list but he stuck with the best of them. At the event it all happened fast so I didn't realize how good he had bucked until I went back and watched it on tape and then I was like "Oh yeah, I see how I tied for 6th now"

Q: How do you feel about Breakdown’s performance in Claremore?

HA: I was proud of him in Claremore and he didn't place as good in Clare-more as he did at Ard-more, but I think he bucked better at Clare-more. It was just that the competition was quite a bit harder at Claremore. About the last second or two he flattened out, if he could have got one more buck in I think he would have been in top 5.

my sister saw a limousine (as in the car) and she said "Hey look there's a limousine!" and my brother, being completely serious, replied "Where's a cow?"

Q: What are your future plans within the bucking bull industry?

HA: I plan on getting an-other bull for next year and competing and hope-fully doing as good as I did this year.

Q: How did you feel about tying for 6th place at the Junior Futurity in Ard-more, OK?

HA: I kind of couldn't be-lieve it! Oklahoma Break-down bucked toward the beginning and I expected to slowly get pushed fur-ther and further down the

NEWSLETTER

September 1, 2011

Junior Newsletter

Junior Edition

Heather Adcock—One girl’s story -Alyssa Parga

Winners Circle 2

Junior Sponsors 3

Chewing the Cud 4

Creativity Contest 4

Pearls of Wisdom

Upcoming Events

Tidbits & Tailhairs

From the Mailbag

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Inside This Issue: ◄Rex Samford takes 1st place in Ardmore for his bull, 920 Bring It On

▲ Heather and her brother in Ardmore ▼ Oklahoma Breakdown

Q: How did you get into the bull industry?

HA: One of our friends, Rick Taylor, is a stock contractor and he got a bull for my brother, Billy, to compete with in the Junior Futurity last sea-son. When this season

rolled around I asked if I could get a bull and com-pete. So Rick and an-other contractor, Kenny Jack, looked around and found Oklahoma Break-down and I'm glad they did!

Q: What was your first experience with a bull?

HA: I have been around cows and bulls all my life so I don’t really remember it. To prove my point when my brother was about 4 years old we were driving through town

Heather Adcock is an 18 year old Oklahoma girl studying at Seminole State College. In her free time she says she loves to ‘watch movies, listen to music, watch college football, and read.’ Not only is she a Junior Breeder with ABBI, but she’s the only female in the top ten of the Junior Futurity 2011 Season Standings. Heather agreed to answer some questions for me, where I got to learn more about the one hobby she hadn’t mentioned yet…

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Winner’s Circle

Pos ID# Bull Owner Points Earnings

1 6322 Wild Willie Aaron Halpain—JATT Bucking Bulls 79.00 $6,683.65

1 920 Bring It On Rex Samford 79.00 $5,657.95

3 38 Butter Bean Kaleb King 62.00 $571.40

4 -82 Jack –82 Matt Jack 61.00 $2,170.19

5 708 The Rocker Wyatt Crowder 57.00 $1,876.35

5 1404 Awol Nation Taw Sherrell 57.00 $1,679.59

7 -88 Red Liner Rex Samford 54.00 $1,321.63

8 2339 Oklahoma Breakdown Heather Adcock 53.00 $857.10

9 622 Crack the Latch Aaron Halpain—JATT Bucking Bulls 52.00 $2,581.25

10 09 Box K 09 Kaleb King / Karis King 42.00 $2,581.25

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2011 Season Standings as of August 18, 2011

Juniors Getting Jackets Congratulations! The following junior breeders have entered more than 1 event during the 2011 ABBI Junior Futurity Season, qualifying them for an ABBI jacket pre-sented by Box K Cattle Co.

Ethan Yell

Heather Adcock

Kaleb King

Mason Watters

Austin Brito

Sadie Lynn

Matt Jack

Megan Walker

Paige Stout

Rex Samford

Aaron Halpain

Clay Scherotter

Junior Awards Banquet—Bowling! Join us in Las Vegas for a Bowling Party & Awards Banquet to recognize ABBI Junior Participants. More details to come.

Taylor Halpain

Thomas Cruz

William Adcock III

Wyatt Crowder

Collin Taylor

Taw Sherrell Danyl Graumann

Wyatt Crowder’s 708 The Rocker ▲

Taw Sherrell’s 1404 AWOL Nation ▼

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According to Robin, the best part of being in the Bucking Bull indus-try is watching the bulls grow, get big, buck, and also meeting new people. Thank you, Box K, for giv-ing juniors an opportunity to do the same.

Junior Sponsor Highlight: Box K Cattle

year’s American Heritage event was special because it was the first that Kaleb’s little sister, Karis was old enough to compete in. For the 2011 season, Box K Cattle is presenting youth jackets to any junior member who has entered more than one event. But the generos-ity doesn’t stop there. Box K supports lots of kids’ programs. Robin says, “It’s a worthwhile cause, our kids enjoy it. It also helps new kids and encourages those who might want to be stock contractors themselves or go into animal science.”

It was actually Ken’s son, Kaleb, who prompted Dad to get into the business of bucking bulls.

We thank our sponsors for helping us GROW

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The story of Box K Cattle begins with Kaleb King asking

his dad, Ken, why they didn’t have PBR bulls like he saw on TV. Four years and many great buck-ing bulls later, Box K is now a common name among the bucking bull industry. Ken and Robin, along with son and daughter Kaleb and Karis, are active mem-bers in ABBI and participate in Classic, Futurity, and Junior Futu-rity competitions. The King Family is no stranger to the Junior Breeder program. Last year, Kaleb competed with his bull 05 Sofa Pizza, and with 774 Twighlight the year before. This

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is that the book is about my all time hero: BUSHWACKER!

D&S Schellenberg wrote the book, and the illustrator is Linda Rosser. Bushwacker grew up on the same ranch as Linda Rosser, so she is the perfect person to capture Bushwacker and all his beauty in water color.

Look for it at World Finals, as that will be the first time anyone can get their hands on it. I know that I’ll be asking my mom to read it to me every night be-fore I hit the hay.

Thanks for a great season in 2011. I can’t wait to see you and all my friends in October at the South Point Arena.

Bradley

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Classic Wild Card: Monday, Oct 24

Junior Futurity: Wednesday, Oct 26 Futurity Finals: Wednesday, Oct 26

Awards Banquet: Thursday, Oct 27

Hello Folks!

I am happy to say that the summer has been full of fun surprises. One of my favorite surprises is that this is the first year there will be a Junior Futu-rity event during World Finals in Las Vegas. I have already started packing—you can’t have too many bling-filled shirts in LV.

Another surprise I’ve been looking forward to is the creation of a new children’s book. I have been helping the ABBI and PBR office publish this book, and there is lots to do! The best part

Creativity Contest—

Staff Favorite

This drawing of a bucking bull at an ABBI event was entered into the Art Category of the USBBA Creativity Contest.

Artist: Fallon Wentz, age 12 Don’t forget about Teddy Bear. -

Get your copy today!

with Bradley the Bull Chewing the Cud

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The average calf weighs between 75 and 95 pounds at birth.

Cattle chew their cud for up to 8 hours each day and they spend approximately six hours eating. There are over 400 Junior Mem-bers of ABBI.

The dummy in a futurity is 25 lbs and stays on the bull for only 4 seconds.

Bad Blake is cur-rently ranked #1 in ABBI’s classic s tandings by money won. How much money? $35,789.17 !

How are riders chosen for ABBI Classic events?

Tidbits & Tailhairs

EVENT

Jerome Davis PBR Invitational & Davis Rodeo Ranch Trailer Chal-

lenge (Round 3)

Bayside Western Trails Festival Maturity

Claremore Classic & Maturity

Springfield BFTS Super Classic

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PBR takes entries for these events, and picks riders based

on the following criteria:

One-night performance events are 30 or 35 Rid-ers who have PBR Cards, chosen in order of qualifier standings, plus 5 Permits chosen by random draw.

Two-night performances are 60 or 70 PBR cardholders chosen in order of qualifier standings, plus 10 Permits by random draw.

While the payout is al-ways different depending on the event and number of entries, ABBI paid out almost $60,000 in prize

money to Juniors in 2010

Who determines the order bulls buck in for ABBI events?

Upcoming Events

WHERE

Archdale, NC

Ogallala, NE

Claremore, OK

Springfield, MO

WHEN

Sept 2 & 3, 2011

Sept 3, 2011

Sept 10, 2011

Sept 16 & 18

A Maturity is an event for

any bull age 3 and older

How much can I win by going to an ABBI

Junior Futurity?

Black Pearls’ Pearls of Wisdom

In 1995, Bodacious of Andrews Rodeo Co., Inc. was named PBR’s first-ever ‘Bull of the Year’. Cattle were first do-mesticated about 5,000 years ago. Modern domestic cattle evolved from a single ancestor, the aurochs (pronounced or-oks).

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The buck order for ABBI events is always determined by random draw. This means that no bull is guaranteed to be first or last—it’s different every time.

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...From the Mailbag Hey Junior Breeders,

Sent in by Justin Steinmetz, ABBI Junior Breeder

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?

We want to hear from you.

If so, send a letter or picture to:

American Bucking Bull, Inc. 101 W Riverwalk

Pueblo, CO 81003

Make sure to include your own name and address!

◄ ABBI Donation & Fundraiser for Dickson,

OK Football Booster Club & Charles Evans

Elementary School Choir in Ardmore, OK.

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