As he lands hard, silver spurs on steer wrestler Coty Battles glint through the dirt of Cheyenne. The effects can linger, says his stepmother, Donna: 'The cleaners are always excited to get his pants.'
—From "Rodeos: Behind the Chutes," September 1999, National Geographic magazine
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