Life is about more than rodeo, but being married to a rodeo cowboy is no easy road. Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper have had completely different experiences with their marriages and their lives despite rodeoing side-by-side for decades, and this might be their most raw on-camera interview ever about life and marriage and rodeo.
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Aging and Confidence with Jake and Clay
Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper still see themselves as the young guys they were back before they won their first gold buckles. How are they handling their aging and their roping, and how are they mentally handling their decreasing strength and increasing aches and pains?
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Is Clay Cooper Actually Retired?
Is The Champ really retired? Aaron Tsinigine wanted us to ask him, so we got his answer on the record for the world.
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Rodeo Responsibilities
Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper talk about how they split up responsibilities on the rodeo trail throughout their careers.
