Daisy's Bucking Bulls Moves into the Next Phase-Competing

The first real look I got at my newest
bull.  I had only seen one picture and
video up til this point.

This past weekend my little dream of having bucking bulls moved into it's next phase, the actual competition.  Up until now my bulls had been growing, practicing at Rawson Ranch and in general just enjoying themselves.  I will be honest, I didn't think that my newest bull, Daisy's Diamond, would be the first to compete, nor did I think it would be in a futurity, but all in all I would call the weekend a big success. 

When Mike Rawson (2012 CBR Stock Contractor of the Year and trainer of not only my bulls but about a 100 head of his own) and I decided to partner on Daisy's Diamond I thought we'd have another two years before he bucked anyone.  He is only a yearling now and won't have a rider on him until the earliest next spring.  But, since his first entry fee was paid for the Exclusive Genetics Lone Star Shootout Futurity we figured what the heck lets pay the rest of the entry fee and see how it goes. 

Definition of a Futurity: A Futurity, as it's called within the industry, is a competition where 2 yr old bulls compete against each other. These bulls buck for 4 to 6 seconds, depending on the rules of the futurity, with a 25 pound dummy on their back that is remotely released after the 4 or 6 second buzzer. Each bull is judged in 5 categories (Buck, Kick, Spin, Intensity, & Degree of Difficulty). Click HERE for a breakdown of the judging process.

This is a good shot of Daisy's Diamond kicking out and the remote controlled weight is visible flying off of him.  This was his first road trip, first overnight not at the ranch, first time without his other buddies and of course, the first competition.  We (Mike and I) felt he did pretty darn good and held his own.  He scored an 84 out of 100 and took 19th place out of 79 bulls.  Some of which were a few months older than him and much more experienced.  For me it was a big learning experience.  I had no idea that some people make their living out of just futurities and raising the bulls to buck like this.  It has been my intent all along that my bulls would be 'rider bulls' and thus, we now move onto focusing on that aspect of bucking bulls.

Here is one last picture of my business partner, on Daisy's Diamond, and myself.  We went to a CBR Horizon bucking event called 'Bringin' the Heat' at Knapp Ranch in Mansfield, TX., after the Futurity on Saturday.  Mike had three of his older bulls bucking and they did a great job. 

Here is the Knapp Arena for the CBR
Event.  That is McKinnon Wemberly on
one of Mike's bulls.