winter I spent quite a bit of time with Lane Livingston, a roper from Seymour, Texas (Livingston-trained horses have been runner up PRCA Horse of the Year twice). I acquired a horse from him this past fall. He’s five, a son of Metallic Rebel and I’ve ridden him quite a bit this spring. I think he’s going to be a good horse for me for a pretty long time. I call him Wily and there’s a story behind that name. Lane and I were doing some cattle work out in this 300 acre wheat field and he’s on one side and I’m on the other riding this horse and sure enough there’s a coyote out in the middle of the field so I trot toward him and he kind of hangs around so I drop my hand and this horse just cows down on this coyote and the coyote, he’s duckin’ and divin’ and sure enough I got my rope on him. So we got some pictures and the joke is I tried this horse out on a coyote and he was good so now he’s my rope horse.” As for where he is now, Elliott knows there’s more to do despite what he’s accomplished at the timed event end of the arena. And there have been some moments that have proven to Elliot and others that he belongs.
“There was a run I made at Brooks last year to win second on a stronger red calf I ran about halfway down the arena but that run kind of told me I could hang, and kind of stands out in my mind; I felt really good about it. And also last year at Moses Lake Washington I was 8.4 and won second roping against Riley Webb, Shad Mayfield and Shane Hanchey, all those NFR guys. That felt really good. “My goal is to win a Canadian title in the next five years. Actually I said that last year so I’m down to four. Mostly I want to prove to myself and to the people who believe in me that a guy can bounce back and change directions and be successful. When I’m 65 or 70 years old, I think I’ll be able to look back and see that I had a great career in the bronc riding, then there was a setback but I was able to set new goals and destinations. I don’t know if anybody will appre - ciate it other than me and maybe my kids, but there might be a few people who will see me as someone who had to face a big obstacle and was able to over - come it.”
Canadian Rodeo News – May, 2024 – 11
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