Local cowboy in RFD challenge
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Chris Redden, of Ravenwood, rides his horse “Cisco” in Tennessee at the Extreme Cowboy Association Cowboy Racing National Finals. The duo won the 2015 National Championship in the Pro Division.
Local “extreme cowboy” Chris Redden, Ravenwood, will appear in RFD-TV’s “Craig Cameron Cowboy Challenge” over the next few weeks.
Cameron is the host of the “Ride Smart” television show that airs on the network three times a week.
Eight cowboys divided into four teams of two will compete during the challenge for a $16,000 prize.
“These are going to be some of the most amazing challenges and real Wild West authentic cowboy stuff that you’ve ever seen,” touts a promotional video found on show’s website located at www.craigcameron.com.
Redden’s team is the Red Rangers, so he and challenge partner Runt Regeth of Harris, Mo., always appear in red.
“Craig personally invited us,” Redden said. “He said we’re authentic cowboys because we’re still working cowboys.”
Also playing into their selection, Redden believes, is the fact that Regeth was the 2014 Extreme Cowboy Challenge World Champion, and Redden is the 2015 Extreme Cowboy Challenge National Champion.
“This is the first time we’ve done a cowboy challenge together,” Redden said. “We cowboy race against each other every weekend, and we’ve done a lot of working together.”
The two spent four days over Labor Day weekend at Cameron’s ranch in Bluffsdale, Texas.
“It’s all cowboy work, and I love competition,” Redden said. “It will be worth watching. If you like cowboys, if you like horses, if you like authentic, old-western type competitions, it will be fun to watch. It was challenging, but the red rangers did very well.”
Redden could not share how the team did due to privacy agreements with the network.
The hour-long segment aired first Monday evening at 10 p.m., and that episode will rerun at 12:30 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. Monday.
The series is to continue for seven or eight shows, with the originals always airing on Mondays at 10 p.m. and reruns following on Sunday and Monday afternoons.
RFD-TV is channel 345 on DirectTV and 231 on Dish Network.
