Milk Cans & Polyester Archive

  • barrel racer vintage

    1962 World Champion Sherry Combs Johnson

    by Jolee Lautaret Star Plaudit holds a very unique record in the world of professional rodeo, one that is not likely to ever be duplicated.  The bay gelding won two GRA World Championships in rodeo in a single year and contributed to a third.  Red, as he...

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  • GAIL-WOERNER

    A little history from Gail Woerner

      As a youngster growing up in the High Plains, specifically northeastern Colorado early 1940s, barrel racing was not a part of the annual local rodeos. The first time I saw it  my grandfather was riding my horse through the barrel racing pattern at the...

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  • Wanda Harper Bush, circa 1970, Houston. Photo courtesy of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.

    Wanda Harper Bush: WPRA card number, 14

    1952-53 World Champion, Wanda Harper Bush.

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  • Ardie630

    Running on weed stubble, wet grass and in puddles

    Ardith Bruce took her bucking horse and turned him into a world champion.

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  • 707

    Formula 707 introduces Calming Essentials

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Formula 707 introduces Calming Essentials Pellets for high-strung horses LA SALLE, COLORADO — January 14, 2010 — Some horses that are nervous, high strung and easily distracted may have been born that way, but many may suffer from insufficient levels of magnesium...

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  • sick

    2 Sick Horses Stolen From Raytown,MO

    2 Sick Horses Stolen From Raytown FBI Investigating Case Of Missing Horses POSTED: 5:56 pm CDT June 18, 2009 UPDATED: 7:33 pm CDT June 19, 2009   RAYTOWN, Mo. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating who stole two horses with a rare disease. Five other...

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  • An Extreme Event

    An Extreme Event

    An extreme event will take place in a few weeks as the top Extreme Cowboy Racers from across the country come together for the Extreme Cowboy Race Finals. The Finals take place in Kansas City, MO at the Saddle And Sirloin Club November 14th through...

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  • The Magical Perks Master…

    The Magical Perks Master…

    On September 23rd, Tiany Schuster lost her phenomenal stallion, Perks Master, due to complications following colic surgery.  Foaled March 10, 1997, Perks Master was sired by the leading sire Dash For Perks and out of the great proven mare, Masters Lady Jet.  Perks Master was...

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  • Over Coming A Horse Accident, by Mary Lee of the Lee Ranch

    Over Coming A Horse Accident, by Mary Lee of the Lee Ranch

      Mary Lee and Amber              I wanted to write this in hopes of helping anyone else who has had a bad accident and has lowered self confidence and self esteem because of it. If I help one person, my writing will be well worth the...

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  • 2008 WPRA World Finals rolls into Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 18-22

    2008 WPRA World Finals rolls into Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 18-22

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In a joint press conference on June 5, at the Tulsa (Okla.) Expo Square’s Ford Arena, the Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Tulsa Expo Square officially welcomed the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) and their World Finals, scheduled for...

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