After a successful winter and spring worth $50k by May, Jake Smith has secured his first top-10 spot in the world heading standings and has his best shot yet at hurdling the National Finals Rodeo-cut wall that's kept this Broken Bow, Oklahoma cowboy home in Decembers past. Being three deep in horses has everything to do with Smith's 2024 success, and his No. 1, Guns, has been firing.
More Guns Less Roses is a stout 9-year-old sorrel who stands 15.3 hands, and pushes the scales at a sturdy 1,200 pounds.
“Guns is the horse I ride at the longer-score rodeos with averages,” Jake said. “We won good at Logandale, Red Bluff and Clovis this spring with me riding Guns, and I'll ride him at rodeos like Reno, Casper, Sheridan, Salinas…