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April 10, 2010
Rafter G Rodeo’s Complete Mature Cow Herd Dispersal Sale
by Sugar Kuhn
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hen building a solid bucking bred program the value of the industry’s deepest and largest programs can’t be denied. Rafter G Rodeo and breeder Jim Gay represent a program that’s been carefully cultivated since the early ‘60s. With lineages that stem from colossal buckers of the ‘80s and ‘90s the April 10 sale provides an opportunity to purchase a piece of foundational reproductive bull history. Gay will be offering a once in a lifetime chance to obtain some of the most elusive genetic lines in the industry. Because Rafter G Rodeo no longer produces the Mesquite Championship Rodeo the program no longer needs to maintain such a large herd to produce
Rocker cows, the oldest being 1995 models. These rare and highly sought after females are being offered for the first time and are the foundational females that Rafter G Rodeo has depended on to produce an unlimited number of top-drawer buckers. Rafter G Rodeo’s first bounty bull GL10 Dodge Dakota will be showcased through only a handful of existing daughters. While these females are few, they are known to be excellent producers. A young sire which Gay has high hopes for in the future is Bell Rocker, a son of Western Rodeos’ Pacific Bell out of famous producing cow Lady Rocker who gained notoriety after producing the bucking wonder-trio of Shanghai, Panama Red and Gigolo.
Rafter G Rodeo and breeders Neal & Jim Gay represent a program that’s been carefully cultivated since the early ‘60s. such vast numbers of bucking bulls. Gay will be selling everything but heifers as he gets ready to take a few years off and change the programs size and scale. Among the mature cows included in the sale are daughters, granddaughters and great-grand-daughters of some of rodeos most accomplished sires. The list of heavy hitters whose genetics are history include bulls like Red Rocker, Dodge Dakota, Speck, Dodge Durango and Twilight Zone, as well as some of their well-known sons like Klassic Rocker, Spectacular, Speck So, Johnny Rotten and Purgatory. Cows that are up for grabs range from 2006 models all the way back to original Red
Another prolific bucker and sire in Gay’s genetic arsenal is NFR bull G21 Dodge Durango who produced sons Big D, Smart Bomb and King Herod. One of the rankest bulls Rafter G ever owned, G21 was purchased from Dwight Frick through a sale in Texarkana. The notorious bucker just recently died at age 19 but remains the 6th-ranked historical bucker on probullstats. His lengthy and accomplished career lives on through offspring offered on April 10. These G21 daughters out of Twilight Zone females are one of the most anticipated and possibly among the hottest offerings of the sale.
Stay tuned for a full program profile in the next issue of Bull Pen.