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Texas cowboy Rustin Jeffcoat had an eventful start, and likely finish, to the 2026 International Finals Youth Rodeo.
During the first round of the ******** bronc event in Shawnee on Sunday, July 12, Jeffcoat was bucked off and got his hand caught in the rigging. He was dragged around the arena for 40 seconds while pickup men tried to get his hand loose and the horse continued to buck.
The pickup men eventually calmed the horse and were able to get Jeffcoat free.
"I got bucked off on the wrong side and my hand just got hung up," Jeffcoat told The Oklahoman on Monday.
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Jeffcoat said he tore ligaments in his ankle and that he was "bruised up … but no broken bones."
The 18-year-old out of Splendora, Texas, said he likely will not return to compete during this year's IFYR, which runs through Friday, "unless some miracles happen."
Jeffcoat has big things on the horizon, though. He is headed to Sam Houston State University in the fall to compete for the rodeo team in ******** and team roping.
The IFYR is an annual event that brings high school rodeo competitors from across the country, as well as Australia, Canada and Brazil, to compete in barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, goat tying, team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding and ******** riding.
Events run simultaneously in three arenas at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Texas cowboy avoids serious injury in wild ride at IFYR in Shawnee
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During the first round of the ******** bronc event in Shawnee on Sunday, July 12, Jeffcoat was bucked off and got his hand caught in the rigging. He was dragged around the arena for 40 seconds while pickup men tried to get his hand loose and the horse continued to buck.
The pickup men eventually calmed the horse and were able to get Jeffcoat free.
"I got bucked off on the wrong side and my hand just got hung up," Jeffcoat told The Oklahoman on Monday.
More: Boley Rodeo and museum celebrate Black cowboy legacy
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Jeffcoat said he tore ligaments in his ankle and that he was "bruised up … but no broken bones."
The 18-year-old out of Splendora, Texas, said he likely will not return to compete during this year's IFYR, which runs through Friday, "unless some miracles happen."
Jeffcoat has big things on the horizon, though. He is headed to Sam Houston State University in the fall to compete for the rodeo team in ******** and team roping.
The IFYR is an annual event that brings high school rodeo competitors from across the country, as well as Australia, Canada and Brazil, to compete in barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, goat tying, team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding and ******** riding.
Events run simultaneously in three arenas at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center in Shawnee.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Texas cowboy avoids serious injury in wild ride at IFYR in Shawnee
Continue reading...
