qualified for 27 Wrangler National Finals Rodeos in the 35-year span between 1980 and 2015. I roped at my first one with Allen Bach, and made my last two with a kid from Brazil by the name of Junior Nogueira. A horse fell with me when we were practicing for the 2015 NFR—and I got a pretty serious head injury out of that—so I unfortunately didn’t get to make the trip to Las Vegas after qualifying. My last NFR hurrah
