Thanks for reading Anon!! Mesa is so inspiring, she truly is a light leading the way for the rest of us! Mesa has always been a contractor that ive always looked up to, not because of her gender but because of her originality. Great interview! Thursday, May 1, Interview Mesa Pate. While I have never met her in real life, she has been someone I have admired for a long time.
How can you NOT look up to someone like that? Mesa Pate was born in Helena, Montana. Her parents worked on local ranches, started outside horses and eventually bought a place of their own in the valley when she was just a baby. Her father, Curt Pate , was a technical advisor on the Horse Whisperer when she was about six years old. That opportunity set him up to start doing clinics and demonstrations on the road. He became part of the Purina and Priefert teams and Mesa and her brother Rial spent their childhood homeschooling from the backseat of a pickup.
Mesa grew up watching the PBR with her family and during high school decided that it was something she wanted to be a part of as well. While attending Panola College in Carthage, Texas on a rodeo and writing scholarship, Mesa spent a lot of time with mentor and stock contractor, Terry Williams.
Since then, she has had the opportunity to haul quite a few bulls to the PBR, something she feels very blessed to have been able to do. She is also is able to concentrate on her horse program and loves the fact that everything they do with the bulls is done horseback.
Mesa has a mare she is planning on showing in the reined cow horse this year, along with three young prospects that she is very excited about. You can follow Mesa here on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter!
