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Top saddle bronc horse laid to rest

RITZVILLE — Rodeo media is reporting that one of the top saddle bronc horses of the last 20 years has died.

Spring Planting, 22 years old, was the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association’s Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year in both 2009 and 2013, rodeo media reported, noting the horse died Feb. 23. Spring Planting was inducted into the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame, as well.

Rough stock with the Flying 5 Rodeo Co., Spring Planting was also a competitor from 2007-2019 at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev.

Retired in June 2022, the Spring Planting remained...

 

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