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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 23, 2019) – Shad Mayfield might be the busiest 18-year-old at this year’s Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.

The tie-down roper competed here in the qualifying rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16 and 17. He roped his first calf here in 12.4 seconds, then won the second round with a time of 9.5 seconds, just a tic over the arena record of 9.4 seconds set last year. He roped again here on July 22 and 23 and was once again successful with times of 12.6 and 11.6, placing in the top four both days. So far, he has won $6,666 here and has an opportunity to win more.

Amongst his runs here in Frontier Park, he was also taking advantage of his final qualification for the National High School Finals Rodeo held in Rock Springs, Wyoming, July 14 – 20. He roped three calves there faster than anyone else in the field and left with the national championship. He also competed at the California Rodeo Salinas and finished fourth overall.

“It’s been unbelievable,” Mayfield said of the last week. “I’ve never had any luck at the high school finals. To win it and do well at these other rodeos is a huge blessing.”

A year ago, he got to be a spectator at Cheyenne when they stopped on their way back to their home in Clovis, N.M. after the high school finals. This year, he did far more than spectate. Prior to the 123^rd “Daddy of ‘em All,” he was 24^th in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Standings. He is about $7,000 outside of the top 15 and, if he gets a good check here in the Championship Finals, he could very well move up and put himself in position to qualify for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Mayfield’s success here has come on a horse that is just two years younger than he is. Django has been great in this big arena and has worked well over the 30-foot head start that the cattle get. Not long after roping here, they were headed to Deadwood, South Dakota, for another rodeo, then will be coming back to Cheyenne to rope again.

It has been a family effort for the Mayfields. Shad’s dad, Sylvester, a former NFR qualifier in the tie-down roping, has been coaching him and traveling with him. His mom Joellen has been keeping things together at home. And, while his older sister Shelby isn’t directly involved, she is very supportive.

“I couldn’t do any of this without my family,” Shad said. “Everybody plays a part and I just hope that we all can keep it rolling.”

A new set of contestants will make their way to Cheyenne to compete at the fifth performance on Wednesday beginning at 12:45 p.m.

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (July 23, 2019) – The following are unofficial results from Tuesday, July 23rd at the 123rd Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Money earned is subject to change.

Bareback riding:  1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88 points on Rocky Mountain Rodeo Company’s Hard Times, $2,384. 2, Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas, 85.5, $1,788. 3, Anthony Thomas, Humble, Texas, 83.5, $1,191. 4, Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, Neb., 81, $595.

Breakaway Roping: 1, KL Spratt, Phoenix, Ariz., 4.25, $2,403. 2, Ginalee Tierney, Broken Bow, Neb, 4.32, $1,802. 3, Erin Johnson, Fowler, Colo., 4.56, $1,201. 4, TiAda Gray, Portales, N.M., 4.59, $601. (Advancing to Finals) 1, (tie) KL Spratt; TiAda Gray; and Taryn Stippel, Pierpont, S.D., $2,403 each. 4, Ginalee Tierney, $1,802.

Tie-down Roping: 1, Raulie Hurtado Jr., Buhl, Idaho, 11.1 seconds, $1,954. 2, Shad Mayfield, Clovis, N.M., 11.6, $1,465. 3, Owen Wahlert, Grover, Colo., 12.3, $977. 4, Colt Papy, Henrietta, Texas, 13.4, $488. (advancing to finals) 1, Hurtado, $3,175. 2, Mayfield, $2,686. 3, Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, $1,954. 4, Wahlert, $977.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1 (tie), Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s B53 and Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Made in March, 83.5 points, $1,999. 3, Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 83, $1,142. 4, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 81, $571.

Team Roping: 1, Brenten Hall, Stephenville, Texas, and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., 8.7 seconds, $2,233 each. 2, Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont., and Trey Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 9.1, $1,674. 3, Garrett Rogers, Baker City, Ore., and Jake Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 10.0, $1,116. 4, Shaw Loiseau, Flandreau, S.D., and Ty Talsma, Avon, S.D., 11.5, $558. (advancing to Championship Finals) 1, Hall and Tryan, $4,466. 2, (tie) Bird and Yates and Cody Tew, Belgrade, Mont., and Jerren Johnson, Casper, Wyo., $1,674. 4, (tie) Rogers and Minor and Bubba Buckaloo, Kingston, Okla., and Shay Carroll, La Junta, Colo., 10.4, $1,116.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Beau Clark, Laramie, Wyo., 9.4 seconds, $1,411. 2, Cyler Cowling, Newell, S.D., 10.9, $1,058. 3, Riley Wakefield, O’Neill, Neb., 18.1, $705. 3, Riley Wakefield, 18.1, $705. 4, Del Ray Kraupie, Bridgeport, Neb., 24.3, $353. (advancing to Championship Finals) 1, Wakefield, $2,645. 2, Kraupie, $1,940. 3, Clark, $1,411. 4, Dowling, $1,058.

Barrel Racing: 1, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Victoria, Texas, 17.48 seconds, $2,611. 2, Ali Anton, Heraldsburg, Calif., 17.71, $1,958. 3, Christine Laughlin, Pueblo, Colo., 17.80, $1,305. 4, Dena Milner, Midland, Texas, 17.87, $653.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 86 points on Rocky Mountain Rodeo’s Banana Man, $3,893. 2, Koby Radley, Montpelier, La., 72, $3,185.

Rookie Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round leaders) 1 (tie), Jacob Kammerer, Philip, S.D., and Carter Elshere, Elm Spring, S.D., 78 points each. 3, (tie) Jade Taton, Goodwell, Okla., and Trent Burd, Fort Scott, Kan., 76. 5, Will Reynolds, Goodwell, Okla., 74. 6, Rhett Fanning, Martin, S.D., 70. (second round leaders) 1, Rowdy Chesser, Goodwell, Okla., 75 points. 2, Kammerer, 74. 3, Cooper Thatcher, Australia, 72. 4, Jake Foster, Meadow, S.D., 68. 5, Keene Justesen, Saint Cloud, Fla., 65. 6, Cody Trump, Chadron, Neb., 64. (total on two) 1, Kammerer, 152 points. 2, (tie) Fanning and Cody Ballard, Goodwell, Okla., 127. 4, Thatcher, 124. 5, Justesen, 122. 6, Jake Clark, Crane, Ore., 90.

Wild Horse Race: 1, Angels vs Drunk Drivers, $644. 2, S-WA.GIMA, $483. 3, Shockers, $322. 4, Davis Dental, $161. (total money leaders) 1, Copper State Cowboys, $1127. 2, Shockers, $966. 3, S-WA.GIMA, $805. 4, Outlaw Liquors, $644.

 

SALT LAKE CITY (July 22, 2019) – It was a hot night at the Komatsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo presented by Zions Bank in Salt Lake City on Monday night both in temperature and rodeo action.

An 18-time WPRA World Champion Jackie Crawford turned in a blistering fast run in the new event of women’s breakaway on Monday night at the Days of ’47 Arena. Crawford of Stephenville, Texas, has never had a chance to compete for an Olympic-style medal and would definitely be a highlight of her storied career if she could leave Salt Lake City as the winner. She stopped the clock in 2.95 seconds to win the performance on night No. 3.

“It was a fast round tonight,” said Crawford, who drew up fourth in the performance order. “I had a chance to watch it on Saturday, so I had an idea on how it could go. Obviously a lot of girls are leaving without the game plan they came in with. I just tried to make the best run I could as I knew how it could play out. We could have never imagined we would be having this opportunity to run for money like this.”

WPRA Rookie and current world standings leader Taylor Munsell will join Crawford in looking to make history on Wednesday night for the event of breakaway roping. Munsell of Alva, Okla., stopped the clock in 3.97 seconds to advance.

Possibly the hottest barrel racer going down the road right now is Lisa Lockhart and she kept it hot on Monday night with a winning time of 17.291 on her great buckskin An Oakie with Cash “Louie.” The Oelrichs, S.D., just won the $100,000 round at the Calgary Stampede and has had success in this arena the last two years. In fact, the first year in 2017 she won bronze and in 2018 she won silver. Will 2019 be her year to win gold?

Last year’s bronze medalist Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi will be looking to add to her medal collection as well finishing second on the night with a time of 17.384. Pozzi Tonozzi of Lampasas Texas, will join her husband Garrett Tonozzi on Wednesday as he will be competing for a gold medal in the team roping after having qualified on opening night.

A total of 288 competitors will take their shot at a share of the over $1 million in prize money and a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal that will be awarded on Wednesday, July 24. There will be 32 competitors in each of the following events: bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, women’s breakaway roping, barrel racing and bull riding.

Bareback rider Ty Breuer got the night started with an 86.25-point ride on Sankey Rodeo’s Exotic Blonde. Breuer, of Mandan, N.D., easily advanced to the Gold Medal Round on Wednesday as the top two in each event receive an automatic qualification. Joining Breuer will be two-time and defending Gold Medalist Wyatt Denny. He is trying to make history here as well being the first one to ever win three consecutive gold medals. Denny of Minden, Nev., finished with an 84 on Sankey Rodeo’s Great Nation to ride again at Days of ’47 Arena on Wednesday.

Tyler Pearson saved the best for last in the steer wrestling as he was the last to compete on Monday night but he brought his A-game stopping the clock in a time of 4.56 seconds to advance for a shot at $50,000. The 2017 PRCA World Champion Steer Wrestler from Atoka, Okla., would love to add a gold medal to his world champion gold buckle. He will be joined by Elko, Nevada’s Dakota Eldridge that stopped the clock in 5.01 seconds to advance.

The Minor brothers were the top team in the team roping on Family Night at the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo. Riley and Brady of Ellensburg, Wash., stopped the clock in 5.19 seconds to advance to the final round on Pioneer Day at the rodeo on Wednesday. They edged Nelson Wyatt, Clanton, Ala., and Jake Long of Morgan Mill, Texas, who finished with a 5.35.

Taos Muncy of Corona, N.M., rode Sankey Rodeo’s Robin Hood for 83 points to take the saddle bronc riding win during performance three of the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo. Muncy will be back in two days to try and add $50,000 to his bank account. It might have taken two tries for Jake Foster but the second ride was definitely worth it as he scored 79.25 on Powder River Rodeo’s Visible Injury to advance to the Gold Medal Round. Foster of Meadow, S.D., will be competing for a shot at Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal on July 24, 2019.

It was a couple of Texan’s atop the Utah leaderboard in the tie-down roping. Timber Moore of Aubrey, was 9.34 seconds, while Sterling Smith of Stephenville was 9.67. They added $3,200 and $2,400, respectively to their bank accounts on Monday night but both would love to add the $50,000 that is awarded to the winner on Wednesday. The times from their first run doesn’t carry forward so will be a clean slate when they return in two days.

Unfortunately by the end of the night things had cooled off so much that there were no qualified rides in the bull riding. Therefore, no one automatically advances from performance three and we will now take four wild card athletes from the field of contestants based on scores or total ride time.

The full field of 32 competitors is divided into four groups of eight each and compete in one of the first four performances (July 19-20, 22-23). The top two from each performance, along with two via the Wild Card category will advance to the Gold Medal Round on July 24. The 10 competitors in each event in the Gold Medal Round will compete in a sudden-death format with the winner collecting a Gold Medal and $50,000 cash.

The Komatsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo presented by Zions Bank, is taking place at the $17.5 million state-of-the-art Days of ’47 Arena at the Utah State Fairpark, custom designed and built for rodeo. The venue—an outdoor arena located in the heart of Salt Lake City—features over 10,000 stadium-style seats.

For only the fifth time in the history of rodeo, riders will have an opportunity to compete for Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals. The first two times were in conjunction with the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary (1988) and Salt Lake City (2002), when rodeo was part of the Cultural Olympiad and the other two times being the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo in 2017 and 2018. This will be the first time for breakaway ropers as they were not part of the aforementioned events. The medals that will be awarded at the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo will be produced by OC Tanner, the same company that made the Olympic medals for the champions of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

Tickets are still available at smithstix.com for the final two performances. For more information on the event visit www.daysof47cowboygames.com.

For those unable to attend in person the Komatsu Equipment Days of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo will broadcast live nightly at 8 p.m. MT exclusively on RidePass via RidePass.com or the RidePass mobile app. RideTV will air each round, excluding the finals, nightly at 8 p.m. MT. CBS Sports Network will air a recap of each performance on tape delay with the third performance on July 23 at 9:30 a.m. MT, the fourth on July 24 at 9:30 am., and fifth performance at 10:30 am MT. CBS will air a highlight show of the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo on July 28 at 10 a.m. MT.

Action at the Day of ’47 Cowboy Games & Rodeo continues July 23 at 8 p.m. MT.

 

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Results: – Performance 3 – July 22, 2019

Bareback riding: 1. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 86.25 points on Sankey Rodeo’s Exotic Blonde, $3,200; 2. Wyatt Denny, Minden, Nev., 84, $2,400; 3. Trenton Montero, Winnemucca, Nev., 81.5, $1,600; 4. Tanner Aus, New London, Minn., 80.75, $800

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Ty Breuer and Wyatt Denny

 

Steer wrestling: 1. Tyler Pearson, Atoka, Okla., 4.56 seconds, $3,200; 2. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., 5.01, $2,400; 3. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 5.20, $1,600; 4. Levi Rudd, Chelsea, Okla., 5.80, $800.

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Tyler Pearson and Dakota Eldridge

 

Team roping: 1. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wa., 5.19 seconds, $3,200 each; 2. Nelson Wyatt, Clanton, Ala./Jake Long, Morgan Mill, Texas, 5.35 seconds, $2,400 each; 3. David Key, Stephenville, Texas/Jason Warner, Congress, Ariz., 14.85, $1,600; 4. Justin Thigpen, Waycross, Ga./Kyle Crick, Lipan, Texas, 20.83, $800.

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Riley Minor/Brady Minor and Nelson Wyatt/Jake Long

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 83 points on Sankey Rodeo’s Robin Hood, $3,200; 2. Jake Foster, Meadow, S.D., 79.25, $2,400; 3. Ross Griffin, Tularosa, N.M., 77.5, $1,600; 4. Dustin Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D., 75.75, $800.

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Taos Muncy and Jake Foster

 

Tie-down roping: 1. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 9.34 seconds, $3,200; 2. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 9.67, $2,400; 3. Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 10.50, $1,600; 4. J.C. Malone, Plain City, Utah, 10.73, $800.

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Timber Moore and Sterling Smith

 

Breakaway roping: 1. Jackie Crawford, Stephenville, Texas, 2.95 seconds, $3,200; 2. Taylor Munsell, Alva, Okla., 3.97, $2,400; 3. Kelsie Chace, Cherokee, Okla., 4.74, $1,600; no other qualified times

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Jackie Crawford and Taylor Munsell

 

Barrel racing: 1. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 17.291 seconds, $3,200; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 17.384, $2,400; 3. Jennifer Driver, Garden City, Texas, 17.416, $1,600; 4. Britta Thiel, Belle Fourche, S.D., 17.427, $800.

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: Lisa Lockhart and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi

 

Bull riding: No qualified rides

Automatically advances to Gold Medal Round: No contestant from performance three will automatically advance. A total of four Wild Card athletes will now advance to the Gold Medal Round based on scores or total ride time.

 

(SHAWNEE, Okla.) – The Australian Junior Rodeo Association has brought a team to the International Finals Youth Rodeo for three years. Each family must raise around $4,000 to join the tour. They land in Ft. Worth, Texas, and hit the big stores like Teskeys, NRS, Justin and American Hat with the ultimate destination being the IFYR in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

There are three on the team this year, one from New Zealand and two from Australia. They have travelled to four events along with the IFYR, but this remains their favorite.
“The people here are so friendly,” said event coordinator, Kylee Ferguson, who has been doing this for three years. “We all travel together and stay together and the volunteers here make it very easy to do that. They are amazing!”

Kurtis Pertab is 18 years old and lives with his family of five; two younger brothers and his parents. They train race horses and Kurtis competes in team roping and tie down roping. This is his first trip to the United States and he enjoys how big it is and the professional way they handle rodeo.

“It’s a higher level of competition,” said Kurtis.

He competed in tie down roping Tuesday morning at the IFYR and got a time on the board. He is borrowing a horse that was found by Kylee. When he is done with his trip, he plans to finish school and start training race horses for a career. He lives by the saying: You’ll never have this day again, so make it count.

“When I go to practice sometimes I don’t want to, so I pump myself up by saying that,” said Kurtis.

Brandee Ferguson is 16 years old and this is her second trip to the United States. She was ready for the level of competition and prepared herself for the IFYR by roping a lot and keeping her mental stability active so she “doesn’t go crazy.”

“I stress out a lot and over think my run – it all goes downhill from there,” said Brandee.
She is always amazed by how many people she encounters on her trips to the states.

“There are more people in Texas than in Australia,” said Brandee. “We went to Las Vegas – I enjoyed walking through the streets and seeing all the different casinos.”

Her favorite rodeo she’s been to is the IFYR.

“I like the atmosphere here. I was just ready to rope and I saw three people that I knew,” said Brandee. “I’m very surprised to see that – people were recording my voice and adding me on social media – so I’ll come back next year – they love to hear us talk.”

She is currently living outside of Houston, Texas and has been here since the Junior American and is not homesick at all.

“The family I live with make me feel like I’m at home,” said Brandee. “For me to go to a pro rodeo back home I have to travel 13 hours for one – here I can drive three hours and go to four.”

Full send or no send is a saying she lives by. She is competing in breakaway roping and team roping at the IFYR.

Holly Forster is making her first trip to the IFYR. She wanted to make the trip to experience new rodeos and meet different people.

“It’s really big and overwhelming I reckon,” said the 16-year-old who lives on a cattle property.

She has an older brother who is doing an apprenticeship in another town. The property consists of 60,000 acres of Downs country, mostly flat and in seven years of drought. She attends a boarding school six hours from home and spends most of her time there.

“I like it – I meet new people and get a better education,” said Holly. “I hope to own a cattle property or something like that.”

She competes in team roping and breakaway roping.

“My dad taught me how to rope.”

Barrel racing horse makes recovery, leads St. Paul Rodeo with Oregon cowgirl

St. Paul, Ore. (July 2, 2019) – A special horse made a special run tonight at the St. Paul Rodeo.

High On A Bronsin, an eighteen-year-old black gelding whose barn name is Splinter, carried barrel racer Bobbie Correa to the lead in the barrel racing at the 84^th annual St. Paul Rodeo.

Splinter was back after sitting out three years due to a suspensory injury and a tear in the soft tissue, and his owner and rider, Correa, wasn’t sure he’d ever be back to running barrels.

“I’ve just hoped and prayed and never gave up,” she said, of Splinter’s injury and recovery.

Together, the team clocked a 17.79 second run to take the lead by two-hundredths over the number two cowgirl, Sabra O’Quinn, Ocala, Florida.

St. Paul was the third rodeo back for the pair. They tied for twelfth place at the Prineville, Ore. rodeo last weekend, and after running in Molalla, Ore., on Monday night, they’re sitting third.

The horse is a character, Correa said. “He’s really sweet, but he has a fire in him. He knows he has a job, and I just try to stay out of his way and let him work. I’m along for the ride.”

Splinter, named after one of the Ninja turtles, has another name, given to him by other barrel racers, Correa said. “A lot of people give him the nickname “dragon,” because he gets a little wild. But it’s a contained wild.”

Correa, who lives in Echo, Ore., is a licensed equine therapist and has a master’s license as an aesthetician. She had a job lined up, but because of Splinty’s return to competition and his skill at running barrels, won’t start till September. “Since I’ve been able to rodeo (on Splinter), my family said you need to rodeo.” Her parents, Sue Ellen and David Correa, and her whole family, have been supportive, she said.

At Splinter’s age and with the severity of the injury, it was unusual for the horse to make the recovery. But Correa is delighted.

“I’m over the moon, just being back on him and have him come back so fast.”

Other high scores and fast times from slack and the first night of rodeo at the St. Paul Rodeo are bareback rider Tony Barrington, Elko, Nev. (81 points); steer wrestler Cimarron Thompson, Hobbs, N.M. (4.0 seconds); tie-down roper King Pickett, Collinsville, Texas (9.0 seconds); saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (81 points); team ropers Cody Snow, Stephenville, Texas and Wesley Thorp, Stephenville, Texas (5.0 seconds). No bull riders made a qualified ride.

The second performance of the 84^th annual St. Paul Rodeo is July 3 at 7:30 pm. The rodeo continues through July 6 with performances at 7:30 pm each night and a 1:30 pm matinee on July 4. Fireworks follow each night of rodeo.

Tickets are available online at www.StPaulRodeo.com and at the gate. For more information, visit the website.

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Results from the slack and evening performance, St. Paul Rodeo, July 2, 2019

Bareback Riding

1. Tony Barrington, Elko, Nev. 80.5 points on Big Stone Rodeo’s Mayhem; 2.Dantan Bertsch, Eastend, Sask. 78; 3.Wyatt Bloom, Bozeman, Mont. 76.5; 4. Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas 76.

Steer wrestling

1^st round leaders:

1. Nick Guy, Parker, Colo. 4.5 seconds; 2. Kalane Anders, 5.4; 3. Aaron Vosler, Cheyenne, Wyo. 8.9; 4. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. 10.2.

2^nd round leaders:

1. Cimarron Thompson, Hobbs, N.M.  4.0 seconds; 2.Sean Santucci, Prineville, Ore. 5.0; 3.Nick Guy, Parker, Colo. 6.1; 4. Mike McGinn, Haines, Ore. 7.1.

Bull riding

No qualified rides.

Tie-down roping

1^st round leaders:

1. Treg Schaack, Stinnett, Texas 9.2 seconds; 2. Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas 11.0; 3. Ty Baker, Van Horn, Texas 11.2; 4. Tyler Forsberg, Fillmore, Calif.

2^nd round leaders:

1. King Pickett, Collinsville, Texas 9.0 seconds; 2. Justin Brinkerhoff, Corinne, Utah 9.1; 3. Tyler Prcin, Alvord, Texas 11.0; 4. (tie) Jason Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. and Treg Schaack, Stinnett, Texas 4.0 each.

Saddle bronc riding

1. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. 81 points on Big Stone’s Batter Up; 2. CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah 80; 3. Jake Watson, Hudsons Hope, B.C. 77; 4. Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alb. 76.

Team roping

1^st round leaders

1, Cody Snow, Stephenville, Texas/Wesley Thorp, Stephenville, Texas 5.8 seconds; 2. Cody Hilzendeger, Baldwin, N.D./JC Flake, Laramie, Wyo. 7.0; 3. Kelsey Parchman, Cumberland City, Tenn./Matt Kasner, Valentine, Neb. 10.3; 4. Nelson Wyatt, Llano, Texas/Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D. 11.4.

2^nd round leaders

1. Cody Snow, Stephenville, Texas/Wesley Thorp, Stephenville, Texas 5.0 seconds; 2. McKennan Buckner, Powell Butte, Ore./Bill Justus, Haines, Ore. 5.9; 3. Logan Olson, Stephenville, Texas/Blaine Vick, Dublin, Texas 10.0; 4. Chace Thompson, Munday, Texas/Tyson Thompson, Munday, Texas 11.3;

Barrel racing

1. Bobbie Correa, Echo, Ore. 17.79 seconds; 2. Sabra O’Quinn, Ocala, Fla. 17.81; 3. Holly Schoenberg, Kennewick, Wash. 17.87; 4. Cheyenne Allan, Mabton, Wash. 17.88.

 

** All results are unofficial.  For more information, visit www.StPaulRodeo.com.

 

            CODY, Wyo., June 30, 2019 — The atmosphere at the Cody/Yellowstone Xtreme Bulls was filled with anticipation at Stampede Park on Sunday night.

Fans were wondering if the weather would hold or would it rain? How many riders would make it to eight seconds? Who would win the title, and would everyone stay safe and healthy?

Two and a half hours later all those questions and more would be answered. A near-capacity crowd experienced a couple of rain showers, a little wind and thunder, a lot of patriotism, and pride in the celebration of 100 years of the Cody Stampede. Most of all they got to see some high-scoring bull rides with the top four of the night being 90 points or better.

Leader of the pack was Crockett, Texas’ resident Boudreaux Campbell who earned his second, consecutive pair of spurs for the championship. He rode a bull from Frontier Rodeo Company that carries the brand B2 for 92.5 points.

Prior to winning in Cody, Campbell was eighth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings. The $5,443 that he won here will be added to his season earnings and will potentially help him secure his third qualification to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) next December.

A year ago, Campbell added a pair of trophy spurs to his collection. This year he also got a knife and a buckle commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the Cody Stampede.

“The buckle is really cool,” Campbell said. “I’ll get to talk about that the rest of my life. Hopefully I’ll be able to tell my grandkids about it someday. I’ll pull it off a shelf and tell them that I won it at the 100^th anniversary. Not everybody will be able to do that.”

Shortly after Campbell rode, Parker McCown from Montgomery, Texas, who recently competed at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming. McCown scored 91 points on Frontier’s bull Magic Poison who has been selected for the NFR. He is just getting his start in pro rodeos as a permit holder. He leads those standing and will add $4,173 to those earnings from Cody.

The newly crowned college champion Daylon Swearingen finished third with a 90.5-point ride. Swearingen could very well be on his way to an NFR qualification as well. He was one spot out of the top 15. He added $3,084 which will help fill in the gap. Swearingen is originally from New York, has an address in Rochelle, Ga., now and competed for Carthage, Texas, Panola College at the CNFR. Rounding out the top four was Linden, Iowa’s Trevor Reiste who scored 90 and won $1,996.

“There were 40 guys entered her that had a chance to win,” said Donnie Gay, eight-time world champion and general manager of Frontier Rodeo Company. “Boudreaux put it all together. Your ability means something when you come to one of our rodeos. We work really hard to put together a set of animals that everybody has an opportunity on.”

The 2019 edition of the Cody/Yellowstone Xtreme Bulls had a total of 41 bull riders competing for nearly $20,000. The evening finished with bull fights from Bull Fighters Only where Weston Rutkowski finished at the top.

100^th anniversary rodeo action begins at Stampede Park with the first of four performances sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association at 8 p.m. July 1^st.

Cody Stampede copresident presented Boudreaux Campbell his awards along with Frontier Rodeo’s general manager, Donnie Gay. PRCA photo by Andy Watson

The following are results from the Cody/Yellowstone Xtreme Bulls, Sunday, June 30, 2019.

1, Boudreaux Campbell, Crockett, Texas, 92.5 points on Frontier Rodeo’s B2, $5,443. 2, Parker Cole McCown, Montgomery, Texas, 92, $4,173. 3, Daylon Swearingen, Rochelle, Ga., 90.5, $3,085. 4, Trevor Reiste, Linden, Iowa, 90, $1,996. 5, Brady Portenier, Caldwell, Idaho, 89.5, $1,270. 6, Chase Dougherty, Canby, Ore., 88, $907. 7, Jordan Hansen, Ponoka, Alberta, 87.5, $726. 8, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 87, $544.

 

 

RENO, Nev. (June 25, 2019) – School teacher Jody Higgins of Monroe, Louisiana, and his horse-trading friend Mark Smith of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, teamed up at the last minute to split $200,000 in the Wrangler National Patriot #11.5 roping in Reno, Nevada.

Higgins, 39, became tearful upon accepting prizes later on stage, both because of his relationship with Smith and because the win came after he fought to recover from cancer treatment that prevented him from swinging a rope for years.

“I’m going to frame this money and put it on the wall,” said Higgins, a No. 6 heeler and fifth-grade special-education teacher. He’d never been to the event before and said he’d always “wanted to ride out of that box once.”

The Wrangler National Patriot for amateur ropers was founded as the Reno Rodeo Invitational in 1996 by local real estate developer Perry Di Loreto and is now owned now by Ullman-Peterson Events. As part of Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti, it’s is held in the same facility as the Bob Feist Invitational for the pros and in conjunction with the Reno Rodeo. Designed to give equally matched amateur ropers across the country a chance at six-figure payouts, the event uses a handicapping system similar to golf.

Higgins, a #6 heeler, was scheduled to rope with Wayman Taylor but the latter was forced by heart trouble to draw out of the event last week. Higgins knew Smith would be in Reno all week to watch his three sons, including defending PRCA world champion header Clay Smith and two-time Hooey BFI Jr. Champion Britt Smith, so he talked his old friend into replacing Taylor.

“I didn’t know how I was going to pay the fee,” Smith said. “Now I can pay him back. And the clutch is going out of the pickup I drove out here, so now I can trade that truck in!”

Smith – on a palomino grandson of Stoli that he borrowed from Clay and using a rope with black coils that he borrowed from Britt – turned three steers with Higgins in 30.44 seconds to nail the second call-back position. After making a smooth run of 9.33 in the finals, they watched as the final team’s head loop missed.

“We’re just cowboys,” said Higgins. “Our goal was to catch. We didn’t try to be fast. I’m a school teacher; I don’t get to rope during the week.”

Both ropers were tickled to have secured at least the $48,000 second-place paycheck when they rode out of the arena, since both had battled injuries. Smith, a diabetic, recently had injections in both shoulders to help with pain from being “old and worn out.” And Higgins was grateful to both his original and replacement partners for simply believing in him.

“I haven’t roped much since I got tonsil cancer in 2012,” said Higgins. “I had a lot of radiation and my shoulder really deteriorated. It took four years of therapy until I could swing a rope again and a lot of hard work to get where I could win again. It makes you take a second look at life and be glad you made it. I’m healthy now and very blessed. And this guy’s been like a dad to me.”

As for 54-year-old Mark, the No. 5.5 header was getting plenty of critiquing from his own gold-buckle son Clay, who was driving to a rodeo in Greeley, Colorado, but watching live on the Wrangler Network.

“He would call and tell me, ‘Quit pulling on my horse,’ or ‘Don’t spank him,’ or ‘Tighten up your bridle, Dad,’” recalled Mark. His other two sons were watching in person, and said it made them more nervous than their own competitions. “Now they know how I felt at all their rodeos,” said Mark.

Mark and his wife, a retired teacher, helped set their sons up to join the family business of buying and selling roping horses. The kids – who were all three named after elite professional team ropers – have a web site (JakeClayBritt.com) through which people bring them horses to sell.

Some Reno clients host the Smiths each June during the roping, so Mark is grateful to the Grashuis family, while Higgins mentioned the hospitality of local friend Rich Hutchings.

The horse ridden by Mark was purchased by him as a 2-year-old, then trained by the entire Smith family, while Higgins was riding a heel horse that he’d leased from Smith two months earlier.

Also, Idaho’s Steve Dugger earned the Head Horse of the Wrangler National Patriot award from Montana Silversmiths for riding his wife’s horse, Chingo. The 8-year-old palomino gelding came from the ranch of former world champion Bobby Hurley, and placed Dugger one out of the money in Reno. The Heel Horse award went to a 12-year-old gelding ridden by New Mexico’s Danny Watson. Trained by Troy Howard of Texas, the horse is “gentle enough to fit an old man,” said Watson, who placed sixth.

Wrangler BFI Week continues through June 27. All events are live-streamed on www.WranglerNetwork.com.

Complete Results from the Wrangler National Patriot #11.5 on June 25:

First Round: 1. Donnie Leflett and Brad Breedlove, 7.30 seconds, $5,000; 2. Ryan Morrow and Kelly Tuley, 7.83, $2,000; 3. Alan Chappell and Chad Townson, 7.86, $3,000.  Second Round: 1. Ricky Bolin and Brock Middleton, 7.47, $5,000; 2. Jessica Amicarella and Tony Graham, 7.97, $4,000; 3. Randal Shepherd and Manuel Souza, 8.43, $3,000.  Third Round: 1. Kylie McLean and Jim Matlack, 6.35, $5,000; 2. Rob Swaim and Wes Swaim, 7.22, $4,000; 3. Rudy Blossom and Norbert Gibson, 7.44, $3,000. Short Round: 1. Vern Serpa and Skip Stansbury, 7.11, $4,000.  Consolation Aggregate:  1. Kylie McLean and Jim Matlack, 25.88 seconds on three, $8,000; 2. Sean Pascoe and Kevin Pascoe, 26.88, $6,000; 3. Ryan Morrow and Kelly Tuley, 29.49, $4,000.  Aggregate: 1. Mark Smith and Jody Higgins, 39.77 seconds on four, $200,000; 2. Ed Hintz and Kevin Poteete, 40.61, $48,000; 3. Scott Perez and Pedro Perez, 43.18, $18,000; 4. Wes Hardin and Don Elms, 44.79, $10,000; 5. Russell Piazza and Ronnie Seever, 44.87, $9,000; 6. Greg Watson and Danny Watson, 46.99, $8,500; 7. Danny Dubeau and Trevor Helmig, 48.53, $8,500; 8. Tish Luke and Scott Seiler, 49.56, $8,500.

“God has a plan and I am just living it. That’s all I can do,” said Brandy Schaack, from Hyannis, Nebraska. The 23 year old was diagnosed in March with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. “He dealt me this hand and I just have to keep going because I know I will get through it.” She finds her strength in knowing that if God brought her to it, he can bring her through it. This is how Brandy has always been and perhaps accounts for her success in the arena and on the court.
“Since I started competing, rodeo has been my niche. I have never not wanted to rodeo, said the 2015 Nebraska Class D2 top five three-point shooter for basketball. She was certainly never bored growing up. In addition to qualifying for the NHSFR, Brandy was an all-star athlete in both volleyball and basketball while being an active member in her FFA. “It was hectic for sure, but we managed. When I got home from practice, my mom would have the horses at least caught if not completely saddled for us. We roped until it was dark, did homework and then went to bed just to do it all over again the next day.”
When the time came for Brandy to decide on a college (2015), volleyball and basketball almost won out. “It was a hard decision to make actually, but I knew that I loved rodeo so much more than anything else.” She made the 2016 CNFR in the breakaway roping while competing for Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado. This was nothing new for Brandy though, as she made the high school finals in breakaway three years in a row (2013-2015) and once in the barrels (2014). This past fall was shaping up to be just as monumental as the previous ones. This past January, Brandy was set to rope in the American semifinals. That’s also when she unknowingly strapped into the roller coaster ride that has become her life.
She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC) in late January. This University of Wyoming elementary education junior simply saddled up and dealt with it. Brandy went back to school competing on the rodeo team immediately. However, she was left with a compromised immune system that makes her very susceptible to catching any and all air-born sicknesses.
“My mom and I got back on a Sunday night (March 24) to my apartment at school after Torrington’s college rodeo. My leg felt like it was constricted. I just thought I had pulled a muscle or something. It got bad enough that by Tuesday night I couldn’t walk, so I went to the ER.” Brandy was sent home with what the ER diagnosed as a strained muscle. Luckily, procedures for Brandy’s UC and a worrisome lump were scheduled for that Thursday in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
“I’ve had a crazy life ever since then,” Brandy jokes about the last four months that eventually landed her in a Denver, Colorado, hospital in late April. “A blood infection traveled to my right leg and caused compartment syndrome.” This was why Brandy could not walk on it so suddenly at the end of March.
If there was a good time for her leg to get infected, that was it. “The doctor said I needed surgery on my leg right away.” Doctors made two cuts from Brandy’s knee to her ankle on either side of her shin bone to release the pressure. “I am going to have some pretty sweet scars. They said I could have picked up the infection anywhere. It was basically like strangles in horses. The Scottsbluff doctor said I am only the second person he has ever seen with this.” They will never know where exactly it came from.
“I had three procedures back-to-back that day in Scottsbluff while I was under anesthesia. When I woke up, they told me I have cancer.” Initially, the doctors in Nebraska were only worried about the cancer they found in the suspicious lump. When the staples came out of Brandy’s leg two weeks later, a PET scan revealed it had spread quickly to her liver and bones with small spores all over her body. “We were given a referral to Dr. Haverkos, a specialist in all types of lymphoma cancer. My family and I traveled to Denver on Sunday, April 14. That night, before my appointment with the cancer doctor, I couldn’t walk again. We had to do another surgery on it. And because of that, we had to wait to start chemo because it would prevent my leg from healing .”
On April 26, Brandy started her first round of chemotherapy. She spends five days in treatment at a hospital and then goes home for 16 days before coming back for more. “My leg is in a splinted cast. We are just balancing my leg and chemo right now. I have a pic line sewn into my arm that I can give myself antibiotics for the infection in my leg.” During those 16 days at home, Brandy gets blood tests twice a week just to keep an eye on everything. Nothing about Brandy’s demeanor hints that she is afraid of the future, mostly because she isn’t scared of the unknown. At no point in this journey has Brandy felt alone; that comes from the support of her family, friends and community. “I don’t think I can name everyone that has reached out or been there for me. The rodeo community has been phenomenal. People I have not seen since high school are reaching out. I just want everyone to know how loved and supported I have felt through all of this.” On that same token, the University of Wyoming has shown Brandy their support as well. “I love the university; they have been really great to work with through all of this. Most of my professors have come up with academic plans so I can finish out the semester.”
Brandy’s goal of becoming a kindergarten teacher to fulfill her love for children has not changed. Neither has her passion and drive for rodeo. However, her perspective has shifted. “This has kind of opened my eyes to the fact that there is more to life than just rodeo. We all want to be at the top and doing our best, but your overall health has to come first.” As Brandy heads into an estimated 18 weeks of chemotherapy, she is letting God take the reins. She knows He has a reason for His timing just the same as she only throws a loop at precisely the right second.

— More Than $500,000 in Athlete Earnings During All Rounds–

Photos courtesy Bull Stock Media

GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA— More than $500,000 was paid out to rodeo athletes today as the World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) concluded their $500,000 semi-finals rounds in Guthrie, Oklahoma at the Lazy E Arena. The five-day event paid out more than $500,000 to cowboys and cowgirls from around the globe and out of more than 500 athletes, 76 athletes from the semi-finals advanced to the Title Town Stampede, a one-day $1 Million Major Rodeo June 1 at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

During the semi-finals, eight athletes in each discipline (minus bulls) with the highest scores or fastest times along with the winners of the Days of ‘47 rodeo advanced to the Title Town Stampede. The one-night, $1 million rodeo will be held in conjunction with the Professional Bulls Riders (PBR) May 31-June 2 Unleash The Beast event, creating a full weekend of western lifestyle sports in one of the world’s largest mainstream markets.

Sunday evening, Ivy Conrado walked away with a $7,000 paycheck after running the best overall time with a 16.176.

Louisiana Cowboy Tristan Martin earned the number one spot in the steer wrestling and a $7,000 payday after finishing with a 4.30 time.

The team roping duo Aaron Tsinigine and Logan Medlin cleared $7,000 after a 5.27 catch, good for the best overall time in the discipline.

Makayla Boisjoli moved to the number one spot in breakaway roping with a 2.35 time earning $7,000 in the final round.

Tanner Green closed out the timed event after winning $7,000 in the tie-down roping with a 7.31 time.

During the rough stock, Garrett Shadbold received an 88-point score in the bareback and netted $7,000 in earnings during the performance

Brody Cress had an 86-point ride in saddle bronc and $7,000 payout. Jesse Petri, the only to ride in his section, will go to Green Bay with the after scoring 87.25 in bull riding, making it a $17,500 pay day.

All results and payouts from the semi-finals rounds can be found here while photos of each contestant can be downloaded here.

 

On Sunday, June 2 fans will be able to tune into the Titletown Stampede Showdown Round on a CBS network broadcast at 1:30-2:30 P.M. ET

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About WCRA

WCRA is a professional sport and entertainment entity, created to develop and advance the sport of rodeo by aligning all levels of competition. In association with the PBR, WCRA produces major rodeo events, developing additional opportunities for rodeo-industry competitors, stakeholders, and fans. To learn more, visit wcrarodeo.com. For athletes interested in learning more about the WCRA Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) system, visit app.wcrarodeo.com.

 

Coleman, Oklahoma (May 14, 2019) — The sixth annual Nothin’ But Try Steer Wrestling jackpot saw a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rookie contender finish as the champion.

Denell Henderson from Damascus, Arkansas won the event with a time of 14.3 seconds on three steers earning $2,784. Henderson is leading the race for this year’s PRCA Resistol Rookie of the Year in steer wrestling. He finished ahead of several Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifiers and the 2017 world champion Tyler Pearson at the jackpot on May 11th.

It was the first time that Henderson has competed here, but it probably won’t be the last. Henderson stopped the clock in 4.2 seconds to finish second in the first round. He was solid in the second round and entered the finals in a three-way tie for first place with 9.5 seconds. Then he dropped his final steer in 4.8 seconds to win the title. Along with a nice check, he also got a Nothin’ But Try championship buckle that features Levi Wisness’s brand.

The event was held at the U-Cross Arena in Coleman and was organized by NFR qualifier Sean Mulligan. Mulligan started the jackpot in 2014 to honor his friend and fellow steer wrestler Levi Wisness. A Nothin But Try scholarship had been started in his name in 2009. The jackpot has raised over $20,000 for the scholarship.

“Levi was important to college rodeo and no one ever doubted that he would be competing at the NFR one day,” Mulligan said. “He was proud of his education and success in college and was one of the top steer wrestlers in the PRCA before the cancer. It made sense that we would put together an event that covered all of those bases.”

Wisness was the 2003 National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association champion steer wrestler. He also was a student director for the Central Rocky Mountain Region. He graduated from the University of Wyoming, which is also Mulligan’s alma mater.

After treatment and surgery for a brain tumor he was making his competition comeback. The rodeo world was devastated to learn of his unexpected passing in 2008.

This year, a team roping and cornhole tournament were added to the activities. Tyler Pearson, the 2017 world champion steer wrestler and former NFR qualifier Dane Hanna won that event and over $800. Pearson also was part of the winning team in the cornhole tournament, so he got the all-around trophy, a custom coat rack.

Custom shaving kits th donated by Martin Saddlery were given to the first and second round winners in the steer wrestling. Plenty of food was available thanks to current world champion saddle bronc rider Wade Sundell who roasted a pig. Donations were taken and added to the fund.

When it was all said and done, $4,500 was added to the scholarship fund. More importantly, the participants all had a good time.

“This was a blast,” Dennell said. “This is one of the better jackpots that I’ve ever been too. It was fun to come hang out with everybody. I’ve been staying at Sean’s all week helping him get ready, so to finish this way was awesome.  It means a lot.”

Henderson played basketball in college and could possibly have played in the pros. He chose a different lifestyle and this summer will be traveling with Mulligan and working towards a Resistol Rookie of the Year title. He was the champion last December at the PRCA Permit Member of the Year Challenge and is looking forward to another trip to Las Vegas to compete at the NFR.

“I think this event was the best we’ve had yet,” Mulligan added. “We couldn’t do it without sponsors and help and we get a lot of help. But as long as everybody has fun and people want to contribute, we will keep it going. It’s a great way to remember Levi.”

Cinch Jeans and Shirts as well as the Mitchell family; Cosequin Equine; the SportZone; Groveton Insurance; Zesterra Animal Health; and Flying C Rodeo have supported the event from the beginning.  Other supporters include Chugwater Chili; Blue Bunny Ice Cream; Sundell Performance Horses; Martin Saddlery; Tres Rios Buckles; U-Cross Arena; The Corner Market; Cow Horse Supply and the Wisness family.

LONDON, Ontario – In front of an electric crowd at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York) captured his third event win of the 2019 season, victorious at PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Monster Energy Tour’s London Classic.

The 19-year-old’s win was highlighted by the top-scored ride in Round 1, bringing the raucous crowd to its feet when he made the 8 aboard Black Sails (Triple R Bull Co.) for 84.5 points.

 

Swearingen’s win at the PBR’s first event in London since 2016 was his third victory in the league thus far this year. After winning the Touring Pro Division event in Belton, Texas in mid-march, the young gun captured his first title on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour in April at the Wichita Classic in Kansas.

For his efforts, the New York cowboy collected $6,337.18, 450 Canadian and 170 world points.

While his win on the Velocity Tour in Kansas propelled him to his Unleash The Beast debut in Columbus, Ohio, where he finished thirteenth, Swearingen is now solidly ranked inside the Top 35. After beginning the event No. 36 in the world, Swearingen is now No. 27, 161.67 points in front of the premier series’ cutline.

In the Canadian standings, Swearingen rose from No. 19 to No. 4, now within 357.08 points of No. 1 Jared Parsonage (Maple Creek, Saskatchewan).

Finishing second, Shay Marks hones in on No. 1 ranking in Canada, rising from No. 4 to No. 3 in the national standings

Shay Marks (Sunnybrook, Alberta) finished second to net $4,733.23, 200 Canadian and 90 world points.

Much like Swearingen, Marks’ finish was backed by an 8-second effort in Round 1, taking Applause (Vold Rodeo) to the whistle for 83.5 points.

The top contender in the PBR Canada Championship title race riding at the London Classic, Marks honed in on the top ranking. Entering the stop No. 4, he is now the No. 3-ranked rider in Canada, just 200 points behind No. 1 Parsonage.

In the world rankings, Marks also gained ground. As the No. 67-ranked rider in the world at event’s start, Marks is now No. 49, 282.5 points outside of the Top 35.

Competing at just the second Canadian event of his career, Marcus Mast (Middlebury, Indiana) was third.

He rode Blackberry Smoke (Triple R Bull Co.) for 83 points in Round 1 to propel him to a $3,129.28 pay day. Mast also netted 150 Canadian and 55 world points for his trip to the Great White North.

Luis Blanco (Iacanga, Brazil) was fourth, earning $2,185.78 along with 100 Canadian and 20 world points.

His qualified ride aboard Josiah’s Fire (R Saga Ranch Ltd) for 82.5 points in Round 1 earned him his tenth Top-10 finish of the season.

Now ranked No. 28 in Canada, Blanco gained ground in the world title race, climbing from No. 61 to No. 56.

Rounding out the Top 5 was Carlos Garcia (Abingdon, Virginia) who rode Act Naturally (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) for 82 points. He leaves Budweiser Gardens with a check for $1,374.37 along with 75 Canadian and 15 world points.

Twist of Barbwire (Thompson Rodeo Livestock) was named the high-marked bull of the event courtesy of his 43.5-point bull score earned when the bovine athlete bucked off Blanco in the championship round in 3.64 seconds.

Fans can relive all the action from the 2019 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour’s London Classic Sunday, May 12^th at 8:00 a.m. EDT on RidePass.com or via the mobile app. The event will also be broadcast on TSN2 on Tuesday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

PBR Canada’s Monster Energy Tour will next travel to Moncton, New Brunswick, and the Avenir Centre for the Moncton Classic, presented by GO! Store. The event will be the third of the four-stop slate of events in the Eastern provinces and will get underway on Saturday, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. ADT.

PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour – London Classic

Budweiser Gardens – London, Ontario

(Round 1-Round 2-Event Aggregate-Canadian Points-World Points-Payout)

1. Daylon Swearingen, 84.5-0-84.50-450-170-$6,337.18
2. Shay Marks, 83.5-0-83.50-200-90-$4,733.23
3. Marcus Mast, 83-0-83.00-150-55-$3,129.28
4. Luis Blanco, 82.5-0-82.50-100-20-$2,185.78
5. Carlos Garcia, 82-0-82.00-75-15-$1,374.37
6. Michael Lane, 68.5-0-68.50-35-10-$1,110.19

Tanner Byrne, 0-0-0.00

Cody Casper, 0-0-0.00

Zane Lambert, 0-0-0.00

Dayton Johnston, 0-0-0.00

Marcos Gloria, 0-0-0.00

Dakota Louis, 0-0-0.00

Allen Burkholder, 0-0-0.00

Lonnie West, 0-0-0.00

Italo Aguilar Goncalves, 0-0-0.00

Micheal Ostashek, 0-0-0.00

Cole Young, 0-0-0.00

Rosendo Ramirez, 0-0-0.00

Fabian Dueck, 0-0-0.00

Coy Robbins, 0-0-0.00

Nick Goncalves, 0-0-0.00

Jacob Moore, 0-0-0.00

James Sullivan, 0-0-0.00

Zac Bourgeois, 0-0-0.00

Dylan Douglas, 0-0-0.00

Will Loomis, 0-0-0.00

Adam Hinkley, 0-0-0.00

Tyler Ewart, 0-0-0.00

Ben Peever, 0-0-0.00

Bret Timmermans, 0-0-0.00

RED BLUFF CROWNS CHAMPIONS

Hometown cowgirl, world champion wins barrel racing title

 Red Bluff, Calif. (April 21, 2019) – A hometown girl won a gold buckle at the Red Bluff Round-Up.

Nellie Miller, the 2017 barrel racing world champ and a native of Cottonwood, Calif. won the title with a time of 34.38 seconds on two runs.

She’s attended the Round-Up since she was a little girl, and to win it was special. “It’s a real honor,” she said. “We have a lot of family and friends here, so it’s neat to win it in front of everybody.”

Miller rode her eleven-year-old mare, Rafter W Minnie Reba (Sister), for the rodeo. The horse, raised by Miller and her parents, Sam and Roxy Williams, carried Miller to her 2017 world title and is part of the family. “We raised her from the time she was a baby. She’s been an outstanding part of our program.”

Sister loves to hear the crowd cheer, and when Miller’s name is announced, the Red Bluff fans get loud. “She was pretty fired up today. The crowd gets her going. (Red Bluff) is one of the few times I can actually hear the crowd. I don’t usually pay attention to it, but they’re so loud here when we run, it’s so much fun.”

Miller is ranked first in the Women’s Pro Rodeo Association barrel racing standings, after having won Rodeo Houston, and the Round-Up adds to her winnings. “Houston definitely set us up nice,” she said. Having a good lead will allow her to be able to not have to rodeo so hard this summer. “This will help things keep going in our direction. Hopefully we can ease up this summer when it gets real busy.”

Her horse Sister, a blue roan, is the 2017 AQHA Barrel Horse of the Year honors.

Two steer wrestlers have won themselves a Red Bluff Round-Up buckle.

Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, and Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho, tied for the steer wrestling title to each win the average with a time of 21.8 seconds on four head.

Cure, a two-time world champion, came into the final round on Sunday, April 21 in second place behind Jorgensen.

During the final round, Cure turned in a time of 4.9 seconds, while Jorgensen needed to be 5.6 seconds or faster to beat him. Jorgensen had a time of 5.7 seconds to tie with Cure.

For Cure, it’s been eight years since he’s competed in Red Bluff, and he’s having the best spring of his career. Family and ranch obligations have kept him away from the California rodeos, but this year, he came west. “This year, I felt like the timing fit. We didn’t have an exorbitant amount of work at home so I made it work.” His next job at home, on the ranch he and his mom operate, will be to ship yearlings of off wheat the beginning of May.

Cure won second place at the American Rodeo in Arlington, Texas in March, then won the Oakdale, California rodeo last weekend.

Jorgensen is Cure’s junior by ten years, and when Cure was winning his first world title in 2013 (he won his second title in 2015), Jorgensen was in college at Riverton, Wyo., watching Cure steer wrestle at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. “I started bulldogging seriously in college,” he said, “started doing my homework, watching them, learning here and there, and now I’m hanging out with these guys. It’s pretty cool.”

It was special for Jorgensen to win the Round-Up. “It’s an honor, especially (to win it) with Hunter. “He’s won the world twice. “I looked up to guys like Hunter and Jason Miller (a retired steer wrestler from Wyoming.) They’re my idols.”

Cure’s wife, daughter and son watched their husband and dad win his title on the Wrangler Network, which livestreamed today’s rodeo, as did Jorgensen’s parents and sister. “It’s cool to have them know at home” right away, Jorgensen said.

It’s a repeat in the saddle bronc riding.

Zeke Thurston was last year’s saddle bronc riding champ, and he’s this year’s as well.

The 2016 world champion scored 89.5 points on the Rosser Rodeo Co. horse Flood Tide to win the title.

He gave high compliments to the  horse. “They’ve won a round at the (Wrangler National) Finals on him, a round at Houston, they won Reno (Nev.) on him last year. They’ve won a lot on that horse.”

Thurston was ready for the ride. “Usually he has a big rear-out, takes a lot of rein, leaps, and kicks hard. He didn’t have as big a rear-out today, just kind of hopped out there, and away we went. He’s just everything you could want as far as a bronc rider goes.”

Winning the Red Bluff Round-Up twice consecutively is something he is proud of. “It’s unbelievable,” Thurston said. “This rodeo is a once-in-a-lifetime rodeo, and to win it twice in a row, it’s pretty cool.”

He enjoys competing here. “It’s a great rodeo. They have a great tradition and their own atmosphere. It’s a lot of fun, and on Sunday, everybody kicks loose and has a good time, and the weather is beautiful.”

Thurston’s dad Skeeter was a saddle bronc rider who qualified for the WNFR six times. Thurston is currently ranked second in the world, behind Ryder Wright, who won second place in Red Bluff.

Another cowboy made it a repeat for a Red Bluff buckle.

Bull rider Trey Benton III, of Rock Island, Texas, won his third Round-Up buckle.

He won the title in 2012 and 2017, and then three-peated again this year.

Benton rode the Bridwell Rodeo Co. bull Vegas Outlaw for 88 points to win the buckle.

Benton, who is 27 years old, has made five trips to the WNFR, and is currently ranked fifth in the PRCA world standings.

Injuries have plagued him throughout his career. He’s had ACL and MCL surgery on both knees, a rod placed in his femur, a broken eye socket, and last year at the Redding, Calif. rodeo, he tore his groin muscle, which kept him out of competition most of the year. Even with going to only 42 rodeos last year, he still qualified for the WNFR.

Not only has he won Red Bluff three times, but he’s won the Salinas, Calif. rodeo twice (2013 and 2017). “I love California,” he said.

Other Red Bluff champions include bareback rider Logan Patterson, Kim, Colo. (87 points); tie-down roper Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. (37.5 seconds on four head); and team ropers Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif. and Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. (30.4 seconds on four runs).

During the rodeo, which was the annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink event, a Calgary Stampede Package was auctioned off. Bruce Geveden from Green Barn Whiskey Kitchen purchased it for $16,000. The package includes four tickets to the rodeo and the evening show, round trip airfare for four, and lodging for three nights. Extras include a VIP Behind the Scenes tour, the chance to meet the chuck wagon drivers and their horses, and more. Monies raised during the Round-Up’s “pink” campaign go to breast cancer treatment at the St. Elizabeth Imaging Center.

Next year’s Red Bluff Round-Up will be held April 17-19, 2020. For more information on the rodeo, visit RedBluffRoundup.com.

Results, Red Bluff Round-Up, April 19-21, 2019

All-around winner: Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah

Bareback Riding – 2019 Red Bluff Champion:  Logan Patterson, Kim, Colo.

1. Logan Patterson, Kim, Colo. 87 points on C5 Rodeo’s Black Feathers;  2. Connor Hamilton, Calgary, Alb. 85.5; 3. (tie) Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, Neb. and Mike Solberg, Sunnynook, Alb 85 each; 5. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 84.5; 6. (tie) Mason Clements, Draper, Utah and Wyatt Bloom, Bozeman, Mont. 83 each; 8. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas 82.

Steer Wrestling 2019 Red Bluff Co-Champions: Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas and Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho

First round:

1. Don Payne, Stephenville, Texas 4.3 seconds; 2. Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas 4.4; 3. Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah 4.8; 4. (tie) Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, Tucker Allen, Oak View, Calif., and Heath Thomas, Hemphill, Texas 5.0 each; 7. (tie) Jace Melvin, Ft. Pierre, S.D. and Cody Devers, Balko, Okla. 5.1 each.

Second round:

1.Levi Ruud, Chelsea, Okla. 4.5 seconds; 2. (tie) Josh Clark, Belgrade, Mont., Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alb., Layne Delemont, Chauvin, Alberta, and Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 4.7 each; 6. (tie)  Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta and Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 4.8 each; 8. Nick Guy, Sparta, Wisc. 4.9.

Third round:

1. (tie) Hank Filippini, Battle Mountain, Nev. and Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 5.4 seconds each; 3. Justin Kimsey, Kennewick, Wash. 5.5; 4. Blaine Jones, Templeton, Calif. 5.6; 5. Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho 5.8; 6. Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah 5.9; 7. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 6.5; 8. Juan Alcazar, Jr., Okeechobee, Fla. 6.7.

Finals:

1. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alb. 4.4 seconds; 2. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 4.5; 3. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 4.9; 4. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 5.5; 5. Stetson Jorgensen, Blackfoot, Idaho 5.7; 6. Jace Melvin, Ft. Pierre, S.D. 5.9.

Average:

1. (tie) Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas and Stetson Jorgensen, 21.8 seconds on 4 head each; 3. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alb. 22.9; 4. Jace Melvin, Ft. Pierre, S.D. 23.9; 5. Juan Alcazar, Jr. 25.3; 6. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. 26.3; 7. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 26.4; 8. Tucker Allen, Oak View, Calif. 33.8.

Saddle bronc riding 2019 Red Bluff Champion – Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alb.

1. Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alb. 89.5 points on Rosser Rodeo’s Flood Tide; 2. Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah 86.5; 3. (tie) Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas and Johnny Espeland, Tygh Valley, Ore. 86 each; 5. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont. 85; 6. (tie) Layton Green, Meeting Creek, Alb. and Preston Burr, Stratford, Texas (83.5 each); 8. Clay Elliott, Nanton, Alb. 83.

Tie Down Roping 2019 Red Bluff Champion – Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D.

First round:

1. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas 9.1 seconds; 2. Joey Dickens, Loveland, Colo. 9.3; 3. Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho 9.4; 4. Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas 9.7; 5. (tie) J.D. McCuistion, Collinsville, Texas and Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 9.9 each.

Second round:

1. Joey Dickens, Loveland, Colo. 9.3 seconds; 2. Kalai Nobriga, Kealakekua, Hawaii 9.4; 3. (tie) Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, and Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif. 9.5 each; 6. (tie) Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif. and Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla. 10.0 each.

Third round:

1. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. 8.3 seconds; 2. Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif. 8.9; 3. Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont. 9.0; 4. Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas 9.7; 5. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 10.2; 6. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 10.5.

Finals:

1. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. 8.8 seconds; 2. Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho 9.3; 3. Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif. 9.6; 4. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 10.3; 5. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas 10.5; 6. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 11.9.

Average:

1. Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D. 37.5 seconds on 4 head; 2.Taylor Santos, Creston, Calif. 41.3; 3. Cody Craig, Wendell, Idaho 43.1; 4. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 43.2; 5. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 44.3; 6. Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont. 44.5.

Team Roping 2019 Red Bluff Champions  – Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif. an Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla.

First round:

1. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah/Bucky Campbell, Morristown, Ariz. 7.1 seconds; 2. Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D./Lane Siggins, Coolidge, Ariz. 7.2; 3. Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif./CodyDoescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. 7.6; 4. (tie) Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla./Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas and Cody Mora, San Miguel, Calif./Jason Johe, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 8.2 each; 6. J.B. James, Jr., Bennett, Colo./Brock Hanson, Bennett, Colo. 8.3; 7. (tie) Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. and Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif./Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas 8.6 each.

 Second round:

1. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah/Bucky Campbell, Morristown, Ariz. 7.1 seconds; 2. Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D./Lane Siggins, Coolidge, Ariz. 7.2; 3. Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif./Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. 7.6; 4. (tie) Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla./Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas and Cody Mora, San Miguel, Calif./Jason Johe, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 8.2 each; 6. J.B. James, Jr., Bennett, Colo./Brock Hanson, Bennett, Colo. 8.3; 7. (tie) Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. and Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif./Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas 8.6 each.

Third round:

1. Hayes Smith, Central Point, Ore./Evan Arnold, Stephenville, Texas 6.4 seconds; 2. (tie) Preston Burgess, Hilmar, Calif./Joseph Shawnego, Oakdale, Calif. and Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga./Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prudente, Brazil 7.1 each; 4. Dillon Holyfield, Lewiston, Idaho/Robert Murphy, Congress, Ariz. 7.4; 5. (tie) Brooks Dahozy, Window Rock, Ariz./Nano Garza, Las Cruces, N.M., Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif./Daniel Holland, Bonanza, Ore. and Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 8.0 seconds each; 8. (tie) Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C./Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M. and Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif./Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. 8.1 each.

Finals:

1. Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif./Daniel Holland, Bonanza, Ore. 6.7 seconds; 2. Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C./Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M. 7.3; 3. Brooks Dahozy, Window Rock, Ariz./Nano Garza, Las Cruces, N.M. 7.8; 4. Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif./Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. 8.0.; 5.  Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 8.1; 6. Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga./Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prudente, Brazil 12.4.

Average:

1. Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif./Cody Doescher, Webbers Falls, Okla. 30.4 seconds on 4 head; 2. Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C./Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M. 32.1; 3. (tie) Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif./Daniel Holland, Bonanza, Ore. and Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.D./Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 32.3 each; 5. Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga./Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prudente, Brazil 34.5; 6. Brooks Dahozy, Window Rock, Ariz./Nano Garza, Las Cruces, N.M 41.1; 7. Lane Ivy, Dublin, Texas/Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 41.3; 8. Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D./Lane Siggins, Coolidge, Ariz. 25.1

Breakaway Roping- 2019 Red Bluff Champion – Jane Wood

First round:

1. Noel Lambert, 2.5 seconds; 2. Jordan Gutsch, 2.7; 3. Morgan Busby, 3.0; 4. Kelsey Nonella, 4.1; 5. Jane Wood, 4.6; 6. (tie) Stevie Rae Willis and Zandi Eguires, 5.0 each.

Short round:

1. Katie Rice, 3.8 seconds; 2. Nellie Miller, 4.5; 3. Jolee Lauteret-Jordan, 4.9; 4. Cierra Erickson, 5.2.

Average:

1. Jane Wood, 10.1 seconds; 2. Noel Lambert, 10.5; 3. Nellie Miller, 11.7; 4. Katie Rice, 12.0; 5. Stevie Rae Willis, 12.3; 6. Cierra Erickson 12.8.

Barrel racing – 2019 Red Bluff Champion – Nellie Miller, Cottonwood, Calif.

First round:

1. (tie) Jennifer Barrett, Buhl, Idaho and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Victoria, Texas 17.04 seconds each; 3. (tie) Nellie Miller, Cottonwood, Calif. and Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas 17.09 each; 5. (tie) Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho and Kellie Collier, Hereford, Texas 17.28 each; 7. Cheyenne Wimberely, Stephenville, Texas 17.34; 8. Danyelle Williams, Vale, Ore. 17.36; 9. Angelina Carrion, Esparta, Calif. 17.38; 10. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas 17.41.

Second round:

1. Ivy Hurst, Springer, Okla. 17.09; 2. Tanya Jones, Prineville, Ore. 17.21; 3. Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho 17.27; 4. Nellie Miller, Cottonwood, Calif. 17.29; 5. Jolee Lautaret-Jordan, Kingman, Ariz. 17.30; 6. Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas 17.31; 7. Danyelle Williams, Vale, Ore. 17.32; 8. (tie) Tyra Kane, Weatherford, Texas and Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas 17.33 each; 10. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas 17.41.

Average:

1. Nellie Miller, Cottonwood, Calif. 34.38 seconds on 2 runs; 2. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas 34.42; 3. Jessie Telford, Caldwell, Idaho 34.55; 4. Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas 34.65; 5. Danyelle Williams, Vale, Ore. 34.68; 6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Victoria, Texas 34.70; 7. Tanya Jones, Prineville, Ore. 34.71; 8. Jolee Lautaret-Jordan, Kingman, Ariz. 34.78; 9. Jennifer Barrett, Buhl, Idaho 34.81; 10. Stevi Hillman, Weatherford, Texas 34.82.

Bull Riding 2019 Red Bluff Champion – Trey Benton III, Rock Island, Texas

1. Trey Benton, III, Rock Island, Texas 88 points on Bridwell Pro Rodeo’s Vegas Outlaw; 2. (tie) Boudreaux Campbell, Crockett, Texas and Maverick Potter, Waxahachie, Texas, 87.5 each; 4. Tyler Bingham, Honeyville, Utah 87; 5. (tie) Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. and Stetson Wright, Beaver, Utah 86 each; 7. John Pitts, Panama City, Fla. 85.5; 8. Foster McCraw, Navasota, Texas 85.

** All results are unofficial.  For more information, visit RedBluffRoundup.com.  For complete rodeo results, visit ProRodeo.com.

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