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Bayleigh Choate: Mindset Matters
By Dani Blackburn
Fort Worth cowgirl Bayleigh Choate exploded onto the professional rodeo scene in March when she won the semi-finals at Rodeo Austin with her bay roan, Boozer. She has since punched her ticket to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, coming in at 11th place in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association standings with $90,892, solidifying the Resistol Rookie of the Year title as well.
However, her first year in professional rodeo was not a seamless one. Despite winning her first rodeo at Denton, Texas, right out of the gate, the first six months of her rookie season quickly went downhill. As of March, Choate had won just $500 when the trip to Rodeo Austin and a change in mindset turned her career around.
The 19-year-old was born and raised in Cohutta, Ga., the daughter of Mike and Mandy Ralston. She is the older sister of one younger brother, River Choate, and remembers she basically grew up on the back of a horse.
“I have been on a horse since before I could walk. I have so many photos of me, tiny and on a horse. My mom put me on my first big horse when I was four and I won my first all-around saddle when I was five,” Choate said. “My mom and dad have supported me all the way through. That has been my biggest blessing.”
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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