The Corona Cowboy returns to rodeo finals

Born into the lifestyle, Taos Muncy has taken his deep-seated heart for cowboy life, added a dose of hard work, talent and determination and stamped his name on the rodeo world in the biggest way. It reads "World Champion." Next week, the Corona cowboy is again headed back to the Wrangler National Finals rodeo where he'll get a shot at proving his worth aboard 10 saddle bronc horses, 10 days in a row. It's been two years since he claimed his championship title and in the interim he has had his metal tested by injuries and disappointment. Muncy, 22, took the rodeo world by storm in 2007, winning a total of $210,133 for the year and was the youngest (20) to ever claim the title of World Cham-pion Saddle Bronc Rider. He had what he called a "dream season," where the luck began to roll, the draw was in his favor and the riding scores catapulted him upward through the standings. Not only did he win some of the big ones like Cheyenne Frontier Days, he also claimed the College National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc win. That title and the NRF title, made him one of only three contestants to ever to win the College National Finals and the NFR in the same year. Muncy, by his own admission was in a daze over the way it all turned out. He'd arrived at his first NFR, wide-eyed and a stranger. He told interviewers when he received his championship buckle, "I needed a nametag and someone to spit for me because I was pretty shook up. I was really overwhelmed."...read more