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Marepower: Tauna Alcorn and Mike Bacon Win $122K Riata #12.5 on SJR Diamond Metalica and Play Like Boon
Tauna Alcorn and Mike Bacon grabbed $122,000 for the 2024 Riata #12.5 win on SJR Diamond Metalica and Play Like Boon.
Tauna Alcorn and Mike Bacon

Tauna Alcorn double-dipped on her 7-year-old mare SJR Diamond Metalica to win first and fourth in the Riata #12.5, banking $172,000 between herself and partners Mike Bacon and Miles Baker from first and 30th callback Sept. 26 at the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

New Mexico’s Alcorn was 33.65 on four with Oklahoma’s Bacon, who rode 5-year-old Play Like Boon to also win the futurity incentive for an extra $8,000. She was 36.68 on four from last call with Texas’s Baker, who rode the Kaleb Terlip/Relentless Remuda/Solo Select-owned stallion Pride And Joyy.

Perfect Strangers

Before arriving at the Lazy E in Guthrie, New Mexico’s Alcorn and Oklahoma’s Bacon had never met. 

“I had never met Mike before yesterday,” Alcorn said. “He came up and introduced himself, but we’ve known each other. We have a lot of mutual friends, so I called him up. It was more like, oh my gosh somebody can rope behind me?”

“That’s ridiculous, right? She makes it easy,” Bacon said. “It was easy to rope behind her. We’re going to do it more often now I bet.”

Marepower

Alcorn made eight runs on the 7-year-old mare SJR Diamond Metalica in the #12.5 earning $86,000 total for her share. 

SJR Diamond Metalica

“She’s not a stranger to pressure,” Alcorn said. “I’ve kind of put it (pressure) on her. My husband took her to the Snaffle Bit Futurity when she was three and then I ran barrels on her, her five year old futurity year. Then we went straight to the rope horse futurities. So, she’s solid.”

The setup at the Lazy E was perfect for the 7-year-old mare. 

“This is just her thing,” Alcorn said. “She likes the smaller cattle. She’s not a huge horse so if I get into the lower numbered ropings with her, she does struggle a little bit. In the higher numbered ropings, she’s quick footed. I’ve never had to worry about the start with her. She’s short, compact and quick footed. 

Bacon struck gold when he started Play Like Boon in 2023. 

Play Like Boon

“This is my first Once In A Blu Boon,” Bacon said. “My buddy, Brad Spann raises them and that’s his horse. I started her in February 2023 and went to heeling on her in March. Then I took her to Vegas that December. She was just easy to train, you know.”

“She was started as a cutter but they said she was just too big to cut,” Bacon said. “She’s been really easy. She went right to work, really. I mean I put her in the World Series roping, just threw her in there and she went to doing it.”

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The Riata Buckle has been full of winning mare power this week. 

“Every good horse I can think of has been a mare,” Alcorn said. “I don’t know if it’s just ‘bad luck’ that I always end up with mares, but I’ve never had them turn their nose up at me. So I’ve put up with the little silly quirks. This mare, she acts like a gelding, so I’ve been lucky on that part.”

“I’ve had a couple of good ones (mares),” Bacon said. “They’re just gritty. You can ride them every day if you want to, there’s no quit. I mean, they’re mean, mines mean. She kicks stuff standing in a stall, kicking the stalls. They’re all good, though. I like that stuff, I guess, because all my horses are good.”

#12.5 All – Total Payoff – $792,000

#TimeSTTmHeaderHeelerAmountSplit
133.654173Tauna AlcornMike Bacon$122,000 $61,000 
H: Sjr Diamond MetalicaH: Play Like Boon
S: CD DiamondS: Once In A Blu Boon
235.364293Christian DewbreCasey Carson$94,500 $47,250 
H: Seven S RazmatazH: Proxy
S: Stevie Rey VonS:
336.38485Chris LawsonClay D Hurst$66,500 $33,250 
H: Sleepy StyleH: Metallic Remodel
S: Lena Stylish DocS: Metallic Malice
436.68425Tauna AlcornMiles Baker$50,000 $25,000 
H: Sjr Diamond MetalicaH: Pride And Joyy
S: CD DiamondS: Stevie Rey Von
537.344147Reagan MaxwellJody Satterfield$44,500 $22,250 
H: ProxyH: Elon Von
S:S: Stevie Rey Von
637.364203Jimmie BryantTanner Nall$39,000 $19,500 
H: Watch Jack WinitH: Josey Walez
S: Watch Jack WinitS: Hashtags
737.75465Jason HershbergerBrandon Taylor$33,200 $16,600 
H: ProxyH: One Time Voodoo
S:S: One Time Pepto
837.924295Mollie DevereauxSamuel Luchsinger$27,700 $13,850 
H: ProxyH: Buffalo Bill
S:S: Hired Gun
937.99494Jessica KoppitzTy Spickelmier$22,200 $11,100 
H: Gold Six CatH: Proxy
S: Bet Hesa CatS:
1038.064255Jake BrownBruno Paoliello$22,200 $11,100 
H: Mr Stylish AngelH: Proxy
S: Mr PlayinstylishS:
1138.454165Rodey WilsonCayce Lewis$16,600 $8,300 
H: Metallic Lee HotH: Bet Memorials Zacks
S: Metallic MaliceS: Bet Hesa Cat
12394104Reagan MaxwellShawn Gray$16,600 $8,300 
H: ProxyH: Neato
S:S: Once In A Blu Boon
1339.194278Shawn GrayTaylor Pettigrew$3,200 $1,600 
H: Flat BaroquenbamaH: Call Me Mr Jonez
S: BamacatS: Travelin Jonez
1439.6481Jessie NelsonGabriel Salgado$3,200 $1,600 
H: Boons Yer DaddyH: Seven S Party Favor
S: Once In A Blu BoonS: Stevie Rey Von
HD Horse Incentive
135.364293Christian Dewbre $8,000 
H: Seven S Razmataz 
S: Stevie Rey Von 
238.454165Rodey Wilson $6,000 
H: Metallic Lee Hot 
S: Metallic Malice 
325.583332Jordan Allyn $4,000 
H: High Class Malice 
S: Metallic Malice 
425.7371Jeff Kanady $2,000 
H: Peps Six Scarlet 
S: Pepcid 
HL Horse Incentive
133.654173Mike Bacon $8,000 
H: Play Like Boon
S: Once In A Blu Boon
236.38485Clay D Hurst $6,000 
H: Metallic Remodel
S: Metallic Malice
336.68425Miles Baker $4,000 
H: Pride And Joyy
S: Stevie Rey Von
437.344147Jody Satterfield $2,000 
H: Elon Von
S: Stevie Rey Von
Fast Time Overall
15.7953Zack MabryBilly Berry$12,500 $6,250 
H: Sf Freckles FourH: Smart Malice  
S: Four Bonnie BayS: Metallic Malice  
25.98283Michael HighRusty Barnett$8,500$4,250
H: Rich J Lee O Royal TH: Jesses Jem  
S: Lee EyedS: Jesses Topaz  
36.05136Coleton ValentineMichael Delaney$6,500$3,250
H: ProxyH: Tsu Metal Man  
S:S: Bowmans Metallic Cat  
46.18103Gavin HershbergerWyatt Hershberger$5,000$2,500
H: ProxyH: One Time Voodoo  
S:S: One Time Pepto  
56.22109Tarrant StewartCutter Duckett$2,500$1,250
H: Namgis D 119H: Cr Tuff Highbrow  
S: Bucks Hancock DudeS: Woody Be Tuff  
Fast Time SGO
#TimeTmHeaderHeelerAmountSplit
111.97188Skye ValdezCory King$5,000$2,500
H: Mr Stylish AngelH: Proxy  
S: Mr PlayinstylishS:  
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