Wear It Out Manuel

100 Years of Round Up

Manny — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:11:14 +0000

Pendleton Round-Up

The first Pendleton Round-Up was to be “a frontier exhibition of picturesque pastimes, Indian and military spectacles, cowboy racing and bronco busting for the championship of the Northwest.” It turned out to be that and more.

For the initial show, all stores closed. “The largest crowd in Pendleton’s history,” 7,000 strong, showed up for the first show on September 29, 1910, a newspaper write reported.

I will be making a appearance at the Pendleton Round Up from September 13th thru September 19th. Come out and join us for the festivities.

I will be at Boots Leonard Gallery taking appointments starting at 9:00am on September 13th throughout the round up. Please give me a call to setup a time for your appointment

Phone 615.509.0367

Location : 221 South Main St, Pendleton, OR 97801

http://pendletonroundup.com/

http://pendletonroundup.com/tickets/round-up-tickets/

Naked Without Us

Manny — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:59:33 +0000

Fashion and Music Festival

I will be speaking on Thursday April 22nd at the Naked Without Us Fashion and Music Festival 2010. Come out and join us for the festivities.

Location : Belmont University in the Beaman Student Life Center

Time : 1:00pm

http://www.nakedwithoutus.com/

Colleen Rogers at the Houston Rodeo

Manny — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:29:34 +0000

Colleen Rogers just ordered up a custom piece, get ready to Wear it Out!

Thank you Rogers Family and I look forward to seeing you again.

The Legend Continues

Houston Rodeo

Manny — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:25:34 +0000

Weather is all good, seems to really start ramping up now since it’s Friday the rush should be bigger as it’s the first weekend it always is! Good pals ” Honky Tonk Heros” opening up all week in the main room for after hours tunes! http://www.got-twang.com

Great to see the folks here in Houston again. Lots of people Wearing It Out all over the place! Thanks Houston Hot Chicks, Rosemary Harrison already getting her Manuel gear together and getting the rest of her crew to Wear It Out! Thanks Hot Chicks for representing! Sue porter of “Rawhide”, Rosemary Harrison hanging with Kenny Chesney before the show. Taking paparazzi shots soon to come… Hope you can see Kenny and them. Thanks Liz Jameson for hookin them up and Liz for Wearing It Out in Manuel!

Hung out with good friends, “Catfish”, Brad, Jules Bailey of “Sudies and Baileys” restaurant . Great to see them and can’t wait to see them again in their Manuelisms. Thanks for the good times!

Here we go… Wear It Out Manuel!

The Legend Continues…

Steve Thorton

Manny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:19:08 +0000

Houston Rodeo

Manny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:16:49 +0000

Wear It Out Manuel is at Houston Rodeo ! We will be participating in the Houston Rodeo this March at Sue Porter’s Rawhide booth in H-T-Rodeo: Hall “B Booth # 4048″ Howdy Drive – Wear It Out Manuel will be featuring our latest western shirt designs and also selling other inventory from past collections. Feel free to contact Manuel Jr. if you are attending the rodeo this year. 615-509-0367

Going twenty days strong, Rodeo Houston is held at Reliant Park, and features bull riding, parades, carnivals, BBQ, wine tasting competitions, and loads of shopping! The Houston Livestock and Rodeo will feature Cattle auctions and cattle judging. Traditional trail rides, which start in different areas of Texas and finish in Houston, precede the rodeo. As a long standing rodeo tradition, March 16th has been deemed as Go Texan Day, where Houstonians and visitors alike are expected to don their best cowboy digs. A newer tradition is the Go Tejano Day this year scheduled for March 14, 2010. Last year’s Go Tejano Day set a new Paid Rodeo Attendance record with 74,147. Another tradition is the Rodeo Parade that kicks off the event. And check out the parade stats: 15 trail riders, 20 floats, 15 commercial wagons, 15 university and high school marching bands, dignitaries on horseback, and lots of balloons, all heading down Memorial into Texas avenue!

One of the headlining Rodeo events is the super popular Calf Scramble, featuring 14 calves and 28 students trying to harness them and place them in the winners square. Students care for and prepare their prize calves, and the winner returns the following year with a $250 bonus!

Most notable in Rodeo Houston are the celebs and concert performances in Stand-Up, Rock, Tejano, Blues, and Hip-hop. In fact, the rodeo has drawn the world’s biggest music legends – does Elvis Presley ring a bell? Yup, he was a Houston Rodeo Performer! And 2010 will not disappoint. Stars such as The Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn make the Houston Rodeo Tickets a serious must have! Join the party, and let’s Rodeo, Houston!

Palm Springs Rodeo

Manny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:05:06 +0000

These were the early days of rodeo…  Ranches matching their best bronc riders against another ranches’ bronc riders on the rankest horses they owned. Horses were raised to be tough and last all day long to work the big round-ups ofcattle. These horses dated back to the wild mustang and the better breeds brought over on ships from Europe. The rodeo animals of today are “BORN TO BUCK” – it’s in their blood. Great animals don’t come along as often as one might think. These days, there are selective breeding programs throughout the United States and Canada. Flying U has been raising bucking horses since the late 1960’s and the bucking bull program, which was brought about by Julio Moreno’s interest in the bull industry, began in the late 1980’s. Julio oversees the breeding of the stock, carefully choosing the right cows to cross with the best bucking bulls and the best bucking mares to cross on the stallions.  The bucking stock is the heart of a rodeo stock contracting outfit. Flying U Rodeo Co. – one of the oldest continuing stock contracting companies in the world – needs the backup of hundreds of bucking horses and bulls throughout the year-long rodeo season and raises most all of their stock at their ranches in Marysville, CA. A horse or bull may only buck four to six times a month, then will be turned out and another group of stock will go on the road. This means that each animal works an average of only ten minutes a year…what a life!  One of Flying U’s first bucking studs was a mustang-type named “Tennessee Stud”, whose cross on “Harlem Babe” – a good little mare that came out of Watts (Los Angeles) – was fantastic! She went on to produce many great bucking horses who eventually became Saddle Bronc horses at the National Finals Rodeo. The daughters of “Harlem Babe” also gave birth to many of the red roans still seen in the Flying U Bucking string today.  There have also been many great bucking horses purchased by Flying U because their owners could not handle them. “Astronaut” was a bridle horse gone sour who went on to compete at the NFR. Another horse that made many a trip to the NFR was “Cal Expo”, a former buggy horse who found a good home at the ol’ Flying U. “Short Fuse”, a chunky little bay horse went on to become Bareback Horse of the Year in 1964. These kind of horses don’t come along very often, since their rank parents were weeded out of the herd and not bred back. Athleticism and heart are the qualities to look for in good bucking stock.   The 1981-82 Bareback Horse of the Year, “Classic Velvet” was a dun gelding with the pedigree of working cow horse lines. And, while his brothers and sisters made their mark in the show ring, “Classic” made his mark as one of the greatest bareback horses of all times. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were won on this beautiful quarter horse from Sonoma County, who came to the Flying U after a group of cowboys all tried to ride him and – in turn – were all dusted! “Classic” also had a brother who came to the Flying U as a pick-up horse and ended up an equine friend that the grandkids learned to rope on.  Today, Flying U boasts the likes of “Big Chill”, a grey thoroughbred gone sour on the English show circuit. “Big Chill” has made a couple of trips to the NFR and has the reputation of being one of the strongest horses in bareback riding, but is also so gentle that you’d think you could put a child up on his back. The greatest mare in rodeo, “#363 Skoal Sally”, is also a product of the Born to Buck Program. She has bucked off many a champion cowboy and has also taken many to 80 or 90 point scores. The best grey of all had to be “#39 Angel Blue” – the 1985-89 Saddle Bronc of the Year. This award was voted on by fellow stock contractors at the NFR, thus it is a very prestigious and coveted honor. A saddle bronc riders knew that if he drew “Angel Blue” that he would either be getting a paycheck or be getting bucked off!  The tough part about raising horses is that it takes so long to find out if you have a champion bucking horse. The colts are not bucked until they are almost four years old and they may not prove themselves right away. With younger, smaller riders, bulls can begin being bucked at two years of age. All of these young bucking animals need to be brought along slow and easy, as not to scare them the first few times around. They are brought to good arenas with excellent footing for them to buck on, as well as being put in well-maintained bucking chutes and corrals.  The Bucking Bull Program has come along very well in the recent years. Julio started with some roping heifers and bred them to NFR bull “#9 Copenhagen One Eye” and “#74 Dodge Ram Tough” – a little black bull with a lot of heart. Today, their offspring heifers are being crossed on “#97 Whitewater Skoal” and “#H7 Typhoon” – both great bulls with plenty of credentials. “Whitewater Skoal” can be seen on TNN when the PBR travels to the West Coast for the Bud Light Cups. “Typhoon” is now well over ten years old and lives a good life with a herd of cows.  Flying U Rodeo is looking forward to the future, when these young animals will be the next stars of professional rodeo.

Wear It Out Manuel

100 Years of Round Up

Naked Without Us

Colleen Rogers at the Houston Rodeo

Houston Rodeo

Steve Thorton

Houston Rodeo

Palm Springs Rodeo

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