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WPRA All-Around World Champion is 100% Navajo, 100% winner

Debbie RobbinsNative American Debbie Robbins has been roping since she was about six years old. Growing up in Dilcon, Ariz., riding alongside her dad and cousins, she picked up — and perfected — the skill that would one day be her life. Fast-forward to 2007, when her hard work really paid off and Debbie cinched the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) All-Around World Champion title. Anyone who follows the sport might've seen it coming: She'd already earned 2006 WPRA All-Around Reserve Champion (this just coming off a broken ankle) and was also the 2002 WPRA Rookie of the Year!

"Being a WPRA winner is partly because I have sound, healthy horses," she says, "and that's because of Formula 707."

1.8 seconds - "Fastest I ever roped!"

Asked about one of her most memorable runs, Debbie does a mental rundown of all the rodeos — Indian and otherwise — that she's competed in, and flashes back a couple years to her brilliant breakaway performance at "K-town" (Kayenta, Ariz.). Her brother, Daniel, would be pushing the critter — a "very fast calf" — from the chute. Debbie knew she needed to beat him out, but for that she'd have to crowd the barrier and risk a costly 10-second penalty. It happened so quickly — just 1.8 seconds 'til she had him in her lariat — that Debbie says she even surprised herself a bit.

Debbie Robbins"My horses were getting worn down"

But all of the travel/trailer time between rodeos began to take a toll on her animals, Debbie recalls one example: Speedy, a nine-year-old mare, performed at four rodeos in rapid succession. For the first two she ran well, but the third and fourth she seemed "heavy" and "just didn't have the energy." Some good friends, Jeff and Claudia Lors, also rodeo competitors, suggested Debbie give Formula 707 products a try. She confirms the noticeable change. "I soon saw such a marked difference in the recovery time of my roping horses. The bend and flex they now have I attribute to Formula 707."

Head or heels, Formula 707 gives the competitive edge

Quizzed about her preference, Debbie admits she'd rather head than heel.

"I have a higher percentage of catches when heading; heeling is harder." She's been on the circuit since 1989 and has no shortage of partners for the team roping event. Rounding out her stable of four-legged partners are 13-year-old Mouse and nine-year-old Spencer, both head horses. To keep her string in top shape, she uses Formula 707 Daily Essentials™, Biostride™ for hooves and Restore™ to balance electrolytes and replace minerals lost from sweating in the hot Arizona summers. The result? "I've been using 707 products for a couple of years now," she says. "With it, my horses give me more than 100%. It's just good stuff."

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