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Meet the Member Dale Davies
January 23, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Dale Davies has been blessed to live a life centered around horses and rodeo. Growing up in Fort Collins, Colorado as the only child of Teresa and Dennis Davies, the family scheduled their rodeo trips to include both junior and amateur rodeo events so that Dale could compete in calf roping and team roping, while Dennis competed as a calf roper and steer wrestler, and Teresa ran barrels. These regular rodeo…
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Meet the Member TJ Brown
December 20, 2019
story by Michele Toberer “When you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life,” and for fifth generation cattleman and ranch, TJ Brown, loving life is exactly what he is doing. Born and raised in Payson, Arizona, on cattle ranches that have been in his family for generations, TJ not only enjoys working cattle on land owned by the Brown family for many years, but has found his own niche in…
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Meet the Member Salvador Flores
October 24, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Salvador Flores is the third generation of men in his family to carry his name—and to carry a rope. The 28-year-old team roper from Buckeye, Arizona, is currently sitting 11th in the GCPRA heeler incentive standings. Born in Durango, Mexico, his grandfather, Salvador Flores, ran a ranch outside of town and Salvador’s dad, Salvador Flores II, put on rodeos at the ranch until the family moved north to Arizona when Salvador…
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Meet the Member Josh Siggins
September 19, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Josh Siggins is leading the open team roping header standings in the GCPRA. The 29-year-old from Coolidge, Arizona, started off the season strong, and he and his two main heelers, Victor Aros and Junior Zambrano, haven’t let up since. “I’ve had good horses and good partners,” says Josh, who started competing in the GCPRA when he was in high school. “When it comes together at the end of the year and…
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Meet the Member Seth Hall
August 22, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht New Mexico cowboy Seth Hall won the tie-down roping at Cheyenne Frontier Days in July. A regular entry at the Daddy of ‘em All for the last six or seven years, Seth put down a time of 10.8 in the first round and couldn’t be caught the rest of the week. “That was a win you always dream about—getting in that situation you never think you’d be in, and that’s huge,”…
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Meet the Member Kyle McCabe
August 8, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Kyle McCabe is a two-time GCPRA Incentive Team Roping Champion Heeler. He won both titles—2018 and 2015—with header Bob Pimental, and won his very first title in the association in the open heeling in 2014. At the time, the 41-year-old husband and father of four from Queen Creek, Arizona, had just started working for Earnhardt Ranch. He began rodeoing in the GCPRA halfway through that same season. “I got hired on…
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Meet the Member Sydney Jacob
July 18, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht “I love horses and it’s really awesome to have a good connection with your horse,” says GCPRA barrel racer Sydney Jacob. “It’s hard when you drive hours to get to a rodeo and have that one run, and you hit a barrel, but you have so many ups too and runs that are so inspiring, and you just want to keep going on.” Through the highs and lows of her rodeo…
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Meet the Member Joseph Parsons
July 3, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht “I think it’s how good it feels to win that motivates me. It takes so much to win and so much goes into it that it’s rewarding, and I don’t think you ever really get over that,” says Joseph Parsons. The 34-year-old tie-down and team roper from Marana, Arizona, is familiar with both hard work and success. He grew up ranching alongside his dad, Joe Parsons, a 5-time WNFR tie-down roping…
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Meet the Member Trey Blackmore
June 20, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Trey Blackmore of Hillside, Arizona, took home his first GCPRA title last year when he won the heading in the open team roping. His scoring also gave his friend and team roping partner Tom Bill Johnson the chance to win the open in the heeling. “I switch around partners quite a bit, but Tom Bill lives ten minutes from us, and if there’s ever a chance to enter twice, we rope…
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Meet the Member Tom Bill Johnson
June 6, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Tom Bill Johnson of Kirkland, Arizona, is the 2018 GCPRA Open Team Roping Heeler. It’s his second title—Tom Bill took home his first GCPRA champion saddle in 2016—won alongside his friend Trey Blackmore, who was the open team roping champion header last year. “I like to get away from the everyday grind of working all day, and being able to go and relax. I like hanging out and having a good…
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Meet the Member Bob Pimentel
May 16, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Bob Pimentel is a three-time GCPRA incentive team roping champion, taking home the year-end title in the heading in 2015, 2017, and 2018. “For a working guy like me, it gives me a chance to go compete and win some money right there because of the incentive. I can’t work at the roping full time because I have a full-time job.” The 48-year-old from Queen Creek, Arizona, has taken home all…
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Meet the Member Eileen Geraghty
April 18, 2019
story by Lily Weinacht Eileen Geraghty and her horse Famous Jet Bolt took home the 2018 GCPRA Incentive Barrel Racing Champion title last year, along with winning the second incentive round, the average and the incentive buckle and saddle. “I was thoroughly excited and amazed, especially by the Finals outcome,” says Eileen. She makes her home in Tucson, Arizona, and has been a GCPRA competitor for at least 10 years, winning her first title in…
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