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Amy Ohrt came away with the $60,000 Women's Rodeo World Championship Breakaway Title thanks to a 1.76-second run inside AT&T Stadium on May 18, 2024. Hear her perspective on the biggest win of her career, the story behind her main mount "Frothy" and what molded her into a cowgirl that regularly competes in five events.
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Buckle up for another breakaway-focused Breakdown episode featuring a ProRodeo summer run preview and talk with the producer of Patriot Reno, TC Long. Patriot Reno is in new hands this year and is hosting an open breakaway on June 28 in perfect timing with the Reno Rodeo. They’ll also be a Ladies Open Team Roping with #9.5 Incentive, 4D Barrel Race, Open Calf Roping and more. Get all the details about the Patriot Reno Open Breakaway Roping here, or on https://patriotevent.com/patriot-reno/.
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Hali Williams has grown from formidable youth to NFBR-Qualifying talent. In this episode of The Breakdown podcast, co-host Lillian sits down with Hali to hear about the importance of childhood sports on the physical strength of young ropers, the different effects of solid horses throughout her youth rodeo career, and what 2024 holds for her.
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Dylan Hancock notched the biggest win of his career so far taking home the 2024 San Angelo Rodeo title, a win even more important as it's his hometown rodeo.
Hancock, the reigning Resistol Rookie of the Year All-Around Cowboy and Tie-Down Roper, entered the short round April 19, ninth in the average. After winning the short round with a 7.8-second run, Hancock secured the average win with a 24.9 on three calves to take home $12,472 between the short round win and average title. 
Hancock joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to talk about the win, goals for the year and more.
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Macy Young dominated the 2024 Bob Feist Invitational Breakaway Roping with an aggregate of 10.63 seconds on 3 head. The Breakdown podcast got to sit down with Macy to discuss some how the BFI magic came to be, plus the breakaway practicing it takes to ace “catch mode” inside the Lazy E Arena. This episode is supported by Fastback Ropes. Check out their lineup of ropes suited for breakaway ropers at https://fastbackropes.com/#
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Calf pushers are some of the most important yet unrecognized helpers in the sport of rodeo. Desmon “Dez” Johnson just might be the most famous calf pusher in the industry, and while he's a respected household name, there's a chance spectators have never heard of him.
Johnson was the official calf pusher at the 2022 and 2023 NFBRs at the Southpoint Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he also frequently works Joe Beaver’s junior ropings. The Huntsville, Texas, native has one of the hardest jobs in the sport.
On this episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown, Johnson joins the host of our sister podcast The Breakaway Breakdown, Lilian Kent, for an interview to talk about his background, how he got started pushing calves and his method. While Johnson talks a lot about his technique in terms of the breakaway roping, this is a lesson anyone can learn from—tie-down ropers themselves, dads or even tie-down roping, breakaway husbands.
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