We’re in championship form now. We’re getting into that long-awaited season of “who’s who”. No, I’m not talking about the world champions, I’m talking about predicting world champions. Yes, rodeo is all about how the Guddat Family sees it playing out.

It’s around this time of the year where we usually talk about the circuit finals looming on the schedule. However, as we mentioned earlier this year, the Columbia River Circuit recently decided to move the finals from early November to mid-January. It takes the pressure off circuit cowboys and barrel racers to bounce between Yakima’s finals and the Canadian Finals taking place around the same times.

I’d like to thank all those who congratulated (I should say laughed at) me for my 1.3-second bull ride atop a bull resembling Bodacious a week and a half ago. But enough about me, my career looks to be over. Let’s talk about some real rodeo athletes.

It started as a curious text on Friday. “Is it true you are riding a bull? Do you know what you’re getting yourself into?”