Floyd County native Jackson Taylor, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown contestant, dies after rodeo fall

Show host, viewers, contestants, crew mourn loss; Estancia riders honor rider

  • Floyd County native Jackson Taylor, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown contestant, dies after rodeo fall
    Floyd County native Jackson Taylor, Ultimate Cowboy Showdown contestant, dies after rodeo fall
  • TAYLOR TRIBUTE 'Jackson was the quintessential cowboy,' said Doug Butts, EVP of Programming at INSP. 'He was an exceptional horseman, rugged, talented, aggressive, experienced, a maverick, a tough competitor, and a devoted friend.' COURTESY INSP NETWORK
    TAYLOR TRIBUTE 'Jackson was the quintessential cowboy,' said Doug Butts, EVP of Programming at INSP. 'He was an exceptional horseman, rugged, talented, aggressive, experienced, a maverick, a tough competitor, and a devoted friend.' COURTESY INSP NETWORK

    BARBARA BRANNON | HESPERIAN-BEACON

     

    Jackson Taylor, a fan favorite on the INSP Network’s “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown” who grew up near Lockney and spent his childhood ranching with his family, may have gotten in his eight seconds at a New Mexico bronc riding event Friday night.

    He didn’t know it would be his last.

    Competing in the WRCA (Working Ranch Cowboys Association)-sanctioned Estancia Valley…