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Rhen Richard was the reigning National High School Finals Rodeo allaround and tie-down roping champion when he rolled into the Reno Rodeo with Nick Sartain in 2008.
Their first rodeo together had been just over a month earlier in Guymon, Oklahoma, and Richard's goal was the Resistol Rookie of the Year title with Sartain, who'd already made the Finals in 2006 with Shannon Frascht.
“I felt like I should have been there, I felt like I had