10/25/2026
When my two worlds collide!
Something that was cool and I wanted to share from my experience to the Pendleton Round Up back in September was the iconic bucking horse War Paint!
War Paint was a legendary Paint saddle bronc stallion owned by the Christensen Brothers Rodeo String, from the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon, famous for maintaining a roughly 90% buck-off rate over a nearly two-decade career.
He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2011, and the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame in 1969! What makes this cool is that you can visit War Paint and learn more about him at the Pendleton Round Up Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Pendleton!
For me seeing this amazing athlete preserved as taxidermy is so neat to see and get to admire the skill and talent of keeping this legend alive for decades to come!