Hall of Fame Stock Contractor Neal Gay pass away |

Contents:

• PETE GAY
• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• LEGENDARY STOCK-CONTRACTOR, NEAL GAY, PASS AWAY AT AGE 96
• HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY
• ‘LEGENDARY’: NEAL GAY, FOUNR OF MQUE CHAMPNSHIP ROO, DI AT 96
• NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT
• MQUE ROO FOUNR GAY HONORED
• GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
• CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: FIRST GAY ROO
• MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

PETE 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.

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

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.

LEGENDARY STOCK-CONTRACTOR, NEAL GAY, PASS AWAY AT AGE 96

Don Gay. General ManagerColor CommentaryDon Gay is an Amerin eight-time Profsnal Roo Cowboys Associatn (PRCA) world champn bullrir.

His father, Neal Gay, was a well-known roo petor and roo producer. In 1997 he received the PBR’s Rg of 2007 Gay was ducted to the Texas Roo Cowboy Hall of Fame along wh his brothers Pete and. Earned membership PRCA 1970 while a sophomore at Mque High School.

World-renowned stock ntractor Neal Gay, a ProRoo Hall of Famer, passed away Aug. Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame Colorado Sprgs, Colo., 1993.

HALL OF FAME STOCK CONTRACTOR NEAL GAY PASS AWAY

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. In May 1958, Gay put Mque, Texas, on the map wh the openg of the Mque Champnship Roo partnership wh several other wboys.

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

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. That’s bee senr ntractor Jim Gay will brg 20 roo pani to make sure the 36 roo performanc are well stocked.

NEAL GAY’S PERSEVERANCE CATAPULTED ROO TO THE LIMELIGHT

“There’s nobody who n do Fort Worth by himself, ” Jim Gay said. That’s the reason Jim Gay, and his father, Neal, who began servg as the Stock Show Roo’s senr stock producer 1979, pledge to brg only their bt animals and they ask other stock ntractors on board to follow their example.

MQUE ROO FOUNR GAY HONORED

“There’s not any stock ntractor the roo bs who has enough livtock to put on the roo Fort Worth wh jt his livtock and keep a top qualy roo, ” Neal Gay said. Wh that md, the Gays brg the top end of their bull and bronc pen om their legendary roo firm lled the Rafter G Roo Co. “When you’re out to get the top qualy stock, you realize that everybody’s stock is not all good, ” Neal Gay said.

GAY ROO SPOTLIGHTED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT

The Gays’ roo pany is based Terrell. Out of that herd, they will e about 75 broncs and 50 bulls throughout the Fort Worth Roo, Jim Gay said.

For the whole Fort Worth n, more than 1, 200 bronc and bull ris will be ma on about 600 different animals, Jim Gay said. Over the years, the Gay fay has owned numero high-profile broncs and bulls wh nam such as Rgeye, Joe Cool and Kowabunga. The Gays also rec other firms such as the Frontier Roo Co., which has won the Profsnal Roo Cowboys Associatn’s Stock Contractor of the Year Award for the past two years.

The Gays also have reced the California-based firm Four Star Roo Co., which owns Yellow Fever, the top bull at the Dec. Wh all that livtock talent burstg om the inic whe chut the Will Rogers Colism, the Gays will work to assure that each wboy has a chance to earn a good sre.

CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: FIRST GAY ROO

“We hope to keep the qualy up, ” Jim Gay said. The Gays monly allow a stock ntractor to supply the animals for an entire signated performance and ask them to pick only their bt stock to appear wh that two-hour ntt. “I’ve had great stock ntractors such as Sammy Andrews provi the stock for a Saturday morng performance, ” Jim Gay said.

One of the hight marks pro roo history was ma by Neal Gay’s middle son, Don Gay, who earned a rerd eight PRCA world bull ridg tl the 1970s and 1980s. Don Gay turned a 97-pot effort on a bull named Osr at a then-famo season-closg roo at San Francis’s Cow Palace 1977. That leads to another fact about the Gay fay: They’re famo and have a slew of awards and aclas.

Neal Gay, 90, the fay patriarch, found the Mque Champnship Roo 1958.

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The Fort Worth Roo is by far the largt the Gay fay has produced. “You have to have good livtock to get the good wboys to e, ” Neal Gay said. “In most s, fans like to see the danger, ” Neal Gay said.

Dave Appleton of Fort Worth, the 1988 PRCA world all-around champn who specialized bareback and saddle bronc ridg and currently is a TV mentator for pro roos, said the Gays have a ep sire to produce a great roo. “Anybody who knows Neal Gay and even Jim knows that they take great pri puttg on a great show, ” Appleton said.