London Western Fair’s Agriplex played host to the Thunder of Hooves, the Pounding of Spectators’ Hearts, the Boom of Pyrotechnics and all of the Glitz and Glamour that goes into the Award Winning Rawhide Rodeo’s Extreme Tour Finals on December 30^th and 31^st, 2008.

The culmination of the 51^st season of rodeo brought the Ontario Finals Rodeo, mentioned herein as the OFR to a familiar venue, Stratford, Ontario. The Ontario Rodeo Association celebrated the biggest schedule in the Province with 12 events to qualify for the 3-Round intense competition held in conjunction with the 167^th Edition of the Stratford Fall Fair.

The great summer of '08 has been a season of road trips, feature events, sensational performances and non-stop adventure. The downside of the road holds the inability to share the stories...until now. I present to you, "The Catch-up Tales"...with supporting Videos and Pics.

June began with the "ORA Season Opener" in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. What was looking to be an amazing weekend weatherwise, turned into a Monsoon, and it was pretty much a mud bowl to walk around. The shows were solid, there were some good runs and rides, though I placed 6th and 6th...I caught everything thrown my way. Lindsay was also the weekend of the Pic-Axe monster, which will hold many memories for the "Raw Crew".