It was during his first year at Ak-Sar-Ben while working for his uncle, that Bradshaw was approached by a Hall of Fame trainer. If you want to take your time and do things the right way, you’re probably going to be more successful than most that don’t.” If you want to get in a hurry, it’s not going to work. He is without a doubt one of the most accomplished horsemen and patient guys that I was ever around. “I stayed with him for about three years. “I went down and worked for him, travelled all over, going to Omaha, Denver and Phoenix in the winter,” said Bradshaw. He found himself living in a 25-foot travel trailer with his ex-wife Debbie and their daughter Alycia (Debbie is also the mother of Bradshaw’s twin sons). He called his uncle, Lyman Rollins, and returned to his former way of life. And I finally decided that’s not what I wanted to do.”īradshaw would answer his calling, returning to the vocation that was firmly a part of who he was.
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“When I came back from Vietnam, I did a few things. “I got drafted into the Army, and did a stint for a couple of years and went to Vietnam,” said Bradshaw. So, we got there, started to sell a few horses and raced a few.”īut the vagaries of life would soon find Bradshaw in a completely different environment. “I decided that I wanted to ride a few races, just stuff around Utah, Idaho and Nevada. “When I got to be about 14 or 15, I began galloping horses,” said Bradshaw. “We probably had eight or 10 babies and we’d break some of those, and when Lyman came through going to Centennial and places, he’d buy a few from us or take a few over there to train, and that’s when I was about eight,” said Bradshaw.Īs he got older, he became more involved with the horses’ training, his ability as a horseman continued to progress, and he would grow in confidence. The family would relocate to Utah, where the market for Thoroughbreds was a bit better than Wyoming, but not markedly. However, the foundation that was being laid would be critical, and from those nascent stages, Bradshaw’s talent as a horseman would continue to evolve. We actually did cutter races and things like that back then which was a lot of fun.” “But there weren’t a whole lot of people who want to buy racehorses in Wyoming. “So, we started breeding horses in Wyoming,” said Bradshaw. When Bradshaw’s father decided to get into the Thoroughbred business, he purchased 10 broodmares and one stallion from his uncle and one of his clients. But it was his uncle’s influence that would resonate deeply within the horseman, learning lessons that are still part of his daily routine to this day.
His family had a ranch in Wyoming, and his father had a great passion for racing. The high plains and Rocky Mountains provided an idyllic landscape for Bradshaw to grow up in. It may be the most difficult of all things to learn, patience, but it’s especially important if you’re a Thoroughbred trainer. It was a lesson Randy Bradshaw learned early on from his uncle, Thoroughbred conditioner, Lyman Rollins.
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