Junior Newsletter - September

were also allowed to enter the ABBI Futurity. The quality of bulls in the Junior event was so high that three bulls from youth members also won money in the ABBI Futurity. Jonathan Jaynes' One More Dip and Aaron Halpain's Money For Bucking split third in the ABBI Futurity, earning over $5,800 apiece between the two events. Megan Walker's Nite Ranger split sixth in the ABBI Futurity, giving her a total of over $4,000. Jonathan Jaynes is now first in the overall junior stand-ings with 47 points, followed by Megan Walker with 40. The next Junior Futurity will be in 2011. -Sugar Kuhn

R ex Samford won the

second ABBI Junior Futurity event of the season with his bull Gets Tricky. There were 23 Futurity bulls entered and Lightning C Arena in Claremore, Okla. played host to the event on July 17. Rex Samford won $6,375 when Gets Tricky earned an 86 to take home the title. One More Dip (Jonathan Jaynes) and Money For Bucking (Aaron Halpain )split second with an 83.75, fol-lowed by Nite Ranger (Megan Walker) with an 82. Rounding out the money slots was Isaiah Kephart with

a 77.75 for Neoshoslinger. The ABBI Youth Members

NEWSLETTER

September 1, 2010

Junior Newsletter

Junior Edition

Gets Tricky, 1st Place Winner. © Allen Glanville

Rex Samford Gets Tricky

Winners Circle 2

DNA Testing 3

ABBI vs PBR 4

Pearls of Wisdom 5

Upcoming Events 5

Tidbits &Tailhairs 5

Junior Awards 6

Chewing the Cud 7

From the Mailbag 8

Inside This Issue:

Rex Samford ( ↑ ) & Zane Walker ( → )

receive heifers at the ABBI Junior Awards. More on page 6.

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Winner’s Circle

Pos ID# Bull Owner Round 1

Score Payout

1 887 Devil's Spit Rex Samford / Billy Wil-

liams 20.50 $6,052.86

2 860 Terrell 860 Tyler Terrell 20.25 $4,218.66

3 834 Rip the Jacker Tyler Terrell 19.25 $2,934.72

4 870 Gotch U Some Rex Samford 18.75 $2,017.62

5/6 853 Special Delivery Cash Kuhn & Zane Kuhn 18.50 $1,559.07

5/6 55 Jack 55 Matt Jack 18.50 $1,559.07

7 85 Nite Ranger Megan Walker / Walker Bucking Stock Breeders

18.00

8/9 81 JF 81 Kaleb King 17.50

8/9 M526

A One More Dip Jonathan Jaynes 17.50

10 885 Off The Line Zane Walker / Walker

Bucking Stock Breeders 17.25

Pos ID# Bull Owner Round 1

Score Payout

1 801 Gets Tricky Rex Samford 86.00 $6,374.52

2/3 JATT12

Money for Buck-ing

Aaron Halpain/JATT Bucking Bulls

83.75 $3,718.47

2/3 M526A

One More Dip Jonathan Jaynes 83.75 $3,718.47

4 85 Nite Ranger

Megan Walker / Walker Bucking Stock Breeders

82.00 $2,124.84

5 810 Neoshoslinger

Isaiah T. Kephart / Kephart Bucking Bulls

77.75 $1,770.70

6/7 55 Jack 55 Matt Jack 77.25

6/7 U46 Page U46

Cash Roberts / D&H Cat-tle / Buck Cattle

77.25

8 812 Sour Apple

Zane Walker / Walker Bucking Stock Breeders

75.50

9/10 60 Comin Undone Billy Adcock 75.25

9/10 832 Arco Colt Baker / Cade Baker 75.25

Sulphur Springs, Texas Results - Top Ten Juniors

Claremore, Oklahoma Results - Top Ten Juniors

Devil’s Spit, © Allen Glanville

Nite Ranger, © Allen Glanville

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It is amazing how much we can learn from a tiny blood sample. These days, the process to isolate the DNA information has became so easy.

As soon as the blood from your heifer or bull gets dropped on the blood card the cell walls breakdown to expose the DNA. Then by plac-ing it in a test tube

what is important to each individual breeder and how they want to man-age their herd.

Lengths of connected DNA mole-

cules, called genes, are like tiny

pieces of a secret code. They deter-

mine what each organism is like in

great detail . By looking at this, sci-

entists can learn more about heredi-

tary diseases of humans, plants and

animals. So the next time you have

to help your parents draw blood

think about all the cool things we

can learn from that little spot of

blood. -Marlissa Gonzalez

DNA Testing—How Does It Work?

Blood Cards

Tail Hair

Semen Straws

Bone

TYPES OF DNA TESTING

with a liquid agent the DNA is puri-fied and then it is ready to be evaluated. Lab assistants use additional methods to analyze it with the naked eye and pinpoint the specific information. ABBI uses this information to determine who the sire and dam are for the animal submitted, which is important to track the animals that are known

bucking bull producers.

Other beef associations use DNA information for determin-ing the Expected Progeny Dif-ferences (EPDs). EPDs can help breeders pick which sire they might use for the next breeding season depending on

To purchase DNA Kits:

If you need to register your animals, but don’t have a blood card yet, you

can order blood cards 3 ways:

Call the ABBI Office 719-242-2747

Mail a 2010 ABBI Work Order

101 W. Riverwalk Pueblo, CO 81003

Order Online www.abbinow.com

Got Blood?

Human genes are remarkably

similar to those of other lif

e forms.

For example, we share 98% of our

genes with chimpanzees, 90% with

mice, and 21% with worms.

American Bucking Bull, Inc. and Professional Bull Riders, Inc. are headquartered in sunny Pueblo, Colorado. Both companies share an office space and work together tightly to spon-sor bull riding events and keep accurate in-formation.

ABBI and PBR are the companies behind the

sport of bull riding, with Professional Bull Rid-ers, Inc. owning 50% of American Bucking Bull, Inc. When bulls enter a competition, ABBI will take entries and post the bucking order. Next, PBR will use the bucking order to assign Bull Riders to each ani-mal, and create the rider draw.

Both the bulls and the riders are judged on their individual perform-ance, and winners are determined accordingly.

At the end of the year, the ABBI and PBR hold their World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event showcases the best bulls and rid-ers, and is always a fun show to watch.

riders, and the top fif-teen riders get to com-pete in a shorter round, called the ‘short-go’.

The bull rider tries not to be bucked off before the 8 seconds is up, or else he will not receive a score. A perfect score is 100 points, but that has never hap-pened in PBR history.

Professional Bull Rid-ers, Inc. is an organiza-tion which began in 1992. PBR holds sev-eral tours worldwide, in countries such as Bra-zil, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. PBR’s biggest tour is called the Built Ford Tough Series.

Each event has many

Some of PBR’s world champi-ons include Justin McBride, Kody Lostroh, and Ty Murray. Several of these competitors also raise livestock and own their own bulls.

PBR

An animal regis-try like the ABBI keeps track of an animals’ his-tory, and tells you exact ly where your animal came from.

Once your own bull is registered with the ABBI, you can enter him into competitions. At competitions, bulls are judged on their in-

tensity, spin, kick, diffi-culty, and buck. The winners of these com-petitions can take home a lot of prizes - including money, belt buckles, and best of all – bragging rights!

American Bucking Bull, Inc. (ABBI) was created in 2003 to help organ-ize the Bucking Bull Industry. When a per-son is looking to buy a bull, they want to make sure they are getting what they pay for – a bull that is healthy, bucks hard, and has good features. The best way of making sure is to take a look at the animal’s parents.

ABBI vs. PBR — What’s the Difference?

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BODACIOUS

was the first bull ever

to be registered with

ABBI, Inc.

A Look Behind The Scenes

ABBI

American Bucking Bull, Inc. has mem-bers all over the world—Including Australia, Canada, and Brazil!

The Festival of San Fermin, better known as The Running of the Bulls, takes place in Pamplona, Spain every July. Thousands of people come to the city’s streets for the occasion.

Do bull riders get to

pick their favorite

bulls to ride?

Tidbits & Tailhairs

EVENT

Jerome Davis PBR Invita-tional & Davis Rodeo

Ranch Trailer Challenge (Round 3) Presented by

Neckover Trailers

Clovis Fall Spectacular Classic & Futurity

Springfield Super Classic

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Not usually. Ex-cept for drafts at Built Ford Tough Events, bulls and riders are paired randomly by ABBI and PBR officials prior to each event.

Are there women

bull riders?

Yes!

Women compete in the WPRA as bull

riders and are often seen roping as well.

Bulls can buck at any age, but are allowed to enter ABBI events com-

petitively at age two. Competitions between two year old bulls are

called Futurities.

The answer is in their DNA! Minia-ture Bulls are specifi-cally bred to be small. Miniature cattle are typically between 36-46 inches in height.

What makes a

miniature bull so

small?

Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain

Upcoming Events

WHERE

Archdale, NC

Clovis, CA

Springfield, MO

WHEN

Sept 3 & 4, 2010

September 5, 2010

Sept 17-19, 2010

You can register

for any Junior

Futurity event

and flank your

own bull?

How old do bulls need to be to

buck?

Black Pearls’ Pearls of Wisdom

Bulls are colorblind.

When you have twelve or more cows together, it is called a flink.

Bulls do not have front, top teeth. This toothless area is called the ‘pad’.

©Allen Glanville

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Junior Awards Ceremony

The Annual Junior Awards Ceremony was held in Sulphur Springs, Texas last month. The Champion, Jonathan Jaynes received a buckle, jacket, and a plaque. All year-end top ten winners received ABBI jackets. Donation prizes such as heifer calves were also given away by random drawing. Keep up the good work!

Jonathan Jaynes with 1st place winnings, © Allen Glanville

Boyd-Floyd Cattle, Kent

Cox, Hart Ranch, Superior

Genetics, and Two Bulls

Performance Cattle,

Thank you for your

calf donations!

CHAMPION Jonathan Jaynes—One More Dip

Reserve Megan Walker/Walker Bucking Stock Breeders—Nite Ranger

3rd Place Tyler Terrell—Rip the Jacker

4th Place Aaron Halpain/JATT Bucking Bulls—Money for Bucking

5th Place Colt Hawks/Walker Bucking Stock Breeders—Off the Line

6th Place Zane Walker/Walker Bucking Stock Breeders—Sour Apple

7th Place Cash Roberts/D&H Cattle /Buck Cattle—Page U46

8th Place Cade Baker/Colt Baker—Arco 832

9th Place Clay Scherotter—Oops 72

10th Place Matt Jack—Jack 55

Claremore, Oklahoma Junior Participants

© Allen Glanville

Aaron Halpain, Colt Hawks © Allen Glanville

Matt Jack, Clay Scherotter © Allen Glanville

Tyler Terrell © Allen Glanville

Megan Walker © Allen Glanville

Final Season Standings

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Hello folks!

I’m Bradley the Bull and I am enjoying the last of my summer days before the school year starts up again. I’ve been to a few of ABBI’s events lately and it sure does seem hot outside. Since I’m a bull, and quite a lot bigger than you, heat affects me differently.

Sometimes when I’m uncom-fortably hot I eat less and this lowers my daily gain. When my friend Bessie gets too hot, she’ll produce less milk. I have other friends who react differently too.

My buddy Alex is an Angus Bull and he has black hair and a black hide. When he is out to pasture in hot weather, he really needs to be able to get to shade. He’d prefer if it were cloudy all day long and not have any sunshine at all! My other friend, Leo is a Brahman, and he hardly notices the heat.

When I get hot, sometimes I can do other things to help. I will shed my hair or sweat to keep

cool. Leo the Brahman bull is the best sweater of all – his sweat glands are 2 ½ times big-ger than mine. He’s vacationing in the tropics right now.

Since I live in a hot and humid environment, my body is smaller than others of my breed who live in cooler areas. This is be-cause my body has adapted by giving me a smaller surface area per unit of weight. Another reason I look different is be-cause of my food. When grass gets hot, it’s harder to digest. This is why cattle in hot areas have much larger rumens than others – I’m not likely to have a smooth underline like a show cow.

When I get really hot, my body increases blood flow to my skin in order to cool me down. A thick hide allows for more blood flow and less heat. Sometimes I pant too, but mom tells me to stop since that only makes me hotter.

My hair also helps me keep

cool. Since my hair is glossy and sheen, it reflects more sunlight than other breeds with long, dull hair. White ani-mals reflect much more light than dark red-brown animals do. I prefer my hair to be light, but I’d rather have a dark hide to protect me from the sun.

My body is very complex, and I am still learning about it. Speaking of learning – I better get ready for school!

I’ll moo at you next time.

Chewing the Cud

with Bradley the Bull

Bradley

Futurity: To get to the finals, Futurity Bulls will compete in the

Las Vegas qualifier in Stephenville, TX. After this competition, the top 30 bulls will advance to the Finals in Las Vegas in Oc-tober.

Classic: On October 1st and 2nd, there will be a Wildcard

Event in Stephenville, TX. The top 4 bulls from the Wild Card will advance to Las Vegas to compete with the current top 40 for the title of the 2010 ABBI World Finals Champion.

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We want to hear from you.

Do you have some cool pictures of your cows, bulls,

or calves?

Has your bull ever done something funny or

outrageous?

Do you have any questions about the bull breeding

industry?

Are you interested in hearing from ABBI Professionals and

Real-Life Breeders?

Have you earned any recognitions that deserve to

be celebrated?

If so, send a letter or picture to:

American Bucking Bull, Inc.

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Pueblo, CO 81003

Make sure to include your own name and address!

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