EAGLE, Colo. – Cowboys know they need great partners when it comes to winning a
championship.
Whether it involves friends with whom they travel or a great animal athlete on which they
compete, there’s something great about a talented tandem. Through the rigors and rides of a rodeo
season, it takes a lot of things to come together for one man to wear the gold buckle given to world
champs in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
.
Taos Muncy of Corona, N.M., won the saddle bronc title in 2007, and Cody Wright of Milford,
Utah, earned the coveted trophy a year later. They have surrounded themselves with terrific traveling
partners, and they know there were plenty of great horses that helped them earn their championships.
“This is what we do for a living, so you hope to get on good horses everywhere you go,” said
Muncy, one of the many great bronc riders scheduled to be part of the Eagle County Fair and Rodeo, set
for 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 28-Saturday, July 31
.
Wright has entered Eagle, too, along with his up-and-coming bronc riding brothers, Jake and
Jesse. They know that they have a great chance to win some big money in Colorado with the help of the
talented horses that are part of Carr Pro Rodeo, the Dallas-based livestock firm that helps produce the
Eagle County Fair and Rodeo.”
“You know when you go to a Pete Carr rodeo that you have a chance to win because the horses
are that good,” Muncy said, referring to the owner of Carr Pro Rodeo.
Last year, Shell Roberson of Laramie, Wyo., won the Eagle rodeo with an 86-point ride
on Carr’s Coffee Bean, a horse that’s been featured at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
“That mare is as strong as any horse I’ve ever been on for the first two jumps, maybe three
jumps,” said Cody DeMoss, a six-time NFR qualifier fro Heflin, La. “She’s as stout as you can be. You
better not hold her, but just mark her out and keep going. She actually broke my back at the finals a
couple years ago.”
DeMoss has recuperated and continues to be one of the guys to chase in the world of ProRodeo
bronc riding. He’s scheduled to ride in Eagle, and he’s one of many who praise Coffee Bean. Ty
Atchison is shooting for his first NFR qualification, sitting in the top 15 through mid-July.
“I saw Cody DeMoss whoop it on her one time, but I haven’t seen too many people do
that,” Atchison said, referring to a ride that DeMoss called a rematch after the incident at the NFR.
Muncy has been on Coffee Bean and has seen the mare buck several times over his career.
“That horse is really strong, a lot stronger than most horses,” Muncy said. “If you work through
three or four jumps, then she lines out and is pretty nice to ride.”
As long Coffee Bean carries them to the top, they won’t mind how hard she bucks. They’ll just
relish in winning the Eagle Fair and Rodeo title.
