{"id":919,"date":"2011-08-22T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/?p=919"},"modified":"2011-08-22T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:59:20","slug":"jane-melby-and-rc-back-in-black-win-the-2011-jasper-ab-pro-rodeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/jane-melby-and-rc-back-in-black-win-the-2011-jasper-ab-pro-rodeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Melby and RC Back in Black win the 2011 Jasper, AB Pro Rodeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were able to do a quick interview this morning with Jane Melby.\u00a0 Jane and her mare RC Back In Black just won the Pro Rodeo in Jasper, AB this past weekend with a smoking time of 13.07 seconds.\u00a0 Here is what Jane had to tell us:<\/p>\n<p>-What is the name of the horse you ran?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">RC Back In Black aka Beauty<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-How old is she?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-How long have you been running barrels on Beauty?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I\u2019ve owned her for exactly a year now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What is the training background on this horse?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Purchased her from a lady by the name of Diane Moe in Minnesota.\u00a0 Between her, myself and my husband we made her the horse she is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What is your training and riding style with this particular horse?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">She\u2019s incredibly fast so I try to just stay ahead of her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What is it you liked best about Beauty?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Her speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-How did you feel your run was at Jasper?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I felt my run was very nice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What sorts of things do you do to prepare for your rodeo runs?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Keep her happy and calm, the barrel racing part of it is pretty easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What kind of saddle do you use?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Stoney<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What kind of pad do you use?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Diamond Wool<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What kind of bit(s) do you\u00a0use? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Carolina bits<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-How do you keep your horses in shape and feeling fresh with all the traveling? \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I feel taking them out of all commotion and letting them relax for a few days is very important.\u00a0 Today I phoned a private place to stay at for her two days off until the Lethbridge Pro Rodeo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-Are there any specific goals you have set for yourself and Beauty this rodeo season? \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To make the NFR and possibly the CFR.\u00a0 I\u2019m on the bubble for both. \u00a0Beauty had an abscess after the finals at Ponoka and had to be out for awhile \u2013 we\u2019re just getting back running now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-What lead you to be a barrel racer? \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I\u2019ve kind of done it my whole life.\u00a0 I started out when I was a little girl, my dad liked to see me go fast and I\u2019ve just gone from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-If you were to share a training\/rodeo tip what would it be?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Have a positive attitude. \u00a0It\u2019s very important to have and at this time of the year you either have it or you don\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_920\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RC-Back-in-Black.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-920\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-920\" title=\"Pedigree for RC Back in Black\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RC-Back-in-Black-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RC-Back-in-Black-300x178.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RC-Back-in-Black.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beauty&#39;s Pedigree - click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Jane&#8217;s second go run at the 2011 National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO.\u00a0 You can also watch more run of Jane and RC Back in Black off of her YouTube Channel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/JaneMelby\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rHcAhk8vy78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were able to do a quick interview this morning with Jane Melby.\u00a0 Jane and her mare RC Back In Black just won the Pro Rodeo in Jasper, AB this past weekend with a smoking time of 13.07 seconds.\u00a0 Here is what Jane had to tell us: -What is the name of the horse you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,51,6,31,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}