Monday, August 8, 2011

Bull Talk: Billings


High-marked bulls:

Note:  Usually I just list 45+ scores, but there was only one, so here you have 44+ scores:

42 Braveheart - 45.25 (Leffew/D-M)
868 After Party - 44.75 (Circle T)
781 Asteroid - 44.75 (Circle T)
615 Slim's Ghost - 44.50 (Robinson)
861 Speckled Ivory - 44.50 (Circle T)
67 Toy Soldier - 44.25 (Circle T)
5081 Highway 12 - 44.25 (Robinson)
30 Oklahoma Star - 44.25 (C'N Stars)
Stanley FatMax - 44.25 (Robinson)
651 The Situation - 44.25 (Dakota Rodeo/Berger)
H50 Blu Emu's Hank - 44 (Robinson)
W1 Buckey - 44 (Wentz)

Commentators:

If we don't get J.W. Hart back soon to put some bull info back into the broadcast, I'm going to weep.  In an event like this, with a lot of bulls many of us weren't familiar with, the lack of breeding and background information made for a long three days for those of us who tune in to watch, admire, learn about, and root for them. 

Who's your daddy (or momma):

655 Cowboy Casanova (Mesa Pate) is out of a Kish bred cow (Too Legit daughter).

510P Willie Wilco (Robinson) is a grandson of Playboy Skoal on the sire side and Bodacious on the dam side.

723 Panther (Circle T) and 434 Sam T. Straight (Bobby Harrison) are both Houdini grandsons on the sire side.

868 After Party (Circle T) is straight Ratjen breeding. 

Big bull: 

Willie Wilco

Little bull:

Rusty Zipper

Favorite bull (don't jump on me, it's subjective):

After Party.  He's not the bull that takes your breath away, but he does his job, works hard, and doesn't back down from a challenge.  I could watch this bull all day and feel happy.

Runners up:  Braveheart (who probably had the rankest trip of the weekend and definitely has the best name) and Asteroid.