Humps N Horns Bull Riding Magazine - Aug 2026

Humps N Horns

August 2026

On the Cover - Top Dollar vs Vitor Manoel Dias (Nashville Stampede) at a PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge.

Photo courtesy of BullStock Media.

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Letter from the Editor

This year’s Cowboy Christmas reminded us why bull riding continues to capture our attention. Veteran riders found ways to capitalize on opportunity, young talent continued to emerge, and some of the rankest bucking bulls in the business reminded everyone why earning eight seconds is never guaranteed. Championships aren’t won during Cowboy Christmas, but momentum certainly is. The confidence built during those weeks often carries riders into the biggest moments later in the season. PRCA rookie sensation, Noah Lee, was the bull rider who won the most during the 2026 Cowboy Christmas run with over $34,000 won.

Now, the focus shifts to one of the most exciting formats in Western sports as the PBR Teams season gets underway. Team competition has added another dimension to professional bull riding, creating new rivalries, loyal fan bases, and unforgettable finishes. Every out has greater meaning because one qualified ride can change the fortunes of an entire team. Cities rally behind their

riders, teammates celebrate each other’s success, and the intensity grows with every event. It’s a format that continues to prove bull riding is every bit as compelling as any major professional sport while staying true to the traditions that built it.

We hope you enjoy this issue of Humps N Horns!

Until next time,

Terry

Wyoming’s own Hayden Welsh wins Cheyenne Frontier Days Xtreme Bulls

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Hayden Welsh didn’t know exactly what he said when he climbed up on the fence and yelled toward the crowd after his winning ride at Frontier Park on Tuesday night.

But he knows it was about Wyoming.

The Resistol Rookie sensation from Gillette, Wyo., certainly gave a packed grandstand of hometown fans what it wanted during the Cheyenne Frontier Days Xtreme Bulls – part of the Rank 45 Xtreme Bulls Series – on Monday and Tuesday.

Welsh entered the final night of competition as the leader, but a stacked field put the pressure on him as the second night wore on.

John Crimber, the defending Professional Bull Riding (PBR) champion, posted a stout 183.5 points on two head. Then Qynn Andersen, the defending Cheyenne Frontier Days bull riding champ, raised the bar to 184.5 points.

But Welsh was waiting, and he knew what he needed to get to the top – a 91-point ride.

The Cowboy State product responded by matching Dakota Rodeo’s Badlands for a 92-point trip, winning the two-head average with 185.5 points and cashing in with a massive payday of $26,660.

“When that bar keeps going up, you just have to eat that pressure like a piece of candy. And luckily I like Snickers bars,” Welsh told the PRORODEO Sports News. “I was really relying on the Holy Spirit and the Lord to take over. I always say with Jesus we have the victory because he’s already won with the shedding of his blood.

“So at the end of the day, the victory is already won. I said let’s go out and have some fun, and that’s all I was focused on tonight. And man, what a bull riding.”

Welsh finished the opening night as the leader with a 93.5-point ride on United Pro Rodeo’s Buck Cancer. But Andersen and Noah Lee only trailed him by a point-and-a-half, and Crimber sat in third with a 91.5-point trip.

In the second round, the final section brought the energy in Frontier Park to a fever pitch as bull riders continued to oneup each other with each out. Welsh was well aware of what was happening in front of him as he got ready to climb in the chute.

“It just lights you up,” Welsh said of hearing the scores blare out in the arena. “They were 91, 92, 92.5. It was a bull riding. You had to come a-clacking tonight.”

When Welsh completed his trip on Badlands, he immediately tossed his helmet and sprinted to the edge of the arena closest to the grandstand. He received a hero’s welcome as the crowd roared back at one of their own.

“I don’t even know,” Welsh said when asked what he said. “I was just pumped up. Wyoming, here we come, baby. Come on.”

Welsh entered the event sitting fourth in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings. The win on Tuesday night will provide a nice boost as he hopes to become the first Resistol Rookie bull rider to win a gold buckle since Sage Kimzey accomplished the feat in 2014.

“This is a dream come true. I can’t even explain it to you,” Welsh said of winning during the Daddy of ‘em All. “I won (the Pendleton Whisky) Xtreme Bulls Finale (last September), and I love this one just as much.”

Article provided courtesy of PRCA. PRCA photo by Hailey Rae Hurst

Are You Home?

The age old questions have crossed each of our minds at one point or another. Who is God? What is this life all about? What happens when we leave this earth? Is heaven real? What is it like? All these questions are valid and should be asked for us to give God place in our lives.

Religion tells us we are bad and tries to convince us to escape the world. Jesus is our way out and our way to God. The problem is that as soon as we surrender to God through a prayer for a free gift we are told that we must maintain the relationship for it to remain valid. The struggle then becomes us trying to copy those who claim to have a relationship with Jesus so that we don’t undo this so called “free gift”.

The point of salvation through Jesus is not about escaping this world to some heavenly home. Jesus is the doorway home and Father is our (Home). Salvation is the Father giving us the right to be His children and the authority to live out His Kingdom in this lifetime as well as beyond. While we live in this world let’s make a difference in other peoples lives until we are finished here. If we don’t realize that home is the Father we’ll continually long to be home somewhere else and miss His whole purpose for salvation and our destiny in this life will be missed because we”ll still be trying to get home.

We all have the choice to merely exist or to live life without restrictions on what the Father has seen in us. Even before we surrender to His Spirit, His eyes were on us and He saw us as His children but until we give that relationship permission to exist He sits at the door of your heart (innermost being), patiently waiting for us, His loved child to return our love to Him.

Sure this world is not our home but I see so many Christian people buy into the theory that we must hide and guard ourselves from the evil of this world. This world is not our home but neither is some place in the sweet by and by that we can get to someday if we keep ourselves in right standing through our efforts. Father has placed us in this world to have an impact on the people He loves. When we come Home to Him, we’ll experience real life and Home won’t be a distant longing.

Cody Custer

Jenna Stevens

Rider RundownQ&A Cutter Dan Thompson

CAC Project Group

Rider Rollcall

Hometown and State: Wolfforth, Texas

Age: 16

How Long Have You Been Riding? 6 years

Q:

How did you start riding bulls?

A:

I actually started out riding saddle bronc I decided to get on a bull one day in the practice pen and I really liked it. After that I switched over from horses to bulls and I have been riding them ever since.

Q:

What is it about bulls that you like better than broncs?

A:

I guess just the adrenaline that you get with it. I get a lot bigger rush from riding bulls than I ever did with broncs. I also think you have to be smart when you ride bulls because they have a lot more power behind them.

How did your high school season end up this year

?

A:

So, I ride for the New Mexico High School Association. I really like the atmosphere and the guys I get to ride with. New Mexico is not split into regions like Texas. All the riders compete with each other at every rodeo all the way to state finals. I think it builds a strong bond between all of us as well as a competitive spirit, which I love. Going into state finals I was sitting in second, but I didn’t cover any of my bulls that weekend, so I ended up finishing in third. It is the first time I qualified for the NHSFR. Unfortunately, I suffered an injury and was unable to compete in Nebraska.

Q:

What are other bigger rodeos

You have ridden in or will will ride in this year?

A:

The High School National Finals is obviously a big one. I have already qualified for the Hooey Junior Patriot in Las Vegas. I am also going to be riding with the PYRA, which is the Professional Youth Roughstock Association in Oklahoma.

Q:

What other ways are you involved in rodeo outside of just riding bulls?

A: Q:

Our family also owns a contracting business. We raise junior bulls that we supply to rodeos. This past year we added quite a few to our herd. S&S Bucking Bulls sold out and retired and we bought several from them. We are now up to 15 head and we supply them for JNFR qualifiers and for the Junior NFR itself. We are friends with the Valenzuelas, and we haul with them when they take their bulls out to Vegas. We also contracted for the Riding on Faith Camp.

Who are some of the people and sponsors that

help you get down the road?

A:

Definately my mom and dad. They are my biggest supporters with all of this. They helped me get practice bulls and they are the ones who take me to all my rodeos. As far as sponsors go, I have quite a few companies and individuals that help. I am fortunate enough to work with MX Bull Ropes, Sutherland Bucking Bulls, Footprints Transportation, Ren and Alexa Ellis, Landmark Realty, Dan and Linda Taylor, and Mitch & Wendi McNabb.

Q:

If you had one word to describe yourself as a bull rider, what would you say?

A:

I would say confident. I know that I can ride bulls and when I go to a rodeo I am not worried about what I draw because I put a lot of work into the practice pen, I know when I get to the rodeo that I can ride them.

Q:

What is some of the best advice you have gotten about bull riding?

The best advice I have gotten was from Andrew Alvidres. He told me to take what I can use from the people who give me advice, and just let the rest of it go. You have to build what works for you, not for someone else.

Q:

What is one of your hobbies that people would think isn’t cowboy?

A:

Probably being on the lake and wakeboarding.

Now that we are in the middle of rodeo season, who is your 2026 pick for Rookie of the year?

A: Q: A:

My pick right now has to be John Crimber.

Just like old times: Hayden Welsh, John Crimber in the Thick of Rookie Bull Riding Race

Hayden Welsh and John Crimber are used to squaring off in the arena.

The Resistol Rookie bull riders have been competing against one another for years. Their first matchup came at the Junior National Finals Rodeo before they were teenagers.

Welsh and Crimber hope to duke it out in Las Vegas again this year, as the young phenoms continue to forge a path to their first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Tractor Supply Co. Dec. 3-12.

“He’s always been slaying those dragons,” Welsh said of Crimber before the NFR Open at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo presented by John Deere on Tuesday. “Since we were young, he was just kicking butt and always got on the ranker bulls. Growing up, when the rest of us were getting on jump-kickers, he was getting on the turning-back-buckers.”

Entering Tuesday night’s opening performance at the NFR Open, both cowboys sat inside the top 10 of the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings.

Crimber said Welsh’s fired-up demeanor and his faith instantly connected them.

“Man, his whole personality is awesome,” Crimber said of Welsh during the Greeley Stampede on July 1. “I love being around that guy. His energy is just positive. He’s always chasing the Lord. I love how he stays true to himself and always trusts in God’s plan.”

Welsh’s personality also comes out in his riding.

“When he goes in there, it’s the same way (every time),” Crimber said. “He goes out there and rides electric, and it’s showy, flashy and judges are going to like it because he’s going to do his job about every time.”

At the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo on June 27, Crimber and Welsh met again in the short round. Crimber, the 2026 Professional Bull Riders champion, held the lead in the average after the first round with a 90.5-point ride on Western Rodeos’ Black Jack.

Welsh sat second after the opening round with an 87.5-point trip. But he flipped the script in the short round with a 90-point trip on Rosser Rodeo’s Commissioner, winning the average title.

The 20-year-old from Gillette, Wyo., said it felt like old times competing against friends like Crimber, whom he cut his teeth against in the junior rodeo ranks.

“That’s the first time that’s ever happened when I’ve ridden against John,” Welsh said. “Him bucking off and me riding. That was a pretty cool feeling. I’ve beat him a few times this year, and obviously he spanked me a lot this year too.”

Welsh said competing against the likes of Crimber reminds him of bull riding rivalries he watched growing up. But they still pull for each other.

“He’s still your buddy, and you never want to see him lose,” Welsh said. “But those guys sure as heck make you ride, cock your hammer and come a-clacking.”

The biggest connection between Crimber and Welsh isn’t the fact they’ve loaded into the same bucking chutes since they were preteens. It’s the bond they’ve forged on the PRORODEO road this season around their faith.

“I’m a big religious guy too,” Crimber said. “And to have a guy like that around us is the best thing in the world because it’s all positivity. . . It’s pretty dang cool riding with guys like him.”

Welsh said Crimber is one of several guys he relies on to help encourage him spiritually during a jam-packed rodeo season with a lot of ups and downs.

“We push each other,” Welsh said. “When you have two brothers in Christ suited up as mighty warriors of God, there’s a lot that can happen. It’s not me, but Christ who’s in us and we just feed off it. You have that fellowship, and it’s awesome. It’s such a blessing to have John and a lot of those boys.”

Welsh and Crimber are just two of a host of Resistol Rookie bull riders making a serious push to not only qualify for the NFR, but potentially make a run at a PRCA World Championship.

Noah Lee, an 18-year-old from Mineral Wells, Texas, currently leads the world standings. Welsh, Crimber and 19-yearold Braxton Whitesell are also leading the charge in the rookie race and inside the Top 15. Eyer Morrison and Gavin Mitchell aren’t in the field now, but with over $55,000 each, they’re both a hot streak away from getting in the mix as well.

“It’s the fuel to that fire knowing that if you ask the old timers, they’ll say we’re

the best set of rookies ever,” Welsh said. “It’s cool to be part of it and just to be up there. It’s weird because I don’t ever look at myself as one of the best going down the road. It’s something I’ve been dreaming of since I was a kid. And with where I am in the walk of faith, it’s part of my testimony right now.”

The standings also feature a host of veterans eager to stake their claim on a gold buckle, including 10-time PRCA World Champion Stetson Wright.

With less than five months remaining until one bull rider hoists a gold buckle at the conclusion of the Finals in the Thomas & Mack Center, it’s setting up to be one heck of a show in Sin City.

“I don’t think you want to go there with guys who don’t want to put on a show,” Crimber said. “You want the best guys there. It’s the NFR. It’s going to be the best 15 guys, and I think this year is going to truly be a fight to get into that Top 15 because there are so many great bull riders out there that are winning money and doing what they’re supposed to.

“When it comes to NFR time, people are going to have a good show in Las Vegas for 10 rounds.”

Article provided courtesy of PRCA.

Inspiration Point

Steady Faith in Uncertain Times

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” — Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV)

Every generation faces moments of uncertainty. Whether it is financial hardship, health concerns, broken relationships, or an uncertain future, life often reminds us that much is beyond our control. When circumstances shift unexpectedly, fear and anxiety can quickly take hold. Yet the Bible repeatedly calls believers to place their confidence not in changing circumstances, but in the unchanging character of God.

Faith is not the absence of questions or difficulties. Rather, faith is choosing to trust God even when we cannot see the outcome. The disciples experienced this firsthand as they crossed the Sea of Galilee. A violent storm arose, waves crashed into their boat, and experienced fishermen feared for their lives. Meanwhile, Jesus slept peacefully. When they woke Him in panic, He calmed the wind and the waves with a single command and then asked, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4:35–41).

The storm revealed that their greatest need was not simply calmer seas—it was deeper trust in the One who was with them. The same is true today. Our circumstances may not immediately change, but God’s presence never leaves His children. He remains sovereign over every storm.

Maintaining steady faith begins with daily time in God’s Word. Scripture reminds us of His promises and renews our perspective when fear clouds our thinking. Prayer also anchors our hearts, allowing us to exchange our worries for His peace. As Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6–7, when we present our requests to God with thanksgiving, His peace guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Steady faith also grows as we remember God’s past faithfulness. Throughout Scripture, God’s people were encouraged to recall how He had delivered them before. Looking back reminds us

that the God who provided yesterday remains faithful today. His character never changes, even when our circumstances do.

Finally, steady faith flourishes in community. Fellow believers encourage us when our strength is weak, pray for us when words fail, and remind us of God’s truth when doubt begins to whisper. God never intended for His people to walk through uncertainty alone.

No matter what tomorrow brings, we can rest confidently in the hands of a faithful Savior. The storms of life may shake the world around us, but they do not have to shake our faith. Our hope is anchored in Christ, who is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). When everything else feels uncertain, He remains our sure foundation.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, when uncertainty fills my heart, teach me to trust You more deeply. Help me to keep my eyes fixed on Jesus instead of the storms around me. Strengthen my faith through Your Word, fill me with Your peace through prayer, and remind me daily of Your unfailing love and faithfulness. Thank You for never leaving me or forsaking me. May my life reflect unwavering confidence in Your promises, knowing that You are always in control. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Busy With Purpose

One major talking point that is noticeable across the world is the topic of identity. The majority of people, when questioned about who they are or what their identity is, would directly relate it back to what they do or what they’ve done. This can look like sports, jobs, successes, failures, relationships, or even just being busy. But there’s one thing about all of these that stands true. They can change depending on external circumstances.

Don’t get me wrong, what we do is definitely important, but when what we do becomes who we are, that’s when we lose sight of what’s important. All the things that we do, that have become identities, are all things that could change. Say you break your back and are in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. Now your identity as a bull rider is no longer something you can depend on to define you. If the company you work for goes bankrupt, and you are out of job, your identity of being a salesman for their major company is gone. This can be applied to any time your identity is placed in something that you do or have done. As followers of Christ, our identity shouldn’t be placed in things like these, but rather in something stable and unchangeable. The simple fact is that we are children of God, and we are called to advance the kingdom in whatever we do.

A very powerful tactic the enemy uses in today’s world is the attack on our identity. If we take a step back and look at our lives, we really are blessed way more than we even realize. Things like sports and careers are amazing gifts. They give us something to focus our energy on, work towards, and, hopefully, the ability to enjoy something we do every day. But I believe the enemy attacks these gifts in our lives head on. Something great that the Lord has blessed us with, slowly but surely becomes who we are. The problem with placing our identity and even our value as a human being in what we do, is that these things aren’t a firm foundation. One day it’s here and the next it’s not.

Something I realized while going through a few serious injuries last year was how temporary all this really is. Bull riding definitely is something temporary. More temporary than we like to think. It would be nearly impossible to count all the times a bull bucks us off and plants a hoof inches from our body, barely missing and injuring us. When you think about what we do in that perspective, it really shows you how temporary this is. And that’s why placing our identity in something temporary is so dangerous. Because our identity is literally who we are. And if that thing suddenly is permanently taken from us, that can be detrimental to a person’s mental health.

This is why God calls us to place our identity in the simple fact that we are a child of God. 1 John Chapter 3 says, “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.” I think a lot of times we lose sight of this, but the concept is simple. We are children of God! And with this identity comes what Jesus told us in Mark Chapter 16, which is “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creations.” These two ideas of being a Child of God and “go preach the Gospel,” are two things that we always will be and will be able to do. No matter what job we take or what career path we choose, we will always be a child of God, and we will always be able to preach the gospel.

There are a lot of times when I hear people hyper focusing on questions like “I don’t know if I should take this job” or “I don’t know what God wants me to do, play this sport or this sport.” And if God is calling you to a certain thing, listen to that calling. But overall, as long as what you’re doing isn’t deliberately going against how we were called to live as Christians, then what you are doing isn’t that important. I honestly think God couldn’t care less whether you’re a banker or a bull rider. This all stems back to the importance of our identity.

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955 Top Dollar

Say hello to the 2026 PBR YETI Fan Favorite Bucking Bull Top Dollar! Top Dollar had an amazing Unleash the Beast season, dispatching every great PBR cowboy who climbed aboard, ending the season totally unridden! This fierce, explosive bucking bull is a nightmare out of the bucking chute, and an unstoppable force in the arena. Yet the fans voted him number one because they love his gentle personality, his love for scratches, his love for digging in the dirt, and his social media fame with over 40,000 Instagram followers.

“Top Dollar is a one-of-a-kind bull,” co-owner Katie Perschbacher shared. “He’s my buddy, and he’s gentle like a big pet dog! Everybody knows him and we take a lot of pride in showing how he is like a big, old pet. We think he’s pretty cool, and to hear that other people like him is awesome. It’s been a fun ride to watch him be successful.”

“The DeHoff family are Top Dollar’s partners with us, along with the Beach family,” Katie continued. “Courtney DeHoff got Top Dollar set up on Instagram, and he now has over 40,000 followers! She continues to post videos of Top Dollar digging in a dirt pile, rolling in the dirt, and flinging the dirt all over himself. He’s a bull, so he loves digging in the dirt. But his favorite thing to do is to lay in the shade under a tree!”

Top Dollar was born on their Hookin’ W Ranch in Texas in 2019. 43 Fistful of Dollars was Top Dollar’s sire, and a Stormy Nights cow was his dam. Katie and Laramie Wilson, who also own 2021 PBR World Champion Bull Woopaa, moved their bucking bull operation to a 120-acre ranch in Tupelo, Oklahoma in 2022. “We don’t have a big operation,” Katie said. “Laramie says we like quality over quantity.”

“It’s been an education with Top Dollar,” Katie said. “We’ve tried to showcase a different side of the bull. He’s a great bucker. He was the 2020 ABBI World Champion Bull, and he’s been to four PBR World Finals. He was unridden for this past Unleash the Beast season. But we wanted people to see his gentle, playful side as well. While he is fierce when he’s working, he is not wild and crazy when he’s not bucking. Little kids are able to pet him. His personality speaks for itself.”

“Top Dollar is playful and gentle when he’s not bucking, but he’s still a bucking bull,” Katie explained. “He knows when we’re heading out to an event, and he’s right there ready to go with his game face on. When you get him in the chute, it’s game on! To watch him buck successfully is a joy for Laramie and I.”

I asked Katie to describe Top Dollar in one word. She laughed and paused for quite a while before she finally answered. “He’s a pain in the a_ _ sometimes! More like a menace! He likes to go around and dump the other bull’s water buckets and dump their feed buckets. He just gets into everything! He really can be a menace!”

I asked her how he gets along with the other bulls. Katie laughed again and said, “Top Dollar loves to fight with the other bulls. But he’s not very good at it, so we separate him and haul him by himself, to keep him and the other bulls from getting hurt!”

According to Probullstats.com, this 7-year-old bovine athlete has a career buck-off percentage of 88.52%. So far in his career he has had 61 outs and been ridden seven times, with an average ride score of 88.39. His 2026 buck-off percentage was 100%, with twelve outs and no one able to ride him to the buzzer. He has bested such PBR greats as 7-time PRCA World Champion Sage Kimzey, 2018 PBR World Champion Kaique Pacheco, Clay Guiton and Austin Richardson. He finished the 2026 season in 15th place. His career high 46.0 bull score was earned in 2022 in Albany, New York, against 2023 PBR World Champion Rafael Jose de Brito, who he bucked off in 2.78 seconds.

I asked Katie if Top Dollar has a favorite snack. She laughed again and revealed that Top Dollar is an athlete, and he eats an athlete’s diet. He is fed Frontier G6 Bull Feed with OptiWize supplements, hay and water. He does not get any snacks. They also have a

laser and a MagnaWave that they use on their barrel horses. This therapy also helps the bulls through any tough times. “We raise barrel horses too,” Katie shared. “Anything we use on the horses, we also use on the bulls.”

I asked Katie if she thought Top Dollar has a shot at winning the 2027 PBR World Bull Championship. “We’re pretty realistic,” Katie observed. “He’s a great bucker, and a top ten or fifteen place bull, but we don’t see him winning the championship.”

“But this is going to be a fun year with Top Dollar,” Katie concluded. “Next up for him is the PBR Teams Wildcatter Days in Oklahoma City July 31-August 2. It’s been a wild ride with Top Dollar, but he is what he is and that’s what is so cool about him. Everybody knows him. It was a great moment when Clint Adkins announced that Top Dollar was the PBR YETI Fan Favorite Bucking Bull! The DeHoffs and Beaches are great partners, and they are very excited about Top Dollar. We’ve also met some great people because of Top Dollar, as he’s bucked at events from coast to coast. He’s very good for the bucking bull industry, and we are proud to be able to haul a bull like him. He has done a lot for our business.”

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If our identity is within the fact that we are children of God, and you’re making an effort to preach the gospel through what you do, choose whatever career you’d like! That’s the cool thing too, is we get to choose our own path in life without having the weight of placing our identity on that path.

Last month I had a pretty crucial moment in my faith. I was getting ready to start my summer run of rodeoing and the night before leaving, I broke down crying. My identity had started to get attacked the couple of months prior and I was carrying a really big weight and finally it broke me. I felt the weight of these stresses about my bull riding, relationships, how people perceive me, and the list goes on, but the moral of the story I was trying to carry more than I could. I was letting everything going on in my life slowly start to become who I was. And I’ve always known what Peter said, which is, “Cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.” But finally God gave me a physical moment to look and see that I wasn’t doing a very good job of that. That night ended with a lot of prayer and crying, but by the end I remembered who God says I am, and where my true value is. That week I went on to ride really well and started my summer off great. The pressure of putting my identity in what I was doing was lifted and brought back to my foundation that I am a child of God.

Another very common issue within this identity crisis is being busy. Being busy isn’t just how we describe our day to day life, but how and who we are. So many times you can see this within simple small talk.

“Hey, how are you doing? How have you been?”

“Oh man, I’ve just been busy.”

Not good. Not bad. Busy. What we do is turned into who we are. There are a lot of things wrong with making our identity busy, but the most important one is we miss what’s in front of us. We’re focusing on how much we have to do and how much we’ve done, that we miss the blessing that is right in front of us! Psalms 118:24 tells us, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” When we’re so focused on how busy we are, we miss this simple truth! We miss how great just being able to wake up is, let alone all the other blessings the Lord brings each day for us!

Our identity is so much more important than most people think. It is so much more than what we do or what we’ve done. Because, as we now know, all those things are unstable! Christ calls us as believers to value ourselves and our lives more than to just put it in what we do. The fact that Christ has already told us our identity, all we have to do is listen and live in it! I encourage you to check yourself. Reflect on your own life and question whether your identity is in what you do or is it in who Christ says you are! Stop being busy for yourself and start being busy being the person God has called you to be.

My name is Riggin Pearce, and I’m from Sheridan, Wyoming. I am a follower of Christ who’s blessed with the ability to ride bulls and use that as my platform to share the Good News. I am incredibly excited to have the chance to do that through my youth ministry program, Next Step. I can’t wait to encourage and help y’all get to know Jesus for the first time or take the next step in your relationship with Him.

email:

bred2buck@gmail.com

Q:

If you couldn’t ride bulls, what event would you pick to go to the NFR in?

A:

I would go to the NFR as a bareback rider. My granddad used to ride bareback, and I think it would be cool to follow in his footsteps.

Q:

What is something that is unique about you that people may not know?

A:

Q:

A:

Something people may not know about me is that I am colorblind.

What can we catch you ordering at Starbucks?

When I go to Starbucks, I usually order a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino.

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Elsie Frost’s Legacy Beyond the Arena Earns Sharon Shoulders Award

There are some women in Western sports whose impact cannot be measured by records, titles or time spent in an arena.

Their influence is quieter than that.

It is found in the prayers before the rodeo starts. In the steady hand behind a dream. In the faith that holds families together through triumph and tragedy. In the kind of love that keeps showing up, even when the spotlight is pointed somewhere else.

For decades, Elsie Frost has been one of those women.

Known by many simply as “Miss Elsie,” Frost is a mother of three, a grandmother and the mother of the late great Lane Frost. She was honored with the PBR Sharon Shoulders Award, an honor created in 2010 to recognize the great women of professional bull riding whose work, partnership and faith have been as integral to the sport as the athletes themselves.

Named for Sharon Shoulders, the wife of legendary cowboy Jim Shoulders, the award honors women whose loyalty, strength and faith helped shape Western sports from behind the scenes. For Frost, the connection is personal. Her husband, Clyde Frost, rodeoed in the same era as Jim, and both men competed at the first National Finals Rodeo, giving Frost a deep appreciation for the other wives and women whose steadfast support helped carry their families, their husbands and the sport forward.

For Frost, receiving it still does not feel real.

“It was almost unbelievable,” Frost said. “I’m like, ‘No, it can’t be me.’”

Even when discussing one of the highest honors a woman in Western sports can receive, Frost’s first instinct was not to talk about herself. It was to talk about Sharon.

That is Elsie Frost.

Even as the honor now bears her name, her instinct is to turn the attention toward those who shaped the path before her.

To Sharon Shoulders, whose legacy gave the award its name and

“I just think about Sharon, what a wonderful person she was, and how she lived, and her faith,” Frost said. “Sharon was such a good wife and mother and Christian, and those three things are very important to me.”

purpose. To Lane, whose story she has never stopped telling. To the rodeo community that has loved her family so deeply. And above all, to God, whose hand she sees in every piece of it.

“I just don’t feel like I belong in that group at all,” Frost said. “But I’m thrilled to get it. It’s just such an honor.”

That humility is part of what makes Elsie Frost truly one of a kind. Most of the world knows her as Lane Frost’s mother. It remembers Lane as a World Champion bull rider, a beloved figure whose smile, talent and story continue to inspire generations. It remembers the tragedy of Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1989, when Lane was killed at just 25 years old.

But Elsie Frost has spent the decades since making sure people know more than the tragedy.

She has spent them making sure people know the truth.

Lane, she says, was more than the champion people saw in the arena. He was a man of faith.

“When I went to a cowboy church, I just told Lane’s story and told about him being saved,” Frost said. “The movie didn’t tell that Lane was a born-again Christian.”

For Frost, that missing piece mattered. And for years, she carried Lane’s story into cowboy churches, sharing his rides, his life and the faith that became central to who he was before his death.

What began as a mother’s desire to tell the real story of her son became something much larger.

It became a ministry.

It became more than 400,000 cowboy Bibles distributed in Lane’s memory.

And like most pieces of Frost’s life, she does not tell that story as something she built herself. She tells it as something God placed in motion.

The idea started when a cowboy church near Houston had cowboy Bibles printed in Lane’s memory. When those ran out, there was some hesitation from others about whether people might pick one up only because Lane’s name was on it.

Frost saw it differently.

“I don’t care why they pick it up, as long as they’ll pick up the Bible,” Frost said.

Still, she hesitated. At the time, she and her daughter were running a convenience store, their days already full with customers, long hours and the steady demands of keeping a business going. She did not feel like she had the time or the money to take on something that big.

Then a friend stopped by.

“She said, ‘I’ve got some money here that I don’t have a church to tithe to right now, so I want to give it to you,’” Frost recalled.

The amount was exactly what Frost needed to order the first batch of 700 Bibles.

“I thought, ‘Okay, God, I guess you’re trying to tell me something,’” Frost said.

From there, the orders grew. Seven hundred became 1,000. Then 2,000. Eventually, they were ordering 10,000 at a time.

Frost still remembers the uncertainty of those early orders. She did not always have the money upfront. She just kept trusting that if God wanted the work done, He would provide a way.

“A lot of times I would just think, ‘I’m not going to have the money to pay for them this time,’” Frost said. “But by the time I had to pay the bill, there’d be just enough money in there to take care of it.”

She pauses at the memory, still giving credit away from herself.

“I did not have the money. I did not have the time,” Frost said. “I just didn’t think I had the ability to do that. But with God, all things are possible.”

That conviction has carried Frost through the hardest seasons of her life.

When the movie “8 Seconds” brought Lane’s story to a wider audience, it also forced Elsie Frost to relive some of the worst days of motherhood and of her life. While the film introduced countless new fans to bull riding and helped carry Lane’s name to a new generation, Frost has been honest that parts of the process were deeply painful.

Most of all, she wished it had shown Lane’s faith.

During the process, there were moments when the weight of it all became too much to carry inside. Upset during the filming process, Frost stepped away from the noise and cameras, walked out behind the barn and broke down in prayer, crying out in the quiet place where grief, faith and cowboys met.

“I did a lot of praying,” Frost said.

Behind that barn, away from the cameras and the noise of Hollywood, she felt her answer.

“I just felt like God said everybody’s here for a reason,” Frost said.

So she trusted.

She prayed for the people involved in the film. She and her family even gave the director a Bible. And although she did not understand every part of the process at the time, she came to believe that God could use even the imperfect parts of the movie

“You just never know,” Frost said. “We just plant the seeds. God does the harvest.”

That has been the rhythm of her life.

Plant the seed.

Tell the story.

Hand out the Bible.

Point people toward faith.

Let God handle the rest.

Even now, more than three decades after Lane’s death, Frost remains amazed by how strongly his story continues to resonate. Young riders still know his name. Parents still name their sons Lane. Fans still approach the Frost family with stories of how Lane impacted them.

“When Lane died, I asked Clyde, ‘Do you think in 10 years anybody will remember Lane?’” Frost said. “Boy, was that an understatement.”

She knows the movie played a role in keeping Lane’s name alive. She knows his success in the arena made him unforgettable. But to Frost, the lasting reach of his story has always been something deeper.

“Only God could have used that movie the way He has,” Frost said. “People know about Lane because of it.”

And she believes Lane would be grateful.

“He would be thrilled,” Frost said, remembering how Lane once dreamed out loud about a movie that would tell both his story and Reba McEntire’s. “He said, ‘I don’t mean me and her together, I just mean tell her story and tell my story in a movie. Wouldn’t that be neat?’”

In a way, that dream came true far beyond what any of them could have imagined. Lane’s story did make it to the screen, and it carried his name to people who may never have watched a bull ride otherwise. That continued love for Lane is a blessing to Frost, but it is not something she has ever tried to hold for herself. Her purpose has never been fame, recognition or praise. It has been service.

That is why the Sharon Shoulders Award fits her so well, even if she is the last person who would say so.

The award honors women who strengthen Western sports not by seeking attention, but by building the foundation beneath it. Women who pray, encourage, sacrifice and stand firm. Women

whose faith and devotion become part of

Frost has done that for decades.

Not loudly.

Not for recognition.

But faithfully.

She remains grateful that rodeo and Western sports continue to make room for faith. She is proud that rodeos open with prayer and the national anthem. She is thankful that so many bull riders today still carry their faith with them into the arena.

“I’m just so thrilled that every rodeo opens with a prayer and the national anthem. I don’t know another sport that does that.”

For Frost, that tradition matters because it reflects the Western way of life she has always known — one built on faith, family and gratitude.

And when people hear her name connected to the Sharon Shoulders Award, she already knows what she hopes they remember.

Not her.

Sharon.

“Most of all, I want them to think about Sharon and all that she did for rodeo,” Frost said.

It was the Elsie Frost answer.

Presented with an award honoring her own life of faith and service, she once again turned the spotlight away from herself.

But for those who know her story, that is exactly why she belongs.

Because Elsie Frost has never needed the spotlight to leave a legacy.

She has built one through faith. Through humility. Through quiet conviction.

Through every Bible handed out, every prayer spoken, every seed planted and every life touched by the story she never stopped telling.

She is a mother, a grandmother and above all else, a Christian.

And Lane was too.

Article provided courtesy of PBR. Photo courtesy of Bull Stock Media.

WHERE’S THE BEEF?

*-Added Money Amount Is For Each Night Information Subject to Change Without Notice

Date Location Added $ Open Time Call-In # Assn/Event

BULL RIDING EVENTS

AUGUST

Aug 1 Charleston, IL

$5,000 8/3 5-9pm T 573-823-2569 NFPB

Aug 1 South Sioux City, NE 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Aug 4 Missoula, MT

Aug 4 Lovington, NM

Aug 5 Salem, IL

Aug 5 Washington, MO

$20,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

$44,500 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

$2,500 8/3 5-9pm 618-267-1782 NFPB

$5,000 7/27 5pm T 573-823-2569 NFPB

Aug 5 Weeping Water, NE 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Aug 5-6 Willmar, MN

$5,000 7/27 6-9pm 320-226-0949 NFPB

Aug 6 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Aug 6 Rifle, CO

Aug 6-7 Iron River, WI

Aug 7 Parkers Prairie, MN

Aug 7-8 Salem, MO

$20,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

$8.000 7/27 6-9pm 608-412-0799 NFPB

$7,500 7/26 5-9pm 320-226-1487 NFPB

$1,500* 8/3 5-9pm 870-926-0478 NFPB

Aug 7-8 Lincoln, NE 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Aug 7-9 Sunrise, FL PBR Teams Series

Aug 8 Goliad, TX PBR Challenger Series

Aug 8 Hoover, AL PBR Challenger Series

Aug 8 Garnavillo, IA

Aug 8 Lockwood, MO

Aug 10-11 Woodstown Pilegrove, NJ

Aug 12 Gaylord, MI

$5,000 7/27 6-9pm 608-412-0799 NFPB

$4,000 7/27 6pm 417-793-3025 NFPB

$60,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

$3,000 8/3 6-8pm T 517-260-0492 NFPB

Aug 13 Bloomfield, NE 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Aug 13 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Aug 14 Tecumseh, NE

Aug 14-15 Austin, MN

712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

$4,000* 8/3 6-9pm 320-226-0949 NFPB

Aug14-16 Nashville, TN PBR Teams Series

Aug 15 Yankton, SD 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Aug 15-16 Viroqua, WI

$5,000 8/10 6-9pm 608-412-0799 NFPB

Aug 18 Fairmount, MN $6,000 8/10 6-9pm 320-226-0949 NFPB

Aug 19 West Branch, MI

$3,000 8/10 6-8pm T 517-260-0492 NFPB

Aug 20 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Aug 21 Appleton, MN

Aug 21-22 Sedalia, MO

Aug 21-22 Cowden, IL

$4,000 8/10 6-9pm 320-226-0949 NFPB

$5,000 8/10 6/8pm 417-924-3591 NFPB

$2,000 8/17 5-9pm 618-267-1782 NFPB

Aug 21-23 Austin, TX PBR Teams Series

Aug 22 Eureka, MT PBR Challenger Series

Aug 23 Darby, MT

$62,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

Aug 27 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Aug 27 Coeur D’Alene, ID

$20,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

WHERE’S THE BEEF?

*-Added Money Amount Is For Each Night Information Subject to Change Without Notice

Date Location Added $ Open Time Call-In # Assn/Event

Aug 27-29 Denton, TX

Aug 28 Wheaton, MN

$1,000* 940-391-8179 North Texas Fair & Rodeo Bull Blowout

$4,000 8/10 6-9pm 320-226-0949 NFPB

Aug 28-29 Tryon. NC PBR Challenger Series

Aug 29 Paso Robles, CA PBR Challenger Series

Aug 29 Linn, MO

Aug 30 Bremerton, WA

$7,000 8/17 6/8pm 417-924-3591 NFPB

$35,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls SEPTEMBER

Sep 3 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Sep 3 Mineral Point, WI 8/31 6-8pm 608-412-0799 NFPB

Sep 4 Northville, MI

$3,000 8/31 6-8pm T 517-260-0492 NFPB

Sep 4-6 Ridgedale. MO PBR Teams Series

Sep 4-6 Sebeka, MN

Sep 5 Essex, IA

Sep 5 Mountain Grove, MO

$13,000 8/31 6-8pm T 517-260-0492 NFPB / Nimrod Bull Bash

$3,000 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

$3,000 8/24 6pm/8pm 417-924-3591 NFPB

Sep 5 Ellensburg, WA $118,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

Sep 5-6 Belton, TX PBR Challenger Series

Sep 6 Nashua, IA

Sep 7 St Paul, MN

Sep 9 Lewiston, ID

$4,000 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

$5,000* 8/31 7pm 515-460-3669 NFPB

$35,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

Sep 10 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Sep 11 Osakis, MN

Sep 11-12 Albuquerque, NM

$5,000 8/30 5-9pm 320-226-1487 NFPB

$20,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

Sep 11-12 Rochester, NY PBR Challenger Series

Sep 11-13 Anaheim, CA PBR Teams Series

Sep 12 Kinmundy, IL

Sep 12 Kramer, NE

$1,500 9/7 5-9pm 618-267-1782 NFPB

$4,000 712-374-6053 Bullriders of America

Sep 17 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Sep 18-19 Green Bay, WI PBR Challenger Series

Sep 18-19 Windsor, VA

$750 9/7 6pm gosebra.com SEBRA

Sep 18-20 Greensboro, NC PBR Teams Series

Sep 19 Breckenridge, MN

Sep 19 Troy, IL

$5,000 9/7 5-9pm 320-226-1487 NFPB

$3,000 9/7 5pm T 573-823-2569 NFPB

Sep 24 Fort Worth, TX PBR Stockyards Showcase

Sep 25-26 Minot, ND PBR Challenger Series

Sep 25-26 Waterloo, IA Enter online waterloochallenges.com/enter-rodeo-2 Bullriders of America

Sep 25-26 Belle, MO

Sep 26 Defiance, MO

Sep 30 Fort Smith, AR

BUCKING BULL EVENTS

AUGUST

$6,000 9/6 6-9pm 573-286-0403 NFPB

$15,000 9/21 5pm T 573-823-2569 NFPB

$20,000 PRCA Xtreme Bulls

Aug 1 Walterboro, SC 7/20-27 ABBI / JI Invitational

Date Location

WHERE’S THE BEEF?

*-Added Money Amount Is For Each Night Information Subject to Change Without Notice

Aug 1 Duncan, OK ABBI / ClaimABull

Aug 7 Elnora, AB ABBI Canada

Aug 8 Glen Rose, TX ABBI

Aug 14 Halfway River Valley First Nations, BC ABBI Canada

Aug 15 Clemson, SC ABB / SFBB

Aug 15 Elizabeth, CO ABBI / Buckers Unlimited

Aug 15 Talequah, OK ABBI / Cherokee Nation

Aug 21-23 Austin, TX ABBI Classic

Aug 22 Newton Falls, OH 724-421-5601 ABBI / NFG

Aug 22 Billings, MT ABBI / HDBBA

Aug 22 Ada, OK ABBI / Bar O

Aug 27-29 Denton, TX $5,000* 940-391-8179 NTFR Bull Blowout (bull teams)

Aug 29-30 Erick, OK ABBI / Carsen Perry Futurity

SEPTEMBER

Sep 1 Monthly Classic, CO ABBI / August Collective

Sep 5 Elizabeth, CO ABBI

Sep 5 Duncan, OK ABBI / ClaimABull

Sep 5 Lloydminster, AB ABBI Canada

Sep 6 Elizabeth, CO ABBI

Sep 12 Duncan, OK ABBI

Sep 12 Quitman, GA ABBI / Dixie Classic

Sep 12 Elko, NV 702-236-4540 ABBI / WSBBA

Sep 16 Erick, OK ABBI

Sep 19 West Sunbury, PA 724-421-5601 ABBI / NFG

Sep 19 Sisters, OR ABBI / HDBBA

Sep 19 Porum, OK ABBI / Jenkins Ranch

Sep 20 Strathmore, AB ABBI Canada

CLASSIFIEDS

Practice Pens

PISGAH, AL - TIM COX, TCB, ANYTIME, CALL FIRST, 256-996-9426

NEW MARKET, AL - EC Hunt, 5:30pm Sun., 256-683-8169

BATESVILLE, AR - James Bechdoldt, Anytime, Call First, 870-307-9923

CONWAY, AR - Mark Lindsey, Ride & Shine Cattle Company, Anytime, Call First, 501-730-4557

ELFRIDA, AZ - D Davis Bucking Bulls, 4pm Sat., Call First, 520-642-3737

LINCOLN, CA - B Bar Ranch, B Bar Indoor Arena, Rain or Shine, All Rough Stock, 916-206-4059

MARYSVILLE, CA - PacWest, 5pm Wed., Steers & Bulls, Call First, 530-751-6643

FRESNO, CA - Toro Bravo Arena, Thur. by appt., Call First, 559-577-2445

ELIZABETH, CO - Tuff Garcia, Tuff E Nuff, 6pm Mon., Rain or Shine, 970-846-0788

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO - Tuff E Nuff, 6pm Wed., Apr-Nov., 970-846-6828/3354

ALDEN, IA - Circle C Rodeo, 6pm Wed., Rain or Shine, Call for alternate dates 641-373-3625

WOODBINE, IA - Tom & Kristina Kelley, every Sun. (weather permitting). Beginner - rank bulls. Call 712-5922493

KENDALLVILLE, IN - B Bar A Bucking Bulls, Heidi Speicher, 7pm Every Thur, Call First, 260-564-5864/Troy

JACKSONVILLE, IL - Lazy C Rodeo, 10am-3pm Sun., Rain or shine, Call First, 217-245-8280

Practice Pens

JACKSONVILLE, NC - Aleck Barnard, Elite Cowboy Rodeo Assoc., Onslow Rodeo Arena, 6pm Every Other Sunday, Call First, 910-381-8597

CHANDLER, OK - JAM Bulls, 2pm Sun., 7pm Wed., Call First, 405-570-9010

SOPER/HUGO, OK - RBL Rodeo Bulls, Anytime with 4-6 hour notice, Rain or Shine, 307-461-1741

EAGLEVILLE, TN - BF Cattle Company, 2pm Sun., Jackpot, Call First, 615-336-4313

EMORY, TX - Oakes & Greene’s, 7pm Wed., 903-348-8630

LORENA, TX - Rocking S Ranch, Tue., Jackpot, Call First, 254-716-0779

MANSFIELD, TX - JC Knapp Ranch, 4pm Sun/6pm Wed., $5 at the gate to ride as many as you want, 817-223-3692

SIMMS, TX - Wilburn Bucking Bulls, 7pm Every Other Thur., 903-543-3025

PETROLIA, TX - Norris Dalton, 7pm Wed., 940-733-3020

NOCONA, TX - 4x Arena, Call First, 501-944-1907

NOCONA, TX - Locke Bucking Bulls, Call First, 940-872-0733

WILLS POINT, TX - Austin Arena Bulls, Barrels, & Poles. $10 per ride/run or $25 for all you can ride. Bulls for all ages. 214-7265799

Livestock Layovers

BATESVILLE, AR - James Bechdoldt, White River Rodeo, 870-307-9923

RAYMOND, IL - Randy Littrell, Shop Creek Cattle, 217-556-0551

Livestock Layovers

MARYSVILLE, KS - Gary Hershey, 4H Bucking Bulls and Marysville Sale Barn, Call First, 785-292-4952

LAKE CHARLES, LA - Keith Strickland, Deep South Rodeo Genetics, 337-304-1493

SALEM, MO - Hwy 32 & 72, Salem Livestock Auction, 573-729-8880

HELENA, MT - Jim Horne, Bull Horne Ranch, 406-459-5706

FERNLEY, NV - Nathan Pudsey, Circle P Bucking Bulls, 775-750-2168

CLASSIFIEDS

Livestock Layovers

CLAYTON, NM - Justin Keeth, Lazy J 3 Bucking Bulls, 575-447-0877

BETHESDA, OH - 15 Miles off I-70, TCB Ranch, 304-281-4530

SOPER/HUGO, OK - RBL Rodeo Bulls, Anytime w/ 4-6 hours notice, 307-461-1741

BOX ELDER, SD - Gus “Duane” Aus, Lazy Heart O Ranch, 605-923-3426

BUCHANAN, TN - Parsons & Milam 731-642-8346

CLARKSVILLE, TX - Brian Agnew, BA Livestock, 903-669-9189

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Livestock Layovers

DUBLIN, TX - Mike Godfrey, Godfrey 4X Cattle, 817-235-2852

MANSFIELD, TX - JC Knapp Ranch, JC Knapp Rodeo, 817-223-3692

MIDLAND, TX - Ted Norton, Norton Bucking Bulls, 432-413-8433

DECATUR, TX - Cullen Calame, Denton Creek Farms, 940-393-3730

SIMMS, TX - Near I-30 Texarkana, Wilburn Bucking Bulls, 863-381-2799

CHEYENNE, WY - Floyd & Ann Thomas, TTnT Ranch, 307-778-8806

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Western Wanderings

cowboy coffee

Real early in the morning

When the stars still hang around

Strong and black hot coffee

Is a comfort to be found

When you crawl out of your bedroll

You know you’ll soon wake up

Cause that pot of coffee’s hanging there

Just get up and grab your cup

You drink it when you rise up

And ‘fore you bed down at night

You drink it with your beef and beans

It unkinks your rope knots just right

By Kelly B. Robbins

Coffee’s been around a long, long time

Hot and strong its claim to fame

But the kind we drink will singe your hair

Cowboy coffee is its name

To make good coffee is a skill

Most trail cooks have it learned

A skill passed down from kin to kin

A good coffee rep is earned

Now great brewed cowboy coffee

Is strong, thick, black and hot

You use a horseshoe to test it

By dropping it in the pot

If it floats on top of the magic brew

Good coffee can be found

Next step is to drop in cold water

To settle down the grounds

Just wrap a wild rag round your hand

And pour yourself a cup

Sit back and enjoy the aroma

Then drink your brew right up