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Several contestants at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo their last opportunity to qualify for Saturday night’s championship Finals during Semifinals 2.

No where was it more evident than in the team roping. Clay Smith, of Broken Bow, and Jade Corkill, from Fallon, Nevada, didn’t expect to be among the competitors here in the Semifinals. They finished fifth in their bracket and the top four advanced. Then when a team withdrew because one of them was injured, Smith and Corkill got the call.

They had earned less money than any other team that advanced and had a lot of ground to make up. During the first round on Wednesday night, ,they picked up a fourth place check for $1,500. That helped, but still wasn’t enough to see them roping for the championship in the AT&T Center on Saturday night.

They were the first team ropers to swing their loops on Thursday night and made it stick at 4.1 seconds. The other nine teams that followed them couldn’t get the job done any faster. Smith and Corkill added $5,000 to their checking accounts and now will start Saturday’s competition with $8,500 in earnings.

Bull rider Travor Kastner, from Roff, Oklahoma found himself in a similar situation. He also was fifth in his bracket and got the call when another bull rider was on the injured list. Kastner was one of the nine riders that hit the dirt on Wednesday night, so he had to ride eight-seconds on Thursday or be the one rider during Friday night’s Wildcard round with the high score to advance.

Kastner rode 4L and Diamond S Rodeo’s bull named Ferdinand for 86 points and the win. With the $5,000 he won on Thursday, he has total earnings of $7,750 to start the Championship Finals. Kastner will also be competing at the Xtreme Bulls performance Saturday afternoon.

The bareback, saddle bronc and bull riders who finished in the bottom five spots in each of the Semifinals here have one more opportunity to qualify for the Championship Finals at the Wildcard on Friday night. A new group of timed-event contestants will ride into the AT&T Center for the first time for that performance. In the steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping and barrel racing, it is the top 10 finishers from San Antonio’s qualifiers who will have the opportunity.

In all the events it will come down to one ride or one run to have a chance to compete for the big money on Saturday. Friday night’s Wildcard round starts at 7 p.m.

 

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2020) — The following are unofficial results from the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo, the 14-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year. Complete results are at www.sarodeo.com.

 

Semifinals 2 Round 2 followed by Championship Finals qualifiers –

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Richmond Champion, The Woodlands, Texas, 89 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Two Buck Chuck, $5,000. 2, Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D., 88.5, $4,000. 3, Shane O’Connell, Rapid City, S.D., 86.5, $2,500. 4, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 85.5, $1,500. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Howlett, $11,250. 2, Vold, $9,500. 3, Shane O’Connell, $9,250. 4, Champion, $8,750. 5, Dantan Bertsch, Eastend, Saskatchewan, $7,625.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 3.7 seconds, $5,000. 2, Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., 4.4, $4,000. 3, Tanner Bruner, Ramona, Kan., 4.7, $2,500. 4, Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, S.D., 5.7, $1,500. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Hazen, $13,000. 2, Bruner, $9,500. 3, Cassidy, $9,375. 4, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., $8,500. 5, Melvin, $5,000.

 

Team Roping: 1, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.1 seconds, $5,000. 2, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Ryan Motes, Weatherford, 4.2, $4,000. 3, (tie) Billy Bob Brown, Carbon, Texas, and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla.; and Erich Rogers, Round Rockc, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 4.6, $2,000 each. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Brown and Braden, $9,000. 2, (tie) Smith and Corkill; and Proctor and Motes, $8,500. 4, Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., and Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., $7,000. 5, Tanner Baldwin, Vail, Ariz., and Nano Garza, Las Cruces, N.M., $6,000.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah, 86.5 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Grab your Guns, $5,000. 2, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Calif., 86, $4,000. 3, Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah, 85.5, $2,500. 4, Tegan Smith, Winterset, Iowa, 83.5, $1,500. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Boore, $11,250. 2, Holman, $8,375. 3, Joe Harper, Paradise Valley, Nev., 79, $8,000. 4, Smith, $7,500. 5, Wright, $6,250.

 

               Tie-Down Roping: 1, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 6.9 seconds, $5,000. 2, Cody Huber, Albia, Iowa, 7.1, $4,000. 3, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., and Shad Mayfield, Clovis, N.M., 7.3 and $2,000 each. (Finals round) 1, Catfish Brown, Collinsville, Texas, $10,750. 2, (tie) Moore and Mayfield, $9,500. 4, Chance Oftedahl, Pemberton, Minn., 8.2, $7,875. 5, Huber, $7,250.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 13.91 seconds, $5,000. 2, Cindy Smith, Lovington, N.M., 13.97, $4,000. 3, (tie) Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas, and Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 14.06, $2,000. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Ryann Pedone, Sunset, Texas, $11,500. 2, Tonozzi, $10,000. 3, Wilson, $9,750. 4, Lockwood, $7,750. 5, Smith, $6,750.

 

Bull Riding: (three rides) 1, Trevor Kastner, Roff, Okla., 86 points on Four L & Diamond S Rodeo’s Ferdinand, $5,500. 2, Colten Fritzlan, Rifle, Colo., 85.5, $4,500. 3, Denton Fugate, Niangua, Mo., 81, $3,000. (Finals qualifiers) 1, Ruger Piva, Challis, Idaho, $16,222. 2, Fritzlan, $9,472. 3, Kastner, $7,750. 4, Fugate, $6,500. 5, Tyler Bingham, Huneyville, Utah, $4,250.

 

About the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo:
Established in 1949, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, winner of the PRCA Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year for an unprecedented 14 consecutive times, has grown to be one of the largest and most prestigious single events in the city, with nearly 2 million visitors entering the grounds each year. The success of the organization is attributed to over 6,000 volunteers who give countless hours to the organization. With community, donor and volunteer support, the organization has donated over $210 million to the youth of Texas through scholarships, grants, endowments, auctions, a calf scramble program and show premiums. For more information, visit sarodeo.com.

One of the sport’s brightest young stars aims to help his country retain their home soil and end Team Brazil’s Global Cup dominance

ARLINGTON, Texas – Two days prior to the 2020 WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup USA, presented by Monster Energy, Team USA Eagles coaches Justin McBride (Whitesboro, Texas) and J.W. Hart (Overbrook, Oklahoma) announced a last-minute change to their home nation contingent in naming one of the sport’s biggest young superstars, Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York), to the team’s roster.

Swearingen, the 2019 Intercollegiate Rodeo Association National Championship Bull Riding Champion and PBR Canada Champion, is currently ranked No. 5 in the world.

Sage Kimzey (Strong City, Oklahoma), the coaches’ initial selection for Team USA’s sixth spot, sustained an ankle injury while competing at the San Antonio Rodeo earlier in the week which relegated him to the sidelines.

The fourth edition of the PBR Global Cup, the only nation vs. nation bull riding competition, will make its second stop at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on February 15-16, 2020. The new team tournament debuted in Edmonton, Alberta, in November 2017, visited Sydney, Australia, in June 2018, and most recently stopped in Arlington this past February.

The 2020 PBR Global Cup USA will mark Swearingen’s debut at the “Olympics of bull riding.”

His selection comes after a historic 2019 season for the now 20-year-old.

After winning the Intercollegiate Rodeo Association National Championship with Panola College, and being crowned the National Champion in bull riding, in June, Swearingen qualified for both the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and PBR World Finals, becoming the youngest bull rider in history to qualify for both season-culminating events.

A top-contender for the 2019 PBR Rookie of the Year race, Swearingen concluded his first year competing on the elite Unleash The Beast a career-high No. 13 in the world.

Swearingen was also active in PBR Canada competition, crowned the nation’s national champion.

Winning two regular-season Canadian Monster Energy Tour events, Swearingen capped the year with a victory at the Canadian National Finals propelling him to the 2019 PBR Canada Championship.

Thus far in 2020, Swearingen has been electric.

Finishing 14^th after his first-ever appearance at the annual, season-launch Major in New York City, Swearingen rode to his first premier series event win the following weekend in Chicago. Also finishing third in Sacramento, California, Swearingen is now No. 5 in the world, 183.59 points behind No. 1 Joao Ricardo Vieira (Itatinga, Brazil).

The complete Team USA Eagles roster is now: Head Coach McBride, Assistant Coach Hart, Honorary Assistant Coach Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas), Honorary Assistant Coach Chase Outlaw (Hamburg, Arkansas), Jess Lockwood (Volborg, Montana), Boudreaux Campbell (Crockett, Texas), Cody Teel (Kountze, Texas), Matt Triplett (Columbia Falls, Montana), Cole Melancon (Paris, Texas) and Swearingen.

Tickets for the 2020 WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup USA, presented by Monster Energy are on sale now and can be purchased at the AT&T Stadium Box Office, online at ATTStadium.com or SeatGeek.com, or via the phone at (800) 732-1727.

For more information on the event, including premium experience and elite seats offerings, visit PBR.com/GlobalCup.

Dustin Bird of Cut Bank, Montana and Levi Tyan of Wallace, Nebraska set a new team roping record at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo on Tuesday night. They stopped the clock in 3.5 seconds for the win.  San Antonio Rodeo photo by Scott Foley

 

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 11, 2020) – Nobody was more surprised to set a new team roping arena record at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo than the men that stopped the clock in 3.5 seconds.

Two years ago, Coleman Proctor and Billy Jack Saebens had the fast time of the rodeo at 3.7 seconds. That was the record in the AT&T Center. That same year, Proctor and Saebens went on to be crowned the San Antonio Rodeo champions.

Now, Dustin Bird of Cut Bank, Montana and Levi Tyan from Wallace, Nebraska are hoping for similar results. They roped together here for the very first time. In fact, they hadn’t even met each other until they got here. Both had qualified and after entering the rodeo, they got paired up.

Their first outing didn’t go well, and they came up empty. But with everything to gain in the second round, they went for it and made history together. They will have their third steer on Wednesday night and are in good position to be back here for the Semifinals. They will go their separate ways after they rope Wednesday and meet back up in San Antonio later. Bird is going to Arizona for more rodeos and Tyan is going back to Nebraska to work on the family ranch.

Shorty Garrett has been at the top of the saddle bronc riding leaderboard in both rounds of Bracket 3. He tied for the win in the first round then got to make the victory lap around the arena alone on Tuesday. That was because of an 82-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s Zealous Departure.

Garrett, from Eagle Butte, S.D., finished three spots out of making the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last year. He is on fire this year and on track to be among the top 15 who ride for world championships next December. He just won Rodeo Rapid City in his home state of South Dakota and is currently third in the world standings.

Now, he is also making plans to be in the Alamo City for the Semifinals. He has already won $4,417 here and could add to that on Wednesday. The final round of Bracket 3 will begin at 7 p.m. in the AT&T Center on Wednesday night.

.SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb.11, 2020) — The following are unofficial results from the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo, the 14-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year. Complete results are at www.sarodeo.com.

Bracket 3, round 2 —

                Bareback Riding: 1, Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas, 89 points on Calgary Stampede’s Zulu Warrior, $2,500. 2, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 85, $2,000. 3, Paden Hurst, Huntsville, Texas, 83.5, $1,240. 4, Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D., 81, $750.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Clayton Hass, Weatherford, Texas, 3.9 seconds, $2,500. 2, (tie) Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., and Josh Clark, Belgrade, Mont., 4.0, $1,625 each.  4, (tie) Stockton Graves, Alva, Okla., and Bridger Anderson, Carrington, N.D., 4.1, $375.

Team Roping: 1, Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mnt., and Levi Tyan, Wallace, Neb., 3.5 seconds, $2,500.* 2, Dustin Egusquiza, Marianna, Fla., and Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., 4.1, $2,000. 3, Jeff Flenniken, Caldwell, Idaho and Tyler Worley, Berryville, Ark., 4.2, $1,250. 4, Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Lane Siggins, Eloy, Ariz., 6.7, $750.

                Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Shorty Garrett, Eagle Butte, S.D., 82 points on Calgary Stampede’s Zealous Departure, $2,500. 2, Kole Ashbacher, Arrowwood, Alberta, and Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 80 and $1,625 each. 4, Logan James Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 77.5, $750.

               Tie-Down Roping: 1, (tie) Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., and Justin Smith, Leesville, La., 7.9 seconds and $2,250 each. 3, Marcos Costa, Menard, Texas, 8.2, $1,240. 4, Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas, 8.5, $750.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Brittney Barnett, Stephenville, Texas, 13.91 seconds, $2,500. 2, Christine Laughlin, Reddick, Fla., 14.30, $2,000. 3, Leia Pluemer, Bosque Farms, NM., and Kathy Grimes, Medical Lake, Wash., 14.36 and $1,000 each.

Bull Riding: (three rides) 1, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 86.5 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Valhalla, $2,750. 2, Jordan Hansen, Ponoka, Alberta, 83.5, $2,250. 3, Sage Steele Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 67, $1,000.

 

FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 8, 2020) – The 124^th Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) closed Saturday, Feb. 8, with a capacity crowd watching history-making performances in the new Dickies Arena.

The championship finals of the first FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament featured eight rodeo athletes in eight contest events competing for the lion’s share of a 1.2-millon dollar purse.

Tilden Hooper, a native of Carthage, Texas, who now lives less than a 15-minute drive from Dickies Arena, was the big winner in bareback riding. As a youngster he watched rodeo on television, became a fan and decided to become a cowboy. He’s now one of the best in the sport and he notched the highest score in the 102-year history of indoor rodeo at the FWSSR – 91.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s horse called Agent Lynx.

Local favorite Tilden Hooper set a new bareback riding record for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) at the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament February 8. He scored 91.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s horse Agent Lynx. FWSSR photo by James Phifer

“There’s so much history at this rodeo,” Hooper said. “It’s great to be the first bareback riding champion in this arena.” Hooper broke a record first set in 1973 by Gary Tucker and matched in 2004 by Jason Jeter.

He won $20,000 in the championship round and nearly $25,000 in the 16-day rodeo tournament. Rodeo fans can catch Hooper on the television series “Yellowstone” in the upcoming season.

Jacob Talley of Keatchie, Louisiana, wrestled his steer to the ground in four seconds flat for his $20,000 paycheck. The two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifier’s early season has started well. He won a total of $26,640 here and is currently in the money at San Angelo and Jackson, Mississippi.

One of the biggest money-earning athletes at Fort Worth was a 13-year-old horse named Roy. Sisters Cassie and Anna Bahe from Grantsville, Utah, and their family raised Roy, who was born on their grandparents’ ranch in Gooding, Idaho, from his days as a colt. Both women rode him here in the breakaway roping and both competed in the finals.

Cassie was the first breakaway roper to ride into the box and she set the pace with 2.3 seconds. Two runs came close to moving her down a notch, but Wyoming’s Shai Schaefer (2.0) and Texan Jordan Jo Fabrizio (2.1) both were penalized 10 seconds for failing to give the calf the proper head start. Cassie won $20,000 for first place and Anna finished fourth, earning $4,000. Roy carried them to $33,120 in total earnings and put Cassie in the history books as the FWSSR’s first rodeo breakaway roping champion.

Saddle bronc rider Dawson Hay thought his chance at a championship here was gone, but he moved into the final field after another cowboy could not compete. He made the most of his newfound opportunity, tying the Fort Worth rodeo record set by world champion Cody Wright in 2011. The Wildwood, Alberta, cowboy scored 91 points on a Canadian horse – Calgary Stampede’s Zena Warrior.

Tyler Milligan of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, set a quick early pace in the tie-down roping that earned him a championship. The NFR cowboy stopped the clock in 8.4 seconds riding Big Time, the two-time tie-down roping horse of the year.

Milligan, who competed in his first NFR last year, had to watch a tough field of NFR veterans attempt to beat his time before knowing the championship was his.

The most unique winners this year were the team roping duo of Clay Ullery and Jake Edwards. Ullery, from Valleyview, Alberta, and Edwards, a New York native who rodeos from Ocala, Florida, both qualified for the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament based on their 2019 season accomplishments, but neither of their usual partners made the cut.

 

A pair of first-time partners roped the team roping championship at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s ProRodeo Tournament February 8. Canadian Clay Ullery and Florida resident Jake Edwards won the finals with a time of 4.9 seconds. FWSSR photo by James Pfifer

The two relied on the professional rodeo entry system, called PROCOM, to find them a partner. They met for the first time at Dickies Arena just before the evening performance on Saturday, February 1, and roped together for the first time then. After finishing fourth that night, the pair won the Sunday, February 2, round and punched their semi-final ticket. The finals was their fourth time to rope together and they have earned a paycheck every time.

In the finals Ullery and Edwards were the first team to compete and set the pace with 4.9 seconds. The closest anyone was able to get was a 5.1 by reigning world champion header Clay Smith and three-time world champion heeler Jade Corkhill.

Two-time world champion barrel racer Hailey Kinsel won the championship at the FWSSR in 2019, the last year the rodeo was held in historic Will Rogers Coliseum. She was back in 2020 in a new arena and with a new last name after she and Professional Bull Riders world champion Jess Lockwood married in October.

The result was familiar, as she and her palomino mare DM Sissy Hayday, known as Sister, clocked the fastest time of this year’s rodeo – 16.30 seconds to win the championship. She is the first back-to-back champion in barrel racing at Fort Worth in many years and holds the distinction of winning the last title in Will Rogers Coliseum and the first in Dickies Arena.

Jimmie Smith of McDade, Texas, finished second – one-hundredth of a second slower with a 16.31. In addition to $12,000 in prize money, Smith also was awarded the $5,000 Jerry Ann Taylor Best-Dressed Cowgirl Award from the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.

Brady Portenier of Caldwell, Idaho, was the first bull rider to make a qualified ride in the finals. He won the championship and a total of $24,827 with a score of 90 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Little Hoot. Portenier has finished among the Top 20 the last three rodeo seasons but has yet to crack into the Top 15 and qualify for the NFR.

The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo will celebrate its 125^th anniversary January 15 through February 6, 2021.

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2020 FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament Champions

Bareback Riding: Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas – 91.5 points, $24,580

Steer Wrestling: Jacob Talley, Keatchie, Louisiana – 4.0 seconds, $26,640

Breakaway Roping: Cassie Bahe, Grantsville, Utah – 2.3 seconds, $23,260

Saddle Bronc Riding: Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta – 91 points, $23,080

Tie-Down Roping: Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Oklahoma – 8.4 seconds, $23,200

Team Roping: Clay Ullery, Valleyview, Alberta &

Jake Edwards, Ocala, Florida – 4.9 seconds, $23,200 each

Barrel Racing: Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas – 16.30 seconds, $24,080

Bull Riding: Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho – 90 points, $24,827

 

FORT WORTH. — The following are unofficial results from the championship round of the  FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Saturday, February 8, 2020.

Bareback riding: 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 91.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Agent Lynx, $20,000. 2, Wyatt Bloom, Belgrade, Mont., 87.5, $12,000. 3, Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D., 87, $;8,000. 4, (tie) Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, and Jesse Pope, Marshall, Mo., $2,000 each.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Jacob Talley, Keatchie, La., 4.0 seconds, $20,000. 2, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., 4.3, $12,000. 3, (tie) Dirk Tavenner, Rigby, Iowa, and Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas, 4.8, $6,000 each.

Breakaway Roping: 1, Cassie Bahe, Grantsville, Utah, 2.3 seconds, $20,000. 2, Jackie Crawford, Stephenville Texas, 2.4, $12,000. 3, Martha Angelone, Aledo, Texas, 2.6, $8,000. 4, Cassie Bahe, Grantsville, Utah, 2.8,  $4,000.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 91 points on Calgary Stampede’s Zena Warrior, $20,000. 2, Wyatt Casper, Pampa, Texas, 87.5, $12,000. 3, Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah, 87, $8,000. 4, (tie) Mitch Pollock, Winnemucca, Nev., and Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 85.5, $2,000 each.

Tie-down Roping: 1, Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla., 8.4 seconds, $20,000. 2, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 9.0, $12,000. 3, (tie) Tyson Durfey, Brock, Texas and Cory Solomon, 9.1, $6,000 each.

Team Roping:  1, Clay Ullery, Valleyview, Alberta, and Jake Edwards, Ocala, Fla., 4.9 seconds, $20,000 each. 2, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 5.1, $12,000 each. 3, Kal Fuller, Bozeman, Mont., and Reagan Ward, Edmond, Okla., 5.3, $8,000 each. 4, (tie) Charly Crawford, Stephenville Texas, and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M.; and Lane Ivy, Dublin, Texas, and Joseph Harrison, Marietta, Okla., 5.6, $2,000.

Barrel Racing: 1, Hailey Lockwood, Cotulla, Texas,  16.30, $20,000. 2, Jimmie Smith, McDade, Texas, 16.31, $12,000. 3, Ivy Hurst, Springer, Okla., 16.40, $8,000. 4, Brittney Barnett, Joliet, Mont., 16.42, $4,000.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 90 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Little Toot. 2, Ruger Piva, Challis, Idaho, 85, $12,000. *3,Trey Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., $8,000. *4, Maverick Potter, Waxahatchie, Texas, $4,000

 

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FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 3, 2020) – Monday night was one for the record books at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR).

The excitement started when World War II hero and Iwo Jima survivor Don Graves belted out the Star Bangled Banner in front of an appreciative crowd. In his 90s now, he started his rendition by announcing “God Bless America,” and asked the fans to sing along for Military Appreciation Day. That set the stage for announcers Doug Mathis and Bob Tallman to recognize veterans from every branch of the service before the action in the arena started.

The final bracket of the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament kicked off with an exciting round of bareback riding dominated by Canadians. In fact, the top four places were taken by residents of Alberta.

In first place was Spur Lacasse, a second-generation bareback rider who lives in Calgary. Lacasse rode Big Rafter Rodeo’s horse named Mrs. Julian for 87 points and the round win. He will start Tuesday’s competition with $1,760 in earnings.

Spur Lacasse, who now calls Calgary, Alberta, home, led a pack of Canadians to the pay window in the bareback riding at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s ProRodeo Tournament February 3. He scored  87 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s horse Mrs. Julian. FWSSR photo by James Phifer

Right behind him was Cole Goodine of Carbon with an 85.5. Goodine added $1,320 to his checking account. Third place was a tie between Kody Lamb of Sherwood park and Pascal Isabel from Okotoks. Each scored 84 points to win $660.

Dawson Hay, from Wildwood, Alberta took the top spot in saddle bronc riding as well. Hay is another second-generation contestant that is coming off his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification. Hay was 87 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s Meat Cracker to win $1,760.

There was only one bull rider successful on Monday night. The honors went to Australia. Ky Hamilton from Mackay, Queensland, rode Four Star Rodeo’s bull named Kermit for 85.5 points. As the only successful contestant, he got all of the $4,400 purse. With that paycheck, he is assured a spot in the upcoming semi-finals. Mackay is currently sixth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings. If he remains in the top 15 through the rest of the season, he will be the first Australian bull rioder to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo since Greg Potter in 2003.

FORT WORTH. — The following are unofficial results from the thirteenth performance of the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, Monday, February 3, 2020.

Bareback riding: 1, Spur Lacasse, Calgary, Alberta, 87 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s Mrs. Julian, $1,760. 2, Cole Goodine, Carbon, Alberta, 85.5, $1,320. 3, (tie) Pascal Isabelle, Okotoks, Alberta, and Kody Lamb, Sherwood Park, Alberta, 84, $660 each.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Shane Frey, Duncan, Okla., 4.0 seconds, $1,760. 2, Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, Mont., 4.5, $1,320. 3, Mose Fleming, Kissimmee, Fla., 8.1, $880. 4, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 8.9, $440.

Breakaway Roping: 1,  Rylee Potter, Weiser, Idaho, 2.7 seconds, $1,760. 2, Cadee Williams, Weatherford, Texas, $1,320. 3, Janey Reeves, Melba, Idaho, 3.0, $880. 4, Abigayle Hampton, Commerce, Texas, 3.1, $440.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 87 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s Meat Cracker, $1,760. 2, Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo., 86.5, $1,320. 3, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 84, $880. 4, Leon Fountain, Socorro, N.M., 79, $440.

Tie-down Roping: 1, Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 8.0 seconds, $1,760. 2, Shad Mayfield, Clovis, N.M., 8.3, $1,320. 3, Kyle Dutton, Mesilla Park, N.M., 8.7, $880. 4, Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D., 9.1, $440.

Team Roping: 1, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 5.1 seconds, $1,760 each. 2, Quinn Kesler, Holden, Utah, and Colby Siddoway, Honeyville, Utah, 5.5, $1,320 each. 3, Tyler Wade, Terrell, Texas, and Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 5.8, $880 each. 4, Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., and Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 6.0, $440 each.

Barrel Racing: 1, Ivy Conrado-Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 16.55 seconds, $1,760. 2, Lacinda Rose, Willard, Mo., 16.63, $1,320. 3, Sarah Kieckhefer, Prescott, Ariz., 16.72, $880. 4, Kelly Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 16.85, $440.

Bull Riding: (one ride) 1, Ky Hamilton, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 85.5 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Kermit, $4,400.