The Breakdown: Blake Ramsey Joins the Mic as Breakaway's New Voice

This week on The Breakdown, CalfRoping.com host Hannah Mann is joined by Blake Ramsey, the newest member of the Equine Network and Western Sports Group team and the new voice behind Breakaway Roping Journal coverage.Earlier this year, Calli Montague stepped in to lead breakaway coverage on an interim basis after previous host Lillian Kent moved to the Horse&Rider side of the Western Sports Group. With a new hire now in place, Calli is shifting back to The Team Roping Journal, and Blake takes over the breakaway portion of the podcast going forward.On this episode, Blake shares her background growing up between Colorado and Kansas, her family’s ranching ties in New Mexico, and her years as a barrel racer and breakaway roper through high school and college rodeo. She talks about studying media and marketing, her path into Western media, and what drew her to the Breakaway Roping Journal. She also digs into why breakaway’s explosive growth has her fired up, and the kind of storytelling she hopes to bring to listeners of The Breakdown.In this episode:The latest team changes and what they mean for Breakaway Roping Journal coverageBlake’s rodeo roots, from barrel racing and breakaway to college rodeoHer path into Western media and how she landed at the Equine NetworkWhat excites her about breakaway’s growth and the stories she hopes to tell