Princton's Reva Shopshire is working to pursue her rodeo dreams.
Shopshire has competed at numerous events from local rodeos in Keremeos and Princeton to the British Columbia Rodeo Association Interlakes Rodeo in Lone Butte and the Omak Stampede in Omak, Wash.
Shopshire got her start in high school rodeo and has been competing in rodeo events for the past three years. For the past two years, she has also represented her community as the Stan Thompson Memorial Rodeo Queen.
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For Shopshire, taking part in the rodeo is taking part in a family tradition.
The Shopshire Ranch in Princeton, founded in 1909, has been home to cattle, cow horses, and a proud ranching and rodeo heritage for more than a century.
Today, Shopshire carries on that legacy, competing in barrel racing, breakaway roping, goat tying and ladies cow riding, where she tied for first place on her second try.
Her horse is Stella, a buckskin mare with a connection to the family.
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She added that her father is a former bull rider who recently competed at the Bella Coola Rodeo, his first rodeo event in 30 years.
Preparing for rodeo requires a lot of work.
For Shopshire, this involves plenty of range riding with Stella. The family also recently built a new arena and roping chutes for home training.
This year, Shopshire recently retired her barrel horse, Hot Shot, and is looking for a new mount.
Her goals involve competing in big rodeo events, including the Big Bang Barrel Race in Alberta.
