March 2009

March 1, 2009

Can you believe it is already March? Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday we were getting home from the Finals and now we look at the rodeo season and realize we are already halfway through the 2009 season since the regular season ends in September. Sorry I have been so out of touch the last couple of months, but was hoping to tell you about a big win in Denver or San Antonio and unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

So far this year, I have let several opportunities slip through my fingers but hopefully that will all change this month with RodeoHouston, as I would really like to win that $50,000. Luckily, I have been placing in the rounds, so I am in the mix in the standings but could have had probably twice as much if things would have fallen differently. I missed one in the finals in Denver, broke a barrier in San Antonio and had about the same luck in Ft. Worth. While I missed out, a couple of my traveling partners capitalized in Denver and Ft. Worth. Curtis Cassidy tied for the average win in Denver and Jason Miller won Ft. Worth, so it wasn’t all bad. I did get the win at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., the first of February with a total time of 8.3 seconds on two head, edging Ryan Jarrett by one-tenth of a second.

I went home for a couple days after my two runs in Tucson, which I didn’t have any luck there either. I try to get home when I can to see my little boy. He is growing like a weed and trying to crawl now. He hasn’t quite gotten it figured out yet and pretty much just drives his forehead in the ground. He is also trying to talk a little now or at least he is making more noises. I posted a few new photos to my photo gallery from the Finals and then Christmas, so be sure to check those out.

This month we will be spending most of our time in Texas between RodeoHouston and Rodeo Austin. At the end of the month, we will head to Laughlin, Nev., before Billy Bugenig and I go to Pocatello, Idaho, for the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo. This will be the first year that the event has been held in April, which is good for us since before it was on top of RodeoHouston and we had to make a decision. After the DNCFR, most of April we will be in California for those rodeos. Be sure to check my schedule to see where I will be next.

That is about all the news I have for now, so I guess I will sign off and hopefully will be writing about my big win in Houston the next time around. Thanks for visiting.

Luke

Two-time PRCA World Champion Steer Wrestler