Circle 13’s White Demon who bucked straight left then faked right then circled left. Clint scored 75. Trey Knolton drew their Denmark Biggs and was off by the second power jump. Trey is a good rider but this bull is hard to ride and was runner up for bull of the year. Van Lynch who is 8th in the ABA World Standings and also rides in the PBR and ABBI Classic events drew Circle 13’s Boo who bucked straight .Van scored 74. Charlotte,TN Trey Allen drew 14K Golddigger who took 8 leaps straight out then made a right spin and got trey off right before the buzzer. Trey is another of the riders who can be seen at PBR events. Brent Sisco who ,like Matt is also a bullfighter drew A10 Rimshot and I really felt this ought to have been a reride but I was not judging. The bull walked out then hop and skipped left. Brent scored 72. Colby Criswell drew a good little spinner from bear Creek Cattle Company named Shorty V. The Broke Back calf had Colby off on the 4th spin. D.L. Goodman drew our (CWR Bucking Bulls) bull Cat Five Hurricane, who like Two Hawks is a son of TN Tornado. Hurricane power bucked with 6 long leaps as he circled to the left to get D.L. off early. Zack Jackson bucked off of White Lightning into the gates while PBR rider Altus Dieterlen came down early when Circle 13’s TNT Dynamite took two leaps with a fake left then a fake right. Dynamite is one of my favorite Circle 13 bulls.
Billy Summers who is 7th in the standings drew EG Get You Some who took one leap out then circled left to dust Billy.
Matt McCarley bucked off of Super Dave (2nd) when he took one spin to the right .J.M. Cox bucked off of LJ Lockjaw who took 3 leaps out then faked left and reversed right. I want to add my condolences here to the Littrells as Lockjaw got into a battle with another bull and they lost him from his injuries three days later. This was a really strong, good bull and I sure hated to hear that.
Mexico’s Jessie Perez drew Circle 13’s Full House who took two spins to the left felt the rider commit and faked right to unseat him. NFPB and NABA two time World Champion Justin Carlton drew Marv Littrell’s 49% Marvelous Marv who took two strong leaps out then faked right to get Justin off. It only took one spin to the right for Super Dave I to unseat Buck Friskillo . Chris Stackler drew Jordan’s Pet who took three explosive leaps to toss Chris off. Another great Circle 13 bull!
Brandon Gaspar of J Bar M brought some top bulls for the Championship Round. Van Lynch who ended up second in the event drew Gaspar’s Big Money. The bull went into a fast right spin, getting Van hung up as he bucked off . As there were only three qualified rides two riders were drawn back. Trey Allen drew 330 G Unit who exploded out and flipped trey over causing him to hang up. It was bullfighters to the rescue again. D.L.Goodman made the call back and drew Little Gangster who took three slow spins left to get D.L. off early. Clint Nance was awarded a reride after bad Medicine fouled himself. He drew Circle 13’sTK3 Denmark Biggs who took one leap straight out then faked left then spun to the right to buck Clint off. Brent Sisco drew 1X Buzzard Bait who took two hard leaps left to get Brent off . With no qualified rides in the short go, Clint Nance finished first with his 75 points from the long go. Van Lynch was second with 74 and Brent Sisco was third with 72. The judges for the event were
Guy Cox from McKenzie, TN and Johnny Byrd from Jackson, TN. Rodeo Clown Mike Russell had the fans going and even got my ’sister” Joy Pecor up to dance. Joy ,who has been unable to dance in the Pow Wow Arena and elsewhere for the past twenty years is now walking more and rebuilding her legs so watch for her at the Fall Powwows. We have her out of her wheelchair for good!The next ABA event is Saturday, June 16th at Henderson ,TN. And the next futurity is Thursday, June 14th at Circle 13.Check out the ABA’s site
www.americanbullridingassociation.com for the full schedule and the standings. Come on down to an event. I would love to meet our readers there.
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