Two trailblazing Queenslanders have made their mark at world-renowned rodeo events in the US that have traditionally excluded women.
Two trailblazing Queensland women have made history at world-renowned rodeo events in the United States that have traditionally excluded women.
It's the first time these American rodeos have opened their chutes to female participants from Australia. "As I walked up on the back of the chutes there, I just kind of looked out and I had a … moment of like, 'Holy dooly, I'm really here,'" she said.Emily Collits and Jaime-Lee Mant at the roughstock event in Deadwood.The rodeo hasn't seen a women's roughstock event in more than 80 years and the riders hope it sets the bar for future events.
Mant said there was a lot to be learnt about women's saddle requirements, horse and training needs to grow the sport back home. "I just seen an opportunity to help girls go ahead and compete [in the US] and get them schooled up safely, without any injury."The founder of Women's Ranch Bronc Championships in Texas, Daryl McElroy, worked with central Queensland trainer Ken Reid to organise this year's tour."We get emails and we get messages from all over the world and I'm just amazed by it."From a young age, horseriding became an obsession for Collits, who grew up on the Gold Coast.
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