What happened to take care of business bull?
Takin' Care of Business appeared at the 1990 National Finals Rodeo. He was then retired and put out to stud until he died in 1999. Frost is buried near his hero and mentor, Freckles Brown, in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma.
Four days later, on Sunday, July 30, 1989, Lane drew the bull named "Takin' Care of Business". After successfully completing his ride he dismounted. Lane was then hit by the bull, breaking his ribs and severing a main artery. He died within moments.
A quarter-century ago, a 25-year-old bull rider named Lane Frost dropped down a bull named Taking Care Of Business on a dark, cloudy and drizzly Sunday afternoon at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Wyoming.
This event at the Colorado Springs Invitational Rodeo was the fifth time that Little Yellow Jacket had bucked Chris Shivers off. "He's one of the greatest bulls in the world," Shivers said after the ride.
Home to Bodacious
In one room is a memorial to the Andrews' legendary animal athlete, Bodacious. Sammy Andrews proudly wears a buckle awarded to him as owner of the best bucking bull at a National Finals Rodeo.
Prior to the 1987 NFR, the best cowboys were talking about Red Rock, who had just been announced as the 1987 PRCA Bull of the Year. The bull had 307 outs (trips out of the bucking chute) with no qualified rides by anyone.
Bodacious is most well known for his serious injury to bull riding icon Tuff Hedeman. Not long after, Bodacious also seriously injured Scott Breding. His owner, Sammy Andrews, then retired Bodacious.
Frost emerged the winner, 4-3. After an 85-point ride at 1989 Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Frost was hit in the back by the bull's horns and died (July 30) of internal injuries caused by broken ribs.
Bodacious will forever be linked to the career of bull rider Tuff Hedeman. Bodacious already had a reputation when he and Hedeman faced off in 1993. After failing to ride him the required 8 seconds on two occasions, Hedeman rode Bodacious for a masterful, near perfect 95 points in November 1993.
Who was the bull rider killed at the NFR?
Brent Thurman's death
Sunday, December 11, 1994, was the first time a bull riding incident resulted in the death of a bull rider at an NFR when Brent Thurman was stomped on and killed by Red Wolf. At the time, Red Wolf weighed 1,800 pounds (820 kg), a very large bull.
Lashawn Denise Bagley, 22, was arrested in Fort Bend County for the shooting death of bull rider Ouncie Mitchell, who died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
On June 8, 1994, Red Rock suffered a stroke while living out his retirement on the Growney ranch in Red Bluff, California. He "died while the vet was attending to him". He was 18 years old. John buried him under an oak tree on the ranch in Red Bluff.
Frost emerged the winner, 4-3. After an 85-point ride at 1989 Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Frost was hit in the back by the bull's horns and died (July 30) of internal injuries caused by broken ribs.
Bodacious developed a hoof infection when he was 12 years old. The medication used to cure the infection damaged his kidneys, and as a result, he died of kidney failure at 12 years of age in 2000. He died in his holding pen at the Andrews Rodeo Company Ranch on May 16, 2000.
Over the past two decades, Kellie has rebounded from the high-profile tragedy very well. In 1993, she married Mike Macy, who competed in team roping twice at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
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