Bushwacker (bull)
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Breed | American Bucking Bull |
| Brand | 13/6 |
| Sex | Bull |
| Color | Red w/ mottled white face |
| Weight | 1,700 lbs |
| Born | June 1, 2006 Marysville, California |
| Years active | 2009 - 2014 |
| Sire | A67 Reindeer Dippin |
| Paternal grandsire | Naccarato Breeding |
| Paternal granddam | AN #11 |
| Dam | Lady Luck |
| Maternal grandsire | Diamond’s Ghost |
| Maternal granddam | Ratjen Breeding |
| Breeder | Flying U Rodeo, Cotton Rosser, Cindy Rosser, Julio Moreno |
| Owner | Julio Moreno, Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls |
| Notable riders | J.B. Mauney, Thiago Paguioto, Markus Mariluch |
| Honors | |
| PBR Brand of Honor 2016 | |
| Awards | |
| PBR World Champion Bull 2011, 2013-14 | |
Bushwacker #13/6 (born June 1, 2006) is a three-time Professional Bull Riders (PBR) "World Champion Bull", winning the title in 2011, 2013, and 2014. His three titles match the record established a decade earlier by Little Yellow Jacket from 2002-2004. He was awarded the PBR Heroes and Legends Celebration: Brand of Honor in 2016. He has been referred to as the "Michael Jordan of Bulls."
Bushwacker was born in Marysville, California, on June 1, 2006. He was sired by #A67 Reindeer Dippin and Lady Luck. In 2008, as a 2 year old, he moved to Stephenville, Texas, to work with the late handler Kent Cox. Kent Cox hauled and raised many of Julio Moreno's bulls since 2005. Reindeer Dippin was born and raised in Maryville. Lady Luck's father was Diamond's Ghost. She was raised by David Fournier and acquired by Mikel. Reindeer Dippin was the Bucking Bull of the Finals at the 2004 NFR.
Bushwacker's dam side. David Fournier is one of few men who can say he has impacted the breeding of a World Champion bull. Yet, in his dealings with Julio Moreno, he can say he did just that. Having had nothing to with the raising of Bushwacker, he had much to do with his breeding. He and Moreno traded two or three year old heifers each year over about a three-year period of time. This occurred at the annual American Bucking Bull, Inc. (ABBI) event in Weatherford, Texas. The last of those deals is how Moreno ended up with Lady Luck, Bushwacker's mother. "He had two or three of them I was looking at," Moreno said. "I picked her because of her looks and, sure enough, it happened to be the right one." "Julio wanted some different bloodlines," Fournier recalled, "and so, at the time, we traded heifers for heifers." And it turned out that the specific bloodline Moreno was looking for was Diamond's Ghost. "Julio and I, we’ve traded quite a bit of stock among us that nobody knows about and that’s one of them," Fournier said. "Julio told me, 'You know, Bushwacker’s out of one of your cows' and when he (first) showed it to me, I knew exactly which one. "But I had gotten rid of her mother already." While Bushwacker's paternal ancestor is more famous, it is actually the maternal side that gives Bushwacker his incredible ability to kick up high over his head. Fournier credits the breeding he did that brought him Lady Luck.
Bushwacker's sire side As stated, Reindeer Dippin is his father. Reindeer Dippin's father is from Naccarato breeding on his sire's side and his mother is AN 11, an #34 Oscar's Velvet daughter. And Oscar's Velvet is sired by the great ProRodeo Hall of Fame bull Oscar.
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