Trevor Taghon is a 4-time Michigan NHSRA champ and has won a round at the Perry, GA PBR. He hopes to add a national title buckle to his collection.
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RICKEY WEST BUCKING BULLS – FAMILY BUSINESS WITH AN IMPACT
Rickey West Bucking Bulls is a family run business with a breeding program that is producing top competitors.
LOREN’S DREAM KEEPS FALLEN HERO’S DREAM ALIVE
by Terry Lidral by Terry Lidral Bucking bull Loren’s Dream is very special. He is the namesake and carries the memory of Army Corporal Loren Miles Buffalo who was killed in action in Afghanistan on March 9, 2011. It was Loren Buffalo’s dream to raise bucking bulls in partnership with
MCCOY RANCH BUILT ON PLUMMER BLOODLINES AND SOLID TRAINING
by Terry Lidral Denny McCoy has been bucking bulls in competition since before the American Bucking Bull, Inc. was formed in 2003 (ABBI also known as The Registry). He learned about bucking bulls from one of the most respected bull men in the business. He’s got decades of experience working
TZ BUCKING BULLS – FOR TY RINALDO BULLS ARE A WAY OF LIFE
by Terry Lidral Ty Rinaldo has always liked bulls. He grew up on a ranch with cattle and, as a kid, he would ride those ranch cattle around and make them buck. Then Rinaldo got serious about bull riding and became one of the top riders on the professional bull
THE LEGENDARY ASTEROID – THE KANNGIESSERS ARE PROUD OF THEIR COTTON GENETICS THAT PRODUCED HIM
by Terry Lidral Many people do not know that the 2012 PBR Champion Bull Asteroid, owned and hauled by Howard Talley’s Circle T Ranch and then, later, by Chad Berger, was raised on the Kanngiesser Ranch in Kansas. The son of the bull #331 Cotton, Asteroid had the athleticism, the
MATT SCHARPING’S PHENOM GENETICS BUILT ON THE COMPETITIVE EDGE
by Terry Lidral Matt Scharping’s business is bucking bulls. Bucking bulls are also his passion. To be doing what he loves for a living is what Scharping calls a blessing. And he shares that blessing with others through partnerships with his bulls. Like a lot of other people who have
SAMMY ANDREWS’ 007 CATWALK – A UNIQUE STUD
by Terry Lidral Sammy Andrews bought 007 Catwalk from Dale Kling at the Breeders Classic Bucking Horse Sale in Grassy Butte, North Dakota in 2017. The stud horse caught Andrews’ eye for his looks and his conformation. “I liked his color and build,” said Andrews of the dark bay bald
MIKEL MORENO – HIS LEGACY IS THE GREAT BUSHWACKER
by Terry Lidral Mikel Jay Moreno was only 18 years old when he succumbed to leukemia in 2006. But the legacy of bucking bull genetics he built in his short lifetime will forever have a major impact on the bucking bull industry. Mikel Moreno had a passion for bucking bulls
BULL MAN CORY MELTON – THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED ASTEROID
by Terry Lidral Cory Melton, who owns and operates Melton Bull Company in Tolar, Texas, knows a whole lot about bucking bulls. In fact, according to Melton, that’s pretty much all he knows. Brought up in Louisiana around bull riding from an early age, being a bull rider came about