Like Father, Like Son: The Talent Continues With Shad Mayfield At IFYR

Shad Mayfield, the son of two-time WNFR qualifier Sylvester Mayfield, has steadily been making his own name known in the junior rodeo game. The young Mayfield qualified for the shootout round of Roy Cooper’s Junior NFR world championship and finished as the runner-up; we saw him at RFD-TV’s The American and now at the International Finals Youth Rodeo. 

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Mayfield leads the tie-down roping aggregate by nearly two seconds with a time of 16.4 on two with just one performance to go. His father's pride is evident as he continues to hone his skills as a tie-down roper, and he'll test those skills today in the short round of the 2017 IFYR.