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Mechanical bull champion signed up on a whim, but the contest was no bull
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Mechanical bull champion signed up on a whim, but the contest was no bull
UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 25, 2019, 9:52 p.m.
Laura Moore, a Washington State University equestrian team coach from Moscow, Idaho, hangs on to capture first place at the mechanical bull “world championship” in Spangle on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Courtesy, Melaine Williams)
Second-place winner Mitch Chandler rides a mechanical bull at the “world championship” in Spangle on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Melaine Williams, Courtesy)
By Jared Brown
jaredb@spokesman.com
(509) 459-5135
Laura Moore had just taken the lead with a 57-second ride at the mechanical bull riding “world championship” held at Spangle’s Harvester Restaurant on Saturday. ... But Mitch Chandler, a rough stock bull rider from Spokane clad in a cowboy hat and chaps, was up last. ... “It was really suspenseful,” said George Chicha, the event’s organizer. “It was really tight.”
Then Chandler got bucked off after 52 seconds. And Moore, of Moscow, Idaho, walked away with the $4,000 grand prize and a championship belt buckle.
Moore said signing up started as a joke between her and her husband when they saw a flyer. Then a social media memory on her husband’s phone, with a photo from the Spangle Days community events 10 years ago, reminded her to send in her $100 registration fee.
“I thought I’d do well,” said Moore, who grew up breaking horses at her parents’ equestrian center outside Seattle and coaches the Washington State University equestrian team. ... “I didn’t quite realize how serious it was going to be. There were some pretty great cowboys there,” she said.
Chicha said he looked over years of research showing that men and women could compete equally in bull riding, so he decided to have one division of riders. ... In all, 20 men and four women signed up. But two out of the top four finishers were women. ... One of them was fourth-place finisher Kyla Gabriel from Liberty Lake, who rode for Moore at WSU. Cade Hartley of Cusick came in third. ... “It took until the last ride to figure out what was going to happen,” Chicha said.
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Mechanical bull champion signed up on a whim, but the contest was no bull
UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 25, 2019, 9:52 p.m.
Laura Moore, a Washington State University equestrian team coach from Moscow, Idaho, hangs on to capture first place at the mechanical bull “world championship” in Spangle on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Courtesy, Melaine Williams)
Second-place winner Mitch Chandler rides a mechanical bull at the “world championship” in Spangle on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Melaine Williams, Courtesy)
By Jared Brown
jaredb@spokesman.com
(509) 459-5135
Laura Moore had just taken the lead with a 57-second ride at the mechanical bull riding “world championship” held at Spangle’s Harvester Restaurant on Saturday. ... But Mitch Chandler, a rough stock bull rider from Spokane clad in a cowboy hat and chaps, was up last. ... “It was really suspenseful,” said George Chicha, the event’s organizer. “It was really tight.”
Then Chandler got bucked off after 52 seconds. And Moore, of Moscow, Idaho, walked away with the $4,000 grand prize and a championship belt buckle.
Moore said signing up started as a joke between her and her husband when they saw a flyer. Then a social media memory on her husband’s phone, with a photo from the Spangle Days community events 10 years ago, reminded her to send in her $100 registration fee.
“I thought I’d do well,” said Moore, who grew up breaking horses at her parents’ equestrian center outside Seattle and coaches the Washington State University equestrian team. ... “I didn’t quite realize how serious it was going to be. There were some pretty great cowboys there,” she said.
Chicha said he looked over years of research showing that men and women could compete equally in bull riding, so he decided to have one division of riders. ... In all, 20 men and four women signed up. But two out of the top four finishers were women. ... One of them was fourth-place finisher Kyla Gabriel from Liberty Lake, who rode for Moore at WSU. Cade Hartley of Cusick came in third. ... “It took until the last ride to figure out what was going to happen,” Chicha said.
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