As the second oldest of six siblings, Louisiana cowgirl Grace Dubois said rodeo runs in the family. Following in their
parents’ footsteps, all of the Dubois kids compete in rodeo. “My dad ropes, and my mom did high school rodeos,” she
said. “All of us rodeo all the way from youth rodeos to high school.”
She said her father, Shel Dubois, has had the biggest influence on her rodeo career. “My dad has helped me my
whole life. He’s taught me everything I know,” she said. “He’s always out there, every day, helping me get better.”
Dubois said she had never played any sports outside of rodeo. For her, it has always been rodeo and roping. She
competed in youth, junior high, and high school rodeos. “Rodeo is kind of my whole life,” she said. I don’t do much
outside of it.”
Dubois said she is a member of the Catholic Church, and she and her classmates in her church finished confirmation. Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. These seven sacraments are baptism,confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, marriage, and holy orders. They are categorized into three groups: sacraments of initiation, sacraments of healing, and sacraments of service.
“Recently, I did my confirmation, which was my last sacrament I had to do for the church,” she said. She also recently completed the last of her homeschooling curriculum and has now officially graduated from high school. She said she is soon to be 19 years old, and as of right now, she plans to pursue a career that will keep her in the equine workforce.
“I was looking at going to college, but I think I’ve decided I’m going to learn massage therapy for horses and then go more in-depth with osteopath,” she said. “I’m just going to amateur rodeo for now while I do that.
“But I also went to a clinic with Jake Barnes a few weeks ago, and he told me I could do well training horses,” she added. “So, I think I want to try out training futurity horses also.”
The young cowgirl is originally from Church Point, in southern Louisiana, but says she plans to move eventually, though she’s more certain where to. “I’m still trying to figure out where I want to go and what I want to do,” she said. “I maybe am thinking I want to go to Texas.”
Dubois mentioned she wants to wait to hit the ProRodeo road until she is financially stable enough to handle everything the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association has in store.
“Since I was 15, I’ve been on my own financially for rodeo,” she said. “I bought my own truck and everything like that, so I have to think about the money in it. Eventually, once I have money and a new trailer and am prepared, I want to do pro rodeo,” she said. “But I think it’ll be a couple of years.”
She said she has enjoyed being a member of Team Cavender’s for the last three years. She said she will miss the experiences she has had moving forward. She highlighted Cavender’s as her biggest sponsor and supporter.
“They have supported me and advertised me a lot,” she said. “They’ve gotten my name out there too, not just the other way.”
She said that she hopes to maintain a relationship with Cavender’s and other team members moving forward.
