I didn’t want to make him have to do that because he’s worth so much to me as a breakaway horse,” she explained about T-Boy. She had another horse she took to the WPRA Finals to tie down


on, but before the very first round in the warm-up jackpot, she said, “I can’t do it! I have to get on my old faithful!” She got on T-Boy, who hadn’t been worked in the tie down at all, but he worked as good as ever. “He’s such an amazing animal and I owe so much of what I’ve done to him,” she said about the 13 year old gelding, that she’s roped on since he was 5 years old. “Everyone was giving me crap like, ‘Oh do you want me to cut those strings up for you’. I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll wait a little bit longer just in case I need them around,’” Crawford said with a laugh. Crawford won $9,833 in Waco to win the WPRA World Finals


All Around, and her 18th WPRA World title by becoming the 2018 WPRA All Around World Champion – the most world titles of anyone in the roping events and only trails the ProRodeo Hall of Famer Wanda Bush in total titles in the WPRA. “That’s a huge goal that I got to accomplish,” Crawford said gratefully. “It’s very fulfilling to reach it, but at the same time it fuels my fire to go a little further.” With all the new opportunities being created in the breakaway


Jackie Crawford took home another truck load of awards from the WPRA World Finals winning the all-around world title along with average titles in the tie-down roping and team roping. Shown here accepting her all-around buckle with WPRA President Doreen Wintermute (left) and WPRA Roping Director Patti McCutchen (right). WPRA photo by James Phifer, Rodeobum.com


World Finals – heading, heeling, breakaway, tie down – as well as the all around barrel race. In the team roping, they rope together for one of their runs – Crawford heeling for Chace. They placed in three of the four rounds to finish second in the average, right behind Crawford and her other team roping partner, Jessica Remsburg. According to Crawford, It was the warm-up jackpot that helped her get re-focused. “I did not win a dollar in the warm-up jackpot I don’t think,”


noted Crawford. “I was going for the rounds and trying to get after it. I needed to calm down, do what I do, knock them down one after another aggressively, and be smart.” She tries to think of it like Trevor Brazile at the Timed Events –


get through four events and try to have as few penalties as possible while being as fast as she can. In the breakaway roping, Crawford placed in three rounds to


finish second in the average. Chace won three rounds and ended up third in the average to defend the Breakaway World Championship with $28,952 for the year. “Kelsie is a phenomenal competitor. She had an awesome year


in the breakaway, so you couldn’t touch her coming into the finals. It’s very deserving because she ropes amazing and from day one was killing it,” Crawford said complimenting her friend. The Tie Down Roping World Championship was really close


with Chace earning the title over Kari Nixon by $85. Crawford, who placed in the top three in all four rounds, won the average. “It’s kind of funny because I swore this year I wasn’t tying


calves anymore – I was done. I told everyone I was cutting my strings up,” Crawford admitted. She didn’t tie a practice calf except for right before the finals. “My heart’s not in it anymore so I have no reason to do it. My breakaway horse is who I tie down on and


Roping was always Jackie Crawford’s main focus until 18 months ago when she gave birth to her son, Creed. Now she balances her mom duties with her roping interests but it hasn’t slowed her down in her trips to the winner’s circle. WPRA photo by James Phifer, Rodeobum.com


home the crown and was the best breakaway roper in the world that year of all the associations and ropings.” Roping and training are now more of a challenge that she’s a


mom of two – Kaydence, a high school freshman, and Creed, 18 months. “I have to be very particular about my time,” Crawford said. “There’s no possible way that I could do what I’m doing right now without the friends I have helping me.” She’s also grateful to her husband, Charly for always pushing


her to be her best. “He does not let me make an excuse,” she said. “He’s definitely a driven person and it trickles into my lifestyle.”


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roping, Crawford continues setting new goals. “I’ve definitely put on my priority list to make myself more breakaway horses,” she said. “I want to win The American obviously. These new things at their launch, I want my name on the books that I was there and a part of it, and I would love to see my name at the top of all of it. My new roping event – Rope for the Crown – I want to say that I took

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