By Brian Hale
There’s no such thing as a re-ride on a Tooke bucking horse.
Ernest Tooke
Brian Hale : The Horseman’s Corner is an original production of Howard Hale Broadcasting on the air since 1994 with over 7,000 episodes with people involved in the world of horses. I’m Howard’s son Brian and we welcome you to the Horseman’s Corner.
Brian Hale : With Feek’s Vision about the legendary bucking horses out in theaters now, we are going to continue our conversation through Nelseena, our co-host, and Toby Tooke. Let’s listen in.
Nelseena Lehmann : Feeks’ biggest swear word was re-ride. He said, you didn’t get a re-ride on a Tooke horse, because he said if you thought the first one was not good, the second one was really going to eat your lunch.
Toby Tooke : Yep, and Feak always said that the most important people at a Tooke rodeo were the chute builders, because I’ve heard of the older Bronx getting run in and they have to stand there for a little bit. They would just splinter those chutes. Grandpa took a lot of pride in his horses, but if you made a good ride, he’s the first one to shake your hand and say good ride. If you got dumped, he was going to be the first one there to maybe give you a little poke. I know Ernest, it always irked him because we put on the rodeo’s and Miles City and Baker and Glendive. I’ve got the score cards in my office from some of those in Glendive where they do a Friday purse and a Saturday purse and I think in the Bareback and Saddle Bronx, both days out of, I don’t know if there was 40 total horses out, one guy rode.
Brian Hale : Those were some tough horses! We’ll have more with Toby Tooke on future episodes!
Brian Hale : The legendary Tooke bucking horses, find them on Facebook and find that movie near you. That’s going to do it for today’s horseman’s corner. Thanks again to our co-host Nelseena and Toby Tooke. Thanks again for listening and may God bless. I’m Brian Hale.
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