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Q: You're Guy “The Legend” Allen, so we have to talk a little steer roping first. In 1977, you became the youngest world champion steer roper of all time at 19. Were you a natural?

A: I don't know that I was a natural. My brother and I worked a lot of horses with and for Dad, and grew up roping and going to ropings with him.

Q: In 1983, you, Daddy James and brother Gip became the first-ever father-son-son trifecta to qualify for the National Finals the same year. What

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