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Bridwell bringing
top stock
Bridwell Pro Rodeos’
Hou’s Bad News has com-
peted at the National
Finals Rodeo four times.
He will be one of several
bulls Tim Bridwell brings
to the 2021 Farm-City Pro
Rodeo.
in fi rst trip to FCPR
By ANNIE FOWLER
EO Media Group
Bridwell Pro Rodeos is the new kid
on the block this year at the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo, but Tim Bridwell’s stock is
anything but rookies.
“I felt really blessed when David
Bothum asked us to bring stock,” Brid-
well said. “We are thankful to get back
to work after last year. It made us reas-
sess our fi nances and how we do this.
It stung. We have to rethink how we do
things.”
It also was good for the horses and
bulls to get back out on the road.
“We had trouble with our animals
getting too fat laying around doing
nothing,” Bridwell said. “We need a few
trips to get the kinks out.”
Bridwell and his wife Hailey started
their rodeo company in 2016 in Red
Bluff , California.
Bridwell was an up-and-coming bull
rider until injuries derailed his dreams.
He turned his attention to the stock
side of rodeo, and now has a barn full
of quality broncs and bulls. His ani-
mals work about 25 rodeos a year. They
recently worked St. Paul with Korkow
Rodeos and Corey & Lange, who also
will be at Hermiston.
Bridwell Pro Rodeos/
Contributed Photo
“We work together at a lot of rodeos,”
Bridwell said. “We have a really good,
healthy working relationship. We all
really like working together and we
work together really well. If everyone
does their job, it makes it a lot easier.”
Among the stock Bridwell will be
bringing to the Farm-City Pro Rodeo
are bareback horses Girl Crush, who has
made four trips to the National Finals
Rodeo, Ted (3 NFRs), Mary (3 NFRs),
Meat Sweats (2 NFRs) and Scarlet Lady
(1 NFR).
In the saddle bronc, Momma’s Boy
is a four-time NFR horse. He will be
joined by Indian Burn (3 NFRs) and
Beaver Bend (1 NFR).
One lucky bull rider will get a turn
on four-time NFR bull Hou’s Bad News.
Other bulls in the lineup include Crowd
Pleaser (1 NFR) and rising star Ghetto
Spread.
Have fun, but be safe.
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