Cole Patterson is a two-time and reigning World Champion Steer Roper that is heading to the National Finals Steer Roping coming November.
A pitstop along the way included the Texas Circuit Finals where Patterson won the Year End title.
“It was a good roping this morning. Scott [Snedecor] won the Average this morning and I won the Year End for the Texas Circuit and it was a good little confidence boost going into Mulvane to kind of make some good runs against some good ropers to try and get some confidence built up,” Patterson said.
Building confidence is crucial to the reigning World Champion as he retired his equine partner that carried him to his two Gold Buckles, Tigger.
“He was a great horse and he came around at the perfect time for me and my career. You know, I’d say some guys are lucky to have a horse like that one time in their career and it may not come right at the beginning that it did with me and that horse,” he said.
Patterson currently has a $19,000 lead in the World Standings over young gun Slate Wood. After a trying season, the end will be all the sweeter if Patterson finds himself with another World Title.
“I just try not to get too high on the wins or too low on the loses, just try to ride the wave, be as steady as I can,” Patterson said.
As Patterson gets ready to enter his sixth NFSR without Trigger, he prepares for a challenge that he says he hopes he is up to.
