Another Win for Fast Back!

Another BFI Win for Fast Back Cowboys

Congratulations Clay Tryan for his BFI victory and over $84,000 in cash and prizes. This is the fourth consecutive year a Fast Back team member has been in the winner’s circle at annual Bob Feist Invitational and Clay’s second BFI win. In 2005 Clay and Fast Back teammate, Patrick Smith, took home the honors and went on to win PRCA world championships that December.

“It’s awesome anytime you win the BFI,” says Tryan. “It means a lot to me to have won it twice.”

Fast Back cowboy, Blaine Linaweaver, set the pace by winning the first go-round with a 6.15-second run. He and partner Richard Durham went on to place in three go-rounds, pocketing the team over $20,00. Another Fast Back cowboy, Patrick Smith, won the second round with partner Trevor Brazile and placed again in the fifth round resulting in Fast Back wins in every go-round.

Clay Tryan’s signature 4-strand rope, the Ultimate 4, took he and all the other Fast Back cowboys to the pay window during the BFI, earning over $107,000 in cash and prizes.

Well, the Harris family is well into the junior rodeo season. It seems like we’ve been going nonstop since March. I guess we’ve been going enough that a weekend at home is a much welcomed treat!

Pryce and Jake, ages 15 and 13, are determined to go to every calf roping feasibly possible, in addition to High Plains junior rodeos. Addi, age 7, has finally decided that if she’s going to go along every weekend she may as well be competitive. It’s been fun watching her set goals for herself and then achieve them.

The whole family just returned from a week in Gonzales, Texas where Jake competed in the Wrangler Division Junior High State Finals. If you haven’t ventured far enough into south Texas to stop by Gonzales, you’ve missed out. The birth place of Texas independence and hot, hot, hot! We had a great time! There was lots of great calf roping, team roping, barrel racing, pole bending, chute dogging, goat tying and bull riding. Of course, we tried to do some other fun stuff while we were there. The arena was located along side the Guadalupe River. The kids all thought that was great! There’s just nothing like swimming in the river.

Another big treat was a trip to Port Lavaca. Pryce, Jake and Addi had never seen the ocean. Every summer Matt and I vow we are going to take them to the beach. But as summer always does, it flies by and it’s time for school to start. This year we had several free hours one day while in Gonzales and decided to take a quick trip to the beach. Combing the map, it looked like Port Lavaca was the closet beach being just 80 miles from Gonzales. Along with another family we jetted to the beach for a few hours. What fun! The waves were huge and all the kids got to experience a mouth full of salt water. We can check that off our list!

It’s good to be home….for a while any way.

24th Annual Ogdens 8 & Under World Champion Barrel Race

24th Annual Ogdens 8 & Under World Champion Barrel Race & $2,000 Added Open 4D
(BBR Approved)

When: August 15, 16 & 17 - 2008
ACE Arena
Andrews, Texas

Cowboy Classic Saddles to open 4D winners.

$250 Added to 8 & under
Paul Humphrey saddle to 8 & under champion
Buckle to 8 & under reserve
Top ten jackets to 8 & under finalists
Prizes to all 8 & under contestants
8 & under age as of August 16, 2008

Average awards for Saturday/Sunday youth and senior classes
Enter by Augustin 1st to avoid late fees

Friday, August 15
2PM - 7PM - Exhibitions - $4
7:30PM - 8 & Under - $15
Youth 3D - $20
$100 Added 4D Open - $25
3D Seniors - $20
$5 office charge Friday
NO LATE FEE FOR FRIDAY
ENTER FRIDAY ON ARRIVAL

Saturday, August 16
8AM - 12PM - Exhibitions - $4
1PM - 1st go - Ogdens 8 & Under
3D Youth - $20
$1000 Added Open 4D - $45
3D Senior - $20

Sunday, August 17
9AM - 11:30Am - Exhibitions
12PM - 2nd Go - Ogdens 8 & Under
3D Youth - $20
Short Go - Ogden's 8 & Under
$1000 Added Open 4D - $45
3D Senior - $20

80% ENTRY FEES/100% ADDED MONEY PAY BACK
$15 PROCESSING FEE AND $10 LATE FEE FOR SATURDAY/SUNDAY

ENTER UP TO LAST 25 HORSES IN OPEN 4D

FOR ENTRY BLANKS AND INFORMATION
CONTACT LISA OGDEN @ 806-439-6663
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RAYLENE COX @ 325-529-5636
OR DOWNLOAD FROM
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Words From The Millers

How many of you have ever heard of Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals? He made his fortune as an exeutive at AOL, but if you really want to appreciate who he is and how he got there, you have to go back just a bit to 1983. He was 25 and was on a flight that lost its ability to use its wing flaps and landing gear. As most airlines do they gave a crash course in crash landing! During all of this Ted began to think about what he would do with his life if he survived this and said that he promised himself that if he didn't die, he'd play offense for the rest of his life. He did survive and came up with a list of 101 things that he wanted to do. To date, he has accomplished 74 of the 101. Here are some of the goals he has accomplished to date:
1) Fall in love and get married.
14) Gain a net worth of $100 million, after taxes.
22)Create the world's largest media company.
24) Own a jet.
35) Give $1 million to Georgetown University.
40)Own a sports franchise.
86) Invent a board game.
92) Hold an elective office.

This was his mission statement if you will for his life: Play offense.

You know Satan wants us to live in a defensive mode and he uses two pretty good things to accomplish that--fear and discouragement. He wants us to turn the other way from fear and uncertainty but Christ calls us to go straight to it. You know doing nothing wrong doesn't constitute doing something right. Goodness is not the absence of badness. Here are some things that scripture says about offense.

"Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the tactics of the Devil." Ephesians 6:11

"...put on the new man, the one created according to God's (likeness) in righteousness and purity of the truth.

"Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger, and don't give the Devil an opportunity. The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need" Ephesians 4:24-28

So, as a challenge to anyone reading, list 10 life goals (risks). Go out and and stand with the armor of God and challenge yourself to do something you never have before out of your comfort zone. God bless.


Hello, we are Kelly and Robyn Miller. Once a week Kelly leads a small bible study at Foust Feeds to encourage and gain encouragement from those that attend. This is just a small bit of the study taken from the book, "Chase the Lion" by Mark Batterson. Kelly has been employed at Foust for 10 years doing all the commercial feeds sales. Robyn started working there in 1996 and is currently staying at home with 2 beautiful girls, Kenley and Brylee, (left) and working part time from home for Foust. As you can see there isn't a dull moment! This is them taking a mud bath. We are also expecting another baby in November--we find out this month if Kelly will have to deal with 4 women everyday or if he will finally have a little boy! We will keep you posted.

Do you have Mojo?

Cactus Ropes introduced the all new Mojo head and heel rope out this month.

What is the mojo rope you ask?

Conjure up a winning run with the Mojo. This is the biggest four strand head rope that Cactus Team Ropes makes. Best suited for those who like a full bodied rope. Mojo is a poly blend, solid white color, and is 31 feet long.

See more Mojo click here. http://www.coolhorse.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=COOLHORSE&Category_Code=Cactus

What does "mojo" actually mean?

Mojo (pronounced /ˈmoʊdʒoʊ/) is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo. A mojo is a type of magic charm, often of red flannel cloth and tied with a drawstring, containing botanical, zoological, and/or mineral curios, petition papers, and the like. It is typically worn under clothing.

Oh and the Mojo gets better. Also available in a Lite head rope.

See Mojo Lite click here. http://www.coolhorse.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=COOLHORSE&Product_Code=MOJOLITEHD&Category_Code=Cactus

Will I receive magical powers from this rope?

ONLY if you try one................