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Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association (RMPRA)
Phone: (801) 419-3738
Mailing Address: Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association
PO Box 269, Cedar Valley, UT 84013
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Meet the Member Taylor Winn
story by Lily Weinacht Taylor Winn is sitting third in the RMPRA team roping header standings. The 26-year-old from Annabella, Utah, has competed in the RMPRA finals in both heading and heeling in years past, and this year he’s headed to the finals alongside his heelers Jace Nielsen and Dylin Ahlstrom. Taylor started competing in the RMPRA in 2011, and enjoys that the rodeos are close to home. “The people there are fun to be…
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Meet the Member Jordan Argyle
story by Lily Weinacht Jordan Argyle of Riverton, Utah, is sitting 10th in the RMPRA barrel racing standings. The 28-year-old has competed in the association off and on for the last five years, and when her main horse got hurt and had to take eight months off, Jordan chose to forego pro rodeos for the year and compete closer to home once her mare recovered. “This year, the ground everywhere I’ve run has been really…
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Meet the Member Saxon Day
story by Lily Weinacht “Rodeo is something that I’ve done for so long now, it’s a lifestyle. We don’t really do it because we make a lot of money at it, but because we love it,” says Saxon Day. “It is a lot of work, but it’s cool to see the horses succeed and help us succeed, and I enjoy seeing the progress not just for them, but for me as well.” The 23-year-old timed…
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Meet the Member Anna Bahe
story by Lily Weinacht “My entire family rodeos, so I really like that it’s a family sport and we can do it all together. That makes it really fun,” says Anna Bahe. The 22-year-old from Grantsville, Utah, is currently sitting in the top ten of the RMPRA breakaway roping standings, traveling to rodeos with her sister and fellow breakaway roper Cassie Bahe. “We’re super competitive, but it’s good. We keep each other going.” The sisters…
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Meet the Member Morgan Heaton
story by Lily Weinacht A member of the RMPRA since he started riding at 19, Morgan Heaton is sitting fifth in the bareback riding. The 33-year-old from Grace, Idaho, won the RMPRA finals in 2011 and finished second in the year-end standings, while he’s also a 12-time PRCA Wilderness Circuit Finals qualifier. “We had a ranch when I was growing up and we had a horse that no one liked to ride because it would…
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Meet the Member Matt Cumbie
story by Lily Weinacht “I’ve always just loved it,” says team roper Matt Cumbie. “It’s challenging for me and it’s something that I look forward to every day. It relieves stress and gives me something to work at all the time, because I’ll never be good enough for me.” His efforts have put him fourth in the RMPRA heeler standings, however, while the 37-year-old from Tremonton, Utah, also competes on the PRCA Wilderness Circuit. He…
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Meet the Member Dylin Ahlstrom
story by Lily Weinacht Dylin Ahlstrom is sitting fourth in the RMPRA team roping heeler standings. The 21-year-old cowboy from Genola, Utah, is in the middle of his third season with the association. He joined his senior year of high school, ready to take the next step in his roping career and enjoy it alongside his friends, who also compete in the RMPRA. “They’re a lot of fun, and I love Tooele. There’s a lot…
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Meet the Member Amanda Butler
story by Lily Weinacht Amanda Butler and her older sister, Lauren, are the first generation of their family to rodeo. Their love of horses developed into riding lessons, and eventually rodeo, when family friends Bruce and Lori Pulham introduced them to the sport. Amanda, 17, followed after her sister and joined the RMPRA this winter, and she’s currently sitting 10th in the barrel racing standings. “I love them! I think they’re fun, and it’s nice,…
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Meet the Member Chase Sanders
story by Lily Weinacht Chase Sanders of Taylor, Utah, is leading the RMPRA team roping header standings. A member of the association since his senior year of high school, the 27-year-old roper has taken home most of his checks roping with different heelers through the winter. “At the rodeos you can enter twice, I’ve been filling in for guys that need partners, like Jace Nielsen and Colby Siddaway, and guys looking for extra runs. It’s…
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Meet the Member Colton Mooney
story by Lily Weinacht Colton Mooney of Herriman, Utah, took home his first title with the RMPRA last season as the 2018 RMPRA Steer Wrestling Champion. The 25-year-old has competed in the association on and off for the last six or seven years in between college rodeoing for Weber State University. He also enters team roping and tie-down roping, but primarily steer wrestles in the RMPRA. “I went to have a fun time this last…
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Meet the Member Hadley Cloward
story by Lily Weinacht Hadley Cloward drove 15 hours from Levelland, Texas, where he’s attending South Plains College, to South Jordan, Utah, for his third RMPRA finals in November. The miles and hard work added up to a year-end title when he won 2018 RMPRA Team Roping Champion Heeler, his first in the association. “I knew I had a chance, but I knew I still needed to do my job—it’s never over until it’s over…
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Meet the Member Ethan McNeill
story by Lily Weinacht Ethan McNeill of Grantsville, Utah, is the 2018 RMPRA Bareback Riding Champion. The title is the 29-year-old’s first in the association, made even more momentous since he was just recovering from surgery on his collarbone four weeks prior to the finals. “I’ve been with the association as long as they’ve been around,” says Ethan. “I won the average the last two years. I used to ride at pro rodeos too, but…
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