Livestock

Night Jacket #408

Livestock • Inducted 2023 Born in 1994 on the 600-acre Zinser ranch in Clare, Michigan, #408 Nightjacket would become a premiere bucking horse in the PRCA. His dam, #108 Nightline, was raised on the same ranch. His sire, #14 Big Timber, was a purchase and came to the ranch without lineage. For...

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Whiskey

Livestock • Class of 2022 For an unknown horse that was brought to a steer wrestling school, no one would have guessed how tough a rodeo competitor he would turn out to be. AQHA registered Mighty Eye “Whiskey” would turn out to be one of the toughest horses three-time Steer Wrestling...

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Medicine Woman

Livestock • Class of 2022 Medicine Woman, a bay mare out of Big Medicine (sire) and Showtime (dam), is the second most decorated bucking horse to date. Only Descent has more titles than she does. Born in Freedom, Oklahoma, in 2003, this ranch-raised mare never had a bad day. She was...

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G-65 Grated Coconut

Livestock • Class of 2020 G-65 Grated Coconut is a testament to the Born to Buck Breeding program of the Calgary Stampede Ranch. His mother, Coconut Roll, was a ten-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier. His sire, Wyatt Earp of Northcott Rodeo, was voted Saddle Bronc Horse of the National Finals Rodeo...

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Commotion

Livestock • Inducted 2019 Commotion, a 1,300 pound bay stallion, was voted top bareback horse of the National Finals Rodeo at his first trip to the event in 1997. He would return nine more times to the NFR and claim three Bareback Horse of the Year (1998-2000) titles along the way. Commotion...

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French Flash Hawk “Bozo”

Livestock • Inducted 2018 With his big blazed face French Flash Hawk, known as Bozo, was one of the most recognized athletes in ProRodeo in his time, a champion in the arena who touched off a revolution in barrel racing bloodlines. Purchased as a 2-year-old by Kristie Peterson for $400, Bozo stormed...

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Smith & Velvet

Livestock • Inducted 2017 Bareback horse Smith & Velvet was the definition of a late bloomer. The horse, which was honored as the PRCA’s top bareback horse four times (1977, as Mr. Smith, and then 1979-80 and 1982, as Smith & Velvet), didn’t become an award-winning bucker until he was into his 20s. When...

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Star Plaudit Red

Livestock • Inducted 2017 Star Plaudit holds a very unique record in the world of professional rodeo, one that is not likely to ever be duplicated. The sorrel gelding by Oklahoma Star Jr., out of Sunshine Plaudit, won two World Championships in the sport in a single year and contributed to a...

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Scottie

Livestock • Inducted 2016 Scottie, who was owned by Walt Linderman, carried three different cowboys to four world championships – Harley May in 1965, Jack Roddy in 1966 and ’68, and John W. Jones Sr. in 1970, when he rode Scottie as one of his mounts during the regular season. The chestnut gelding...

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Gray Wolf

Livestock • Inducted 2016 Gray Wolf never went to the NFR, but he was among the best sires owned by the legendary Tooke family. Gray Wolf produced the most award-winning horses that can still be seen today in strings from Vold to Beutler to Sankey and Rosser. Horses that go back to Wolf are:...

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