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  • JOSH FROST NAMED 2022 LINDERMAN AWARD RECIPIENT

    JOSH FROST NAMED 2022 LINDERMAN AWARD RECIPIENT

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo – The PRCA Linderman Award is one of the most prestigious awards in ProRodeo. It recognizes a cowboy who won at least $1,000 in three events, and those events must include at least one roughstock and one timed-event.

    The 2022 Linderman Award winner is Randlett, Utah, cowboy Josh Frost. This past season Frost earned $228,557 in bull riding, $4,037 in tie-down roping, and another $1,091 in the steer wrestling. He said qualifying for the award is at the top of his list each season when writing out his goals for the year.

    “It’s a great honor. It was one of my goals starting out the 2022 season,” said Frost, a three-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “Being as committed as I am to winning a gold buckle in bull riding it really adds some challenges, but I take a lot of pride in the award. It’s always bittersweet when I know I get my qualifications for it.”

    He said it’s the cowboy legacy the award encompasses that keeps him competing for it year after year. Frost is the second member of his family to capture the distinguished Linderman Award, his older brother, Joe, 27, captured the award in 2014.

    “The cowboy legacy that goes with it is what really drew me in. The Linderman Award is very prestigious and like I said I enter all three events for that reason,” he said. “If they didn’t have the Linderman I probably wouldn’t enter the steer wrestling.

    “That third event really adds a challenge to it. I take a lot of pride in that award to have my name on the list with all the other great cowboys that have won it.”

    He believes it’s an award that’s gaining more popularity across the ProRodeo ranks. Frost thinks the competition will be even stiffer in the years to come.

    “There’s several other guys who I think are starting to try and compete for it,” Frost said. “I think I might have a little more competition in the years ahead. It’s dang sure something I have my eyes set on and I would like to get my name on that list a few more times.”

    Frost has now won three straight Linderman awards. His first came back in 2019, followed up by 2021 and 2022. He hopes to be remembered as not just a bull rider, but a cowboy. He’s gained even more respect for the other events along the way. The Linderman Award was not awarded in 2020.

    “I grew up doing all the events and have spent a lot of time on them throughout my life,” he said. “I have a lot of respect for all the other events because I have competed on both ends and know what it’s like.

    “I know how much time and effort it takes to be successful in the bull riding and I know the time and effort I’ve put into the timed-events and I’m not even nearly as competitive as the top guys in the world. At the end of the day I want to be remembered as a cowboy and not just a bull rider.”

    Kyle Whitaker holds the PRCA record for most Linderman Awards won with 10 in his ProRodeo career.

  • Dr. Gregg Veneklasen has been named the recipient of the 2022 PRCA Veterinarian of the Year Award.

    Dr. Gregg Veneklasen has been named the recipient of the 2022 PRCA Veterinarian of the Year Award.

    “First of all, I never knew I was nominated,” Veneklasen said. “They called me up and said I was PRCA Vet of the Year. I was kind of shocked and it is an honor. I was nominated in 2010 by Trevor Brazile, Speed Williams, and Travis Tryan. I got a little bronze and I never thought about it ever again. Brenda Binion Michael, who passed away in July, and who was my best friend, I’m going to accept with her. We are sharing it together. She told me I was never going to be Vet of the Year. She was very blunt. They are never going to be ready for a guy who wears Hawaiian shirts every day. I wear Hawaiian shirts every day and I always have.

    “I would not be where I am today without Brenda (Binion) Michael. She introduced me to Clint Johnson and Mindy Johnson, who are my dearest friends, 30 years. I have done this because of Brenda.”

    A practicing veterinarian for the last 40 years, Veneklasen has worked with the Frontier Rodeo Company for 15 years. He cares for many of their top bucking horses, ensuring they are healthy and able to compete at a top level. He has also cloned some of their award-winning bucking horses in an effort to keep the genetics viable for years to come.

    Veneklasen is known to many contestants and stock contractors as Dr. Rodeo and is given credit for single-handedly revolutionizing the bucking horse industry.

    The careers of some the greatest bucking horses were in danger of being cut short because of injuries or other ailments but Dr. Veneklasen dedicated his career and practice to helping these equine athletes through injections, supplements, nutrition, and rehabilitation. He received his DVM from Colorado State University and owns and operates Timber Creek Veterinary Hospital in Canyon, Texas.

    “I saw some of my letters that were written and obviously I have done a lot of timed-events and the first nomination (in 2010) was with timed-event people and this nomination is all with stock contractors,” Veneklasen said. “I still do timed events, but I think it is pretty cool that the PRCA is recognizing maybe these bucking horses are pretty cool after all.

    “I have had a great life and a great journey prior to rodeo, and Brenda Michael and Michael and Paula Gaughan are my mentors, and I would have never had them without Brenda. I’m excited every day to get to do what I do.”

    Veterinarians play an integral role in ProRodeo. This award, created in 2010, honors veterinarians who have dedicated their lives in support of the health and welfare of our ProRodeo livestock.

    Veterinarians are nominated by PRCA membership and must exhibit an extraordinary commitment to the health and welfare of our livestock. A review and selection committee made up of advocates and industry experts carefully consider the merits of each nominee and their contributions to the sport of rodeo. The nominees are also judged on the number of years they’ve been involved in rodeo, as well as their community involvement.

    Veneklasen will be recognized at the PRCA Awards Banquet at the South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas on Nov. 30.

  • WPRA Announces 2022 Committee and Contract Awards

    WPRA Announces 2022 Committee and Contract Awards

    COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – The WPRA is pleased to announce their contract award winners that work tirelessly behind the scenes to make it all happen and keeps the Association alive and well. Each winner will be officially recognized during the WPRA Star Celebration at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, December 1.

    Honored this year with the WPRA Lifetime Family Heritage Award is the Peterson Family – Kristie Peterson, Jordon (Peterson) Briggs and the late Chuck Peterson. In 2021, the Peterson family made history in the WPRA with Kristie and Jordon becoming the first mother-daughter duo to win a world title. Jordon enters this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo ranked No. 1 and looking to add to that legacy. She will have an extra angel riding with her this year after her dad passed away the end of August. Without Chuck’s encouragement the rodeo world might never have been treated to watching the great Bozo and Kristie and now his daughter, Jordon and Rollo. Time will only tell if Jordon’s daughter, Bexley, will continue the family legacy.

    A lady that has covered both these world champions along with hundreds more is Kendra Santos, who will be receiving the WPRA Media Award this year. Santos has spent her entire life in the western industry and has used her talents to bring the stories of rodeo athletes to life. She previously was honored with this award in 1997.

    Another individual who helps bring rodeo athlete stories to life and informs the audience about the sport of rodeo is rodeo announcer Steve Kenyon. Kenyon has used his voice to inform rodeo fans through live rodeo performances, radio and now TV. Kenyon joins an elite group of announcers to have been honored with the WPRA Announcer of the Year award at least twice. Kenyon first won the award in 2010. He joins Bob Tallman (1998, 2020), Boyd Polhamus (2000, 2003, 2005), Hadley Barrett (2001, 2011) and Alan Moorhead (2008-09) as a repeat honoree in this category.

    In celebration of their 75 years in the business, Wrangler Jeans and Shirts will be honored with the WPRA Distinguished Partnership Award. Wrangler has been a cornerstone in the sport of rodeo and through their continued support rodeo dreams really can come true at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping.

    Rodeo committees have long been the backbone of the rodeo industry and without the hardworking rodeo committees, the industry would have a hard time existing. Winning the WPRA Large Rodeo of the Year award in 2022 is the Ogden (UT) Pioneer Days Rodeo. The Woodward (OK) Elks Rodeo will be honored as the Medium Rodeo of the Year and the Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo in Vinita, Oklahoma, will take home the Small Rodeo of the Year.

     The WPRA would like to congratulate each of the award recipients as well as those that were nominated for these prestigious awards.

     Below is a full list of those that will be recognized by the WPRA in 2022.

     

    Announcer of the Year

    Steve Kenyon

     

    Stock Contractor of the Year

    Andrews Rodeo Company – Sammy Andrews

     

    Judge of the Year

    Sam Minnick

     

    Mildred Farris Secretary of the Year

    Marlene Dreesen

     

    Small Rodeo of the Year (added money of $5,000 or less)

    Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, OK)

     

    Medium Rodeo of the Year (added money of $5,001 – $9,999)

    Woodward (OK) Elks Rodeo

     

    Large Rodeo of the Year (added money over $10,000)

    Ogden (UT) Pioneer Days Rodeo

     

    Corporate Partner of the Year                                

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    Media Award

    Kendra Santos

     

    Lenora Reimers’ Heritage Award

    Jerri Mann

     

    Outstanding Individual of the Year

                   Janet Cropper

     

    Outstanding Service & Dedication Award

                   George Gibbs

     

    Distinguished Partnership

    Wrangler Jeans and Shirts

     

    Lifetime Family Heritage Award

                   Peterson Family – Kristie and Chuck Peterson and Jordon (Peterson) Briggs

     

     

    Outstanding Rodeo Committee Partner

                   Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (NFR Open) – Colorado Springs, CO

     

    Innovative Rodeo of the Year

                   Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol

     

    Breakaway Trailblazer

                   Farm-City Pro Rodeo – Hermiston, OR

  • Bronc Rumford named Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award winner 

    Bronc Rumford named Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award winner 

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A lifetime of commitment to the rodeo industry earned Bronc Rumford the 2022 PRCA Donita Barnes Contract Personnel Lifetime Achievement Award.

    Rumford, who lives in Abbyville, Kan., has been involved in the rodeo business his entire life.

    “It hasn’t sunk in yet,” said Rumford, 71. “It is such a personal award for me. Bob and Donita were close, close friends with my folks. When I turned pro in the early 1970s, I went to what became the Great Lakes Circuit and we rodeoed up there with Bob and Donita. We would leave home and go to Cherokee, Iowa, in May and we would stay up there all summer. I still remember my folks calling Bob and Donita before I went to Cherokee that year, I got my card. My dad said the kids are going to come up there and rodeo with you and you make sure that you work them and if you need anything from them, they do it. My mom told Donita to take care of us and watch after us.

     

    “Donita pretty much baby sat me and taught me so much about how to enter and even how to rodeo. The Barnes family has always been special to us and Donita, extremely special. To get an award named after her is really an honor for me. She was such a great lady. I’m just extremely proud to get this award.”

     

    The Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Rumford at the PRCA Awards Banquet on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. (PT) at the South Point in Las Vegas.

     

    Other nominees for the 2022 Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award were Edie Longfellow; Grant and Betsy Harris; Jerry Wayne and Judy Olson; and Kay Bleakly.

     

    “All the nominees are personal friends of mine and every one of them should win this award,” Rumford said. “It is very special to be nominated with those other nominees.”

     

    Nominees must have been a PRCA member for a minimum of 15 years and cannot have won a yearly contract personnel award within 15 years of the date of nomination.

     

    All nominations were reviewed and selected by an external panel. The top five nominees were voted on by any contract personnel members who have participated in at least one rodeo within that rodeo year.

     

    “In the rodeo business we have done about everything there is to do,” Rumford said. “If I had it to do over, I would probably do the same thing. I wouldn’t change the lifestyle. The greatest thing about the rodeo world is the people. There are no better people on Earth than rodeo cowboys in my opinion.”

     

    Rumford is the father of award-winning clown/barrelman Justin and award-winning secretary Haley Bridwell.

     

    Other winners of the Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award are Donita Barnes (2011); Art and Linda Alsbaugh (2012); Fred and Norma Dorenkamp (2013); Quail Dobbs (2014); Cotton Rosser (2015); Karen Vold (2016), Jim and Julie Sutton (2017), Hadley Barrett (2018); Roy and Virginia Honeycutt (2019); Cindy Rosser (2020) and Kay Gay (2021).

  • Back When They Bucked with Chuck Sylvester

    Back When They Bucked with Chuck Sylvester

    he 2022 Ben Johnson Memorial Award honoree fits the requirements to a T! Charles Walter Sylvester Jr., better known in rodeo as “Chuck” is the recipient this year which will happen during the Rodeo Historical Society’s Rodeo Weekend at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on November 12th. Chuck becomes the 24th cowboy to receive this award. The honoree has been given annually since 1998 when Clem McSpadden was chosen to receive the prestigious award.
    The requirement of the Ben Johnson Memorial Award, given annually to a living person who has been involved in the rodeo industry for a number of years and has contributed to the growth and betterment of professional rodeo. Involvement with youth and/or community activities also is a pre-requisite for the honor. The recipient must be someone who, like Ben Johnson, Jr., creates a positive image for rodeo and the Western lifestyle.
    Chuck was the General Manager of the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, from 1978 to 2003. This important January Denver event has so many different activities going on it is mind-boggling to imagine his responsibilities. During his leadership the ‘National Western’ changed from a nine day event to sixteen days and the attendance increased considerably. Chuck brought the Draft Horse Show to ‘National Western’ in 1981, the event’s 75th anniversary. In 1985 he brought Jerry Diaz, well-known Charro, with his amazing roping artistry and many more talents which spawned a new addition — the Mexican Extravaganza & Rodeo which became one of the night shows of the ‘National Western’. Chuck was also responsible for expanding the facilities with the addition of the building of the Event Center. It took Chuck, and Board member Pat Grant, speaking with every business group in Denver to raise the interest for a bond to be passed that was necessary for the building to happen.
    In 1995 the new building, called Equestrian Center, was opened. The horse show events moved in, as well as the Dancing Horses Night Show. The Mexican Extravaganza & Rodeo took the place of equestrian events in the Coliseum, along with Professional Bull Riding. When Chuck retired in 2003 he was quoted to say: “My job description for forty years was finding someone else to do the job! They are the ones to put on the show.”
    During Chuck’s tenure as General Manager of the ‘National Western’ he served on the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) Board of Directors two different times. The first, in 1985, was when the National Finals moved to Las Vegas. He admits it was enjoyable but tedious. The Vegas location brought bigger crowds, but the need for more seating. They added seats, between the arena fence and the original first row, and called them Gold Buckle Seats. The additional revenue from seat sales helped pay expenses. Chuck decided to do the same thing at ‘National Western’, by adding more seating and call them God Buckle Seats. They sold out, and ‘National Western’ made an extra $100 thousand the first year. His second time to be on the PRCA Board, was between the mid-1990s and his retirement at NW. Although the circumstances were different he considered it “a real enjoyment but challenging serving on the PRCA grievance committee. Harry Vold was Chairman along with Dean Oliver and Bill Smith.” One of Chuck’s highlights on the Board was promoting and getting final approval to introduce and start “Extreme Bull Riding.”
    It is obvious that Chuck Sylvester thinks ‘outside the box’. When asked to be the chairman of the National Western’s 100th Anniversary in 2006, for the parade he chose to have over 200 loose ewes herded by Border Collies down 17th Street, through the heart of downtown Denver.
    A special event Chuck never misses happens once a year – the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, of which he has been a member for 35 years. They take a week-long horseback adventure in the back-country of Colorado during late July; many memorable moments have happened during this time for him. He was selected “Colt of the Year” his rookie year, 1987, and “Roundup Rider of the Year” in 1999. He became a Life Member in 2012. 2022 is the 74th year for Roundup Riders of the Rockies.
    Chuck’s great-grandfather, Charles E. Miller, homesteaded the family farm in 1866. It is located on the South Platte River, in LaSalle, CO. Chuck and wife, Roni Bell, are the fourth generation of the family to live there. He was born in 1937, the youngest of four. He always felt fortunate that his parents were hard working farm people. In jest, Chuck said he felt like Abraham Lincoln because the house he lived in had no electricity, indoor running water, plumbing, telephone, TV and toilets. However, there was always food on the table and lots of love from his parents and family.
    Chuck began rodeoing in high school at Greeley and continued when he went to Colorado A&M in 1955. As a Rodeo Club member, in college, he helped produce the ‘Little National Western Stock Show Skyline Stampede Rodeo’ at Colorado A & M (now named Colorado State University). While in college he won the bull riding in Logan, UT, and placed in the saddle bronc event at Pocatello, Idaho. Chuck graduated with a degree in Animal Science in 1961 and a masters in Ag Economics in 1985.
    Employment for Chuck always involved agriculture, rodeo or the western way of life. He worked for A.S.C. and Soil Conservation Offices; for Farm Chemical as a salesman; and as Assistant Boulder County Agent. His interest in helping youth began by working with County 4-H programs. His judging team won the ‘National Western’ Livestock judging contest in 1965. He also was involved with the Boulder County Fair and the Longmont Jaycee Rodeo. This set his career course for life with fairs, rodeos, livestock and equine events.
    The Colorado State Fair hired Chuck as Assistant Manager in 1969. During his tenure he helped plan the Fair’s 100th Anniversary in 1972. As part of the anniversary he re-introduced the Draft Horse Show and inaugurated the Colorado Centennial Farm Award, which is given to family farms that have been working farms for over 100 years in the State of Colorado. This Award requires the families of farms qualifying for this Award to complete a written form proving their eligibility.
    Seeing the need for a non-existent organization to handle certain ag-related, rodeo-related or stock-related events Chuck was never hesitant to form a new organization so those active in the program could be treated or judged fairly. He did so by helping form the Association of Rodeo Committees and the Colorado Association of Fairs and Shows. He held the office of President with both groups to get them up and running properly.
    When Chuck retired from the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo he never missed a beat. He soon became the Executive Producer of “There’s Got To Be A Pony,” written by Roni Bell under the pseudonym Arem Roder. It was a performance requiring a huge cast blending Pueblo Symphony, Dr. Jacob Chi conductor, symphonic music with equestrian performers presented at the Evening with Dancing Horses. Some of the cast members who were also associated with rodeo included Jerry Diaz, Vicki Adams, Hadley Barrett, Austin Anderson and Greg Whitaker.
    A cattle-raiser on his Wyoming ranches for over fifty years Chuck finally sold all his cattle in 2009 and presently leases his ranches. He continues to buy land in Wyoming because, “Wyoming is more ‘agriculturally friendly’ than Colorado.”
    A past President and director of the Godfrey Ditch Company Chuck has also been on the Weld County Fair Board, a member and former director of the Greeley T Bone Club, past board member of Colorado Boys Ranch, the Continental Divide Trail Alliance, just to name a few of his additional activities.
    Protecting private property rights hit a nerve with Chuck and in 2007, he and wife, Roni, co-founded the so-called Good Neighbor Law, and subsequently helped with three more Good Neighbor programs. In 2009 Chuck co-founded Land and Water USA which gathers facts, truth and solutions that will protect one’s Land and Water rights. He and wife, Roni, have worked with scientists, educators, politicians, attorneys and research analysts from around the world to teach people what constitutes private property, and how to defend that property on federal land.
    In September, 2013 a flood devastated their 145 year old farm and 110 year old farm house. After seven months of restoration, they were finally able to move back in to their home and their Colorado Centennial Farm. You can find Roni on her old Ford tractor, she named ‘Bar B’, and Chuck on his front-end loader, as they work together to move dirt and trees to make their farm the best it can be.
    As the 2022 honoree of the Ben Johnson Memorial Award Chuck Sylvester joins the following earlier recipients of this prestigious honor: Clem McSpadden, Buster Ivory, Dale Smith, Chuck Sheppard, Don Harrington, A. J. “Jack” Cooke, Jim Shoulders, Mel Potter, Cotton Rosser, Larry Mahan, Billy Minick, Neal Gay, Dean Oliver, Walt Garrison, Bill Smith, Tater Decker, Joe Beaver, Mike Cervi, Jack Roddy, Kelly Riley, Clyde Frost, Doug Clark, and Carl Nafzger.

  • On The Trail with Erin Johnson

    On The Trail with Erin Johnson

    Erin Johnson has always believed in being consistent over the long haul. That consistency has brought the 42-year-old mother of three to the NFBR three years in a row. Erin is going into the NFBR finals in second place. She went in last year in third place and the first year breakaway was offered during the NFR, she was 15th.

    Erin was the first one to ever leave the box for a NFBR event. “By the time I got there, all the excitement took over the nerves. What helped with the nerves was the opportunity to be the very first one – the first girl to rope at the NFR Breakaway Finals – I wrote my name in the history books that day.”

    That first finals fell on the heels of Covid, when most of the rodeos were canceled. “That summer I enjoyed staying home,” she admits. “When you do something for so long, you feel like you have to do it.” Towards the end of that summer her husband, Darnell, entered some circuit rodeos and Erin tagged along. Before too long, her world standing went from 54th to 17th and after discussing it with Darnell, she hit the road. “I’d never gotten to do that before – I went all over the Northwest to the ones they had. We drove a lot of miles to go to very few rodeos.” Her success spurred her on and before she knew it, she was heading to Arlington. “I stumbled into it, that’s for sure.”

    Erin grew up north of Burlington, Colorado on the Republican River. She was a “ranch kid,” and spent her time showing horses and cattle in 4-H. Erin and her family team roped for fun, and she dabbled in all the events at the local gymkhanas, but never competed in high school rodeo. When her parents divorced, she moved to La Junta, Colorado with her mom, graduating from Swink High School in 1998.

    It was in college that the rodeo bug bit. She took her horses with her to Chadron (Neb.) State College, and the kids on the team talked her into college rodeo. She began breakaway roping, and “I really had a lot of fun. I didn’t have a lot of success, but I had enough to keep me hooked. That’s what got the bug started,” Erin remembers. After a year in Chadron, Erin transferred to the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo (now Colorado State University-Pueblo.) She continued to compete in college rodeo, earning an accounting degree in 2004.

    During her college summers, and after college, Erin continued to compete. She became a member of the Colorado Pro Rodeo Association in 2000 but didn’t win a check until the final rodeo that year. As other kids had learned the ropes when they were young, Erin spent her college rodeo career learning the mental aspect of rodeo. In the CPRA, she was intimidated by the women who roped well. “I was still on a learning curve,” she says.

    In 2001, her second year of CPRA rodeo, she made the finals. Her learning was advancing. “It was gradual. I was gradually learning how to win, and gaining the confidence to win.” She won her first CPRA breakaway year end Championship in 2003.

    In 2003, at a U.S. Calf Roping Association event, she ran into another roper, a young man named Darnell Johnson. Erin knew him from college rodeo, but he was just an acquaintance. They got to be friends, and, when she told him she was looking for another breakaway horse, he helped out. “That gave him an excuse to call,” she laughs.

    After dating for three years, they married in October of 2007. Darnell, a tie-down roper, moved to her home near Pueblo, and he added a barn, corrals, and arena to the place. Erin, who worked in accounting for several years, focuses her time now on her roping and her family. In addition to the CPRA, Erin competed in the Wyoming Rodeo Association, the New Mexico Rodeo Association, and occasionally ventured into Texas for their rodeos.

    She has qualified for nearly every CPRA Finals in the last 20 years, winning the breakaway title in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021. She won the breakaway roping title in the WRA in 2005 and 2006 and in the NMRA in 2003 and 2005. In 2007, she began competition in the Women’s Pro Rodeo Association, mainly at their co-sanctioned events in the CPRA. She qualified for her first WPRA Finals in 2007, and has won the WPRA Breakaway Roping World Championship in 2011, 2012, and 2015.

    Being consistent is important to Erin. “Rodeo is one big average roping over the course of the year. Whoever ropes the most calves the best is going to win.” She sets goals in her mind every year, and if she doesn’t reach them, “it makes you tougher the next year.”

    She and Darnell were blessed in February of 2011 with a little cowboy, Denton. He’s playing football, baseball, and is wrestling. They have two daughters, Evin, 8; and Annie, 6. “It’s not easy,” she admits about leaving the family for the rodeo road. “I don’t know how long I can sustain it – this year was harder than last year. Seeing all the big cool rodeos that I never got to see carried me – but now my kids are loving horses and riding. They have little gymkhana horses, and they will soon become the priority.” Erin missed several of Denton’s games this season and has found greater enjoyment in being part of the little farm than part of the rodeo trail. “I don’t like missing any of it.. I want to help the kids excel.” Now her goals are more “one day at a time – We have a little farm and a lot of animals; it would be nearly impossible to go down the road all the time as a family and I’m not willing to sacrifice where we are and our lifestyle.” She is quick to recognize that her parents were crucial in her rodeo career. “Both my parents are extremely supportive. My mom (Gail Downey) has supported me in every way in order for me to get started and learn, and my dad (John Homm) encouraged me and raised and gave me a lot of the horses I’ve won on.” She credits Darnell with her accomplishments. “If I didn’t have his support, encouragement and advice, my roping wouldn’t be where it is today. I’m ready to help my kids the same way. I am content with the accomplishments that I have, and my goals have changed. I’m going to play it one day at a time.”

    Erin has spent her time preparing for the NFR by roping and practicing on her young horses. “I’ve also taken a break from the whole scene which has been good for my mind. I’ve been sitting on a swather and helping Darnell catch up and I love it. It’s fun to spend time in the arena together as a family – there’s no pressure and that’s my preparation – remembering we do this because we enjoy it and it’s not all about winning.”

    She will compete at the Mountain States Circuit Finals and then head to Waco for the WPRA Finals. “We are going to rope through the NFR calves. Then I can come home and gear my practice and preparation based on what it’s going to be.”

    Erin and her family from a little ranch in eastern Colorado have etched out part of rodeo history by paving the way for breakaway ropers to rope for more money. “I’ve been learning as I go,” she admits. “You have to approach it humbly and say thank you, no matter what happens.”

  • 6 Over 60: Vicki Christensen O’Shieles

    6 Over 60: Vicki Christensen O’Shieles

    Since day one, Vicki Christensen O’Shieles’s life has been immersed in rodeo, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. From growing up helping her family’s famous Christensen Brothers Rodeo produce professional rodeos around the West, to trick riding, rodeo queening, hosting radio and television shows, and founding the trophy buckle company Tres Rios Silver, Vicki’s life continues to honor and support the heritage she holds so dear.
    “I had a horse before I ever had a bicycle. Bicycles weren’t very fun to ride on gravel roads,” says Vicki, who was born in 1954 and grew up on the Christensen Brothers Ranch located between Eugene and Roseburg, Oregon. “I can’t imagine my life without rodeo in it. I’ve been very blessed, and every generation will tell you this, but when I grew up in rodeo, we spent more time at the rodeo grounds and got together with the crew and people who came to rodeo. The rodeo family is truly remarkable.”
    Vicki’s earliest memories are of riding her pony on her family’s ranch, home to CB Rodeo, which was founded in 1936 by Bob and Henry Christensen and their sister Babe. Eventually Vicki, her brother Bobby Jr., and Henry’s children became the third generation to work the family business. “My first job in rodeo was riding my pony Lucky and clearing the arena during the calf roping and bulldogging events. Whatever the task at hand was, be it feeding roughstock, running calves through, saddling parade and pickup horses, or carrying flags in the grand entry,” recalls Vicki, who also timed rodeos. “To be ranch raised is very special to me. Ranch life and rodeo life were different, and whether you were fixing fence or helping in the field to put up hay, you just did what you did. Growing up, I used to think every day was ordinary, but looking back on it now, those days were truly extraordinary.”
    She went on to run for Miss Rodeo Oregon in 1973 and won the title. Vicki represented The Beaver State at the Miss Rodeo America pageant and was honored to win the prestigious horsemanship award during the competition. Her close friend Pam Minick won Miss Rodeo America. The following year, Vicki planned to start traveling the skies as a flight attendant for Hughes Air West until a phone call changed everything. California Rodeo Salinas, one of CB Rodeo’s longtime contracts, was short a trick rider for the upcoming rodeo. Vicki, who had watched trick riders at the rodeos for years and tinkered with it herself at home, told her dad she could do it. “I chose one of the pickup horses out of the string because they know how to brace and hold the weight from picking up cowboys after an eight second ride.” Vicki’s successful performance in Salinas opened the next gate in her life, and she and her cousin Sherri Christensen, also a trick rider, formed a trick riding group with Lyndy Erwin. “One trick rider that absolutely inspired me was Nancy Sheppard. She used to work a lot of rodeos in the Northwest and was a good friend of my mom’s. I looked forward to Ellensburg, where Karen and Harry Vold were always at, and Karen helped us girls and gave us pointers. But it was J.W. Stoker who taught me so much about showmanship and how to project from horseback. We were blessed to work many of the bigger rodeos throughout the Northwest, California, and even traveled to Texas for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.”
    Vicki put up her trick riding saddle and returned to working on her family’s ranch when her son Brett Tatum was born in 1978. When rodeo crews rolled in to make a stop at the ranch, Vicki cared for the horses and cooked. Unfortunately, her family lost their entire business in 1984 during the farm crisis. “It was a really sad time, but through sad endings come new beginnings.” Her sustaining comfort was that her faith and family endured, even as CB Rodeo came to a close. The opportunity arose for Vicki to move to New Mexico after the family ranches were sold, and she started working with KXTC Radio. “We did one of the very first rodeo radio reports and went live every day covering rodeo events through the Four Corners area and Navajo nation. That kept me tied into the life I loved of rodeo.”
    Inspired by the enchanting geography of the Southwest and craftsmanship of the Navajo people, Vicki entered into the trophy buckle business, learning from Jim Custer in Wickenburg, Arizona, and Ralph Maynard in Thoreau, New Mexico. “I started making trophy buckles in 1994 and sold that business and went on to create Tres Rios Silver in 1997. That’s going on 22 years now, and it’s second-generation owned by my son Brett Tatum and his wife Keylie.” Vicki’s grandson, Pecos Tatum, is a tie-down roper, while Brett is a former PRCA bull rider and Keylie is a WPRA world champion heeler. “I’m married to a wonderful man, Bud O’Shieles, these last eight years, and he’s a lifetime vice president of Rodeo Houston,” says Vicki, who now makes her home in Weatherford, Texas.
    She is as involved as ever in rodeo, both preserving her family’s history with the sport and the history of others. She was inducted into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2019, and works with the World of Rodeo Reunion and Gold Card Gathering in Las Vegas each December during the WNFR. “It’s a chance to connect with people who are the foundation of the sport, and it’s loads of fun,” says Vicki, who worked side by side with her niece Becky Christensen Mapston to produce the show CB Cowgirls live on stage during the WNFR from 2013—2019. Currently, they host the YouTube show Come to the Table, where faith, food, and fellowship are still served up the cowboy way. Vicki is also working with Patricia Dawson from the Pendleton Round-Up Hall of Fame, and renowned sculptor Edd Hayes, on a project highlighting CB Rodeo’s famous bronc War Paint. The current Ms. International Ambassador FoRe the American Cowboy, Vicki is compiling her memories of early trophy buckle business days. “Back when I was in the business, there were very few women heavily involved in it at that time. I had an excellent crew and some of the finest Navajo silversmiths in the world. It’s their story as much as mine—the people, and the girls I worked with in the office.
    “A good friend of mine, Judy Wagner, said it’s called W.I.T. for ‘whatever it takes.’ I’ve pulled on that through whatever comes in my life. Whatever it takes, as a cowgirl, a mother, or a wife, we do what we do. It’s inspiring to see so many young women embracing the western lifestyle. It really makes my heart smile to see their enthusiasm and what they bring to the table. You never want someone to follow in your footsteps, but if you will leave a path and allow them, they will choose their own steps because of yours. I have learned from the remarkable cowgirls that have given so much that I might be blessed by their journey. I hope the tracks I leave behind might welcome another group of young women who love the western lifestyle.”

  • American Hat Presents Tuf Cooper

    American Hat Presents Tuf Cooper

    Tuf Cooper has been an American Hat endorsee for years. “American Hat believed in me since day one. Just to be part of the legacy and be able to represent Keith Maddox and for them to believe in me was huge. It’s easy for me to ride for their brand; our values line up and that’s what makes the brand. None of this happens without Keith Mundee and when they brought Stan Redding on board, they had the team.”

    Tuf Cooper is turning his attention from his rope to his wife, Tiffany, and daughter, Tru Fashion, born Sept. 20. “Being a dad is second to none,” said the 32-year-old from his home in Decatur, Texas. “I went to 40 rodeos this year – and I’ve been able to be home more. It’s been amazing to experience the growth of your child and pray continually for her.” Tuf has been practicing for the role with his 20 or so nieces and nephews.
    The 13x NFR qualifier is heading back to the Thomas & Mack this December. “This is a very competitive awesome sport that we play. To do it at this level, you need a very big team, that goes with sponsors and supporters of your team. Your sponsors help make this lifestyle as awesome as it is.” Tuf admits when he gets home, he doesn’t want to leave. He also realizes that he still has goals to strive for in rodeo. “God has put me here to do and be my best – Covid has taught me that there’s a balance.” Tuf and Tiff are hoping to be able to get a bus and take their daughter on the road with them starting next spring.
    In the meantime, Tuf is practicing at home with his team and making it work. “I’ve had a few rough spots in my life and I feel I had to go to those places to learn that God is a part of each and every thing – His love is in our hearts and as long as I’m getting out of my own way, I’m at my best. It’s a hard lesson to learn.”
    “Roping has been a job for me since I was 14 years old,” he said. Tuf won his first All Around title at the age of 6. “I made a living with it for twelve years before I fell off for a year (2016) – I’d practice maybe for a day before going to a rodeo. I had to figure this thing out.” He came back in 2017 and won the All Around. Then he admits, “I got too big for my britches. But it led me here so I’m thankful. It’s all I knew and all I saw, that’s what’s fun. I still get to go back and relive this a little bit and get another chance to do it differently. I was trying to be my best, but my heart wasn’t fully there. There was too much on my mind to be in any one spot at any one time. I realize that to be my best, I must be grounded and that’s a daily work.
    Tuf saw his new look on life come to life in Castle Rock, Colo., during a summer rodeo. “I was by my trailer and these kids were roping the dummy and they asked me to come rope with them. One of their parents walked up and realized that it was me (a world champion) and the little kids decided I was their best friend. God wants us to take what he has in our hearts and just like a child, come to him, and enjoy His love.”
    “I’m so thankful being in the western community and given this opportunity – God is here in this western way of life.”

  • Lockhart crosses $3 million in career earnings

    Lockhart crosses $3 million in career earnings

    On October 15, 2022, Lisa Lockhart became just the second WPRA member to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings.

    Lockhart who will be making her 16th consecutive appearance at the Wrangler NFR achieved this milestone during a rodeo she is very familiar with, the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo in Minot, N.D.

    At the end of the 2022 regular season, Lockhart was just shy of the mark by $2,006. She entered the Badlands Circuit finals as the No. 11 ranked cowgirl in the circuit but in true Lockhart fashion she finished as the average champion. In the first round, she finished fourth in a time of 14.07 seconds, good for $537. She and Promise Me Fame Guys “Levee” stepped it up in the second round winning the round in a time of 13.73 seconds and crossed the $3 million mark after collecting $2,149 for the round win. She entered the final round with the lead in the average and she went on to win the final round in an event best 13.60-second run worth another $2,149. She won the average in a time of 41.39 seconds on three runs and added another $3,223. Her career earnings now total $3,006,052.

    Lockhart joins Sherry Cervi in this exclusive and elite club.

  • ProRodeo Hall of Fame completes Panoramic and Oversized Photograph Restoration Project

    ProRodeo Hall of Fame completes Panoramic and Oversized Photograph Restoration Project

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 13) – The ProRodeo Hall of Fame is proud to announce the completion of its Panoramic and Oversized Photograph Restoration Project.

    This project started in 2019 when the Hall received a Save America’s Treasures Grant from the National Parks Service administered by the Institute for Museum and Library Services. The grant was to help with the humidifying, flattening, cleaning, repairing, and digitizing of 120 panoramic and oversized photographs that dated from 1912 to 1959. The Hall was awarded $95,500 in grant funds that had to be matched, dollar for dollar, by the Hall of Fame.

    After an extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hall and the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts were able to complete the project this September. The three-year long project is now finished, and the Hall wishes to thank the many individuals, businesses, corporations, and rodeo committees that helped match the grant funds through their generous donations.

    “It was customary back in those days to take a group photograph of everyone involved in the rodeo,” said Kent Sturman, Director of the Hall. “These groups include not only the contestants, but the producers, officials, clowns, personnel, workers, and in some cases, even the rodeo band and local Native American groups. As a result, when these images were printed, they were quite large and panoramic in nature. Some of the committees whose photos are in the collection, donated to this project.”

    Many of the photographs were taken in the arena with several on horseback, while others were taken just as groups in front of places such as city hall or the local courthouse. Many of the Madison Square Garden group photographs in New York City were taken in the basement of that historic building.

    All final paperwork, reports, and budgets have been filed and the original photographs are being shipped back to the Hall from the lab in Philadelphia this week.

     

    “We are so happy that this project is now complete, and the images will be forever preserved for future generations,” Sturman said. “Our fund-raising efforts were derailed almost a year with the pandemic, but we were granted an extension from the IMLS to raise the funds and complete the restoration of these incredibly historic photographs.”

     

    The 120 photographs, which had not been thoroughly studied since their arrival at the Hall, received top treatment and are now available for viewing on the Hall of Fame’s digital database, where they can be viewed and enjoyed by anyone.

    To showcase the completed photographs, an exhibit in the Hall’s 101 Gallery opened Sept. 28, and will remain in the gallery until later in the spring of 2023. The exhibit features many of the restored images and items from collections that tie-in with the rodeos featured in the photographs. One of the images was enlarged to five feet wide to encourage visitors to identify the cowboys and cowgirls at the 1953 Madison Square Garden Rodeo.

     

    Another wall of the exhibit showcases the process that the images went through at the conservation center during the humidification and digitization stages. Before and after images tell the story of how well the photographs were restored and repaired. Even the most damaged images look new again.

     

    Still another wall showcases the changes in the Madison Square Garden contestants from 1923 to 1959. Visitors are encouraged to examine the photographs and note the changes and similarities in western wear styles of both the audiences and the rodeo participants.

  • Two Outstanding Performers Selected by Fans to Sing the National Anthem at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

    Two Outstanding Performers Selected by Fans to Sing the National Anthem at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

    Two contest winners join list of 10 to perform at the Thomas & Mack Center; Anthem performances presented by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

    LAS VEGAS (October 12, 2022) – After a three-month promotion, two performers have been selected by fans to sing the national anthem at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeoâ in Las Vegas. The Wrangler NFR will kick off on Thursday, Dec. 1 and run through Saturday, Dec. 10.

    The Wrangler NFR National Anthem Contest launched on Aug. 3. All entries had to be submitted by Aug. 24. Entries were received from 28 states. From there, an initial fan vote narrowed the list to the Top 30 and a panel of judges narrowed the list to the Top 8 for further open voting. From Sept. 28 through Oct. 5, fans voted on their selection of choice among the final eight entries. The 2022 winners were Presley Seal and Candace Muir. Seal will perform on Dec. 4, while Muir will perform on Dec. 8.

    A 12-year-old cowgirl from Caldwell, Idaho, Seal competes in junior rodeos and ropings, and enjoys riding and spending time with her friends and family. She was asked to sing the national anthem at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho for the first time when she was eight years old. She loves to sing the anthem and has performed a total of three times at Nampa, as well as the Canyon County Fair, Caldwell Night Rodeo, Idaho Cowboy’s Association Finals, the Reno Open Roping and All-Girl, as well as many other junior rodeos, barrel races and jackpots. Her goal was to sing at the Wrangler NFR someday, and that dream will become a reality in 2022.

    Muir, a native of Waynesfield, Ohio, has been performing for many years and enjoys singing anytime she gets a chance. She has performed the national anthem at many national cattle shows, cattle sales and other small events. Muir is a former graduate of The Ohio State University where she obtained her B.S. in zoology and a minor in music. She was a member of The Ohio State University A Capella group as well as a former singer in two local country bands.

    On the professional side, she currently is a co-owner/herdsman of her family cattle and hay operation and a custom show cattle fitter. In addition, she assists in managing Graze On, her family-owned catering company. Muir won the NFR National Anthem contest last year. However, she was involved in a life-threatening accident just weeks before and was unable to perform.

     

    The full list of anthem performers includes:

    Thursday, Dec. 1 – Easton Corbin (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas)

    Friday, Dec. 2 – Glen Templeton (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and Rodeo Vegas at The Mirage)

    Saturday, Dec. 3 – Dan Smalley (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas)

    Sunday, Dec. 4 – Presley Seal, Contest Winner

    Monday, Dec. 5 – Will Jones (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas)

    Tuesday, Dec. 6 – Wyatt McCubbin (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas)

    Wednesday, Dec. 7 – Jim McCloughan

    Thursday, Dec. 8 – Corb Lund (Canadian anthem); Candace Muir, Contest Winner

    Friday, Dec. 9 – Drake Milligan (also performing at Cowboy Revival at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas)

    Saturday, Dec. 10 – Maggie Minor

     

    Known as the richest and most prestigious rodeo in the world, the Wrangler NFR attracts the top 15 contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding to compete for a share of the increased purse and the coveted PRCA Gold Buckle. In 2021, the event had a total attendance of 169,539 over the 10 days of competition at the Thomas & Mack Center and has sold out more than 340 consecutive performances in Las Vegas.

     

    For more information on the Wrangler NFR, please visit NFRexperience.com or through social media at /LasVegasNFR and use #WranglerNFR. For the latest PRORODEO news and Wrangler NFR coverage, please visit prorodeo.com or through social media @PRCA_ProRodeo.

  • 2022 Colorado Pro Rodeo Association Finals Standings

    2022 Colorado Pro Rodeo Association Finals Standings

    All Around Men

    1             Tuff Ramsey Hometown: Delta, CO          $5,800.18

    2             Cody Redden Hometown: Lipan, TX          $4,600.32

     

    All Around Women

    1             Willow Wilson Hometown: Baggs, WY     $8,296.68

    2             Peyton Crowder Hometown: Ft Lupton, CO          $8,064.08

    3             Tamara Tunick Hometown: Fowler, CO   $6,394.54

    4             Shai Schaefer Hometown: Lake Creek, TX              $5,915.63

    5             Taya McAdow Hometown: Keensburg, CO            $5,769.29

    6             Josey Schnaufer Hometown: Pueblo, CO $5,577.66

    7             Chelsie Cranson Hometown: Fowler, CO $4,921.60

    8             Alex Odle Hometown: Brush, CO               $4,638.70

    9             Jessie Miller Hometown: Fort Lupton, CO              $4,562.94

    10           Mckenzie WATKINS Hometown: Bloomfeild, NM $3,114.13

    11           Megan Burris Hometown: Eaton, CO       $2,735.39

    12           Graycee Lay Hometown: Elbert, CO          $1,621.65

     

    Bareback

    1             Monte Downare ® Hometown: Hartsel, CO           $7,145.58

    2             Tyler Ferguson Hometown: Bennett, CO $5,808.99

    3             Jayce Harrison Hometown: Pierce, CO     $4,931.39

    4             Creede Guardamondo Hometown: Avondale, CO              $4,772.11

    5             Jade Taton Hometown: Goodwell, OK     $3,510.42

    6             Brazos Winters Hometown: Sedcan, NM $2,314.46

    7             Ty Zofchak Hometown: Littleton, CO       $1,255.40

    8             Dalton Williams ® Hometown: Loveland, CO         $464.47

    9             Robert Walter Hometown: Colorado       $199.38

     

    Barrel Racing

    1             Jenna Pruitt Hometown: Gering, NE         $9,588.48

    2             Shaylea Yonkers Hometown: Calhan, CO $5,448.71

    3             Sami Jo Buum Hometown: Keenesburg, CO          $4,043.82

    4             Alex Odle Hometown: Brush, CO               $3,883.12

    5             Mackenzie Scott Hometown: Estes Park, CO         $3,817.91

    6             Kelley Schnaufer Hometown: Pueblo, CO              $3,278.91

    7             Sydni Blanchard Hometown: Pueblo, CO $2,744.92

    8             Kathryn Varian Hometown: Coalmont, CO            $2,581.76

    9             Taylor Robson Hometown: Pueblo, CO    $2,424.28

    10           Teresa Jessop Hometown: Peyton, CO     $2,238.72

    11           Renee Freeland Hometown: Phoenix, AZ               $2,216.40

    12           Josey Schnaufer Hometown: Pueblo, CO $2,160.73

    13           Brenda McMahan Hometown: Divide, CO             $1,809.08

    14           Kelly Yates Hometown: Pueblo, CO          $1,765.41

    15           Katie Rathbun Hometown: Loveland, CO               $1,739.56

     

    Breakaway

    1             Tamara Tunick Hometown: Fowler, CO   $5,246.19

    2             Willow Wilson Hometown: Baggs, WY     $4,325.40

    3             Shai Schaefer Hometown: Lake Creek, TX              $4,272.54

    4             Dara Belew Hometown: La Junta, CO       $4,124.59

    5             Keylie Tatum Hometown: La Plata, NM   $3,271.51

    6             Kinlie Brennise Hometown: Craig, CO      $2,996.52

    7             Charity Hoar Hometown: Pine Bluffs, WY              $2,885.80

    8             Haillie Smith Hometown: Delta, CO          $2,786.81

    9             Olivia Lay Hometown: Elbert, CO              $2,713.20

    10           Taya McAdow Hometown: Keensburg, CO            $2,592.80

    11           Kacey Kobza Hometown: Brighton, CO    $2,507.76

    12           Teryn McWhirter Hometown: Ignacio, CO             $2,399.64

    13           Kodey Hoss Hometown: La Junta, CO       $2,213.76

    14           Faith Hoffman Hometown: Kiowa, CO     $2,074.78

    15           Chelsie Cranson Hometown: Fowler, CO $2,070.90

     

    Bull Riding

    1             Nathaniel Hoey Hometown: Montrose, CO           $7,353.15

    2             Luke Mackey ® Hometown: Ignacio, CO  $4,074.97

    3             Jaren Sturgis Hometown: Loveland, CO   $3,118.98

    4             Logan Durham ® Hometown: Hamilton, CO          $2,591.58

    5             Dylan Howland ® Hometown: Lone Tree, CO        $2,417.65

    6             Cody Carpenter Hometown: Fort Morgan, CO      $1,529.31

    7             Joseph Quintana Hometown: Saguache, CO         $1,361.83

    8             Jacob Odell Hometown: Grover, CO         $1,023.23

    9             Braydin Starr Hometown: Peyton, CO      $682.15

    10           Ryley Lane Hometown: Morrill, NE           $546.26

    11           Jacob Deacon Hometown: No Designation            $313.40

     

    Mixed Team Roping

    1             Peyton Crowder Hometown: Ft Lupton, CO          $6,746.17

    2             Lydia Van Aken Hometown: Yoder, WY   $4,482.51

    3             Willow Wilson Hometown: Baggs, WY     $4,221.28

    4             Josey Schnaufer Hometown: Pueblo, CO $3,416.93

    5             Jessie Miller Hometown: Fort Lupton, CO              $3,233.06

    6             Taya McAdow Hometown: Keensburg, CO            $3,176.49

    7             Sabrina Kreutzer Hometown: Lake Creek, TX        $3,038.33

    8             Chelsie Cranson Hometown: Fowler, CO $2,850.70

    9             Katlyn Norell Hometown: Hotchkiss, CO $2,766.55

    10           Mikayla Wilson Hometown: Lakewood, CO           $2,208.92

    11           Connie Harris Hometown: Boone, CO      $2,009.40

    12           Nicole Cooper Hometown: Clearmont, WY            $1,951.47

    13           Mckenzie Watkins Hometown: Bloomfeild, NM   $1,662.08

    14           Shai Schaefer Hometown: Lake Creek, TX              $1,643.09

    15           Callie Norell Hometown: Delta, CO           $1,625.71

     

    Saddle Bronc

    1             Coleman Shallbetter Hometown: Gunnison, CO  $6,297.09

    2             Mitchell Story ® Hometown: Aztec, NM  $4,774.13

    3             Walker Rezzonico Hometown: Jelm, WY $3,401.49

    4             Cole Hoffman Hometown: Fruita, CO       $3,055.16

    5             Denton Ward Hometown: Goodwell, OK $2,770.75

    6             Tyler Beebe Hometown: Bayfield, CO      $1,587.13

    7             Colt Allred Hometown: Rangely, CO         $1,266.03

    8             Brady Love Hometown: Fort Collins, CO  $1,080.34

    9             Colton Williams Hometown: Loveland, CO            $929.18

    10           Kasey Rosendahl Hometown: Meeker, CO             $708.61

    11           Roady Marsh Hometown: Minatare, NE  $685.81

    12           Jace Angus Hometown: Kiowa, CO            $640.24

    13           Taggyrt Moses Hometown: Keenesburg, CO         $616.74

    14           Montana Barlow Hometown: Rock Point, AZ        $481.68

    15           Brody Baca Hometown: Weatherford, TX              $444.53

     

    Steer Wrestling

    1             Cody Mumma  Hometown: Fort Lupton, CO         $4,271.58

    2             Cody Redden Hometown: Lipan, TX          $3,802.67

    3             Hadley Jackson Hometown: La Junta, CO               $3,171.15

    4             Kyle Broce Hometown: Cheraw, CO         $3,087.19

    5             Jacob Sterkel Hometown: Brighton, CO   $2,693.88

    6             Cody Pratt Hometown: Pueblo, CO           $1,973.07

    7             Brady Buum Hometown: Keenesburg, CO             $1,646.99

    8             Rick Petersen Hometown: Clifton, CO      $1,624.47

    9             Tait Kvistad Hometown: Wiggins, CO       $1,392.55

    10           Coy Zang Hometown: De Beque, CO        $979.30

    11           Bill Claunch Hometown: Monte Vista, CO              $938.43

    12           Cole Fritzlan Hometown: Silt, CO              $896.10

    13           Austin Ellers Hometown: Glendo, WY      $805.59

    14           Jace Joos Hometown: La Junta, CO           $649.90

    15           Zack Woods Hometown: Brighton, CO     $564.21

     

    Open Team Roping Header

    1             Clayton Van Aken Hometown: Yoder, WY              $7,058.21

    2             Blaine Redhorse Hometown: Rough Rock, AZ       $6,567.93

    3             Tuff Ramsey Hometown: Delta, CO          $4,500.88

    4             Jay Tittel Hometown: Pueblo, CO              $3,763.19

    5             Robert Reed Hometown: Gill, CO              $2,993.93

    6             Corey Whinnery Hometown: Powderhorn, CO     $2,967.60

    7             Clay Norell Hometown: Hotchkiss, CO     $2,884.91

    8             Chance Hine Hometown: Bayfield, CO     $2,794.04

    9             Kyle Roberts Hometown: Dolores, CO     $2,730.31

    10           Willow Wilson Hometown: Baggs, WY     $2,705.09

    11           Austin Crist Hometown: Calhan, CO         $2,575.60

    12           Casey Warnock Hometown: Lamar, CO   $2,524.93

    13           Payton Norell Hometown: Delta, CO        $1,935.17

    14           Kyon Kreutzer Hometown: La Veta, CO   $1,759.71

    15           Justin Smith Hometown: Loveland, CO    $1,564.28

     

    Open Team Roping Heeler

    1             J W Borrego Hometown: Weston, CO      $9,811.65

    2             Jayden Johnson Hometown: Casper, WY $7,486.27

    3             David Menegatti Hometown: Walsenburg, CO     $4,082.29

    4             Josh Fillmore Hometown: Penrose, CO    $3,527.56

    5             Todd Wilson Hometown: Baggs, WY        $3,133.16

    6             Joe Roderick Hometown: Loma, CO          $2,922.66

    7             Bodie Hine Hometown: Bayfield, CO        $2,794.04

    8             Calvin Brevik Hometown: Durango, CO   $2,730.31

    9             Hank Bounds Hometown: Clifton, CO      $2,453.82

    10           Justin Price Hometown: La Veta, CO        $2,102.79

    11           Jace Norell Hometown: Delta, CO             $1,935.17

    12           Clancey Kreutzer Hometown: La Veta, CO             $1,759.71

    13           Devon Burris Hometown: Eaton, CO        $1,709.56

    14           Michael Baleztena Hometown: Loma, CO              $1,543.75

    15           Wade Kreutzer Hometown: Lake Creek, TX           $1,484.90

     

    Tie Down Roping

    1             Pecos Tatum Hometown: La Plata, NM    $6,163.34

    2             Dontae Pacheco Hometown: Bloomfield, NM      $5,290.48

    3             Shea Freeland Hometown: Phoenix, AZ   $3,844.78

    4             Chance Wall Hometown: La Junta, CO     $3,294.75

    5             Kyle Dickens Hometown: Loveland, CO   $2,561.49

    6             Ricky Lambert Hometown: Wiggins, CO  $2,109.52

    7             Brian Venn Hometown: Kersey, CO          $1,963.38

    8             Kyle Belew Hometown: La Junta, CO        $1,962.85

    9             Jd McCuistion Hometown: Estes Park, CO             $1,729.98

    10           Pryce Harris Hometown: Canyon, TX        $1,645.46

    11           Caleb Adle Hometown: Eastlake, CO        $1,619.19

    12           Tuff Ramsey Hometown: Delta, CO          $1,299.30

    13           Brandon Kammerzell Hometown: Galeton, CO    $1,119.14

    14           Braeden Ross Hometown: Almont, CO    $1,023.69

    15           Jake Harris Hometown: Canyon, TX          $1,008.60