The Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn

Contents:

• NEAL GAY
• JIM GAY
• GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• KAY GAY
• NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT
• ‘LEGENDARY’: NEAL GAY, FOUNR OF MQUE CHAMPNSHIP ROO, DI AT 96
• GAY IDAHO TRAVEL GUI
• MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.
• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR
• CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: FIRST GAY ROO

NEAL GAY

“Neal Gay’s profsnal roo reer began as a nttant Atoka, Okla., 1945. Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle bronc, and bareback, and wrtled steers. “In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys, Gay as Managg Director.

Gay’s roo ntemporari pot to his early experience the productn and fancg of small roos Texas as an excellent example of what small muni n do. “Jim Gay serv as the General Manager of the Rafter G Roo Company.

“Pete Gay is a 3x qualifier to the Wrangler Natnal Fals the bull ridg. “For nearly 40 years, Rafter G has been brgg Kay Gay’s signature Palomo hors and pageantry to lns of roo fans.

JIM GAY

-NEAL GAY. NEAL GAY. Neal Gay’s profsnal roo reer began as a nttant Atoka, Okla., 1945.

KAY GAY. Kay Gay is an important part of Texas roo history.

JIM GAY. THE YOUNGEST SON OF NEAL AND KAY GAY, JIM GAY, CURRENTLY SERVES AS GENERAL MANAGER OF RAFTER G RODEO.

GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT

Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn.

You don't have to be gay to pete, you jt have to be of legal age. Gay Roo Spotlighted One-Night U of I Event. 10, 2023 — Universy of Idaho will host a one-night-only prentatn of Gay Roo — lookg to s historil and current role — wh gay roo participant and scholar Nicholas Villanueva at 6:30 p.

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

Profsors Rebec Sfield and Robert Caisley prevly llaborated to wre “That Damn Horse, ” a play g the words of gay roo participants and their dialogue om terviews, archiv and news articl. “We are exced to brg Nicholas and his knowledge of the gay roo to Mosw. Neal Gay, founr of Rafter G Roo Company, began managg the Stock Show's roo performanc 1979.

Neal Gay. " -NEAL GAY, Founr Rafter G Roo. Gay ro bulls, saddle broncs, bareback broncs and wrtled more than 90 years old, he regularly ris the Stock Show Roo’s lorful grand entry.

Kay GayA 2010 Natnal Cowgirl Mm and Hall of Fame ductee, Kay Gay is an in Texas roo history. Jim, Brenda, Summer and Megan GayJim Gay peted bull ridg, steer wrtlg, saddle bronc ridg and was a very acplished pick-up man. World-renowned stock ntractor Neal Gay, a ProRoo Hall of Famer, passed away Aug.

KAY GAY

Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame Colorado Sprgs, Colo., 1993.

NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT

Born June 25, 1926, Dallas, Gay ro bulls, saddle broncs and barebacks and wrtled steers. In 1957, Gay found Rafter G Roo, which still ns strong the heart of Texas three generatns later.

‘LEGENDARY’: NEAL GAY, FOUNR OF MQUE CHAMPNSHIP ROO, DI AT 96

In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys. Gay spoke on his roo reer an Dec.

Roo ns the fay for the Gays. “He would always say ‘God was first, fay was a close send, and the roo was right after that’, ” said Jim Gay.

Casey Harp, Assistant General Manager of Rafter G Roo, said whout Neal Gay roo wouldn’t be what is today. Gay also is a member of the Texas Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Ben Johnson Memorial Award om the Natnal Cowboy Roo Hall of Fame 2009. Much of the succs of Texas Mque Roo me as a rult of Kay Gay’s talents as a manager.

GAY IDAHO TRAVEL GUI

Wife of roo producer Neal Gay, of Mque, Texas, and mother of three roo champns-Don, Pete, and Jim Gay-she was an origal participant the creatn and anizatn of the Mque venue, a show that promot the sport of roo worldwi, via televisn. The Mque Roo origated 1958, when Neal Gay, roo champn Jim Shoulrs, and others bed their talent and experience. Sce then, Kay Gay has round up livtock, matched the clothg for the pickup men and flag bearers, and generally attend to the operatn’s tails.

On the Mque Roo Ranch, north of Terrell, Texas, Kay Gay breeds and tras hors for barrel-racg pletn. Neal Gay and Jim Shoulrs were loadg up to leave a roo California when Gay was stck wh spiratn, and he turned to his iend.

MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

“When I get back home, ” Gay told him, “I’m gog to see about buyg some property up there Mque and startg a roo. But as the pair drove home to Texas, and Shoulrs hand Gay a check for $10, 000. “I don’t know about this, Jim, ” Gay said.

5, Gay, now 93, will receive the Jim Shoulrs Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 PBR Hero & Legends Celebratn Las Vegas.

Gay, however, was ed a bull rir. “I thk I got started roo bee I didn’t want to work, ” Gay said wh a lgh an terview that will air durg the Hero & Legends ceremony. He and Shoulrs found the Mque Champnship Roo 1958 after Gay bought the land and built the arena.

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

Loted an area that was difficult to fd and accs, and g om such humble begngs, Gay spent some of those early weekends wonrg if he uld even afford to turn the arena lights on. Gay’s sons Pete, Don and Jim – all of whom went on to have teemed roo reers of their own – grew up hard at work at what turned to the fay roo.

Gay unequivolly did nothg halfway.

GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR

“Well, I gus hard-headns more than anythg else, ” Gay said wh a lgh of what kept him gog those tough early years.

This spir of perseverance helped Gay turn his roo to the place to be for Wtern sports fans, which eventually clud Prints Ronald Reagan and Gee W.

Gay had a iend the TV bs who thought would be a good ia, and he stck a al to get the roo filmed and aired on TV on the east ast.

CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: FIRST GAY ROO

Sudnly people were flockg to Mque – populatn 27, 000 the 1960s – to the pot that Gay add a performance to the roo. Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame as a stock ntractor 1993, but he says receivg his old iend and bs partner’s namake award means more to him than jt about anythg.

Feb 17 - 19, Arizona Gay Roo, Phoenix, AZ. Neal Gay, the man who found the Mque Champnship Roo, died Thursday at his ranch Terrell. He was Fort Worth Stock Show & Roo shared the news on Facebook, llg Gay a “patriarch” and a “legendary roo lear.

” The announcement was acpanied by a statement om Gay’s fay, who said they are thankful for the s of “wisdom, iendship and memori we have shared wh so many. ”“Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as we work to honor this great man, ” his fay Dallas 1926, Gay went on to start his reer as a roo nttant Oklahoma 1945, but his time ridg “was quickly overshadowed by his stock ntractg and roo productn skills, ” acrdg to the Profsnal Roo Cowboys Associatn. Breakg NewsGet the latt breakg news om North Texas and 1957, Gay found Rafter G Roo Terrell, which remas open three generatns later.