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Meet the Member Reata Beck

story by Lily Weinacht

Albin, Wyoming, native Reata Beck is sitting in the top five of the WHSRA in two of her events, splitting second place with two other girls in the reined cow horse, and sitting fourth in her favorite event of goat tying. A member of the WHSRA Cinch All Star Team, the 17 year old also served on the WHSRA Student Board of Directors in 2015. She’s been on a horse since day one, rodeoing like her parents, Ron, a team roper, and Sam, a reiner and team roper. “Mom went to the (AQHA) Youth World Championship in reining, and then she got into rodeo in college,” says Reata. “Reining is very different from my other events, but the cow work is fun. I started breakaway roping again this fall, and I just switched from heading to heeling with Conner Mordahl. My favorite is goat tying – it’s the event I’ve always stuck with, and I really enjoy the ground work.” Reata is finishing physical therapy on her knee and taking a break from goat tying and basketball, though she plans to return to both by the first of the year.
During rodeo season, Reata practices twice a day, doing ground work in the morning, and riding horses in the evening, followed by another round of tying. “My mom has coached me a long time, and so have Lynn Smith and the Winchell family,” she adds. “I’m super competitive, and I’m never good enough for myself. Improving is my drive. Mom holds the goats for me, and helps with whatever I need. She’s been my support forever.” Adjusting practice with the weather, Reata often hauls to Spicer Arena in Eaton, Colorado. “It takes about an hour-and-a-half to get there. Mom will load the horses and meet me and Dad after school at a gas station by the interstate so we can all go together. I always take my goats when we go to rodeos so I can practice. One of them is getting too big now for tying, but we’ve decided to keep him. We call him Dog because he leads on a leash like a dog.”
As for horses, Reata rides HD, short for Havadoc, in the goat tying. “I can use him for anything, but I’ve goat tied on him since eighth grade. He’s getting older, but he’s really dependable, and probably the best horse I’ve had. I just bought a new breakaway horse, Fuzz, last year, and he’s kind of funny because he doesn’t ever lose his long hair, but he’s a heck of a breakaway horse. I’m training our head horse, HB, to be a heeler – he’s really fun – and I ride my mom’s head horse, Scar, in the reined cow horse.”
Reata lives about 30 miles from Burns, Wyoming, where she’s a senior at Burns High School. “I really like government and economics, and I’m very involved in politics, so watching the election was fun,” she explains. “I also helped put on a Veteran’s Day assembly, writing the closing ceremony and doing some public speaking.” She’s narrowing down her college choices, and plans to enroll in a political science program. Afterward, she’ll transfer to University of Wyoming and finish with a degree in law.
Reata and her family enjoy travelling, with stamps in their passports for The Bahamas and Canada, and within the United States, a fishing trip in Alaska. “This year, we’re deciding between going to Europe or Australia,” says Reata. She also plans to make one more trip to the NHSFR, which she’s qualified for twice. “I hope to not only compete there, but to perform to the best of my abilities. I’ve also set goals to make it to the CNFR and college rodeo in the Central Rocky Mountain Region. I think it’s one of the toughest regions for goat tyers, and that will push me harder.”

Reata with parents Ron and Sam Beck - Rodeo News

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Bareback Riding
1 Donny Proffit 120
2 Riggen Myers 71.5
3 Derrick Robinson 10
4 Dimaggio Hamilton 9
5 Denton Pavlenko 9
6 Drake Amundson 9
7 Cameron Henson 8
Barrel Racing
1 Shelby Petersen 109
2 Shay Hough 102
3 Maddie Fantaskey 91
4 Taylor Nichols 89
5 Ellie Bard 83
6 Haiden Thompson 78.5
7 Cedar Kohr 75
8 Isabelle Camino 51
9 Baily Coombs 37
10 Halle Hladky 32
Boys Cutting
1 Wes Bray 111
2 Hunter Hayden 100
3 Preston Schwartzkopf 92
4 Joseph Hayden 91.5
5 Kasen York 91
6 Broc Schwartzkopf 15
7 Kall Mayfield 11.5
Reakaway Roping
1 Ellie Bard 67
2 Ellie Anderson 59
3 Jordyn Mcnamee 56
4 Rayne Grant 56
5 Kaydin Davis 49
6 Hadley Furnival 45
7 Shaylee Terry 42
8 Haiden Thompson 40
9 Hailey Hardeman 36
10 Kyra Corson 35
Bull Riding
1 Brody Hasenack 90
2 Dalton Mccaslin 84
3 Zain Fitzgerald 82
4 Wyatt Phelps 74
5 Donny Proffit 43.5
6 Matthew Fenton 41.5
7 Cjay Firnekas 41.5
8 Landen Brownlee 34
9 Tipton Wilson 28
10 Derek Grant 18
Girls Cutting
1 Ayanah Winsor 115.5
2 Emme Norsworthy 100
3 Taylor Gibson 92
4 Aniya Teppo 88.5
5 Maddie Fantaskey 34
Goat Tying
1 Tavy Leno 118
2 Haiden Thompson 109
3 Brooke Worman 92.5
4 Shaylee Terry 79
5 Karissa Phillips 76
6 Mckenna Clingman 56
7 Ellie Bard 49
8 Rayne Grant 47
9 Baylee Delbridge 41
10 Lanna Jordan 38
Light Rifle
1 Colter Nunn 30
2 Stratton Kohr 27
3 Tipton Wilson 23
4 Cody Caldwell 20
5 Peityn Manor 19
6 Alexis Wilson 14
7 Kennedy Sheehan 10

Pole Bending
1 Shay Hough 118
2 Halle Hladky 99
3 Shelby Petersen 73
4 Rayne Grant 66.5
5 Ellie Bard 64.5
6 Madison Wolff 61
7 Jordyn Mcnamee 45
8 Hailey Hardeman 44
9 Haiden Thompson 42
10 Amber Salazar 42
Reined Cow Horse
1 Clay Kinnison 38
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 32
3 Kasen York 30.5
4 Maddie Fantaskey 27
5 Tierney George 23
6 Peyton Kottwitz 21.5
7 Ayanah Winsor 19
8 Morgan Vaughan 12.5
9 Scotlyn Flitner 11.5
10 Hanna Griemsman 3
Saddle Bronc
1 Jase Longwell 63
2 Kayson Dory 49
3 Donny Proffit 38
4 Cian Ahern 20
5 Parker Manor 18
6 Wyatt Phelps 10
7 Guston Lozier 10
8 Cody Acord 8

Steer Wrestling
1 Winsten Mcgraw 98
2 Kaden Berger 78
3 Kagen King 73
4 Skyler Lubkeman 69
5 Jake Deveraux 63
6 Chase Stricklin 60
7 Danny Goold 52
8 Derrick Robinson 37
9 Chance Sorenson 33
10 Donald Quick 19
Team Roping
1 Jade Espenscheid 95
2 Coy Johnson 95
3 Kolby Bradley 62.5
4 Arye Espenscheid 62.5
5 Blake Afdahl 61
6 Clay Reiner 61
7 Carson Johnson 53
8 Teegan Leno 51
9 Bryan Lemmon 51
10 Jared Lemmon 51
11 Jase Longwell 48
12 Winsten Mcgraw 44
13 Lane Anderson 44
14 Cooper Deveraux 40.5
15 Jake Deveraux 40.5
16 Tanner Handy 40
17 Cameron Klatt 40
18 Bryton Scheller 37
19 Teagan Bentley 36
20 Dawson Mccuin 36
Tie Down Calf Roping
1 Jake Deveraux 83
2 Preston Schwartzkopf 77
3 Cooper Deveraux 69
4 Colter Ellis 67
5 Clay Reiner 63
6 Teagan Bentley 46
7 Cody Caldwell 45
8 Teegan Leno 45
9 Coy Thar 44
10 Weston Mills 43
Trap Shooting
1 Colter Ellis 28
2 Bryson Bartholomew 27
3 Carsten Hughes 25.5
4 Kolton Miller 17
5 Dawson Mccuin 12.5
6 Quincy Reynolds 12
7 Brodee Barkhurst 11.5
8 Alexis Wilson 10.5
9 Kagen King 8.5
10 Clay Reiner 7.5

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May 26-27 Buffalo

FINALS
June 3-8 WY HS State Finals – Gillette
July 14-20 NHSFR – Rock Springs, WY

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