06/03/2026
Pegasus update, June 3rd, 11:30pm: Considering the situation, surgery went extremely well and Pegasus is currently stable and doing well coming out of anesthesia. ((We are elated!! And trying to contain our excitement as we know he still has a very long and scary road ahead of him.))
Dr. Reed shared that it was a very complex surgery that lasted several hours. He had a team of 30 working on him, including 3 surgeons. They were able to clean up a majority of the infection (weren't able to get to all of it). The bone between the nasal cavity and brain was thankfully in decent condition. They created approximately 12 bone flaps and windows (look like small open incisions) throughout his facial area to his sinuses. They were able to remove a cyst that had formed. Thankfully, no cancer! His right eye did have to be removed. They were able to do a partial CT scan which showed some of his sinuses were still in good condition so that saved a couple hours of added surgery time / him being under anesthesia. He did have a blood transfusion and is currently on three different antibiotics. He is extremely worn out and dizzy, but doing well considering the complexity of the surgery and what he's been through. Lots of flushing and antibiotics in his future. Dr Reed is optimistic about the next few days and said that we definitely bought him some time. He looks rough, but we are just so grateful he's still alive and surgery was successful as it was. Tulsa says he's still really cute and she can still tell that he is Pegasus. 🤍
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!! We've read all your comments. Thank you to Dr Willis for all she's done for Pegasus and us. Thank you to all the staff at Texas A & M that helped him today. We appreciate you all so much.
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We wanted to update the many of you that have been praying for our fighter, 247 Pegasus. First off, thank you for the prayers and the many kind comments. As you know, we are extremely proud of him, not just for what he's been able to accomplish in the arena, but for just how hard he fought with us here recently for a PBR world title. He's literally had to battle his whole life and sadly he's up for his biggest battle yet.
We have a saying around here that is -- "We let the bulls do the talking. Even though they don't actually talk, they will speak if you listen.... The bulls don't work for us, we work for them."
He's a testament of how the special ones truly love exactly what they're bred to do, even when their back is against the wall.
With continuous care he rarely ever showed signs of pain or discomfort. Maybe we aren't very good listeners, but we always felt he was telling us to make a run for it and that's what we did. Yes, it was very tricky and complex at times to navigate with his health.... And we're learning that he did a good job at hiding things. --Traveling and bucking like a champ meanwhile a storm was quietly brewing behind the scenes... Did we mention he's special and extremely tough? 🥹
To give you a short history of his health, over one year ago he began showing his first signs of a horn infection just before the 2025 PBR Finals. He was treated by a team of veterinarians we are extremely fond of and then the decision was made to have the horn surgically removed. We quickly learned this wasn't just your average horn infection. He had been fighting this infection for a very long time. So long, his sinus was rotten and the bone of his skull was beginning to deteriorate. He bounced back from that for the most part after multiple months of on site veterinary care. Then it seemed like we were constantly taking two steps forward and one step back. Just when we felt like he was making a full recovery something would change and there was a new challenge that we would nurse him back from. More recently we learned his sinus wasn't draining so we were continuously having to drain his sinus from the top of his skull. Though it was a constant roller coaster ride of highs and lows, good news bad news, somehow he stayed in good spirits and through all of this he kept bucking his tail off from New York City to Tacoma, Washington.
He had been doing great after the finals this spring. His blood work had been good and his sinus was being flushed regularly. He needed a few more outs in the PRCA and we were looking forward to turning him out with our Ridin Solo heifers.... Then everything went south, fast!
Pegasus is currently in surgery at Texas A & M University. The storm brewing that we spoke of earlier happened and it was like a bomb went off inside his sinuses. Infection spread throughout his sinus cavities and they suspect that the long term infection has possibly turned to cancer. They wouldn't know more details until they began the surgery, but it's likely they will have to make several large windows throughout the sinuses and make cuts throughout the skull. And those kind precious eyes many of you comment about-- it's confirmed one will be removed.
((I forgot to mention that we also recently learned he was starved at a young age and then during his first NFR qualification he bucked with an abscess and bone chip on his side where the bull rope is pulled. Tough little cookie....))
I think there's a special place in Heaven waiting for his sweetheart, but we selfishly would love for him to stick around with us here at the ranch a while longer. He's a fighter and we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers.
If any bull can make it through this, we think Pegasus can.
