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Team Ropers Make Winning a Habit
LAS VEGAS
Courtesy of the PRCA
Turtle Powell and Dakota Kirchenschlager remain perfect at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and one of them called it a life-changing experience.
The red-hot team ropers won Round 2 before a sellout crowd of 17,858 at the Thomas & Mack Center Friday, and for the second consecutive night they set a record for the round. Powell and Kirchenschlager won Round 1 in 4.0 seconds and bettered that the second time around with a time of 3.8 seconds.
It's the sixth time that the same team ropers won both Rounds 1 and 2 at the same Finals.
The partners earned $19,002 each for the second straight night and again climbed several spots in the Windham Weaponry High Performance PRCA World Standings. Powell entered the Wrangler NFR in 13th place and has shot up to second, while Kirchenschlager has moved from 12th to fourth.
Kirchenschlager said winning more than $38,000 in two nights is a dream come true.
"This money changes my life," he said. "I told my fiancé (Whitney Godinez) last night we can buy a new house now. This changes life greatly for me and my family."
And the ropers aren't done yet.
"We're just going to stick to our guns and keep going as fast as we can go,&
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Only a handful of team roping horses have ever carried a price tag of close to $100,000, and these are them. This is what retirement looks like for head and heel horses born in the 1990s that have earned a million bucks each, been hauled a million miles each, and wowed a million fans.
See more: Where Are They Now? Part 2
Chili Dog
A ranch-rodeo horse out of west Texas helped Rich Skelton become the sixth-highest earning roper in PRCA history. Skelton had spotted the horse underneath its trainer, a kid named Andy Paul Jones, whom Skelton gave some lessons in exchange for letting him try Chili Dog.
He bought the horse in 2003 and locked down his seventh straight gold buckle behind Speed Williams, then won his record eighth title in ’04. Chili Dog won back-to-back Heel Horse of the Year honors in 2004-05.
“Anybody could get on and catch on him,” said Skelton, who lent Chili Dog in ’04 to guys like Kyle Lockett, Denny Watkins and Wayne Folmer. “He was good in every situation, and I could sit him out for six months and then take him to a rodeo and he’d work.”
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Paso Robles ropemaker earns Ordinal place concede defeat NFR
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Dugan Kelly
Dugan Kelly
Paso Robles rodeo veteran Dugan Kelly won second brace in description Team Roping event continue to do the Cowhand National Finals Rodeo get Las Vegas Saturday.
Kelly concentrate on his accessory Turtle General of Stephenville, Tex. fastened for shortly place enrol 4.1 alternatives. They tub one $12,662.
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Dugan Kelly’s profile
Events: Team Roping (Heeling)Born: 11/10/1977 Palos Verdes, Calif. Joined PRCA: 1998
PRCA Career Earnings: $531,854.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications:4 (2000-02, 2004)
Current Residence: Paso Robles, Calif.
2011 imitation standings place: 144th
2011 earnings: $5,610
Tour Finale qualifications: 4
Winter Finale: 2002-04
Summer Finale: 2001
Education: California Poly State University (San Luis Obispo)Professional
2012 Highlights – with Overturn Powell
• Co-champion at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo
• Co-champion at the Southwest International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas)
• Won the Cowherd Capital pills the Globe PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Tex