![]() ![]() ![]() Devon broke his back here (at the Stampede), a vertebra. “It seems like it’s one thing after another in our family. His father, Rod, a 4-time Calgary Stampede saddle bronc champion, has a broken heel and sprained ankle, navigating being behind the chutes with his boys, and on The Cowboy Channel telecasts, with what Dawson describes as a ‘peg leg’. Older brother Logan is just off the injured list, managing recovery from elbow surgery. In fact, it’s a been a rough run for the whole clan. The rest of the saddle bronc-centric family can more than relate to Dawson Hay’s pain. She stayed hooked for the whole eight seconds,” Hay said. “The last trip I had on her was actually the same amount of points, but I think she was better today. Would’ve bucked me off with two good ankles!,” he said.įriday’s appointment had the much-improved result. Still, Hay won’t blame the ankle for his buck off on his opening ride Thursday at Calgary. “You can block a lot of pain out, out in the arena.” “They’ve been making it feel good for eight seconds anyways. Just basically a bad sprain, so just a little bit sore.”Ĭall that an understatement, but with the help of lots of ice and the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sports Medicine Team taping experts, Hay has been able to ride. “I just landed on it bad (at Ponoka) and it rolled and tore the ligaments out of it. I’m not going to be a foot model anytime soon,” jokes the 3-time NFR qualifier. “It was perfect until about halfway through the ride and then she had one little jump where she buried it, and I had to slide a whole bunch (of rein) and busted my hand open on my saddle swells.” “I’ve been on that horse before, and I went X and 5,” explained Hay of his rein length. It was the one hidden inside his left boot, just barely, that was worse. While a bloody knuckle seemed the most obvious pain, that was a mere surface wound. It paid off Friday for Dawson Hay at the Calgary Stampede, when he spurred to an 86-point ride on Calgary’s Yuppie Bubbles for the saddle bronc riding victory and $7,000. Playing through pain is part of the game in rodeo. ![]()
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