Three Generations, One Rodeo Legacy: Trish Johnston, Tayla Pierce & Katie Pierce

Three generations. One rodeo family. And a whole lot of heart.

In this beautiful episode, Prue sits down with Trish Johnston, her daughter Tayla Pierce and granddaughter Katie Pierce for an uplifting conversation about women in rodeo, family legacy, resilience and finding your way through the hard chapters.

Their family story has not been without heartbreak. In 1991, Trish’s husband at the time, Dave, was involved in a tragic bull accident that changed life as they knew it. But through grief, adversity and rebuilding, Trish and the girls have continued to carry forward the sport their family loves so deeply.

This episode is not about the accident. It is about the women who kept showing up.

From Trish’s strength, perspective and the life she has built around rodeo, to Tayla’s journey forging her own path both in and out of the arena, to Katie stepping confidently into her own chapter as the next generation, this conversation celebrates the women behind the legacy. It is full of warmth, courage, humour, family pride and the kind of country grit that only comes from living the rodeo life.

It is a story about mothers, daughters and granddaughters, rodeo families and the quiet strength it takes to keep going.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Recorded on location at some of Australia's biggest Western events, we're bringing you the stories you don't hear from the standard. I'm Free Houston, Rodeo Reporter with M5 Rodeo Promotions, and this is Beyond the Buckle, the podcast where we go past the arena and into the stories, the people and the partnership behind it all. And in this episode, you're getting a real look behind the scenes. So let's get into it. Rodeo's always been built on moments, eight seconds in the arena, that can change everything. For this family, one of those moments came in 1991 when a bull riding accident at a country rodeo changed the course of life as they knew it. But this story isn't about that moment, it's about what came after. Because while the arena may have gone quiet for a while, this family didn't. They kept showing up, they kept riding, and over time, they built something even stronger than what was there before. Today, that legacy lives on in three women: a mother, a daughter, and a granddaughter, all stepping into the same arena in their own way. This is a story of resilience, yes, but more than that, it's a story of women who didn't step away from the life they loved, they rode forward. Trish Johnston, Taylor, and Katie Pierce, welcome to Beyond the Buckle. Thanks for having us. I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to be here at the Man from Snowy River Festival, which we are recording live at now, and everyone my first time here, but obviously you guys are well versed with this place, so it's gonna be fun. Alright, I'm gonna start with you, Trish. Yep. What was it about horses and bowel racing that first pulled you in? Pony club. Right, so way back. Way back. Beautiful. Yep. And you grew up obviously around all of horses, so on the land, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:46

Yeah, my dad was a driver on horses all the time.

SPEAKER_01 1:49

Beautiful. So there really wasn't a choice in it, hey. Back in those early days, what did rodeo life look like for you back then?

SPEAKER_03 1:58

What did it look like? Wild. Yeah, on the road. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. On the road. It took me a little while to get to get started because it was, you know, when you'd come from a big family, I had no way of getting around.

SPEAKER_01 2:14

Yep.

SPEAKER_03 2:14

And I was about 19 when I got really going.

SPEAKER_01 2:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:19

And yeah, it took me a few years to step up and start winning some money.

SPEAKER_01 2:23

Nice. It was always barrels.

SPEAKER_03 2:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:25

Oh no, I've done some robin tooth. Okay. Yeah. Fantastic. And in those early years, obviously, Dave played a big role in that world being the. Oh, the main role, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 2:35

Yeah. He was a yeah. When I first met him, he was all riding, bareback riding champion, and he used to step in and help do a little bit of announcing when the announcers needed somebody, and then he more or less took over the announcing.

SPEAKER_01 2:47

Yeah, it's quite the character, yeah. Yeah, he was a character. And Taylor, obviously, you were just a baby when everything happened, but rodeo's in your blood, obviously. When did bow racing become kind of your thing and not just something you were living around?

SPEAKER_05 3:02

Oh, I think it's always always been my thing. I just don't know any different. Yeah. I think I, you know, was started competing at rodeos when I was about four, like as soon as I could sort of ride off the lead. I don't, you know, I don't have many memories when I haven't been bow racing or riding horses.

SPEAKER_01 3:21

That's so great. And Katie, what do you love most about being in this world?

SPEAKER_02 3:26

Bow racing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:28

You were great too. I saw you speeding out there last night. Hey. Trish, there were a lot of reasons you could have stepped away, but you didn't. What kept you here?

SPEAKER_03 3:38

I wanted Taylor to grow up and experience the rodeo world because that's what Dave would have wanted.

SPEAKER_01 3:45

Yeah. No, beautiful.

SPEAKER_03 3:46

And I I just I loved it too so much so.

SPEAKER_01 3:48

Yeah, and that's the thing, you getting back in the saddle as well was important. Yeah. Yeah. No, you can't. Yeah, yeah, it got me through. Yeah. Did continuing in the sport feel like kind of your way of uh holding on to that life but also creating a new path? Most definitely, yes, yeah. Yeah, no, and you you know, it would have been an extra tragedy for you to have stepped away from this world as well because it's your love, you know?

SPEAKER_03 4:11

Yeah, I can't imagine doing anything else.

SPEAKER_01 4:13

Yeah, no, perfect, exactly. Was there a moment that kind of changed things where you were out there competing now for the future rather than kind of making up for the past?

SPEAKER_03 4:25

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:26

Yeah, yeah. Do you remember that?

SPEAKER_03 4:28

Yeah, uh, just I can't but scribe it.

SPEAKER_01 4:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:32

It's you know, it's all it's all that I've ever wanted to do. And not having Davy there, it was different. But I just it got me through.

SPEAKER_01 4:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:44

Riding the horses, it that just got me through.

SPEAKER_01 4:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:48

And having Taylor come into it too made it extra special. And now, especially with Katie.

SPEAKER_01 4:53

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_05 4:55

Not that special because she's gonna be beating us super soon.

SPEAKER_01 4:59

Yeah, we've got to keep an eye on these juniors, they're absolutely smashing.

SPEAKER_05 5:03

Already for me, anyway. I've got my mum and my daughter beating the money. Well, that's right.

SPEAKER_01 5:08

Right, I mean you've got you know that family legacy, but like, how do you make it your own? Like you go out there and you're just thinking about your run or what's it?

SPEAKER_05 5:16

Yeah, like you, you know, you want to do the best for yourself and your horse, but obviously, like it's there's so much camaraderie in in bowel racing. Like, you just because you want, you know, to to win and go best, you still want you know, all your mates and stuff to do well as well. I I wouldn't I'm like there screaming on the sidelines where you know mum and Katie Ride and lots of friends and want to see them do well as well.

SPEAKER_01 5:41

That's beautiful, and it sets a great tone for the juniors to see that you know, the the seasoned girls cheering each other on. Oh, yeah. You know, there's like everyone obviously has that edge and their competition, but you want to see your friends doing well, so it's a great sure.

SPEAKER_05 5:56

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 5:57

That's perfect. So last night was pretty sentimental in the fact that all three of you got to run, and that's something that doesn't often happen because they don't race everybody together. Take me back to that moment last night, all three of you. Like, what did it feel like at that time?

SPEAKER_03 6:15

Oh, so proud of Katie, I know that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:19

Me too. Katie actually just tipped her first drum last night, but funny story, she she clocked to be fifth, and um mum ended up fifth. So she actually had the fastest time with all three of us, but it it is truly special to to compete, you know, with with with all of us. There's like lots of little jokes and rivalry.

SPEAKER_03 6:43

I could hear Katie cheering me on when I was out there riding. Wow, and that made me feel good. That's it's pretty cool here too.

SPEAKER_05 6:49

Like um, you know, Katie and I'm 20 minutes the other side of Corion, Mum's 10 minutes, you know, this side, and you know, I guess it's our it's our hometown rodeo and makes it a little bit extra special. We've got like all the Bronx and stuff here as well, the extreme bronx and the festival. So I know it's a really nice big family.

SPEAKER_01 7:10

It's just been amazing, and you know, Trish, you were out there on the arena last night when the girls were running, so you were you ran to pick up the barrels and that sort of thing. But what was going through your mind when you you know you saw the girls out there?

SPEAKER_03 7:22

Oh, Katie just made me so proud.

SPEAKER_01 7:24

Yeah, yeah. Good job, babe. Uh, you do you think um in those sort of quiet moments you reflect on how far you've come, like we're standing out there watching it all?

SPEAKER_03 7:36

Yeah, yeah. Because when as I was riding up the alleyway last night to go in, someone yelled out, Go, old girl. I thought, oh, that's it wasn't us, I promise. It made me grin and then I thought I better concentrate now.

SPEAKER_01 7:51

Yeah, absolutely. But Taylor, for you, how did it feel sharing this space with you know your mum and your daughter?

SPEAKER_05 7:57

Like oh, I yeah, I I love it. It's yeah, but there's no there's you know, way to describe it like mum said it's I'm so proud of us all, really. Like, yeah, we we all are very passionate about it, and yeah, no, it's it's very special. And definitely we take it for granted.

SPEAKER_01 8:18

Yeah, well, do you know what though? It's conversations like this where you know you can sort of maybe let that weight sink in, and sort of someone like me, you know, aspiring to that lifestyle and thinking, you know, this is exactly how I'd love my daughter to experience life, and even just everything about this whole festival says that to me. So, you know, it's nice to sometimes take a step back and you know be reminded of that. But Katie, what did that experience mean for you? Were you a bit nervous or were you just I was very nervous? You didn't look it. No, she never looks never looks it, but you were happy with your run and you felt pretty special out there? Yeah, but you're no stranger to being out in the arena because you do sing the national anthem at the M5 Radios, and you've done a beautiful job with these ones, even just this morning. Like they threw you in at the last minute. Do you do you do you feel that when you're out there that you're just everyone's stopped, a whole stadium, like you could drop a pin?

unknown 9:15

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 9:15

Does it feel do you feel nervous when you're out there doing that?

SPEAKER_02 9:19

No, I only get a bit nervous coming up the alley.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

Right. Yeah. Not singing though, you don't get nervous. When you sing, who do you look at? Do you find someone in the crowd or do you just focus?

SPEAKER_02 9:30

Um I just sometimes I look at someone and then I just I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 9:37

If you look at me, I'd be crying because you every all summer long. Doesn't matter how many times I've heard it, it's my favorite part of the rodeo. Don't tell all the other girls that though. I do like watching the rode, but I do love to hear you say so. Well done to you. And congratulations also, because just this morning you were awarded the Stockman's Heritage Award, which was a bit of a surprise. Were you expecting anything like that? No, that's amazing. I did chat to Terry from RM Williams about that, and he just said it was really important to honour the heritage, and they saw you and your attack and everything, and thought, what a beautiful way to be bringing the generation through. So well done.

SPEAKER_02 10:19

Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 10:20

And you got a big prize too, I heard.

SPEAKER_02 10:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

Have fun shopping with that, hey?

SPEAKER_02 10:26

Definitely need some new boots.

SPEAKER_01 10:27

Oh well, they'll I'm sure they'll look after you for sure. Taking a quick break here to thank our supporters, the Man from Snowy River Bush Festival. One of Australia's most iconic celebrations of horsemanship and Western lifestyle. And of course, where this episode of Beyond the Buckle was recorded. Now let's get back to it. Alright, Trish. So your bowel racing career, you know, it's given you a lot of wins and you know, personal wins as well as competitions. But like, you know, when it was, you know, life was asking the most from you, what do you think bowel racing gave you?

SPEAKER_03 11:05

That's a hard question. It just gave me confidence in myself. Yep. I can understand that. I just I love winning, but I love just riding. Yeah. And and especially because it it just brings me together with the kids, the grandkids, like it's that's our thing.

SPEAKER_01 11:28

Yeah. And your connection to two horses and your horses has been really important in your life, hasn't it?

SPEAKER_03 11:34

Oh yeah. Mike Taylor always used to say I used to love me horses more because she still does.

SPEAKER_01 11:41

Well, I mean, I have walked around the house. There is an equal amount of photos of horses and you. So but yeah, no, I don't know. You've you know you've had some big stories with with horses in your life, and I know some you know heartbreaking stories which we don't have to go into, but but certainly tell us a little bit about the horse you're on now and your relationship to the house.

SPEAKER_03 12:01

Oh, Winnie come from Western Australia. It's taken me five years to to actually start winning. Not placing every weekend. She she gets me in there every weekend, and though she's just hitting her peaks right now.

SPEAKER_01 12:14

Yep, very happy with her. That's amazing. And you've got a couple of horses on the property. What are your plans for the new ones coming through the ranks?

SPEAKER_03 12:23

Um Willow, she's my very favourite. Yes, the great horse. Yes. She won me the Marmon Express, the sprint race.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

Yeah, that's right.

SPEAKER_03 12:32

And she was just starting to place me in. You went to the finals, right? Yeah, I went to the finals on it. She was just starting to come good. And then she's come down with the lameness, and um she's she's in foal now, which is good. Excuse me. I'm just gonna get that happening, but that's something to look forward to in September.

SPEAKER_01 12:51

And will that be a foal you bring through the ranks yourself, or do you think Oh I'd like to think so, but I might be getting a bit too old.

SPEAKER_03 12:57

I might this one over here might be getting that one.

SPEAKER_01 13:00

Oh, look out. That's exciting.

SPEAKER_03 13:02

Taylor, I just brought past you.

SPEAKER_05 13:03

She bought the horses and the grandkids, and she loves both of those things.

SPEAKER_01 13:08

No, and obviously, like you know, Taylor's the sports shaped you. So, how how what's your relationship like with your horses?

SPEAKER_05 13:17

Um, yeah, uh mine aren't as spoiled as mum's. Okay, yeah. Um they do love that that clover out there. But um, no, I I think they, you know, you only get what you put in. So my my favourite horse ever, Money, that I've rode the last sort of six years, she's won everything for me. She retired, she had an injury just at Christmas time and um a sort of yeah, career-ending injury, unfortunately, but she is now you know fat and happy in the paddock, which is all I care about. So it's you know gonna be a bit of a long, long road to replace her, and I think I sort of compare every other horse to her, so it's hard, and I've I've gotta stop doing that. But yeah, no, I've got a I've got another horse streak coming along. You know, he's we're a bit hit and miss at the moment, but I feel like he's you were on last night. Uh no, no. I actually rode a guy of Leslie Moore. She was like lovely enough to let me jump ride him, which I'd you know, jumped on him 20 minutes before, and he was so cool. I didn't do him, I didn't give him the best navigation.

SPEAKER_01 14:34

Is that something you you would do often in in just um not that often.

SPEAKER_05 14:38

I I have like rode a fair few, you know, uh friend sources and stuff at times. I didn't think Street was quite ready. He's been out with injury as well, but he'll he'll be back next weekend at Homebush. But yeah, no, uh I yeah, like I said, they're not as spoiled as mum's, but I do like I do love them the same though.

SPEAKER_01 15:00

Yeah, no, that's beautiful. And Katie, tell me about your relationship with your horse, which is just parked right over behind us.

SPEAKER_03 15:07

But tell me a little bit. Someone's got it.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:10

Well, I just think I always have to think about him first now.

SPEAKER_01 15:17

Good horse woman, that is a good horsewoman, yes. What is your horse's name? Pepper. Pepper, that's right. And so you sang on Pepper today, and that was apparently the best you've actually done in like you came across. I mean, I heard it from over here, it sounded just as lovely as always. But is that something you'd like to do a little bit more often now? Yeah, Pepper likes the crowd too. Yeah, that's great. And what is some things you want to accomplish when you're when you're working on your horse? Just be barrels or anything else?

SPEAKER_02 15:49

Make it to the finals a lot.

SPEAKER_01 15:50

Yes, of course. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:54

And just get him going really good.

SPEAKER_01 15:56

I love that. So I was thinking when we're in the crowd, because I did tell everyone that was sitting around us, the three of you were out there and you know, kind of painting that picture for just the people we were chatting with. But if someone was, you know, watching you guys compete last night, like are you hoping to sort of you know give that feeling of this is generational and that family legacy and that sort of stuff? That's definitely, yeah, it's definitely a family sport. Yeah, it's keep going.

SPEAKER_05 16:24

Yeah, it's our it's our life, really. Like, I don't know what we'd like to do.

SPEAKER_03 16:28

I don't know what we'd talk about if we did if we didn't have this.

SPEAKER_05 16:31

Yeah, we'd have a lot more money, I know that much. Yeah, no, I think it is special. Like, I guess, like you said before, we don't really think about it too much. It's just normal for us, that's what we do, like you know, most weekends. But then, like, it takes yeah, someone to go, oh my god, like you know, you're you're riding and your mum's riding, and you know, like it's um you don't really realize it's just normal.

SPEAKER_01 16:55

It's special, yeah, too. Special really it is special and it's normal for you, but it's also so not as common in any other sporting fields. I feel like this rodeo does connect, and you know, like like I said when we were speaking last night to people around us, you know, that you can have someone who's 11 racing at the same time as more of the seasoned performers, and it's it's actually not many sports where you can come across three generations all performing amazingly well. Yep. So, yeah, it is it is pretty super, and I guess Trish, you know, looking at the generations coming through, not just Katie but all of the junior athletes, yeah. Like, what do you think you're most proud of when you see that?

SPEAKER_03 17:37

It's just great seeing them come into it. Yeah, and um I know that's how it is. You just see and it's great. My generation could you see the kids coming up that I knew their mum and dad? And yeah, and they just keep coming. That's what I'm saying. I'll bet you that's what's and so-and-so's kids. It is, you know.

SPEAKER_01 17:55

Yeah, absolutely. Do you feel like everything's kind of been set up well for these kids to progress through the sport? Yeah, yeah, maybe not as much adversity as maybe you had.

SPEAKER_03 18:09

It's just they either want to do it or they just quit.

SPEAKER_01 18:13

Right.

SPEAKER_03 18:15

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_05 18:17

Opportunities, as in there's so many bowel races and clinics and things to get going, and even like social media, like out you can probably jump on YouTube and get some bowel racing lessons to people starting out and everything, like whereas you know, they wouldn't it would have been a lot different back then. No, no, no mobile. But there's there's so many opportunities for kids to come through, and the horses have like come, oh my god, they've they've come such a long way, even in the last five and ten years. The horsepower that we're seeing in the bowel racing world is just unbelievable.

SPEAKER_03 18:50

Yeah, it's changed, it's changed. Like horses that because of the mobile phone, you just see all the in the stakes, what they're doing, and you just that you have to adapt and get better all the time.

SPEAKER_05 19:00

I guess, like, you know, even when I was a kid, there might be like you might look at the drawer and see five people that you think, oh they could win, like, you know, but now you look at 40 drawer 40, and you think, oh, any one of those girls can can actually come out and win, like it's so so competitive, like so tough.

SPEAKER_01 19:21

And doesn't that just bode so well for the future of rodeo though? Because those girls are going to come through.

SPEAKER_03 19:26

It's good, good seeing different ones placed and yeah, yeah, yeah. Not all the same ones all apply.

SPEAKER_01 19:31

And then also the opportunities with the connection to overseas, like the scholarships to col college rodeo. I mean, would you have ever thought in your whole world, Trish, that that's like something that people, you know, that your grandkids could look at doing?

SPEAKER_03 19:45

Well, Taylor's husband, he went to college over there.

SPEAKER_05 19:48

He was in college for five years in Texas.

SPEAKER_01 19:50

Amazing, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 19:51

The kids I know have their sort of slights settled, they're a bit young yet, but they they reckon that's what they're doing. I've told them they can never leave me.

unknown 19:59

But yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:00

So you might be taking out residence in Texas then. It's a long way, I know. I I I think though, just the opportunity is incredible of what they're then exposed to in that college rodeo scene and that Texas rodeo scene, which obviously is you know the pinnacle of rodeoing in in the States, seeing that all in action. So, do you see your journey going that way? Yeah. Gonna have to tell mum yet.

SPEAKER_05 20:28

Katie will be alright. I think she'll be right. Mum and dad, that she's gonna come out.

SPEAKER_01 20:33

Dad'll be dad'll be moving in next door. Yeah. Hi, quick favour before we jump back in. If you're loving this episode, don't keep it to yourself. Send it to a mate, share it on your socials, hit follow, or even better, drop us a review. It helps us keep showing up and bringing you more from this Western world we all love. Okay, now let's get back into it. So we are gonna go around a little bit and look at some kind of like quick quick quick questions about what you think about certain things, and it it this is probably me. I think it one word answers, Trish. So you're gonna smash this. So, one word to describe horse riding. Love it. Two words. Uh one word. So you got stuff fast. Oh, I like that. Special. Special, that's beautiful. One word to describe your family. She's sticking in.

SPEAKER_05 21:34

Uh wild. I like the way you think.

SPEAKER_01 21:38

I really like it. What about you, doll?

SPEAKER_02 21:41

Different.

SPEAKER_01 21:42

Okay. That's fair enough. Okay, a word to describe your favorite feeling in the arena. Adrenaline. That was my word.

SPEAKER_05 21:54

Oh, she's jumped in on you. I love adrenaline. Gonna say it's another word for adrenaline.

SPEAKER_02 22:02

What's adrenaline? Like that pumps.

SPEAKER_01 22:05

Yeah, that fast feeling of like excitement. I'm going adrenaline as well. Well, you can have the same one. I didn't yeah, that's right. What about you, Katie? One word to describe your favourite arena feeling.

SPEAKER_02 22:19

At the end, when they say that you're leaving it.

SPEAKER_05 22:24

Winning! That's two words as well. That is exciting.

SPEAKER_02 22:32

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 22:32

Winning. Achievement. That's probably closer to it. What keeps you coming back? Adrenaline.

SPEAKER_05 22:44

I mean pride.

SPEAKER_01 22:45

Beautiful. What about you? Is this a one-word answer? It is. You can have two though. I'll let I'll let I'll spend the rules for you. Even more. Just say whatever comes to mind. Money. Money! Okay. These cubes are incredible. Oh my god, I love it. Yours would be addiction, I reckon.

SPEAKER_03 23:05

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:06

You're addicted. I mean, for the best reasons ever.

SPEAKER_03 23:09

You're probably right, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 23:10

Yeah, you love it. I see, I see you when you're down here. And yeah, exactly. And how about, and this can be more than one word, in fact, this one. What's a message you want to tell women in rodeo?

SPEAKER_03 23:24

Never give up.

SPEAKER_01 23:26

I like it.

SPEAKER_05 23:27

Yeah, just everyone has ups and downs. Just persevere. Get help. There's so many, so many wonderful women involved in bowel racing that I'm more than happy to help. Like, just ask the question. Don't struggle by yourself and yeah, same as on. Like, keep going.

SPEAKER_01 23:44

Like, it'll it'll become good. That's right. And as the youngest woman in rodeo in this family, what do you think?

SPEAKER_02 23:52

That you should probably go to some clinics, there's a lot of them.

SPEAKER_01 23:56

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 23:58

Start some YouTube videos up.

SPEAKER_01 24:00

Yeah. And how do you feel about the fact that you have two of the most experienced bowel racers right here at your Beck and Call? Like, you got a bit of an edge, right?

unknown 24:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:11

Do you like to capitalise on that or are you more like, hmm, I'll figure it out?

SPEAKER_02 24:16

I think they're very good.

SPEAKER_01 24:18

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 24:18

And that I'm really happy that I'm their daughter, granddaughter. So they can help me a lot.

SPEAKER_05 24:24

That is definitely. Do you listen when we tell you things of sharps when we're practicing?

SPEAKER_02 24:29

Yes, I do. That is the challenge.

SPEAKER_01 24:33

Well, this will be our little last segment that we do, but we like to have it at the end of the podcast, which is called the Buckle List. So it's kind of a play on bucket list, but it's basically a goal that maybe is swimming around in your head about the future, whether it's rodeo-based or just life in general, but something that's sort of sitting high on the list that you want to achieve. So, Trish, I'll let you go first.

SPEAKER_03 24:59

I've got a young horse that's related to my two ex-bell racers, same breed.

SPEAKER_01 25:07

I want to achieve to win on her. Beautiful. I love that. And what does that look like? Is that in this next season, or what are we thinking?

SPEAKER_03 25:15

I'll give her two years.

SPEAKER_01 25:17

Yep. Nice. So you've got patience and you're ready to go.

SPEAKER_03 25:20

Yeah, I've got heaps of patience. I'm still here.

SPEAKER_01 25:24

Oh, I love that. That's amazing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 25:26

Uh my goal, short-term goal this year would be I want to win an open rodeo on street. Yeah, I've won 1Ds and things, and like I said, add a few rough patches with him, but I reckon that hopefully is a yeah, achievable. Beautiful. It's not a huge one, but it's a good goal. It'd be huge for me.

SPEAKER_01 25:48

No, no, it's it's a great goal. And Katie, what do you think?

SPEAKER_02 25:51

I hope I can make it to the finals this year.

SPEAKER_01 25:54

Fabulous.

SPEAKER_05 25:55

So you've got one rodeo left to decide, and she's sitting seventh at the moment. Okay. It can all it all comes down to the milliseconds, though, doesn't it? No, not shimmer's not in there. And that's an emerald, so she makes it. We've got to go all the way to emerald for the junior NFR.

SPEAKER_01 26:13

Wow. Do you know what's interesting about that question? I've asked that question this whole event, the buckleess one. And I actually love that all three of you just immediately knew what you want to achieve, which just I think speaks volumes as to the fact that you're focused women and that you know you knew exactly what you wanted to achieve. We're jumping in here really quickly to tell you that this episode is proudly powered by M5 Rodeo Promotions. If you're chasing real rodeo, M5 is where you'll find it. Real cowboys, real competition, no fluff. Check out M5 Rodeo Promotions online to see where the next showdown is. And we'll see you at the shoots. Now, back to the story. If I was to put you guys on the spot and ask, um, who would be whose horse would you steal for a barrel race if you had a choice?

SPEAKER_05 27:01

Out of uh three.

SPEAKER_03 27:02

Winnie.

SPEAKER_01 27:03

Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 27:06

No, I'm happy with Winnie. All right.

SPEAKER_01 27:09

Yep, fabulous. And uh who's the biggest Larrican out of the three of you? Nice one. Who gets the most nervous before a run but actually does great?

SPEAKER_03 27:23

Oh, Rick and Taylor.

SPEAKER_05 27:25

I don't know if I get nervous.

SPEAKER_03 27:28

I'm over that. I'm I went through that stage. You do go through that stage when you're bar racing.

SPEAKER_05 27:33

Yep.

SPEAKER_03 27:33

But yeah. And when I just when I see young girls come in, they say, Oh, I'm so nervous, I said, darling, it's only a bar race, it's not life or death. Just do your best. Yes, no, beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 27:45

Yeah, and it's good to keep that that in mind. Yeah. This might cause some controversy, Taylor. Who's the most fashionable?

SPEAKER_04 27:53

Men! Well see, it's an equal. I'm a playing jane.

SPEAKER_01 27:59

Do you know what though? It's all in the beholder because I'm looking going, this is classic, this is just beautiful. Classic cowgirl, but you know, then there's the bling bling. The bling bling here.

SPEAKER_03 28:09

Usually a little bit of say, you know, she likes that.

SPEAKER_05 28:11

They're like bright, bright, sparkly, and lingy, these two do.

SPEAKER_01 28:15

Always been like that, colourful. Who takes the longest to get ready?

SPEAKER_04 28:20

Katie.

SPEAKER_01 28:21

But my you're already just so perfect. What are you talking about?

SPEAKER_02 28:24

I have a lot to do.

SPEAKER_01 28:26

Right. Respect, I understand. That's that's how they're.

SPEAKER_05 28:34

Oh my goodness, really? We're always saying, get out of the mirror.

SPEAKER_01 28:38

Do you do you like the the camp life though? You somehow balance, you know, all of that prep with still, you know, you don't mind?

SPEAKER_02 28:46

No, I don't care.

SPEAKER_01 28:47

Perfect blend. A little bit of, you know, grit and grind, and then a little bit of diva in there. Perfect. Cowgirl queen. I might wrap up with our little closer. Thank you, all girls, really, a lot though. But in closing, yes, some moments change everything, but what we've heard today is what it looks like to keep going after that moment. To keep showing up, to keep riding, to keep building something that didn't end, it evolved. Three generations of women not just connected by family, but by strength, by choice, and by the arena. And honestly, that's the kind of legacy you don't just talk about, you feel it. Ladies, thank you very much for joining us on Beyond the Buckle. It's been an absolute pleasure.

SPEAKER_05 29:31

Thanks for having us.

SPEAKER_01 29:34

That is it for this episode of Beyond the Buckle, recorded on location at some of Australia's biggest Western events, bringing you the stories you don't hear from the stands. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you're following on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube so you don't miss what's coming next. Because the arena is only part of it. The rest happens beyond the buckle.

SPEAKER_03 29:55

That's really good to meet you.

SPEAKER_01 29:57

Thank you. That's why I read it. I just wanted to make sure it conveyed what I wanted to say because I just hate to go away later and go, I should have said that.

SPEAKER_03 30:06

No, that was beautiful.

SPEAKER_01 30:07

But yeah, I wanted to paint that picture, and I think that's important and to shine the light on you know the positivity of family and rodeo. So thank you so much for making the time.