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Show Top ranked Ufah cowboys sflar in Roundup Rodeos Many top ranked cowbovs have competed in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal and three of the highly rated Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association stars are Utah cowboys; Lewis Feild, Elk Ridge, Mickey Young, Wellington, and Lance Robinson, Farmington. The 33rd annual an-nual Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo is set for July 7, 8 and 9 at the Uintah County Coun-ty Fairgrounds. The rodeo will begin each night at 7:30 p.m. and a parade is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. On what Lewis Feild called "the greatest day of my life," he was simultaneously presented the Linder-man Linder-man Award for his 1981 accomplishments ac-complishments and named the all-around all-around cowboy for the 1982 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Winning the Cheyenne all-around is i m l . v t x S ST K i S - S ' T - - - .1, " ' - V . ' " , " ; " w (. ' , X , - f r r-:."" - ' . . saw i. ... r" ' ... 5T " t t :Yl&L r:.l' l-J UTAH TOP RANKED cowboys, Mickey Young, left and Lewis Feild, center, get ready for the bareback bronc riding event at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Ver- nal. Another highly ranked Utah cowboy is Lance Robinson. The 33rd annual Dinosaur Roundup rodeo is set for July 7, 8 and 9. A RODEO COWBOY attempts to conquer and ride a bucking buck-ing bronc during the annual Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Ver- an enviable accomplishment and even more impressive for Feild, since timed-event contestants often dominate the all-around races. The $10,000 win moved Feild from ninth to third place in all-around world rankings. However, he missed by one place qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo in his second event, saddle sad-dle bronc riding, ending the year fourteenth four-teenth in the all-around. As 1982's fifth ranked bareback rider Feild would like to gain ground in 1983 and qualify for the Finals in both events. His third event is team roping, where he missed earning the $1,000 in 1982 which would have again qualified him for the Lindermann Award (given annually to the cowboy who wins the most in three events, including both timed and bucking events. A minimum of $1,000 must be won in each event to qualify). Lewis grew up on a ranch and took an instant liking to riding calves. With quiet confidence and determination, he grew up as a rodeo winner, placing in the high school and college national finals three times each. "I've always won and I've always done well," he observes, "maybe I just try harder. I think part of the reason I'm winning now is because I'm not happy unless I do." The 26-year-old champion holds an associate degree in building construction, construc-tion, but plans to continue rodeoing for many years to come. Feild netted a 72 in the bareback bronc event at the 1982 Dinosaur Roundup Round-up Rodeo, but finished second to Nevada's Danny Brady at 73. Feild's comments follow as printed in the Vernal Ver-nal Express on July 14, 1982. "I felt like I should have done a whole lot better. Bear Hug was a kind of nasty horse. "r " " , ; v - - ' ,). t , r " ' - - - - f ii - C?-:. , r ' J ,ZL " ""' -J . . 1 ' " . ' - 0 mm-j' m nal, July 7-8-9. Cowboys from all over the United States will take part in the rodeo. He ducked two or three times. He was strong and gave me a good ride. He bucked good and he had me up in the air one time. I was spurring him pretty pret-ty good and that's when he was bucking," buck-ing," said Field. "Nothing comes easy for me," stated Mickey Young. "I've got to work for everything I get, and the only on-ly reason I've made it as far as I have in rodeo is through determination." That determination has taken him to the National Finals Rodeo each of the past seven years. He had a shot at the bareback riding world championship in 1980, but finished second to Bruce Ford by less than $3,000. The 30 year old cowboy years ago traded a rural life in Utah for a hard-traveling hard-traveling rodeo career. The strenuous event of bareback riding fascinated Young the year his father took him to the National Western Stock Show rodeo in Denver. Mickey was 11 then, one of four children LaVern and Ruth Young were raising on a farm in a relatively isolated area near Wellington, Utah. "The excitement of the big rodeo overwhelmed him, and he told his dad he wanted to be a bareback rider. LaVern said that if that was what Mickey wanted, he would help," according accor-ding to writer Randy Witte of the Western Horseman. They returned home and built an arena. LaVern purchased several bucking horses for his son to practice on and Mickey went to work, riding and falling, riding again in junior and later high school rodeos. He purchased purchas-ed a PRCA permit in 1971 and earned full membership two years ater that. Young returned to the National Western in January of 1976 this time as a contestant winning the bareback average for $2,700. The pay check launched him on a season that took him to his first National Finals and he has qualified every' year since. Mickey's best ever National Finals Rodeo, winning nearly $22,000 moved him from sixth to third in bareback 1982 year-end standings. Utah's Young netted third place in the 1982 Dinosaur, Roundup Rodeo with a score of 70 on Devil's Due. Young's comments from the July 14. 1982. Vernal Ver-nal Express are as follows: "I felt like I rode real good. He started out a little lit-tle slow and then got better as he went along and gave me a shot at making a nice ride at the end." With an outstanding 3 8 grade point average and a love for animals, it looked look-ed like Lance Robinson was beaded for a practice in veterinary medicine. Instead, In-stead, it is the work w hich supported his pre-vet education rodeo which he has chosen to pursue. "I won enough money in the amateurs to put me through college. I've also been raising Thoroughbred horses for about six years. Which doesn't really tie me down." Robinson added. "I went all through college (Ricks College and Weber State) and did real well, but I just decided I w anted to mess around with those horses and with rodeo." And after one year of pro-rodeo competition, competi-tion, it looks like Robinson made a w ise decision. He is already among the top cowboys in both steer wrestling and calf roping. Robinson won the Wrangler award for top rookie steer wTestler in 19S2. In a strong finish to his season, he challenged Clark Hankins for Rookie of the Year honors, finishing as runner-up by $305. (In fact, he ended the year with more money than Hankins. but the rookie award is decided before the NFR.) Utah's Robinson qualified for the NFR in steer wTestling. w inning more than $;i.fKXi there and finishing the year in fifteenth place w ith $34,201. His calf and team roping earnings brought his overall total to $57,652. Robinson pocketed first ni- i roping at the 1981 Dinosaur?' t Rodeo with a time of 9.9 and . ' ' many of the PRCa cowboys. p Danny Brady of He - ' Nevada, pocketed barebart ' 1 riding champions at the n ' ; Roundup Rodeo in i98l anr1 U: won his firs' "He with an; won his second bareback cm a score of 73. : "You almost feel iike eagle, when you're out yourself on a bareback horse"-natural horse"-natural high," said Danny Br;' qualified for his first NFR in i course, it's not so much fun -C slam-dunk you to the ground's' bumps and bruises are worth-Brady worth-Brady says he has always u nmake n-make rodeo his career. His been an amateur contestant getting married, then showecv and two other sons and four k -the satisfaction of rodeo. "I started out riding calves .-was .-was about six," Danny remark was a lot of fun then, and it-Really it-Really since I was little, myth have just centered on rodeo" Danny is thankful for his i-- tion to rodeo and was proud-.-, dad accompanied him to Oklsh -ty in December for the NFR. TV Brady had been diagnosed a; -cancer earlier in the year b.-V ment provided a cure. "I'm - okay and it was really a Experience Ex-perience being at the NFR commented Brady. When Brady joined the ?;. 1978, he didn't feel that he vl" v sonally making much props . his attitude and riding improved he got to know more pros, hi; Trujillo and Mickey Young. "Then in 1980. Lewis Feii; started buddying together. Slas things have just gotten bete?? year for me. Competing in tishh. has been a dream since I was hi :; in 1980 1 realized I had a chaacn: The road to his first NFR i; seem too bright early in 1981 5;r "I didn't win a dime until mii-ri But he started winning, at pl;s; Reno. Cheyenne. Spring dale. Ccc;-Vernal. Ccc;-Vernal. and continued right tr: the NFR. where he placed fcur::: average for $3,130. Rodeo events in the 19S3 fa Roundup Rodeo are sad& n bareback bronc. bull riding. cLi ing. team roping, steer wreKlri barrel racing. Parade estriesrj taken at Mr. S Clothing in Yell b stock contractor is D. A. Swir L by and Western Week is set 3 to July 9. Rodeo headers. Gardner's Bull Ring. Feild is ranked 15th in theal-- PRCA standings as of June XX-$18,249 XX-$18,249 and is in the number ?"-' saddle bronc riding at SIO.S V::. is ranked second in barebadr-$25,630 barebadr-$25,630 and lives now in fcs-Arizona. fcs-Arizona. Robinson is number the all-around at $o7.lS5 and s si ed 12th in calf roping at Sl6.'.x-'; in fifth place in steer wrffii $19,594. Brady is' ranked !'.: : bareback bronc riding at $11:4 -leaders are: Jimmie CooperA" ment. New Mexico, all-i"-'--$48,226; Brad Gjermundson. y-Idaho. y-Idaho. saddle bronc. $36.SS. -Ford. Kersey, Colorado, fc--$31,920: John Davis. Home&sie .:-bull .:-bull riding. $36,011; Ki-1)' lv5 Durant. Oklahoma, calf r;:--$35,026; Joel Edmondson. Co.-"-Kansas. steer wrestling. C -Dovle Gcllerman. Oakdale. u-nia"; u-nia"; Walt Woodard. Stockton. nia. team roping. $15,180 Elms. Stephenvitle. Texas. ing. $23,482. |
