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    WRANGLER NATIONAL PATRIOT PAYS $200,000 TO HIGGINS & SMITH

    Jul 16, 2019 2 minutes
    By Julie Mankin

    School teacher Jody Higgins of Monroe, Louisiana, and his horse-trading friend Mark Smith of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, teamed up at the last minute to split $200,000 in the Wrangler National Patriot #11.5 roping in Reno, Nevada.

    Higgins, 39, became tearful upon accepting prizes later on stage, both because of his relationship with

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