Beau Gardner rings in New Year in style
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“I couldn’t have drawn it up any better.”
That was the sentiment expressed by 18 year-old bull rider, Beau Gardner after a dominating performance at the first-ever “Happy Bucking New Year” bull riding event at the Crossroads Center in Oyen, Alberta.
The rookie, competing at his first CPRA open bull riding event, rode a pair of X-6 Ranches bulls en route to the win. Gardner covered 802 Chain Gang for an 85 to grab third place in the long go (behind Chad Hartman and William Barrows), then mastered 810 Night Stalker for a whopping 89 points and the title (174 on two). The New Year’s Eve victory was worth $7200 to the Arrowwood, Alberta talent. Veteran Garrett Green was the only other cowboy to cover both his bulls (170 on two) and took home a tidy $4900 for the effort.
“It was pretty cool,” Gardner remarked. “The guys that were there, a lot of them have helped me since I was a steer rider, guys like Jordan (Hansen) and Jared (Parsonage). To ride with those guys was a dream come true and then to get the win was pretty awesome.”
