The Team Roping Journal

LUKE BROWN'S SUCCESS IS IN HIS HORSE HERD

Luke Brown has had several horse headliners in his career. The native South Carolina cowboy rode his game-changing sorrel Slim Shady at eight straight Wrangler National Finals Rodeos from 200815, and won more than $1 million on him. He rode a palomino he called Rock Star at three NFRs in 2016, ’17 and ’18 after that. Then there was another signature sorrel in Cowboy, who took Brown to two more NFRs in 2019 and ’20, and wins at the BFI, Cheyenne and The American. Luke has a whole herd of horses in his trailer, as he charges hard toward a return trip to The Show in 2023.

Brown, who just turned 49 on August 16, took four horses on

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