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    TRAGIC TRAILER ACCIDENT ENDED LEGENDARY POKER CHIP’S CAREER EARLY

    Jun 16, 2020 4 minutes
    By Kendra Santos

    Poker Chip Peake was one of five timed-event horses inducted with the ProRodeo Hall of Fame’s inaugural Class of 1979. To put his rarified roping air into proper perspective, only five timed-event horses have been inducted in the 40 years since. Two-time World Champion Team Roper Dale Smith, who won back-to-back gold buckles in 1956-57, used his pride and joy Poker—who was an own son of the legendary Driftwood—primarily as a calf horse. Those old enough to have witnessed Poker Chip in his prime will never stop with the stories of awe and amazement. They’ll also not forget the fact that a tragic trailer wreck cut the

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