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Smokeless Hammertime
1994-2011
JW Hart looses the battle against Altizer/Beavers’ 50 Smokeless Hammertime at the Albuquerque BFT in ‘02
Bad Co Rodeo & Chad Beavers’ bonafide bucker Hammertime’s star-studded career was laid to rest along with him when he died last November. With one of the most impressive careers on record “One of Hammertime’s most best qualities was that he bucked with lots and lots of whip, was right there in the gate and he did it over and over, each and every time without fail,” shared his co-owner Chad Beavers. “One year at Ft. Worth Owen Washburn hung up to him for about five rounds. He was pretty much knocked out and had a big hole in his
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head that was bleeding. I had to point him to which way was out. He was headed in the wrong direction down towards the roping end of the arena and he looked at me confused then said, ‘Good bull’. That was it,” laughed Beavers. Hammertime has produced some exceptional offspring and passes on his huge, impressive horn rack and the same whip and speed that helped make the bovine one of the most infamous on record. For more reflections on this brazen bovine and his illustrious career turn to page 50 for the Blast from the Past feature. The American Bucking Bull q Jan/Feb 2011
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