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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Sport
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San Angelo native continues Roping Fiesta injury case
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Over one year after the inciting incident occurred, a legal battle between San Angelo native and barrel racer Danica Wilde and the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association regarding injury liability is still ongoing. According to case records submitted to Texas' Seventh Court of Appeals, a summary or brief detailing an incident that took place at the Cinch Roping Fiesta in October 2023 was filed on March 20, 2025. Facts listed in the brief paint a picture of what transpired. According to the brief's statement of facts section, Wilde was involved in a match horse race at the Cinch Roping Fiesta in October 2023 at an arena owned by SASSRA. This arena 'was fully enclosed … and thus a fence remained beyond the finish line that obstructed racers after they crossed the finish line.' As the racers' horses finished the race, 'the short distance between the finish line and the fence forced them to veer to the left to slow and to avoid the enclosure fence.' Wilde's horse was positioned 'to the right of the horse she was racing' and as such was blocked 'from veering left after crossing the finish line,' bringing Wilde to 'cut behind the competitor.' Having been 'left with less room to stop as she approached the border fence, Wilde pulled back on the reins to slow her horse.' Doing this caused her horse to 'decelerate abruptly,' throwing Wilde into the border fence and causing her to fall to the ground. Wilde sustained 'bodily injuries' as a result. Angler reels in Lake Nasworthy's heaviest recorded fish Stated in the brief is a singular presented issue central to the case: 'Did the design and layout of the race course for a match horse race inside an enclosed arena that left a fence beyond the finish line restricting the stopping distance of horses and their riders represent a premises defect or an 'inherent risk' to participants in the race?' As stated in the brief's argument summary section, Wilde and her legal counsel believe that SASSRA's motion to dismiss the case 'should be reversed and the case remanded to state district court for trial' on the grounds that 'Wilde's pleadings, when taken as true together with all reasonable assumptions drawn from them, entitle her to the relief sought.' Also invoked in the argument summary is the Farm Animals Activities Act, a part of Texas law that absolves 'all persons, including a farm animal activity sponsor, farm animal professional, farm owner or lessee, livestock producer, livestock show participant, or livestock show sponsor' from liability for property damage, personal injury or death under specific circumstances, called 'inherent risks.' According to the brief's argument section, the rodeo association had the case dismissed in the trial court by claiming that the incident and Wilde's injuries fell under inherent risks specified in the Farm Animals Activities Act. There are exceptions to the act, however. Cited in the argument summary is the fourth exception to the act listed in Section 87.004, which states that persons may be held liable for damages or death if 'the person committed an act or omission with wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury.' Two wanted fugitives arrested in Brewster County following tip 'The exception for wilful and wanton disregard for the safety of the participant protects Wilde from the inherent risk of sponsor negligence and creates a genuine issue of material fact for her premises defect claims,' the argument summary reads. Later in the brief's argument section, it is alleged that SASSRA's decision to 'conduct races between two horses sprinting at full speed toward a fence that obstructed one end of the race' while utilizing 'a race course that did not provide a sufficient stopping distance between the finish line and the boundary fence' as reasons for the association's reported 'wilful and wanton disregard for th esafety of the participants.' 'This was a hazardous combination of factors that should have been readily apparent to a stock show and rodeo association, and the danger for mishap should have been foreseeable,' the brief reads. 'Nonetheless, the Stock Show & Rodeo Association proceeded recklessly and with conscious indifference to the safety of the participants, and Danica Wilde suffered the consequences.' Concho Valley Homepage has reached out to SASSRA's legal counsel for statements. We will continue to monitor the case as it develops. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Automotive
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San Angelo Rodeo Parade 2025: What to know
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Each year, rodeo fans celebrate the arrival of the San Angelo Rodeo with a float-filled parade. From its starting time to its route, here's what you need to know about the 2025 San Angelo Rodeo Parade. According to the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association's parade webpage, the 2025 San Angelo Rodeo Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 5. It is set to occur the day after Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association performances begin in the city, with the first performance starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 4. 'Regardless of weather, the parade will go on, with the exception of lightning,' the webpage reads, Buffalo Social Club 2025 band lineup announced The parade is set to travel through several parts of San Angelo's downtown region. The specified parade route is as follows, as per SASSRA: Begin at Irving Street and Concho Avenue Proceed east to Oakes Street Turn left on Oakes Street to Twohig Avenue Turn left on Twohig Avenue Proceed to Chadbourne Street Turn right on Chadbourne Street and proceed to College Avenue Turn Left on College Avenue Continue to Irving Street, turn left on Irving Street to Beauregard Avenue Turn right on Beauregard Avenue, proceed to Randolph Street Turn left on Randolph Street, proceed to River Drive and dismiss For a map of the parade route, visit the SASSRA parade webpage. The parade webpage stated that ADA-accessible parking during the rodeo parade can be found at the M.L. Leddy's parking lot, located at 222 S. Oakes St. Parking at the lot will be open on a first come, first serve basis for those with disabled person license plates from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. A SASSRA representative said this window of time was chosen to allow spectators to park before the streets are closed for the parade. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Yahoo
How to avoid rodeo ticket scams
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Tickets to the San Angelo Rodeo are in high-demand as rodeo season nears, leaving those without their seats secured to navigate a digital sea of potential scammers. The San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association's ticketing coordinator shared advice on how to not fall victim to online ticket scams. Melissa Clements, the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association's ticketing and vendor coordinator, stated that thousands of tickets to the 2025 San Angelo's 14 performances — approximately 800 to 1,000 tickets per show — were made available for purchase on March 3. The majority of these tickets were purchased within 45 minutes of sales going live. To prevent bots from purchasing large amounts of tickets at once, several security measures put in place ahead of time sprung into action. IP addresses, WiFi connections, the number of tickets requested for purchase and more were checked to verify whether a buyer was human. Scammers still persist on the internet despite these countermeasures, though, often attempting to siphon money and sensitive information from targets in exchange for fraudulent tickets. Clements said one of the most common types of scams found online are social media bots designed to comment on posts, claiming to be selling tickets that they no longer need. 'On some things, you can't even post without at least 10 of those popping up on your comments sections,' Clements said. She shared that those wishing to buy tickets from a seller through social media can look at details found on the seller's profile to determine whether they are human or a bot. 'Most of the time, they {bots} have only been a Facebook user for a couple of months or they only have a handful of friends or they have no posts to show,' Clements said. 2025 San Angelo Rodeo performance schedule announced Clements also suggested buyers prioritize acquiring the tickets before providing money to a seller and to schedule in-person meetings with sellers at safe locations. 'Please, meet them in person at the police station where they have the safe drop-off, the safe transfer,' Clements said. 'If they don't want to meet you in person before you pay, then more than likely, it's not even real.' She said that ticket scalping — a practice in which an individual purchases tickets and sells them at a higher price — has happened in the past and is not permitted under San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association policy. Ticket resellers are only allowed to sell tickets at 'the price of the night.' 'I did have an instance, one or two last year, where people sold it higher than the face value, and their tickets … we took them back, we canceled their order,' Clements said. 'We have too many people that want to go for these people to be out here trying to sell it for higher than face value.' Clements also advised 'buyer beware' should those wishing to purchase tickets attempt to do so through third-party websites. She recounted instances where websites allowed buyers to pay for tickets despite them not being on sale yet and where tickets for nonexistent seating rows could be purchased online. Clement stated that, if nothing else, buyers may call the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association to check whether their tickets are valid. This method isn't always sure-fire, however, as digital tickets cannot always be readily viewed by the association. 'They can call for us to try and verify a ticket, but even then we still can't guarantee the legitimacy of it just because we don't see the ticket,' Clements said. The United States Federal Trade Commission has resources online regarding how to avoid scams and what to do if you are scammed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
