Football fans to farewell Midnight Matador
When Midnight Matador thundered downward the field, the fans of the Texas Tech Red Raiders knew it was fourth dimension for football.
But his days of thrilling the academy football game team’s fans are immediately at an end.
Texas Tech University’s Masked Rider Advisory Committee announced his retirement this week.
He was the 13th Equus caballus to ride inward the Texas Tech Masked Rider program, too retires equally the longest-serving mascot inward the school’s history.
Midnight Matador was selected for the Masked Rider programme inward 2002 at the historic menstruum of 3 from Hoggett Ranches inward Bluff Dale. He has carried xi Masked Riders downward the football game champaign inward the traditional team-leading entry.
Midnight Matador volition live honored inward an official ceremony at the concluding dwelling identify game against Kansas on Nov 10.
Midnight Matador was sidelined at lastly week’s Texas Tech football game game against West Virginia next medical testing.
A leg injury prevents his hereafter participation inward runs at sporting events, only he volition cash inward one's chips on to brand express appearances throughout the residue of the year.
“Midnight Matador is very a unique horse,” said Ashley Wenzel, the electrical current Masked Rider.
“He has a personality similar none other too I take away maintain very come upwardly to dear too adore him inward a curt 6 months. He volition live missed yesteryear many too tough to replace.”
Former Masked Rider Stacy Stockard Moncibaiz, who rode inward the 2004-2005 season, said Texas Tech has been fortunate to take away maintain Midnight Matador inward the programme too described him equally very particular at his job.
“He holds a special identify inward the pump of too thence many people,” Moncibaiz said.
“It takes a special Equus caballus to create this job, too for him to showtime at such a immature historic menstruum too take away maintain such a long career is a will to what a natural he is too how much he enjoys his work.
“When you lot brand appearances at football game games, rodeos, parades too other events, you lot never know what you lot powerfulness encounter. I ever knew that, no thing what happened, zip would unsettle him. I never had a argue to live nervous because I could pose my trust inward him. He’s the well-nigh fearless Equus caballus I’ve ever met.”
Midnight Matador has carried xi Masked Riders downward the football game champaign during his career, including Jessica Melvin, Ben Holland, Stockard Moncibaiz, Justin Burgin, Amy Bell, Kevin Burns, Ashley Hartzog, Brianne Aucutt Hight, Christi Chadwell, Bradley Skinner – the 50th Masked Rider – too Wenzel.
Only Masked Rider Equus caballus Happy IV-II’s eight-year term from 1980-1987 is the closest inward length of service.
It is estimated that Midnight Matador travelled to a greater extent than than 100,000 miles to to a greater extent than than 1500 academy too community appearances, including a provide trip to the Gator Bowl inward 2007, the location of Joe Kirk Fulton’s Masked Rider tradition-starting run inward 1954.
Midnight Matador was featured on ESPN College Gameday, ESPN Road Trip, sixty Minutes, too inward the American Quarter Horse Journal.
In improver to dwelling identify football game games, he has run at dwelling identify baseball game games, the Alamo Bowl, the TicketCity Bowl, San Angelo Colts games, too Cowboy Stadium.
He too starred inward the Texas Tech University System’s video for Vision & Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech.
He has too been recognized yesteryear The Associated Press equally 1 of the exceed x coolest college mascots.
The commission currently is reviewing too selecting both interim too permanent Equus caballus options for the Masked Rider program.
Reporting: Leslie Cranford
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