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Ocho is crazy if he thinks he can ride!!!!!!!!
DULUTH, Ga. (May 13, 2011) - In the past week, the Lucas Oil Invitational presented by Cooper Tires has been mentioned in the sports sections of nearly every newspaper in the country, and discussed on almost every sports radio show.
All because last week, NFL All-Pro receiver Chad Ochocinco used his Twitter account to casually suggest he was coming here to ride a bull.
Initially, he said he wanted to go head-to-head with Valdiron de Oliveira. He then Tweeted about riding top-ranked bull Bushwacker.
Monday night, he accepted a challenge posted by PBR Chief Operating Officer Sean Gleason, who offered him $10,000 if he got out of the chute on a bull, and a Ford F-150 if he made the 8-second whistle.
On Tuesday, the pro football nation read Ochocinco’s Tweets with mounting disbelief, and the Cincinnati wideout urged his nearly 2 million Twitter followers to follow @TeamPBR and @FordTrucks. As the Internet challenge went viral by day’s end, the @TeamPBR account, which has been growing by an average of 200 followers per week, increased by nearly 1,000.
One sports editor said that he and his staff are “used to 85’s stunts, but this one seems pretty extreme even for him.”
Through the power of social media, the story took on a life of its own by Wednesday morning. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic talked about it on their syndicated ESPN radio show. Herman Edwards, a former NFL coach who now works as an analyst for ESPN, gave Ochocinco some advice on “SportsCenter.”
Warren Sapp, the former All-Pro linebacker and current analyst with the NFL Network, even began Tweeting back-and-forth with his friend.
The story received coverage from USA Today and the Cincinnati Enquireras well as “NFL Total Access” and “CNN Headline News.” It made the rounds on ESPN, from “Pardon the Interruption” to “SportsNation” and “Around the Horn.”
By the close of business on Wednesday, a Bing search for “Ochocinco PBR” resulted in 6,800 matches.
Those who have covered the eccentric athlete are familiar with his skill in self-promotion, and weren’t surprised last year when he teamed with Cheryl Burke on the ABC series “Dancing with the Stars.” They weren’t taken off guard later that year when he starred in his own reality series, “Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch.”
And given the current NFL lockout, they weren’t shocked when he tried out for a Major League Soccer team in Kansas City recently.
But as Gleason Tweeted on May 9: “@ochocinco PBR isn't soccer! Sign the waiver and post a big enough bond and we'll put you on an exhibition bull. @teampbr.”
As of Friday morning, this much is known: Ochcocinco and his agent Drew Rosenhaus have accepted the challenge. Friday night he’ll receive a crash-course in bull riding from nine-time World Champion Ty Murray, and he’s expected to try to ride Deja Blu on Saturday night.
It remains to be seen whether he’ll have as much bravado after watching 90 other rides on Friday and Saturday, but CNN will be there, ESPN will have two crews at the event, and several other news outlets – Pro Football Weekly, the Associated Press, Comcast Sports, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gwinnett Daily Post and WSB-TV (CBS) – will be on hand for whatever takes place.
As one who writes about Ochocinco on a near-daily basis said, “We never know with him, but he’s great copy.”
No pressure: Before tempting fate on Saturday night, Ochocinco will have an opportunity to see Deja Blu in person. The bull is one 10 being used in the first short round Friday night. Dustin Elliott posted this observation on Facebook: “Wouldn't it be funny if Chad Ochocinco rides Deja Blu farther on Saturday night than whoever draws him in the short go on Friday? I want to get on that bull really bad, but I would be nervous now because of that.”
Marathon man: Georgia native Sean Willingham, who lives 100 miles northwest of Duluth, will be competing in his 206th consecutive BFTS event this weekend. He hasn’t missed a BFTS stop since the final two events of the 2004 season, but is still more than two years from breaking the record of 275 held by Luke Snyder. Willingham, who will turn 31 in May, predicted Ochocinco will stay on Deja Blu for 2.3 seconds.
Numbers up: Willingham is one of only 15 riders to have competed in all 18 BFTS events so far this season. … If Guilherme Marchi can ride his way into both the first short round and the Built Ford Tough Championship Round, in Duluth, his four outs this weekend would give him 600 for his BFTS career. … Valdiron de Oliveira is one score shy of becoming the first rider in 2011 to record 40 qualified rides, while Austin Meier and L.J. Jenkins are both one short of recording at least 30. Aaron Roy is one shy of becoming the 11th rider to record at least 20.
New kid on the block: Newcomer Matt Triplett joins the list of more than 80 riders who have competed on the BFTS this year. The Montana native is making his debut after winning more than $13,000 in the Touring Pro Division. He and Josh Faircloth edged out Jared Farley by less than $200 for the final two spots in the 40-man draw.
A little history lesson: At the PBR’s two previous events in Duluth, Marchi won in 2010 and Mike Lee won in 2008. However, Marchi’s win actually took place in November of 2009. Both events were the start of their respective seasons. On four previous occasions – 2007, 2005, 2005 and 2003 – the PBR was in nearby Atlanta.
TV times: This weekend’s event will be airing Saturday and Sunday beginning at 11 p.m. ET on Versus immediately following coverage of the NHL.
Live Event Center: Follow all the action from this week’s BFTS event by logging on to the Event Center at www.pbr.com/live. The multimedia center provides in-arena audio, live scoring, live blogging and event-related interviews.
—by Keith Ryan Cartwright
All because last week, NFL All-Pro receiver Chad Ochocinco used his Twitter account to casually suggest he was coming here to ride a bull.
Initially, he said he wanted to go head-to-head with Valdiron de Oliveira. He then Tweeted about riding top-ranked bull Bushwacker.
Monday night, he accepted a challenge posted by PBR Chief Operating Officer Sean Gleason, who offered him $10,000 if he got out of the chute on a bull, and a Ford F-150 if he made the 8-second whistle.
On Tuesday, the pro football nation read Ochocinco’s Tweets with mounting disbelief, and the Cincinnati wideout urged his nearly 2 million Twitter followers to follow @TeamPBR and @FordTrucks. As the Internet challenge went viral by day’s end, the @TeamPBR account, which has been growing by an average of 200 followers per week, increased by nearly 1,000.
One sports editor said that he and his staff are “used to 85’s stunts, but this one seems pretty extreme even for him.”
Through the power of social media, the story took on a life of its own by Wednesday morning. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic talked about it on their syndicated ESPN radio show. Herman Edwards, a former NFL coach who now works as an analyst for ESPN, gave Ochocinco some advice on “SportsCenter.”
Warren Sapp, the former All-Pro linebacker and current analyst with the NFL Network, even began Tweeting back-and-forth with his friend.
The story received coverage from USA Today and the Cincinnati Enquireras well as “NFL Total Access” and “CNN Headline News.” It made the rounds on ESPN, from “Pardon the Interruption” to “SportsNation” and “Around the Horn.”
By the close of business on Wednesday, a Bing search for “Ochocinco PBR” resulted in 6,800 matches.
Those who have covered the eccentric athlete are familiar with his skill in self-promotion, and weren’t surprised last year when he teamed with Cheryl Burke on the ABC series “Dancing with the Stars.” They weren’t taken off guard later that year when he starred in his own reality series, “Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch.”
And given the current NFL lockout, they weren’t shocked when he tried out for a Major League Soccer team in Kansas City recently.
But as Gleason Tweeted on May 9: “@ochocinco PBR isn't soccer! Sign the waiver and post a big enough bond and we'll put you on an exhibition bull. @teampbr.”
As of Friday morning, this much is known: Ochcocinco and his agent Drew Rosenhaus have accepted the challenge. Friday night he’ll receive a crash-course in bull riding from nine-time World Champion Ty Murray, and he’s expected to try to ride Deja Blu on Saturday night.
It remains to be seen whether he’ll have as much bravado after watching 90 other rides on Friday and Saturday, but CNN will be there, ESPN will have two crews at the event, and several other news outlets – Pro Football Weekly, the Associated Press, Comcast Sports, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gwinnett Daily Post and WSB-TV (CBS) – will be on hand for whatever takes place.
As one who writes about Ochocinco on a near-daily basis said, “We never know with him, but he’s great copy.”
No pressure: Before tempting fate on Saturday night, Ochocinco will have an opportunity to see Deja Blu in person. The bull is one 10 being used in the first short round Friday night. Dustin Elliott posted this observation on Facebook: “Wouldn't it be funny if Chad Ochocinco rides Deja Blu farther on Saturday night than whoever draws him in the short go on Friday? I want to get on that bull really bad, but I would be nervous now because of that.”
Marathon man: Georgia native Sean Willingham, who lives 100 miles northwest of Duluth, will be competing in his 206th consecutive BFTS event this weekend. He hasn’t missed a BFTS stop since the final two events of the 2004 season, but is still more than two years from breaking the record of 275 held by Luke Snyder. Willingham, who will turn 31 in May, predicted Ochocinco will stay on Deja Blu for 2.3 seconds.
Numbers up: Willingham is one of only 15 riders to have competed in all 18 BFTS events so far this season. … If Guilherme Marchi can ride his way into both the first short round and the Built Ford Tough Championship Round, in Duluth, his four outs this weekend would give him 600 for his BFTS career. … Valdiron de Oliveira is one score shy of becoming the first rider in 2011 to record 40 qualified rides, while Austin Meier and L.J. Jenkins are both one short of recording at least 30. Aaron Roy is one shy of becoming the 11th rider to record at least 20.
New kid on the block: Newcomer Matt Triplett joins the list of more than 80 riders who have competed on the BFTS this year. The Montana native is making his debut after winning more than $13,000 in the Touring Pro Division. He and Josh Faircloth edged out Jared Farley by less than $200 for the final two spots in the 40-man draw.
A little history lesson: At the PBR’s two previous events in Duluth, Marchi won in 2010 and Mike Lee won in 2008. However, Marchi’s win actually took place in November of 2009. Both events were the start of their respective seasons. On four previous occasions – 2007, 2005, 2005 and 2003 – the PBR was in nearby Atlanta.
TV times: This weekend’s event will be airing Saturday and Sunday beginning at 11 p.m. ET on Versus immediately following coverage of the NHL.
Live Event Center: Follow all the action from this week’s BFTS event by logging on to the Event Center at www.pbr.com/live. The multimedia center provides in-arena audio, live scoring, live blogging and event-related interviews.
—by Keith Ryan Cartwright
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Raising Bucking Bulls
This fast up and coming and Hobby in our society today. It is very easy to get into but will you raise the next Superstar ? That is what everyone that is new in the industry is trying to do I think instead of sitting back and looking at the big picture of What is it gonna take to make my background one that is what people are looking for.. It takes a lot of money to play with the big boys at some of the futurity that are out there today. Takes money for reg. the animals for background "DNA" , people seem to want that piece of paper but to me that piece of paper is useless. You should be doing some studying instead of wanting to read something , just because the background reads good does not mean the animal will be like the Sire----Dam---- and well you know what I'm trying to say..
White park cattle influence..
Who's Your Daddy? Plummer Genetics - It's Black & White
Bull Pen Magazine - www.bullpenmagazine.com - 09/30/2008
by Sugar Kuhn
by Sugar Kuhn
Reprinted with permission from Bull Pen Magazine, bullpenmagazine.com
by Sugar Kuhn
copyright September, 2008
Anyone that has participated in or followed the bucking bull industry
knows one thing — there sure is a lot of black & white out there.
It's out there in our pastures, out there in the arena, filling our
registry and definitely in the winner's circle. Although some of us
know the immediate origin of these white hides highlighted by black
noses, eye-rims, hooves and horn tips, few know the ancient history
behind the distinctive color pattern. Sure, the majority of our
buckers with these features have Tom Harlan and Charlie Plummer to
thank immediately, but believe it or not, their story goes back into
antiquity nearly 2,000 years.
In reality, very few breeds have a history longer than 200-300 years,
but these cattle are definitely an exception. They can claim with
confidence that their ancestors are truly an ancient breed. Their
ancient origin can be traced by, what else, those unmistakable,
distinct black points. Historically known as Park, White Forest,
White Horned, Wild White or White Park Cattle, it has been suggested
that they are descended from wild aurochs or domestic cattle
introduced by the Romans. The Roman Legions occupied England in
B.C.E. and stayed there for 400 years. Both Romans and the native
Brits kept white cattle for sacrificial reasons. Rome withdrew from
England in 407 AD and tribal wars and chaos went on until 1066 AD.
While all this was going on, the white cattle escaped into the
wilderness and reverted to a wild condition. For over 700 years they
were regarded as "wild game"and hunted.
The original name "Park Cattle"came from the enclosure or
"emparking"of vast acres in Britain following the Norman Conquest in
1066 and ensuing centuries. Various kings in the 12th and 13th
centuries awarded large land grants to the church and members of
their courts. These land grants or estates were thus "emparked"or
enclosed by high fences or stone walls. This "emparked"acreage
contained many of these wild white cattle and they continued to roam
freely on these vast estates. Although many of the details are
continually disputed, we do know from the physical descriptions of
these cattle in ancient literature that all White Park Cattle,
whether horned or polled, can be dated back to the Bronze Age and
beyond.
Until the 1800s, the cattle lived and propagated inside these
emparkments. It is interesting that when domestication and selective
breeding began, the cattle were the result of 1,500 years of "natural
selection."Traits of hardiness, fertility, milkability, longevity,
calving ease, low birth weights, disease resistance and an overall
ability to survive made them stronger with each consecutive
generation. With little to no intervention from people domestically,
the genetic base stayed pure as well.
In 1919, the first British White Park Association was formed and in
1940 one bull and five cows were sent to Toronto, Canada by order of
Winston Churchill because of WWII. There was good reason to fear that
these cattle with such an ancient historical value might be
devastated by a Nazi invasion of England and thus a National Treasure
would be lost. Eventually, the offspring were sent to the Bronx Zoo
in New York and then split into two groups after the city decided
they could no longer care for them.
One group was sent to Washington to play a role in the American White
Park formation. The other group went to the King Ranch in Texas and
formed the nucleus herd of the Horned White Park in the United
States. By 1960, all Park cattle that were the property of the U.S.
Government had been sold to the public.
The cattle sent to the King Ranch stayed there from 1940 until 1980,
when the entire herd was sold to the Moeckly family of Polk City,
Iowa. The ancient-based horned herd was culled for type and was
maintained separately from other breeds, including the Moeckly's
similarly marked, but polled commercial herd of British White.
Now, how Tom Harlan and Charlie Plummer ended up with these ancient
genetics in their herds is still not clear, but there is no mistaking
the black points Plummer genetics pass on. Since bucking bull
breeders are dependant on DNA science these days, it is also
interesting to note that there has not been a DNA test developed that
can track the distinct color patterns found in White Parks Cattle.
This is due to the fact that the tyrosinase gene which is thought to
be responsible for the black point patterns is a mutation that does
not occur in the coding portion of the gene.
Making for further interest is the fact that many of the original
Plummer cattle were not black and white. An example of this would be
CP1 Kung Fu who was black and the dam of Superstitious, Panhandle
Slim, Automatic, Hobo and Rooster, and CP6 who was brown and the
mother of 329 Houdini. However, offspring such as Houdini and the
majority of Plummer-bred cattle do maintain and/or pass on the
dominant traits of white hides and black points. In the case of
Houdini, his dam was mated to White Sports Coat who was sired by CP47
Charlie, both typical in color-type for the White Parks line.
When thinking of today's White Park Cattle, one must muse over the
idea that there seem to be two varieties here in the U.S. There are
those that are polled and used as a dual purpose breed for meat and
milk production and those that are horned with a King Ranch
connection which have been cross-bred to create some of the best
buckers in the industry.
One reason cross-breeding Plummer genetics works so well might be the
fact that the ancient White Parks breed was so pure for such a great
length of time, in some estimates over 2,500 years. This fact might
then explain an increase in the heterosis effects achieved when they
were cross-bred.
Still trying to make the correlation between the ancient cattle of
England and what we see excelling in the arena today? It is pretty
easy to get a good chuckle from extracts of dated literature
regarding the White Park Cattle. Similar behaviors and color patterns
in yesterday's White Park Cattle can also be found in today's Plummer
Genetics.
"These cattle's ancestors were known to have been driven into the
park when it was enclosed. These animals resisted being handled by
men, and arranged themselves in a semi-circle on the approach of an
intruder. The cattle were perfectly white, excepting their
extremities, their ears, muzzles, and hooves being black, and their
long spreading horns were also tipped with black."—excerpt from John
O'Groats to Land's End, Seventh Week's Journey.
"...and when the wild, white bull saw a man coming toward him he
drove his horns into the ground, and put an acre of land over his own
back."— Myths and Folklore of Ireland by Fin MacCumbail and Gilla na
Grakin.
The horned White Parks Cattle of today have also been described as
having a wild nature and a lengthy flight zone. This sounds pretty
familiar with the characteristics that are so feverishly sought after
and seen in today's buckers.
When looking back over the limited length of time we have been
breeding buckers compared to the centuries behind those black noses
and ears, it is easy to become humble. Nonetheless, there is no
denying the impact these genetics may have had on the success in our
industry. We have come a long way from the original CP bulls and
cows, but one thing that seems to remain from ancient times is all
those black noses and ears in our pastures and back pens.
by Sugar Kuhn
copyright September, 2008
Anyone that has participated in or followed the bucking bull industry
knows one thing — there sure is a lot of black & white out there.
It's out there in our pastures, out there in the arena, filling our
registry and definitely in the winner's circle. Although some of us
know the immediate origin of these white hides highlighted by black
noses, eye-rims, hooves and horn tips, few know the ancient history
behind the distinctive color pattern. Sure, the majority of our
buckers with these features have Tom Harlan and Charlie Plummer to
thank immediately, but believe it or not, their story goes back into
antiquity nearly 2,000 years.
In reality, very few breeds have a history longer than 200-300 years,
but these cattle are definitely an exception. They can claim with
confidence that their ancestors are truly an ancient breed. Their
ancient origin can be traced by, what else, those unmistakable,
distinct black points. Historically known as Park, White Forest,
White Horned, Wild White or White Park Cattle, it has been suggested
that they are descended from wild aurochs or domestic cattle
introduced by the Romans. The Roman Legions occupied England in
B.C.E. and stayed there for 400 years. Both Romans and the native
Brits kept white cattle for sacrificial reasons. Rome withdrew from
England in 407 AD and tribal wars and chaos went on until 1066 AD.
While all this was going on, the white cattle escaped into the
wilderness and reverted to a wild condition. For over 700 years they
were regarded as "wild game"and hunted.
The original name "Park Cattle"came from the enclosure or
"emparking"of vast acres in Britain following the Norman Conquest in
1066 and ensuing centuries. Various kings in the 12th and 13th
centuries awarded large land grants to the church and members of
their courts. These land grants or estates were thus "emparked"or
enclosed by high fences or stone walls. This "emparked"acreage
contained many of these wild white cattle and they continued to roam
freely on these vast estates. Although many of the details are
continually disputed, we do know from the physical descriptions of
these cattle in ancient literature that all White Park Cattle,
whether horned or polled, can be dated back to the Bronze Age and
beyond.
Until the 1800s, the cattle lived and propagated inside these
emparkments. It is interesting that when domestication and selective
breeding began, the cattle were the result of 1,500 years of "natural
selection."Traits of hardiness, fertility, milkability, longevity,
calving ease, low birth weights, disease resistance and an overall
ability to survive made them stronger with each consecutive
generation. With little to no intervention from people domestically,
the genetic base stayed pure as well.
In 1919, the first British White Park Association was formed and in
1940 one bull and five cows were sent to Toronto, Canada by order of
Winston Churchill because of WWII. There was good reason to fear that
these cattle with such an ancient historical value might be
devastated by a Nazi invasion of England and thus a National Treasure
would be lost. Eventually, the offspring were sent to the Bronx Zoo
in New York and then split into two groups after the city decided
they could no longer care for them.
One group was sent to Washington to play a role in the American White
Park formation. The other group went to the King Ranch in Texas and
formed the nucleus herd of the Horned White Park in the United
States. By 1960, all Park cattle that were the property of the U.S.
Government had been sold to the public.
The cattle sent to the King Ranch stayed there from 1940 until 1980,
when the entire herd was sold to the Moeckly family of Polk City,
Iowa. The ancient-based horned herd was culled for type and was
maintained separately from other breeds, including the Moeckly's
similarly marked, but polled commercial herd of British White.
Now, how Tom Harlan and Charlie Plummer ended up with these ancient
genetics in their herds is still not clear, but there is no mistaking
the black points Plummer genetics pass on. Since bucking bull
breeders are dependant on DNA science these days, it is also
interesting to note that there has not been a DNA test developed that
can track the distinct color patterns found in White Parks Cattle.
This is due to the fact that the tyrosinase gene which is thought to
be responsible for the black point patterns is a mutation that does
not occur in the coding portion of the gene.
Making for further interest is the fact that many of the original
Plummer cattle were not black and white. An example of this would be
CP1 Kung Fu who was black and the dam of Superstitious, Panhandle
Slim, Automatic, Hobo and Rooster, and CP6 who was brown and the
mother of 329 Houdini. However, offspring such as Houdini and the
majority of Plummer-bred cattle do maintain and/or pass on the
dominant traits of white hides and black points. In the case of
Houdini, his dam was mated to White Sports Coat who was sired by CP47
Charlie, both typical in color-type for the White Parks line.
When thinking of today's White Park Cattle, one must muse over the
idea that there seem to be two varieties here in the U.S. There are
those that are polled and used as a dual purpose breed for meat and
milk production and those that are horned with a King Ranch
connection which have been cross-bred to create some of the best
buckers in the industry.
One reason cross-breeding Plummer genetics works so well might be the
fact that the ancient White Parks breed was so pure for such a great
length of time, in some estimates over 2,500 years. This fact might
then explain an increase in the heterosis effects achieved when they
were cross-bred.
Still trying to make the correlation between the ancient cattle of
England and what we see excelling in the arena today? It is pretty
easy to get a good chuckle from extracts of dated literature
regarding the White Park Cattle. Similar behaviors and color patterns
in yesterday's White Park Cattle can also be found in today's Plummer
Genetics.
"These cattle's ancestors were known to have been driven into the
park when it was enclosed. These animals resisted being handled by
men, and arranged themselves in a semi-circle on the approach of an
intruder. The cattle were perfectly white, excepting their
extremities, their ears, muzzles, and hooves being black, and their
long spreading horns were also tipped with black."—excerpt from John
O'Groats to Land's End, Seventh Week's Journey.
"...and when the wild, white bull saw a man coming toward him he
drove his horns into the ground, and put an acre of land over his own
back."— Myths and Folklore of Ireland by Fin MacCumbail and Gilla na
Grakin.
The horned White Parks Cattle of today have also been described as
having a wild nature and a lengthy flight zone. This sounds pretty
familiar with the characteristics that are so feverishly sought after
and seen in today's buckers.
When looking back over the limited length of time we have been
breeding buckers compared to the centuries behind those black noses
and ears, it is easy to become humble. Nonetheless, there is no
denying the impact these genetics may have had on the success in our
industry. We have come a long way from the original CP bulls and
cows, but one thing that seems to remain from ancient times is all
those black noses and ears in our pastures and back pens.
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