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May 6, 2015
Urban students embrace
rural lifestyle experience
McDowell reins
supreme at derby
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Eight students from Sun-
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students from both Portland
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stay with ranchers Todd and
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last year, but declined for an
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to miss school. I know it’s
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Two Sunnyside happy campers after a few days on the ranch. From left: Adeline Finney,
rancher Todd Nash, and Rebecca Miller-Rondthaler.
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really fun,” Rondthaler said.
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came here because I thought it
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and I wanted to see what life
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Kicking off the season
Mother’s Day weekend!
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of ranch life in general. The
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the future.
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congenial young ladies. They
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outside our normal routine,
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with our cattle, and they end-
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each other as human beings,
and that’s all I want out of
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lowa County’s Matt McDowell
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rodeo, he won the HF Mobster
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Matt McDowell on reining
horse Lorenzo, who is
coming to a sliding stop while
competing at the Cactus
Reining Classic in Scottsdale,
Ariz. earlier this year.
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His winning ride on Lorenzo
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tures, two belt buckles and two
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Other team members who
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sistant Wyatt Shetler as well as
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son, Dustie Pickard and Jerry
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owned by Tamarack Ranch.
Although McDowell rais-
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es, as well as those of others,
his main client is Tamarack
Ranch, owned by Suzy Simar
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as, who also owns Lorenzo.
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who once owned the Eagle
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her horses in training,” Mc-
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Simar is currently build-
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though McDowell currently
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rack Ranch when the ranch is
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ways train his own horses as
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family shows and it’s really
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deal for my family and they
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own horses.”
McDowell’s children are
following in his boots. His son,
Mason, won the 13-and-under
reining class and tied for the
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