 Hey everyone, I'm here with the winner of the 2016 Micuria World Finals Open Division, RL Chartier. He rode a little bossy. Congratulations to you RL. Thank you. Now you came in with about almost $5,000 lead but it was fairly competitive throughout the year, wasn't it? Tell us about it. Yeah we were pretty close the whole way through. Actually when we went to Vegas I was 30,000 behind and that's kind of where I decided to make a run at the world title. We got closer as the year went on. I'd get within about $4,000, $5,000, then I'd get back about $10,000 and then we'd gain a little more and lose a little bit. I think it was finally there in Batesville, one of the last eight days there in Batesville, Mississippi at least place. We took over the lead. So what was it at that point when you were 30,000 behind that you thought yeah it's there's a bit to make up but I really think I've got a shot at this? Well yeah I thought I had a shot at it just for one because I thought my horse was you know he's a special horse and I thought if I go enough and go to the right shows and stay steady that I could make a run at it. What is it that's special about your horse? Well for one he's stayed good for so long. I don't know this is our maybe fourth year out of the aged events and I mean he's good now as he was the first day we tried the weekend stuff. He's just got a lot of spunk, a lot of grit and he wants to do his job. That's probably the main deal. So then what was the plan with the four go rounds of the finals? Oh the plan going in was was just to just to be solid, get a check. You know the hauling deal is you know winning a couple and bombing out it's not really good it's being consistent throughout the year and and that was our our goal going into the world finals is just to just to be consistent and you know staying that average and and give ourselves a shot at the end. And tell us about your runs? Well the first night I drew up early every night pretty much. First night I think I was either second or third out and you know you don't have a very good feel for the cattle. So we just I might have cut a few softer cows than I really wanted to but it was just a nice solid run marked 22 and we ended up I think it was split six so we we got a check and and that was good for the first night. And you ended up widening you laid by the time you'd won it? Yeah the the second night I was either second or third I don't know which one of them swip swapped but that night I was you know a little more confident in the cows and and maybe maybe look for something that would try me a little more and it worked out marker 24 tied the round with Cullen actually that night and and that opened the gap pretty good that that night. Now interestingly you made history because you had two other members of your family also make the finals your father Randy and your brother Cullen what did that mean to you? Well I mean it was awesome it's never been done before and to be there with with them it was pretty special it was it was pretty special deal you know we we were all three pretty competitive and we don't like to lose and but we're we're gonna help each each other the same no matter what happens but it was it was just a cool deal. And what does this win mean to you? Oh it's it's been a lifetime goal of mine obviously one of my goals was to win a world championship and then the other would be to win the NCHA for Trudy one day those were about two of my top goals so it's yeah it's it's awesome. And the crowd there's a pretty good atmosphere in the what day? Yeah they get it gets pretty you know actually this year was a little different than prior previous years but yeah it's a different atmosphere and but it's it's all good you know sometimes you can't hear your your corner help hunt you know picking cows and stuff but but if you do your job and it it's it's a cool atmosphere I think. So you're gonna focus back on the aged events now? Yeah yeah you probably won't see me in Peer Salt Dakota or Batesville Mississippi next year I'd imagine um yeah I'm gonna go back to poke some more on the aged events and do a little weekend stuff with nothing nothing to that level. Well thank you for joining us congratulations again. Thank you.