SILVERTON, Texas – In its just five years, Carr Pro Rodeo has established itself as a rising star
in the sport.
There’s a lot of pride in the Dallas-based livestock firm, as well as the folks at the ranch
near Athens, Texas, from the fantastic production at every rodeo the company is involved in to the
outstanding bucking stock that has cowboys talking. But Pete Carr and his crew have made a special name for themselves in bareback riding, dating back to the firm’s inaugural year.
Real Deal was named the top bareback horse in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 2005, and the Rafter C brand was a hot topic in the game. Two years later, River Boat Annie was the Reserve World Champion bareback horse.
“Pete’s always trying to improve his herd and always looking for ways to get new animals in
there,” said Ryan Gray of nearby Lubbock, Texas, a five-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier
who leads the world standings with more than $100,000 in earnings this year. “He’s always looking
for better horses to fit his pen. He strives for constant improvement, and he has a constant drive to be
successful.”
The Carr string of horses will be featured at the Buck Wild Days Rodeo, set for 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 12-Saturday, Aug. 14, in Silverton.
“I really like what I see in Hometown Girl and Outa Sight,” Carr said of the two bareback
horses. “Hometown Girl won the American Buckinghorse Registry futurity in Glen Rose (Texas) this
spring, and her mom is Tan Line, who is also the mom to River Boat Annie.”
River Boat Annie has been one of the top bucking horses in the business for several years.
Hometown Girl is just another example of the great horses that Tan Line has produced, Carr said.
“Outa Sight is a 5-year-old paint mare sired by the famous Night Jacket for the J-J String,” Carr
said of Night Jacket, a paint stud horse that has been selected to buck at the NFR 10 times that was
purchased last year for a record price of $200,000. “She’s a young mare we bought at Jim Zinser’s ranch
when she was 2. We’ve let her grow up and have started bringing her along slowly. She keeps getting
better every time she gets the opportunity to perform; you’ll start to see her more and more this year.”
Several bareback riders have found Carr horses to their liking.
“Pete has some of the best horses that there is in rodeo,” said Justin McDaniel of Porum, Okla.,
the 2008 world champion. “I like to get on good bucking horses, and if I go where Pete goes, I know I’ll
get on them.” That was one of the factors in the Buck Wild Days Rodeo committee hiring the Carr firm.
“My son rides broncs, and he told me about what Pete brings to the table,” said Ken Wood, the
committee president. “I think his horses are very even; a lot of stock contractors will just have one or
two horses you can win on, and from what I hear, you won’t get that with Pete.”
That’s what the cowboys say, too.
“For Pete, it’s a want-to to get better all the time,” Gray said. “That’s what we like to see in
contractors, and there are not that many out there that can say that. A lot of guys respect him for trying
hard and trying to have a great pen of bucking horses.
