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Hooper Sends Horses Into Cowboy Christmas Success

The Horse and Rider Matchmaker

Not only does Pat Hooper have a knack for matching materials in his saddle making business for beautiful, quality leatherworks, but he knows how to pair people and horses together to elevate strengths and patch weaknesses for the greatest level of success. During cowboy Christmas this year, two of his recently matched pairs were cashing checks out west and down south.

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East Coast Calf Ropers: Kristen Lee

Kristen Lee is a bubbly, outgoing cowgirl whose passion shines through when she talks about the sport she loves: breakaway roping. An active competitor in the Southern Rodeo Association (SRA) and the International Pro Rodeo Association (IPRA), Kristen is also a local hair stylist at a salon. She likes Dub Grant and Fastback ropes and favors doing prom hair and extensions. Her favorite rodeo is the Cody Nights rodeo in Cody, Wyoming, which she had the privilege of competing in a while back. Her love for these things has been a while in the making, and her dad Ryan has been a huge part of her journey. 

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Passion and Perseverance: Caroline Bowen

An eastern North Carolina cowgirl, Caroline grew up in LaGrange, NC as a second-generation horsewoman and cowgirl. As a little girl, all she wanted to do was be a cowgirl, and her fascination with the Western way of life continues today. She speaks of this lifestyle in terms of devotion to animals, willingness to be up at all night hours to ensure an animal is okay and taken care of and staying connected with the land and one’s livestock.

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Georgia’s Calf Roping Couple: Ashlee Freels

Breakaway roper Ashlee Freels and her husband calf roper Glen Freels have covered the continent pursuing their love for calf roping together. Today, they continue the family tradition of rodeo with their own children at their Georgia home.

  For Ashlee, her journey with rodeo began during her childhood in east Tennessee. Her brother, Steve Miller, is a good bit older than her, and he and her uncle were heavily involved in the horse world. Both men roped and steer wrestled; while also clowning at some rodeos, working the Dixie Stampede, and working at Dollywood in the days it was Silver Dollar City.

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Georgia’s Calf Roping Couple: Glen Freels

Glen Freels may have grown up near the city, but there was no keeping the cowboy inside him from emerging.

  Glen grew up in a suburb of Atlanta but found himself spending every break from school with his uncle Mickey Freels in Tennessee. Although his dad roped a little, Glen had no horse experience, but his uncle Mickey was a calf roper and began to show Glen the ropes. Glen quickly became hooked.

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Capturing Moments in Time

Haley Johnson is recognized as a talented breakaway roper and western lifestyle photographer but few people realize how much perseverance and determination brought her to where she is today. Despite the various obstacles that have happened in her journey, she credits God with guiding her and putting kindhearted people on her path to help her along the way.

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