Descent was a bucking horse who was specialized in saddle bronc riding and competed in the Rodeo Cowboys Association.
On his sire side, his pedigree is traced to Thoroughbreds such as Cavalry remount horses.
[3] When the Beutler Brothers bought Descent, that's when he started bucking in rodoeos.
Berger, from Kansas, drew Descent at the Black Hills Roundup, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
Names like Larry Mahan, Guy Weeks, Alvin Nelson, Ross Loney, Shawn Davis, and Bill Smith.
[2] Then he lived in contentment at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame until he died in 1983, at Larry Mahan's Ranch.
[2][1] Three-time world champion Bill Smith of Thermopolis, Wyoming, who owned Descent for a time, paid a tribute to him.
"[6] "When they retired Descent at Denver (National Western Stock Show and Rodeo)", Bill continues, "I stood there with tears running down my face.
Descent was known for rebuffing adult visitors, but if there was a child, he might come near the fence.When personnel had revealed that to Bill and his wife Carole, Bill commented, to their amusement, that even though Descent had bucked him off numerous times, the old horse would still come near him.
[7] Recently, Ivan Daines, who is a Red Deer, Alberta, cowboy sings tribute to the horse who bucked him off, Descent.
When Daines was a world champion saddle bronc rider, in the 1970s, he was competing across America.
said Daines, who claims he shared a touching moment with the horse not long after he was retired.