story by Riata Cummings
Cash Robb’s rodeo career is defined by the sentiment, “Go make another run.” When the steer wrestler backed into the box during the short round of the National High School Finals Rodeo, he reminded himself that the next run was only as important as the last, and doing his best was the only thing in his power. He told himself, “just go make another run,” and left the box racing to throw the steer in 4.71 seconds, winning the average by more than a second. The mentality that Cash uses to approach his competition helps him perform under pressure, and helped him become the 2020 NHSFR Steer Wrestling World Champion.
Cash Robb’s habit of making each run count has also helped him gain three steer wrestling state titles in the Utah High School Rodeo Association. Cash’s horses have also helped him find that success. His steer wrestling horse is an 11-year-old grey gelding named Dacky, and Woody, the 16-year-old bay, helps out on the hazing side. Cash also competes in the tiedown roping on Max and in the team roping on Red. Cash is in the practice pen nearly every day doing groundwork, dummy work or throwing steers.
Cash was introduced to rodeo by his parents, Justin and Whitney Robb, who were both rodeo athletes. Cash’s younger brother and sister, Karsyn and Cruz, also compete in rodeo, and the family spends most of their time together in the arena and on the rodeo road. Cash started competing seriously when he was in 4th or 5th grade and moved through the ranks of the Utah Junior High School Rodeo as a chute dogger, team roper and tiedown roper. Those experiences helped him “mature as a person and become a confident competitor.” Now, heading into his senior year, Cash has set his sights on another state title and another trip to nationals.
Eventually, Cash would like to attend college in Texas or Louisiana and study business management while earning a trip to the College National Finals Rodeo. He wants to be remembered as “one of the greatest bulldoggers in this generation,” and hopes to compete in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and earn a world championship. After breaking the 4-second barrier and throwing a 3.8 in the first round at the NHSFR as a junior in high school, Cash is determined to make his mark on rodeo’s history books.
Some of that determination to succeed was planted by Justin, Cash’s father. Justin is his hero, and Cash hopes to “fill his boots one day.” They have “always been close,” and Cash looks up to Justin for being “a great person who is always accountable and dependable.”
Cash would like to thank his father and his mother for supporting his rodeo dreams. He would also like to thank the rest of his family, his friends, and Tom and Tayna Carney for their assistance and encouragement in and out of the arena. “Thanks for everything you all do for me.”
