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Meet the Member Ryder Loeb

story by Michele Toberer All-around cowboy, Ryder Loeb, is readying himself for his fourth International Miniature Rodeo Association finals, to be held in conjunction with the International Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the end of January. The 11-year-old is a typical sixth-grader at his elementary school, Immanuel Lutheran, in Washington, Missouri, where he loves to play basketball, baseball, and run cross-country; and especially enjoys learning about world history. At home, he has typical…

Meet the Member Trevor Lattin

story by Michele Toberer Not everyone finds their lifelong love at 11-years-old, but for Trevor Lattin of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, the day he got on his first bareback pony at a Ward Rodeo School in Colgate, Oklahoma, a love affair started with bareback riding and he has only become more smitten in the six years since. “I fell in love with it, I couldn’t get enough, I went to every rodeo I could find that offered…

Meet the Association Wild West Buckers

story by Michele Toberer Paul Applegarth has a passion for the sport of rodeo, and after spending a lifetime competing in every rank up the rodeo ladder, he started Wild West Buckers to give back to a sport that has given him so much. Becoming a part of the International Miniature Rodeo Association was a perfect fit for Paul and his wife, Tawnya, and they look forward to continuing as a part of the growth…

Meet the Association Louisiana Miniature Rodeo Assoc.

story by Michele Toberer As the Louisiana Miniature Rodeo Association puts the youth members they serve in the forefront of every decision, the children prosper and so does the association. The LMRA offers children up to 18-years-old a venue for competing not only for state titles, but also for world titles through sanctioning with the International Miniature Rodeo Association. “We’ll be traveling to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in January 2019 for the IMRA finals, held during…

Paving New Paths

story by Cassandra Robledo The International Miniature Rodeo Association is an association specializing in miniature bucking bulls and horses that is paving the way for children who show interest in roughstock events. This association started with the goal to bring competitors back to these events. “Keith Wooten and I started the IMRA because we saw a shortage of contestants in the roughstock events,” said Mike Latting, owner of the IMRA. “The amount of entries for…

Meet the Association with Mike Latting

story by Siri Stevens The IMRA is in full swing, with Mike Latting and Keith Wooten, Wooten Rodeo Company from Glen Allen, Missouri, at the helm. “Our goal is to allow kids to be successful in rodeo,” said Mike, a former bareback and bull rider from Chicago, Illinois. “Rodeo gave me – coming from Chicago – another set of glasses to look at the world through. It allowed me to travel and meet people that…