Jindabyne Rodeo Results

By Steve Cuff

Hot and windy weather greeted spectators and competitors for the annual Jindabyne Man from Snowy River Rodeo, but that did not deter from a full afternoon of action.

The cowboys were in good form and in the usual rodeo game of cowboy versus time and beast, there were mixed results with the bulls nearly having a clean sweep and the broncs being outdone with some great rides.

In the Open Bull Ride the bulls outclassed the cowboys and were determined that no rider would last the 8 seconds. Some came close but most cowboys hit the dirt well before their allotted time with the strength of the bulls too much on this occasion. In one of the toughest sports in the world credit is due just to strap in at the chute, let alone ride the 8 seconds.

Such was the determination of bulls to be centre stage, they were even stubborn to leave the ring before local Tyrepower owner Ian Arnold entered the ring and crackled the whip. A huge shout out should also be paid the the "rodeo clowns", or protection athletes as they are referred who jumped in on numerous occasions when the bulls threatened the riders.

Open Bull Ride
No winning ride

Novice Bull Ride
1st Lachlan Little 79

Lachlan Little was the only cowboy on the day to ride a bull, with a nice 79 point ride in the Novice Bull Ride. Local rider Jayden Miners who won in Gundagai recently did not fare as well this time, nor did his cousin Clayton Miners who also fell foul of the bull's determination.

The cowboys fared better against the broncs with Mark Redmond winning the Open Saddle Bronc, Harry Ash winning the Bareback and a three way first place in the Novice Saddle Bronc. In the Poly Buck Jump, a few riders ate the dirt with heavy unexpected falls, with Dwayne Grealey edging out William Fitzgerald.

Open Saddle Bronc
1st Mark Redmond 78
2nd Jason Collins 76
2nd Jaydon Blacker 76
4th Hayden Cole 75
5th Angus MacTavish 70

Open Bareback
1st Harry Ash 84
2nd Mitchell Tidyman 77

Novice Saddle Bronc
1st Lachlan Cameron 63
1st Angus MacTavish 63
1st Tommy Lucas 63

Poly Buck Jump
1st Dawayne Grealey 75
2nd William Fitzgerald 74
3rd Mark Anderson 47

In recent years there have been a few more ladies entries into the steer and bull riding events, with Jessica Wisemantel showing determination in both events, plus winning the Ladies Steer Ride against Maddie Banks. Jessica may well need a new pair of jeans as she was sporting a cheeky rip on the rear end.

Ladies Steer Ride
1st Jessica Wisemantel

--------------
For the junior events, the young cowboys and cowgirls managed to hold their own although there was some dust eaten as the steers bucked off their riders, all part of the learning curve for these youngsters.

The barrel race is always entertaining and the horsemanship shown by riders is amazing. In the novice events the horses are often raw and new to the sport, and the open races are just all out speed, skill and agility of both horse and rider.

The Novice Barrel Race went to Michelle Potter with a cracking time of 14.04 plus Michelle also won the Ladies Barrel Race with a faster time of 13.86, edging out Cooma's Michelle O'Neill.

Novice Barrel Race
1st Michelle Potter 14.04
2nd Emma Thomson 14.057
3rd Natalie Trethowan 14.32
4th Michelle Potter 14.494
5th Ashley Smith 14.512

Ladies Barrel Race
1st Michelle Potter 13.86
2nd Michelle O'Neill 14.126
3rd Ashley Smith 14.259
4th Billie Stenhouse 14.274
5th Tahliah Maher 14.279

In the Juvenile Barrel Race, Jordana Hutchison from Wangaratta had a fast time of 14.07 and in the Junior Barrel Race 11-U14 Montana Jackson edged out Connie Besant. Younger sisters Lacey and Stevee Besant battled it out in the Junior Barrel U11 race.

Juvenile Barrel Race
1st Jordana Hutchison 14.07
2nd Hayley Caine 18.98
3rd Mekenzie Woodhouse 19.2

Junior Barrel Race 11-U14
1st Montana Jackson 14.91
2nd Connie Besant 15.0266
3rd Cora Wilson 15.064
4th Breanna Smith 15.803
5th Jack McGovern 16.209

Junior Barrel Race U11
1st Lacey Besant 14.486
2nd Stevee Besant 16.267

8-U11 Steer Ride
1st Bailey Searle 82
2nd Brayden Oddy 81
3rd Bob Wilson 77
Bailey Searle showed his potential once again with a solid performance.

11-U14 Steer Ride
1st Chet Read 77
2nd Koby Read 76
3rd Logan Fielder 74
4th Jesse Pendergast 72
In a close points scoring division Chet Read held on for a small winning margin over Koby Read and Logan Fielder, with Jesse Pendergast landing heavily for his 4th place.

14-U18 Steer Ride
1st Toby Deudney 85
2nd Jesse Dennis 78
3rd Callum Keenan 77
4th Jackson Searle 76
5th Mitchell French 74
Toby Deudney had a big scoring ride of 85 points to edge out his nearest rivals while local Jindabyne rider Callan Golby could not quite reach the 6 second time before the steer showed who was boss this time.