Rodeo and Juliet Page #7

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I wanna run away again. And I

know that I can't, but I want to.

I am so tired of running.

Then stop running.

Accept what you got.

You are surrounded by people...

Good folks who love you.

I know.

- I got a confession to make you.

- [laughter]

I went to New York,

and I tried to find you.

When?

When I found out

you were getting married.

I felt like I had to find you.

To tell you that it was okay.

To let you know that...

I understood.

I never knew that.

I've never stopped loving you.

You know that.

Come here.

- God, you smell good.

- [laughter]

So sorry, boy.

You worked so hard.

I really think

we would've won, though.

I can't let all this hard work

go to waste.

What?

Monty's hauling you

to the competition.

Oh, my. Mom, thank you!

I'm so sorry, baby.

I'm sorry that I lied to you.

Thank you. Your grandfather

would be so proud of you.

- Hi.

- [laughter]

- Right. 'Cause...

- [laughter]

Look, I may have been

helping out my uncle at first,

but ever since

that barn dance 'til now,

it came straight from my heart.

I know.

Look, I just wanted

to be near you.

You're smart. You're funny.

You're such an amazing person.

I don't care if you go

to the far end of there.

I'm gonna find a way

to keep you in my life.

That's a big promise to make.

- Ehh.

- [laughter]

Aah, I love it!

Juliet, now, if you do everything Monty

taught you to do, follow Rodeo's lead,

and don't fall off the horse!

[laughter]

You just might win this thing.

All right. Now, Monty is probably the

finest horse trainer in this entire state.

- I'm not just saying that.

- I don't know about that.

Nah, you're even better than me.

You just get out there

and have a good time, okay?

- That's all.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Winning isn't everything.

I mean it is

for five thousand dollars so...

Well, get out there

and win, then! Come on!

- Okay.

- Okay.

You got this!

- I do!

- You nervous?

- No!

- I'll see you out there.

Okay. Okay.

What is Dar Laves doing here?

What?

Nan said that she moved away!

Where is Nan?

All right, look. Darlene's

tough, but you're tougher, okay?

Just stick to everything

I taught you.

You'll be good. You'll be fine.

Well, it's everybody's favorite

time of year again.

The Christmas season and the

41st annual Holiday Stampede.

We've got competitors

from all over the state.

So, settle in, relax,

and let's have a good time.

[country western music playing]

Get the horses ready,

the saddles on

The lower 600 acres

can be leased out for haying,

there's more than enough

room for more boarders,

- and Monty and I will be training horses.

- Wait a minute.

Are you making an offer? The

competition's about to start.

I know. I'm giving you

my half of the ranch.

What?

If the place doesn't earn

it's keep first year, sell it.

But if it does, if it makes

a profit, I want half.

And I want to be partners.

What if I say yes? Hm.

What so proudly

We hailed

At the twilight's last...

Our first contestant is

Ms. Tanya Wells on Super Tramp!

Ready when you are, Tanya.

[cheering]

[announcer shouts]

Sixteen point five seconds!

Give her a big hand, everyone!

Up next, we've got a newcomer.

- Juliet Rodgers and her horse, Rodeo.

- Come on, Juliet!

This is our time, all right?

Let's go, Rodeo.

Yeah! Go, Juliet!

[cheering]

- Woo!

- C'mon, Juliet!

- C'mon, baby!

- Kick 'em! Kick 'em! Let's go!

- [cheering]

- Yeah, Juliet!

Come on, Juliet!

Not bad, folks.

Not bad for a newcomer.

Sixteen point two seconds!

Nice start, Juliet!

Good job! Great run.

Great run. Aah.

Yeah, but I can't believe we're actually

racing against the best racers!

My friends from New York would

never believe I just did that!

You're riding like a pro.

All right, let's watch.

Here's last year's champion,

Darlene Laves!

[cheering]

[country western music playing]

Ladies and gentlemen, we're seeing

some great barrel racing today!

Some of the best

we've seen in a while!

[cheering]

Yeah! Yeah!

[horse whinnies]

And there's another fantastic run.

Sixteen point six seconds!

These girls are

turning up the heat!

Look, you've got two great runs.

All we need is one more.

Yeah, well, you can actually

beat these guys.

Yeah, I think we're both

just a little bit tired.

Nah, Rodeo's fine.

Look, he can do this all day.

This time you just gotta

buckle down and suck it up.

You sound like a football coach,

not a horse trainer. [laughing]

C'mon, girl, just one more run

and we can go home.

- I'm gonna go watch, okay?

- Help me.

Here's Tanya Wells, again.

[cheering]

[chanting]

Look, I've been keeping track.

You gotta get at least

15.75 to beat Darlene.

All right. By the way, tomorrow,

when this is all over, will you

take me to that oak grove?

All right.

All right, it's the last run

for our newest

and brightest flame,

Juliet Rodgers

and her horse, Rodeo.

- Go, Juliet!

- Jut one more time, all right?

- Let's go, Rodeo.

- [cheering]

Yes, Juliet! Woo!

Run that barrel! There you go!

[laughing]

- Kick 'em up, let's go!

- Woo!

Come on, Juliet!

Rodeo and Juliet, let's go!

Woo!

Bring it home!

Holy smokes, baby!

Did you see that?

Juliet Rodgers has set

a new arena record!

Fifteen point six seconds!

- I love you.

- I love you, too.

That was awesome.

Good job. Great job.

- Great job.

- Good boy, Rodeo.

- How'd it feel?

- It was amazing!

I think I found my story!

- I think I'll like this one.

- Yeah, I think you will.

- Let's go, c'mon!

- Well, our final contestant

certainly has her work

set out for her.

Last year's champion,

Darlene Laves

and her horse, Cosmo!

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you

had your eyes open for that one.

You may never see that again.

Back to back arena records.

Darlene's time...

fifteen point four seconds!

Two tenths of a second

faster than Juliet!

Once again, Darlene Laves is

our overall champion.

[horse neighs]

So unfair.

She was better.

- Look, hey. I'm sorry.

- What for?

- We made one heck of an impression, right?

- One heck of an impression.

You know, you broke

the arena record.

Yeah, and it lasted

about two minutes.

Two tenths of a second!

[laughing]

Will you just go

talk to him, already?

- I'm fine. I'm fine.

- Okay.

- Oh, honey! I'm sorry!

- It's okay. It's okay.

He did such a good job.

I'm proud of him.

You came so close,

I'm so proud of you!

This change

your mind about selling?

Stop. Of course, of course.

Yes!

Oh, Mr. Atterbury. We're not

looking to sell the ranch anymore.

I'm not here for that.

I just heard Monty trained

your daughter

to do that in 3 weeks.

He's the best.

Hugh, why don't you and Monty

come to my place after Christmas?

I got a dozen new horses I want

these two youngsters to train

and get them on the pro circuit.

If Juliet can ride any one of them

like she just rode that horse today,

I'll give you

a $4,000 bonus per horse.

- $4,000?

- Yes, ma'am.

- I'm in.

- All right.

- You got yourself a deal, Mr. Atterbury.

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