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Celebrated entertainer will officially retire from his entertainer role at PBR World Finals in Fort Worth, May 12-21

Pueblo, Colo. (February 2, 2023) – Flint Rasmussen, the official entertainer of PBR since 2006, has announced he will retire from his on-the-dirt role at the end of the 2023 Unleash The Beast season. Rasmussen will join the sport’s television broadcast as a commentator for the PBR Team Series season that begins later this year.

Rasmussen, one of the most recognizable and enduring personalities across professional sports even while not competing in the events, is credited with reinventing and modernizing the role of “rodeo clown” into a multi-hyphenate entertainer combining singing, dancing, fan interactions, off-the-cuff commentary, and impromptu comedy.

After embarking on a farewell tour during the remaining 14 events of the Unleash The Beast regular season, Rasmussen’s final elite series performances will be at the PBR World Finals in Fort Worth, Texas May 12 – 21.

A special “retirement party” will be held for Rasmussen in conjunction with PBR’s “Dirty 30 Anniversary Celebration” on May 17 in Fort Worth during PBR World Finals.

Fans can then expect to see him in roles both in front of and behind the camera, including PBR Team Series coverage on CBS Television Network, CBS Sports Network, and Pluto TV later this year.

“I am a blessed man,” Rasmussen said. “I have had an amazing career in rodeo and continued to find my identity with the opportunities afforded me by the PBR. I worked my first World Finals in 1997, so I do not take this decision lightly, nor am I making it without being completely sure. But physically and emotionally, it is time to move on. Making the decision now gives me time to weigh all my future career opportunities, including joining the television broadcast of the PBR Team Series later this year. My goal is to continue to be a strong influence in the growth and preservation of our Western lifestyle.”

With a string of markets important to Rasmussen’s career coming up on the PBR Unleash The Beast schedule, including Sacramento in Northern California this weekend, the award-winning entertainer wanted to announce his plans now to acknowledge and thank the fans for their supportive role in his legendary career.

“More than anything, on behalf of the entire Western Sports industry, I want to thank Flint for bringing joy to millions of fans, for always being a thoughtful advocate of our PBR brand and for his countless contributions to our sport inside and outside of the arena,” said PBR Commissioner and CEO Sean Gleason. “He is leaving the dirt but not our sport. We are all fortunate in being able to continue to experience Flint’s love of our sport, his passion for entertaining fans, and his inimitable point of view, which is part of the soul of PBR, on future CBS broadcasts.”

In addition to his role at PBR, Flint is an eight-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Clown of the Year and eight-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo barrel man.

Since 2006, Rasmussen has been the master of ceremonies, on-dirt quarterback, sultan of sarcasm and chief instigator of both the mischief and the unfiltered musings playing out across PBR events. The former schoolteacher done up in clown makeup has been patrolling the dirt as if it’s the maple wood stage floor of Carnegie Hall and making jokes that sound like Eddie Murphy crossed with Larry the Cable Guy.

Before he joined the gold standard for entertainment in Western sports, Flint had always been funny, but unlike so many bull riders who knew exactly what they wanted to be from the time they could walk, he didn’t grow up planning for life clowning in the rodeo, let alone reinventing the role.

In his hometown of Choteau, Montana he wasn’t a show-off or the class clown. But he liked to have fun and get a reaction. A collection of his mother Tootie’s old Christmas letters sent out annually in the late 1970s has a recurring theme: “Flint still entertains us.”

He was a regular in school plays and sang in the choir, getting a taste of adulation from an appreciative audience and feeling a constant “pull” to be in front of crowds performing. Growing up in the Western culture, there was always place drawing crowds eager to be entertained – rodeo.

When Flint was 19, during the summer, first on a dare, he began working amateur rodeos in Montana, getting nervous like he did as an all-state high school football player, but having an absolute ball in making people smile and laugh. He was no longer an athlete. But being out on the dirt performing in front of people during a rodeo competition was scratching an itch. It felt good. It was fun.

Flint treated rodeo like a summer job; the plan was to get through college and then teach. After graduating University of Montana Western, he landed a job teaching high school math and history. But he kept getting phone calls. Rodeo organizers who had caught his act saw potential. Promoters know their crowds, and he was busting them up. This Flint Rasmussen character just might make a name for himself if he gave it a chance, they said. He quit teaching school at 25 and began performing at professional rodeos.

During one slow period in the fall, a rodeo in Hibbing, Minnesota called. Their regular rodeo clown couldn’t make the event because his trailer caught fire on the highway. Could Rasmussen come?

Flint did his thing, impressing one of the stock contractors, who recommended him to legendary rodeo promoter, Jerome Robinson, who happened to be planning a few winter shows. Robinson was producing PBR’s first events in the 1990’s and used Rasmussen there as well. One man’s very unlucky trailer fire lit the fuse, so to speak, for Rasmussen’s rise. But truth be told, with the simmering powder already in place, it’s hard to imagine he would not have been “discovered’ to play much bigger stages.

Rasmussen’s next stage will be the television cameras beaming an international broadcast of a sport he continues to love for fans he’ll continue to entertain.

About PBR

PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 500 bull riders compete in more than 200 events annually across the televised PBR Unleash The Beast tour (UTB), which features the top bull riders in the world; the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT); the PBR Touring Pro Division (TPD); and the PBR’s international circuits in Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. In 2022, PBR launched the PBR Team Series—eight teams of the world’s best bull riders competing for a new championship—as well as the PBR Challenger Series with more than 60 annual events nationwide. The organization’s digital assets include PBR RidePass on Pluto TV, which is home to Western sports. PBR is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company. For more information, visit PBR.com, or follow on Facebook at Facebook.com/PBR, Twitter at Twitter.com/PBR, and YouTube at YouTube.com/PBR.

CHARLES “BUD” TOWNSEND, age 93, of Canyon, Texas, passed away January 21, 2023. He was born November 5, 1929 in Nocona, Texas and grew up on his grandfather’s farm.  In his youth he and his friends rode steers but he only won 2^nd one time.  His rodeo competition was brief.   Bud enjoyed mimicking the rodeo announcers to his young friends.  When an announcer did not show up at a Ringgold Texas rodeo his friends urged him to volunteer.  He announced on a crystal microphone which would stop working if it got too hot.

His professional rodeo announcing career began in 1946 when he was 16.  For the next 50 years he announced rodeos for Bobby Estes, Homer Todd, Cotton Rosser, Beutler Brothers, Everett Colborn, the Steiners and Walt Alsbaugh.  At Rodeo Cowboy Association conventions he booked rodeos from Fort Worth, TX to Omak, WA; Greeley, CO to Belle Fourche, SD; Ponca City, OK to North Carolina and the Deep South.

Bud continued his education, attending Midwestern State at Wichita Falls, TX, Baylor University and received his PhD in history from the University of Wisconsin.  He became professor of history  at West Texas A & M in Canyon, as well as Texas Tech and Hardin Simmons.  He spent 27 years at West Texas A&M, and retired Professor Emeritus.  He always said he learned to teach history, in such a way his students enjoyed learning, from his time spent in rodeo during summers.

 

He married Mary Smith before she graduated from high school but she never quit learning.         Mary received her Master’s degree and taught school.   They had three children, Bill, Mary and Charles.  When Bud and Mary retired they traveled the world, including horse races at Saratoga, New York.

Bud was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth; received an American Cowboy Culture ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ and ‘All Around Cowboy Award’  in Lubbock;  Rodeo Historical Society’s Rodeo Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City; and The Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth.  He also received Canyon’s Man of the Year honor in 2019.

He won the 1975 Wrangler Book Award at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for his book, “San Antonio Rose, The Life and Music of Bob Wills”.  He also won a Grammy for his album notes, “Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: For the Last Time”.  Bud continued to interview western musicians and collecting their stories.  He also announced at the Lubbock Cowboy Symposium for years.  His memory of his rodeo experiences never failed him and his speaking engagements never ceased.

Bud was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, and his son, Charles ‘Buddy’ Townsend Jr.

He is survived by his son, Dr. Bill Townsend and wife, Dr. Janet Townsend of Canyon, TX; daughter Dr. Mary Townsend and husband, Dr. Michael Guttenplan of Scottdale, AZ; and Cindy Townsend Aycock, surviving wife of Charles ‘Buddy’ Townsend;  seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.  Memorials can be made to the Charles R. and Mary Townsend Scholarship at West Texas A&M  University.  WTAMU Foundation, WTAMU Box 766, Canyon TX 79016-0001.

Funeral Services were held Thursday, January 26^th at 2 PM at Crossroads Country Church, 14425 Farm to Market Road 1541, Amarillo, TX 79118.  Burial will be in the family plot at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon.

AUSTIN, TEXAS— Rodeo Logistics today announced that they have acquired the IPRA (International Professional Rodeo Association). The acquisition brings together two companies that share a passion for expanding the sport of rodeo and improving rodeo athlete’s lives through innovation and long-term thinking.

 

Over the past 65 years, the IPRA has become the sport’s second-largest professional rodeo association sanctioning over 400 rodeos annually. The IPRA has a membership base of over 2,700 members and currently sanctions rodeos across the United States and Canada.

 

“Since opening our doors, It’s been our mission to create the best experience for rodeo athletes and producers through technology,” said Rodeo Logistics CEO, Gary McKinney. “By working with the IPRA and integrating technology in several key areas, we can change the landscape of rodeo for athletes and producers, and fans. This acquisition is part of our commitment to the future of rodeo.”

 

Since its inception, Rodeo Logistics has been a market leader, having launched industry-disrupting technologies such as; The Virtual Rodeo Qualifier, Open Stalls, Rodeo Entry Tool, and PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Mechanical Bull Rider. In mid-December, Rodeo Logistics also announced they acquired a majority interest in EquiTech Holdings and RopeMetrics, merging the top three technology firms operating in the Western Sports landscape.

 

McKinney also noted that Yerigan will continue to manage the day-to-day business of the IPRA.

 

“We are very proud of what the IPRA has built over the last 65 years,” said IPRA General Manager, Dale Yergian. “While the IPRA has grown and flourished during this period, the board of directors of the IPRA, together with Rodeo Alliance, have determined that the IPRA and its members will benefit immensely from this acquisition. Under its leadership, we believe Rodeo Logistics will grow and enhance the IPRA immediately and far into the future.”

 

“We expect that IPRA members will be able to use Rodeo Logistics’ technologies once this acquisition is complete,” said Yerigan. “Rodeo Logistics offers not only mobile rodeo entry capabilities but also event management, stall, and RV reservation capabilities as well as several other online conveniences. This will only benefit the IPRA as a whole.”

 

Here’s what will be new and what IPRA Members can expect as the companies integrate:

 

• Increase prize money and stock leases at the IFR54 (January 2024).
  • Increase the payoff to $500,000 and increase the riding event stock lease to $1,000 per head in the first year following the acquisition. Creating an increase of over $250,000 that will directly benefit IPRA members.
• Access to all the latest technology to make it easier and more efficient to operate in the IPRA for athletes, contractors/producers, committees, and personnel.

 

Founded in 1957 by two rodeo promoters, the Interstate Rodeo Association, IRA, was formed as a rodeo management organization and a sanctioning body. Concerned with expansion west of the Mississippi River, this new group’s primary interest was to enhance rodeo’s credibility with the news media in the east, where fly-by-night rodeos and Wild West Shows and unregulated contests had done much to discredit the sport. The word “Professional” was officially added to the association’s name in 1983 giving birth to the next generation of cowboys and cowgirls in the International Professional Rodeo Association.

 

About Rodeo Logistics: The Austin, Texas based company is taking a different approach to the rodeo industry. Historically, the orchestration of rodeo was led by organizing bodies developing processes for their own business needs independently. Uniquely, Rodeo Logistics is developing its products with the enormous capacity to serve every level of rodeo competition and everyone in the ecosystem including; organizers, athletes, secretaries, committees, producers, promoters and contractors.

 

About IPRA: From big cities to small towns, from major league stadiums to portable arenas, the IPRA has become the sports second largest professional rodeo association sanctioning nearly 300 rodeos. The IPRA has a membership base of over 2,700 members and currently sanctions rodeos across the United States. In the last few years the IPRA has also become a powerhouse in Canada sanctioning 40 rodeos there as well.

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 28, 2023)—No one had more success in Bracket 5 of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s ProRodeo Tournament than Kade Bruno of Challis, Idaho.

The saddle bronc rider is coming off his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification where he finished the 2022 season in 11^th place. He’s already inside the top fifteen for 2023, and a win here could give him a big boost.

Bruno won round 1 of Bracket 5 Friday night. Then he came back Saturday morning and won again. On Saturday, it was the horse named Utopia from Stace Smith Pro Rodeo that got him the win. When the judges added up their scores, he had 85.5 points beside his name. That put him at the top of the leaderboard and earned him $1,760 for the second time in a row. Most importantly, it put him on the list of those advancing to the semifinals here.

Also winning round 2 of this bracket was Rocker Steiner who lives just west of Fort Worth in Weatherford. Steiner rode Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Betty’s Boy for 87. The $1,760 that he earned Saturday morning gave him a total of $3,080 earned here so far. He also is advancing to the semifinals.

There are just two brackets of competition left in this year’s rodeo. Bracket 6 starts Saturday night at 7:30. It will finish on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday’s competition features Bracket 7. The Wildcard round starts on Wednesday and Semifinals will be Thursday and Friday. At each level of the tournament, competitors start with a clean slate hoping to advance to Saturday night’s Finals where the champions will be crowned.

 

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are unofficial results from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Pro Rodeo Tournament after Bracket 5, January 28, 2023.

(Qualifiers are based on tie-breaker rules.)

 

Bracket 5, Round 2

 

Bareback riding: 1, Rocker Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 87 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Betty’s Boy, 87, $1760. 2, Will Lowe, Amarillo, Texas, 86.5, $1,320. 3, Richmond Champion, Stevensville, Mont., 85, $880. 4, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 84.5, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Steiner, $3,080. 2, Cooke, $1,760. Wild card qualifier: Lowe, $1,320.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., 3.6 seconds, $1,760. 2, Tucker Allen, Oakdale, Calif., 3.9, $1,320. 3, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 4.0, $1,320. 4, Kodie Jang, Morgan Mill, Texas, 7.1, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Erickson and Graves, $1,760 each. Wild Card Qualifier: Allen, $1,760.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, Samantha Fulton, Miller, S.D., 2.0 seconds, $1,760. 2, Laramie Johnson, Shreveport, La., 2.1, $1,320. 3, Bradi Good, Abilene, Texas, 2.3, $880. 4, Timber Allenbrand, Paola, Kan., 2.8, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Fulton, $3,080 and Good, $2,640. Wild Card Qualifier: Johnson, $1,320.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Kade Bruno, Challis, Idaho 85.5 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Utopia, $1,760. 2, Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo., 85, $1,320. 3, Lefty Marvel Holman, Visalia, Calif., 82.5, $880. 4, Reed Neely, Sanger, Calif., 82, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Bruno, $3,520 and Neely, $1,540. Wild Card qualifier: Cress, $1,320.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 8.0 seconds, $1,760. 2, Marcos Costa, Iretama, Brazil, 8.7, $1,320. 3, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 9.6, $880. 4, Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif., 9.7.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Costa, $3,080 and Hanchey, $1,980.  Wild Card qualifier: Solomon, $1,760.

 

Team Roping: 1, Jake Cooper Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 4.9 seconds, $1,760 each. 2, Payden Emmett, Ponca, Ark., and Lucas Falconer, Normangee, Texas, 6.3, $1,320. 3, Jr. Dees, Aurora, S.D., and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas, 5.8, $880. 4, Dustin Egusquiza, Marianna, Fla., and Levi Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 6.6, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Clay and Saebens, $3,080 and Egusquiza and Lord, $2,200. Wild Card qualifier: Emmett and Falconer, $1,320 each.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Sissy Winn, Corpus Christi, Texas, 16.42 seconds, $1,760. 2, Steely Steiner, Oakley, Utah, 16.62, $1,320.  3, Michelle Darling, Medford, Okla., 16.72, $880. 4, Ivy Saebens, Nowata, Okla., 16.94, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Darling, $2,200 and Winn, $1,760. Wild Card qualifier: Shannon McReynolds, La Luz, N.M., $1,760.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Dalan Duncan, $1,760. 2, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 85.5, $1,320. 3, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 82, $880. 4, Trey Holston, Fort Scott, Kan., 79, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Frost, $2,787 and Askey, $2,347. Wild card qualifier: Holston, $1,907.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 25, 2023)—There are several reasons that the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) was selected as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year, and one of those is the animals.

The rodeo also received the 2022 Remuda Award because of the livestock that was featured in competition in Dickies Arena. This year’s rodeo draws 20 different stock contractors from across North America who bring their best to be part of the $1.2 million FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament.

With the animals and the cowboys getting scores in bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding, it’s important to have bucking stock that provide the best opportunity. Tanner Butner from Daniel, Wyoming has been on both sides of the equation and was really excited to be on the top here on Tuesday night.

Butner, who is coming off his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) was the saddle bronc riding star of Bracket 3. He was the last man to ride on Wednesday night and moved high on the top of the leaderboard with an outstanding ride aboard Andrews Rodeo Company’s horse named All or Nothin’. Not only did he win first place; he added his name to the history books with a 94-point ride setting an FWSSR record for the highest marked ride in the history of the rodeo.

Butner failed to cash in during Tuesday night’s first round, but by virtue of his performance on Wednesday, he will be back in Fort Worth for the semifinals. Butner’s traveling partner, Sage Newman from Melstone, Montana, finished at the top of the bracket after getting two second-place finishes. Newman won $2,640 in the bracket. Butner finished second with $1,760.

The stars of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association were at the top of the leaderboard for the second night in a row. Kelsie Domer, last year’s Fort Worth breakaway roping champion, finished in first place in both rounds. She has earned $3,520 here so far and will advance to the semifinals.

Domer, of Dublin, Texas, finished 20^th in the world last year, thanks in part to a FWSSR win. She competed through May of the 2022 season, but then stayed home preparing for the birth of her and husband Ryan Domer’s first child, Oaklynn, who arrived in August.

Jordon Briggs won this rodeo in 2009 and is on pace to do it again. The Tolar, Texas, resident finished first in both rounds with times of 16.58 and 16.47 respectively. She also has earned $3,520 and will advance to the semifinals.

Korbin Rice, from Hobbs, New Mexico, and Reed Lewis Boos, from White Cloud, Kansas, have not made it to the NFR, and are not the most well-known team ropers in the field. That could change. They qualified for the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament by winning the Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo in Cleburne, Texas, last June. Being the new kids on the block didn’t faze them one bit.

With Rice doing the heading and Boos heeling, they stopped the clock in 5.4 seconds in round one, good for third place. They finished second in round 2 with a 6.6. Qualifying to compete here was a big step. Now they are taking the next step toward the championship by advancing to the semifinals with $2,200 won.

Bracket 4 starts in Dickies Arena on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are unofficial results from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Pro Rodeo Tournament, January 26, 2023.

(Qualifiers are based on tie-breaker rules.)

 

Bracket 3, Round 2

 

Bareback riding: 1, Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, Neb. 89.5 points on Andrews Rodeo Company’s Top Dollar, $1,760. 2, Taylor Broussard, Estherwood, La., 87, $1,320. 3,  Tom Webster, Injune, Queensland, Australia, 82, $880. 4,Yance Day, Mannford, Okla., 80, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Shadbolt, $2,420, and Broussard, $1,980. Wild card qualifier: Ben Kramer, Max, N.D., $1,760.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Shane Frey, Duncan, Okla., 3.6 seconds, $1,760.  2, Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D., 3.9, $1,320. 3, Bridger Chambers, Stevensville, Mont., 4.1, $880. 4, Timmy Sparing, Helena, Mont, 4.3, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Lord, $2,200, and Frey, $1,760. Wild Card Qualifier: Sparing, $1,760.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, Kelsie Domer, Dublin, Texas, 1.9 seconds, $1,760. 2, Josey Murphy, Keachi, La., 2.7, $1,320. 3,  Kendal Pierson, Wardlow, Alberta, Canada, 3.4, $880. 4, Sammy Taylor, Cisco, Texas, 12.0, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Domer, $3,520, and Murphey, $2,200. Wild Card qualifier: Tacy Webb, Midway, Texas, $1,320.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Tanner Butner, Daniel, Wyo., 94 points on Andrews Rodeo Company’s All or Nothin’, $1,760. 2, Sage Newman, Melstone, Wyo., 91, $1,320. 3, Parker Fleet, Axtell, Texas, 87.5, $880. 4, Logan Cook, Alto, Texas, 86, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Newman,  $2,640, and Butner, $1,760. Wild Card qualifier: Fleet, $1,760.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Westyn Hughes, Caldwell, Texas, 8.4 seconds, $1,760. 2, Blake Ash, Aurora, Mo., 8.5, $1,320.  3, Richard Newton, Portales, N.M., 9.8, $880. 4, Lane Livingston, Seymour, Texas, 10.0, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Newton, $2,420, and Hughes, $2,200. Wild Card qualifier: Tom Crouse, Gallatin, Mo., $1,540.

 

Team Roping: 1, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., $1,760 each. 2, Korbin Rice, Hobbs, N.M., and Reed Boos, White Cloud, Kan., 6.6, $1,320 each. 3, Paul David Tierney, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 9.7, $880 each. 4, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 9.8, $440 each.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Tryan and Corkill; and Rice and Boos, $2,200 each, $2,200 each. Wild Card qualifier: Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, and Jeremy Buhler, Arrowwhead, Alberta, Canada, $1,760.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Jordon Briggs, Tolar, Texas, 16.47 seconds, $1,760 each. 2,Molly Otto, Grand Forks, N.D., 16.55, $1,320.  3, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 16.61, $880. 4, Taycie Matthews, Wynne, Ark., 16.93, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Briggs, $3,520, and Lockhart, $2,200. Wild card qualifier: Otto,  $1,760.

 

Bull Riding: 1, Chance Schott, McLaughlin, S.D., 90.5 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Guess Who, $1,760. 2, Tristan Hutchings, Monteview, Idaho, 87.5, $1,320. 3, Tayler Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 85.5, $880. 4, Grayson Cole, Fredonia, Pa., 83, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Schott, $2,310, and Hutchings, $1,870. Wild card qualifier, Taylor, $1,430.

 

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 23, 2023) The fourth performance of the 15-day, $1.2 million Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) ProRodeo Tournament started with a record-setting performance in the bareback riding. Kaycee Feild of Genola, Utah, the six-time world champion, has won the signature square bareback riding trophy buckle as the champion of the Fort Worth rodeo five times.

His most recent win was last year when he broke the record for the highest bareback riding score ever recorded in Fort Worth – 93 points. This year he has dominated Bracket 2, winning the first round Sunday afternoon with a 90-point ride, then tying his own arena record Monday night with a 93-point effort on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s horse Night Crawler. He will continue his quest for another FWSSR bareback riding title when he returns for the Semi-finals February 2-3.

“This rodeo is legendary,” Feild said. “To come here and have a horse like that —she’s amazing. She just bucks harder with every jump.”

Marcus Theriot of Lumberton, Mississippi, and his partner Cole Curry of Liberty, Mississippi, roped a berth in the Semi-Finals by dominating Bracket 2 of team roping. The duo won round one on Sunday with a 4.9-second run. On Monday night they tied with Canadian brothers Dawson and Dillon Graham for first in round 2.

Theriot was the last athlete to be named all-around cowboy here. He earned the honor in 2019, the last year the rodeo was held in Will Rogers Coliseum. Since the event moved to Dickies Arena, no individual cowboy has won money in more than one event, which means no all-around winner.

Joining the Mississippians in the Semi-Finals are Texans Casey Tew and Boogie Ray. Ray, a former NFR qualifier who doesn’t travel nationally much anymore, qualified to compete here by winning the Hood County Stampede Rodeo in Granbury last season.

For the second consecutive round of Bracket 2 only one bull rider made a qualified ride. This time Jestyn Jax Woodward of Custer, South Dakota, scored 86.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s bull Outlaw and won $4,400. He advanced to the Semi-finals along with Missouri’s Jack Gilmore who was the only successful rider on Sunday.

The FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament features 56 competitors (56 teams in team roping) in each event, divided into seven brackets of eight. Individuals qualify by finishing the 2022 season in the top 50 of the world championship standings or winning one of six qualifying rodeos in Texas.

Contestants in each bracket compete in two rounds of back-to-back action. The top two money earners per bracket in each event advance to one of two semi-finals while the third-highest money winner advances to the Wild Card round. Those finishing lower than third go to the non-qualifier pool. The highest remaining money earner in  each event in the non-qualifier pool after all brackets are completed advances to the wild card round.

The top two in the wild card round advance to the semifinals and the top four from each semifinal advance to the finals on February 4.

The FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament continues at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with a new group of contestants competing in Bracket 3 at Dickies Arena.

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are unofficial results from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Pro Rodeo Tournament, January 23, 2023.

(Qualifiers are based on tie-breaker rules.)

 

Bracket 2, Round 2

 

Bareback riding: 1, Kaycee Feild , Genola, Utah, 93 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, $1,720. 2, (tie) Kyle Bloomquist, Raymond, Minn.; Hunter Lem Ramsey, El Dorado, Ark., and Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo., 88, $880 each.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Feild, $3,520, and Hardwick, $1,760. Wild card qualifier: Jacob Raine, Mount Pleasant, Tenn., $1,320.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., 3.5 seconds, $1,760.  2, Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 3.8, $1,320. 3, Sam Goings, Fallon, Nev., 4.9, $880. 4, J.D. Struxness, Milan, Minn., 5.0, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Waguespack, $3,080 and Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., $2,200. Wild Card Qualifier: J.D. Struxness, Milan, Minn., $1,320.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, Shai Schaefer, Lake Creek, Texas, 1.9 seconds, $1,760. 2, JJ Hampton, Stephenville, Texas, 2.0, $1,320. 3,  Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.7, $880. 4, Shelby Boisjoli, Stephenville, Texas, 2.7, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Hampton, $3,080, and Hanchey, $2,280. Wild Card qualifier: Schaefer, $1,760.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Wyatt Casper, Miami, Texas, 87.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Real Fancy, $1,760. 2, (tie) Damian Brennan, Injune, Queensland, Australia, and  Ryder Wright, Beaver, Utah, 86.5, $1,100. 4, Kody Rinehart, Rienzi, Miss., 86, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Wright, $2,860, and Casper, $2,420. Wild Card qualifier: Traylin Martin, Faith, S.D., $1,320.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 8.5 seconds, $1,760. 2, Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas, 9.0, $1,320.  3, Tyler Milligan, Pawhuska, Okla., 9.2, $880. 4, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 20.0, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Reimer, $2,860, and Smidt, $1,760. Wild Card qualifier: Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont., $1,540.

 

Team Roping: 1, Marcus Theriot, Lumberton, Miss., and Cole Curry, Liberty, Miss.; and Dawson and Dillon Graham, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, 6.0 seconds, $1,540 each. 3, Casey Tew, McDade, Texas, and Boogie Ray, Mabank, Texas, 11.6, $880 each. 4, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., and Kyle Lockett, Visalia, Calif., $14.5, $440 each.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Theriot and Curry, $3,300 each; and Tew and Ray, $2,200 each. Wild Card qualifier: Graham and Graham, $1,540.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas, and Bradi Whiteside, Longview, Alberta, Canada, 16.56 seconds, $1,540 each. 3, Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 16.62, $880. 4, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 16.64, $440.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Morgan, $2,200, and Rule, $1,760. Wild card qualifier: Mowry, $1,540.

 

Bull Riding: (one rides) 1, Jestyn Jax Woodward, Custer, S.D., 86 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Outlaw, $4,400.

 

Semi-finals qualifiers: Woodward and Jack Gilmore, Ironton, Mo., $4,400 each.

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 22, 2023) Jack Gilmore of Ironton, Missouri, was the biggest winner on Sunday at the $1.2 million Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) ProRodeo Tournament.

As the only bull rider to earn a score, Gilmore took home the entire $4,400 pot in round one of Bracket 2 for his 89.5-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s bull Megalomanic.

The 20-year-old bull rider finished sixth in the rookie standings in his event last year and has a good start early in the 2023 season as he’s currently ranked fourth in the world championship standings of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

The FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament features 56 competitors (56 teams in team roping) per event, divided into seven brackets of eight.

Contestants in each bracket compete in two rounds of back-to-back action. The top two money earners per bracket in each event advance to one of two semi-finals so Gilmore is on his way as there is only another $4,400 to be won in bull riding on Monday night in round two.

          Gilmore is enjoying life, living by a Confucius saying later paraphrased by another Missourian – Mark Twain –“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

JJ Hampton of Stephenville, the 17-time world champion cowgirl, won round one in breakaway roping with a time of 2.0 seconds. Hampton and other veteran cowgirls blazed the trail for the women who are now roping for equal prize money at some of the biggest rodeos in the country. The FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament was the first major PRCA rodeo to offer equal prize money for breakaway roping when the rodeo moved to Dickies Arena in 2020. A big contingent of Hampton’s fans was in Dickies Arena on Sunday to cheer her on.

The same roster of athletes will compete Monday night in round two. The third-highest money winner of the bracket will advance to the wild card round while those finishing lower than third go to the non-qualifier pool. The highest remaining money earner in each event in the non-qualifier pool after all brackets are completed advances to the wild card round.

The top two in the wild card round advance to the semifinals and the top four from each semifinal advance to the finals on February 4.

Round two of Bracket 2 begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Dickies Arena.

 

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are unofficial results from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Pro Rodeo Tournament, January 22, 2023.

 

Bracket 2, Round 1

 

Bareback riding: 1, Kaycee Feild, Genola, Utah, 88 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Memory Maker, $1,720. 2, Jacob Raine, Mount Pleasant, Tenn., $1,320. 3, Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo., 84.5, $880. 4, Nick Pelke, Mondovi, Wis., 84, $440.

 

Steer wrestling: 1, Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 4.5 seconds, $1,760.  2, Dalton Massey, Hermiston, Ore., $1,320. 3, J.D. Struxness, Milan, Minn., 5.3, $880. 4, Riley Duvall, Checotah, Okla., 6.7, $440.

 

Breakaway roping: 1, JJ Hampton, Stephenville, Texas, 2.0 seconds, $1,760. 2, Taylor Hanchey, Carmine, Texas, 2.7, $1,320. 3, Taylor Munsell, Alva, Okla., 2.9. 4,  Amanda Coleman, Stephenville, Texas, 3.2, $440.

 

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah, 88.5 points on  Rafter G Rodeo’s Silver Wings, $1,760. 2, Traylin Martin, Faith, S.D., 84.5, $1,320. 3, (tie) Wyatt Casper, Miami, Texas, and Kolby Wanchuck, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, 84, $660 each.

 

Tie-down roping: 1, (tie) Reese Reimer, Stinnett, Texas, and Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont., 9.0 seconds, $1,540 each. 3, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 9.6, $880. 4, Logan Bird, Nanton, Alberta, Canada, 10.2, $440.

 

Team Roping: 1, Marcus Theriot, Lumberton, Miss., and Cole Curry, Liberty, Miss., 4.9 seconds, $1,760 each. 2, Casey Tew, McDade, Texas, and Boogie Ray, Mabank, Texas, 5.0, $1,320 each. 3, Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C., and Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas, 5.7, $880 each. 4, J.C. and L.J. Yeahquo, Crescent, Okla., 5.9, $440 each.

 

Barrel Racing: 1, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 16.70 seconds, $1,760. 2, Bayleigh Choate, Fort Worth, Texas, 16.71, $1,320. 3, Dona Kay Rule, Minco, Okla., 16.79, $880. 4, Cassidy Champlin, Pilot Point, Texas, 16.87, $440.

 

Bull Riding: (one ride) 1, Jack Gilmore, Ironton, Mo., 89.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Megalomanic,  $4,400.

 

 

 

 

 

DENVER, Colo. (January 21, 2023) — There is just one performance left at the National Western Stock Show presented by Centura Health and it promises to have some of the most exciting action yet.

Three semifinals rodeo performances were held on Saturday and the sold-out crowds enjoyed every bit of the rodeo action. Saturday night was especially exciting for barrel racer Darby Fox from King Hill, Idaho.

The National Western Stock Show Rodeo started off on Thursday, January 12 with the first of eight brackets. In the timed events, contestants competed in a qualifying event or got in based on their standings in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. The bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding was all based on standings.

The rodeo started out with 80 contestants in each event competing in one of eight brackets. Three of the contestants from every event then advanced to the semifinals based on how they finished in the individual brackets. Those 24 contestants were divided into three semifinals performances held in the Denver Coliseum on Saturday.

Fox was one of the barrel racers that qualified for the rodeo performances. Then she became the only woman to have to runs less than 15 seconds in a bracket. She was at the top of the leaderboard in Bracket six. When she made her run in semifinals three there was a 15.04-second time by her name and she once again was at the top.

Fox has been riding a mare that she bought as a yearling and trained herself. She started seasoning her in 2022 and the experience paid off for both of them. Last year, she won $10,086 at rodeos. Thanks to her success in Denver, she has already collected $7,776 and stands to win more on Sunday.

The reigning world champion all-around cowboy and bull rider, Stetson Wright from Milford, Utah is hoping to add his name to the winners list here and join members of  his legendary family that have already clamed championships in the Denver Coliseum, including his father, Cody Wright, uncle Spencer Wright and brother Rusty Wright.

Stetson competed in the semifinals in both of his signature events, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He has already won money in both of those events and everything he wins here will help jumpstart the year and put him in contention for more gold buckles. At 23-years-old, he has seven world titles on his resume already, four all-around, two in the bull riding and one in saddle bronc.

Sunday will be the final day of the 117^th National Western’s 16-day run. The rodeo will begin at 2 p.m. and will be aired live on the Cowboy Channel.

 

 

 

DENVER, Colo. — The following are results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Saturday, 22, 2023.

 

17th performance – Semifinal 1   

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Rocker Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 87.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Banger Main. 2, (tie) Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, Neb., and Jacob Lees, Caldwell, Idaho, 84.5. 4, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., 82.5

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Gus Franzen, Kearney, Neb., 3.9 seconds. 2, Denver Berry, Checotah, Okla., 4.5. 3, (tie) Don Payne, Stephenville, Texas, and Cal Wolfe, Palmer, Texas, 4.9.

 

Team Roping: 1, Lightning Aguilera, Athens, Texas, and Coleby Payne, Stephenville, Texas, 4.0. seconds. 2, Ty Arnold, Midway, Texas, and Kaden Profili, Jacksonville, Texas, 4.9. 3, Cooper and Tucker White, Hershey, Neb., 5.2. 4, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Kollin Vonahn, Blanchard, Okla., 6.0.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Houston Brown, Miles City, Utah, 83.5 points on Burch Rodeo’s Rev Runner. 2, Tanner Butner, Daniel, Wyo., 83. 3, Cash Wilson, Wall, S.D., and Ben Andersen, Eckville, Alberta, 82.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Blane Cox, Cameron, Texas, 7.7 seconds. 2, Preston Pederson, Hermiston, Ore., 8.3. 3, Dylan Hancock, San Angelo, Texas, 8.5. 4, Riley Wakefield, O’ Neil, Neb., 8.7.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Kalli McCall, Lufkin, Texas, 15.07. 2, Timber Allenbrand, Paola, Kan., 15.20. 3, Kelly Yates, Pueblo, Colo., 15.30. 4, Kristi Steffes, Vale, S.D., 15.33.

Bull Riding:  1, Trey Holston, Fort Scott, Kan., 86 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Mean Mug. 2, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 84.5. 3, Tyler Bingham, Howell, Utah, 84.5

 

18th performance – Semifinal 2 

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Taylor Broussard, Estherwood, La., 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Midnight Snack. 2, Yance Day, Mannford, Okla., 85. 3, Sam Petersen, Helena, Mont., 84. 4, (tie) Bradlee Miller, Huntsville, Texas, and Richmond Champion, Stevensville, Mont., 82.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 4.0 seconds. 2, Jaret Whitman, Belgrade, Mont., 4.3. 3, Stand Branco, Chowchilla, Cali.,4.4. 4, Ty Everson, Laramie, Wyo., 5.9.

 

Team Roping: 1, Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., and Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 4.3 seconds. 2, Rhett Anderson, and Chris Young, Annabella, Utah, 4.8. 3, Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil. 4, Hayes Smith, Central Point, Ore., and Jason Duby, Klamath Falls, Ore., 5.6.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Layton Green, Millarville, Alberta, 86.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Sippin’ on Fire. 2, (tie) Shorty Garrett, Eagle Butte, S.D., and Shea Fournier, Raceland La., 84.5 each. 4, Leon Fountain, Socorro, N.M., 84.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Shad Mayfield, Clovis, N.M.,7.8 seconds. 2, Jody Green, Ada., Okla., 8.2. 3, Chet Weitz, London, Texas, 9.0. 4, Hayden Ford, Whitehouse, Texas, 9.6.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Sophie Nolen, Stephenville, Texas, 14.92. 2, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasa, Texas, 14.97. 3, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 15.00. 4, Jimmie Smith- Tew, McDade, Texas, 15.28.

Bull Riding: (two qualified rides) 1, Cullen Telfer, Plant City, Fla., 88 points on Cervi Brothers Rodeo, Keep Talkin. 2, JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz., 69.

 

19th performance – Semifinal 3 

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Keenan Reed Hayes, Hayden, Colo., 84 points on Cervi Brothers Rodeo’s Mesquite Thorn. 2, Bodee Lammers, Tolar, Texas, 83.5. 3, Trenton Montero, Winnemucca, N.V., 79.5. 4, Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, La., 78.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Hoyt Draeger, Weeping Water, Neb., 4.9. 2, Justin Kimsey, Kennewick, Wash., 5.7. 3, Cody Mumma, Kremmling, Colo., 14.9. 4, Trey Jackson, Keensburg, Colo., 15.1.

 

Team Roping: 1, Hagan Peterson, Delta, Utah, and Caleb Hendrix, Fallon, Nev., 4.3 seconds. 2, Jake Orman, Prairie Miss., and Bryce Crites, Welch, Okla., 5.3. 3, Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper Wyo., 5.7 4, Chet Weitz, London, Texas, and Jace Davis, Stephenville, Texas, 16.1.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Sage Newman, Melstone, Mont., 86.5 points on Cervi Championships Rodeo’s Blood Angel. 2, Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah, 85. 3, Logan Cook, Alto, Texas, 84.5. 4, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 82.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Riley Webb, Denton, Texas, 8.0 seconds. 2, Kincade Henry, Mount Pleasant, Texas, 8.7. 3, Ben Robinson, Red Deer County, Alberta, 8.9. 4, Cash Enderli, Liberty, Texas, 9.1.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1,  Darby Fox, King Hill, Idaho, 15.04 seconds. 2, Katie Pascoe, Morro Bay, Cali., 15.17. 3, Sara Winkelman, Big Lake, Minn., 15.22. 4, Taycie Matthews, Wynne, Ark., 15.24.

Bull Riding: (one qualified ride) 1, Bryce Burnell, Sheridan, Wyo., 88 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Legal Action.

 

About the National Western Stock Show — Established in 1906, the National Western Stock Show is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that provides college and graduate level scholarships in agricultural-related fields of study. Its mission is to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier stock show, equestrian competitions, and center for year-round events. The 16-day show also serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world’s richest regular season professional rodeos, family and educational shows plus Colorado’s largest western trade show. For more information, visit nationalwestern.com.

 

 

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 19, 2023) Seven individuals earned $10,000 paychecks at the 2023 Texas Champions Challenge rodeo in Dickies Arena Thursday night. The event featured winners from five iconic Texas rodeos in six events, plus four contestants in freestyle bullfighting.

The 126^th edition of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) paid out $119,000 to 34 competitors in bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, breakaway roping, barrel racing, freestyle bullfighting and bull riding.

The format of the rodeo featured an elimination round in each event where five contestants competed. The top two returned almost immediately for a head-to-head round with the winner taking home $10,000 and a bottle of Fort Worth-based TX Whiskey. The runner-up received $4,000 and the three other contestants from the elimination round each received $1,000. In the bullfighting, the two individuals who did not make the head-to-head round each received $1,500.

The event was also part of the first Texas A & M University day at the FWSSR and featured some of the 90-member Texas A & M Cavalry in the grand entry and an appearance by the school’s yell leaders to start the competition.

The first contest was bareback riding. Reigning world champion Jess Pope scored 86 points on Korkow Rodeos’ horse Ringworm. Jess’s younger brother Ty, the reigning collegiate champion, finished second with 85.5 points on Korkow’s Zoowee Mama to join his brother in the final round.

The two broke into big smiles when they realized they would be in a head-to-head match for the $10,000 prize. Ty was first to ride, and he scored 87 points on Brookman Rodeo’s horse 3:10 to Yuma. Jess rode another Brookman horse, Boozy Beaver, for 89 points. The Pope brothers took $14,000 back home to Garnett, Kansas, with Jess winning $10,000 and Ty $4,000.

Tristan Martin of Sulphur, Louisiana, was the only reigning Fort Worth Pro Rodeo Tournament champion to win his event at the Texas Champions Challenge. He clocked the only time under four seconds in steer wrestling – 3.97 – to win the elimination round, then bested fellow National Finals Rodeo (NFR) cowboy J.D. Struxness by three-tenths of a second in the final round.

Talking to broadcaster Pam Minnick in the spotlight on the Dickies Arena floor, Martin said, “I love this place. This is my favorite rodeo.”

That sentiment was seconded by saddle bronc riding winner Lefty Holman of Visalia, California. The newlywed finished second in the elimination round behind reigning world champion Sage Newman of Melstone, Montana. Newman scored 90.5 points on Mazca Pro Rodeo’s horse Ima Winner while Holman scored 87 on Korkow’s horse Meat Coma.

In the final round Holman and Newman both competed on horses from the Brookman string with Holman edging Newman 89 to 88.5. “This is the best rodeo all year,” Holman told former world champion turned broadcaster Dave Appleton.

2021 World Champion Barrel Racer Jordon Briggs of Tolar, Texas, and her horse Rollo stopped the clock in 16.662 seconds to win the elimination round. Two-time world champ Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi was second with a 16.961 time.

In the final round, Tonozzi changed horses and turned in a time of 16.902. Briggs again rode Rollo and won the $10,000 payout with 16.851.

Briggs told Minnick that the Fort Worth rodeo, then held in Will Rogers Coliseum, was her first big win in 2009. “I love this rodeo,” she said, “and Rollo and I will be back Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.”

Newly crowned world champion Martha Angelone dominated the breakaway roping. A Virginia native who now lives in Stephenville, Texas, Angelone set a near arena-record time of 1.87 seconds in the elimination round. The only other roper to connect was 2021 reserve world champ Shelby Boisjoli, a Canadian who also lives in Stephenville, with a time of 12.15 -2.15 with a 10-second penalty.

Boisjoli again broke the barrier in the final round, giving Angelone plenty of room to make a solid run to win first. But Angelone again went all out, again stopping the clock in 1.87 seconds. The almost unbelievable feat proved the reigning champ is at the top of her game as the 2023 season gets into full swing.

Freestyle bullfighting returned to the Texas Champions Challenge for the second year. Californian Alex McWilliams and Canadian Aaron Mercer fought the first match, with McWilliams’ score of 81.5 moving him to the finals.

The second match featured four-time Bullfighters Only World Champion Weston Rutkowski of Haskell, Texas, and Tyler Mansell of Caldwell, Idaho. Rutkowski showed why he’s one of the best freestyle bullfighters in the world with a score of 87, three points better than Mansell.

McWilliams and Rutkowski fought a close duel in the final round with McWilliams scoring 86 points and Rutkowski earning 87.5 to win the event and $10,000.

The bull riding proved to be a two-man match. In the elimination round only NFR cowboys Trey Kimzey of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and Josh Frost of Randlett, Utah, managed to stay on for the required eight seconds. Kimzey scored 85.5 points on Mazca Pro Rodeo’s bull Thunder Dome. Frost was a point behind at 84.5 on Brookman Rodeo’s bull Silver Tongue Devil.

They came back in the finals with Kimzey scoring 88 points on Brookman’s bull Devils Eye and Frost conquering Mazca’s Rock Salt & Nails for 90 points to win the event.

Frost voiced a sentiment that many cowboys and cowgirls have made since the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo moved to Dickies Arena in 2020 when he told Appleton and the crowd “Dickies Arena is the nicest arena I’ve ever rode in.”

The third FWSSR Pro Rodeo Tournament rides into Dickies Arena Friday night at 7:30 p.m. for the first of 16 performances. The event culminates with the Championship Finals on February 4.

 

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are winners from the Texas Champions Challenge rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, January 19, 2023.

Bareback Riding-Elimination Round: 1, Jess Pope, Garnett, Kan., on Korkow Rodeos’ Ringworm. 2, Ty Pope, Garnett, Kan., 85.5. 3, Cole Reiner, Buffalo, Wyo., 84.5, 4, (tie) Chad Rutherford, Hillsboro, Texas, and Leighton Berry, Weatherford, Texas, 83.5. Head to Head Round: 1, Jess Pope, 89 points on Brookman Rodeos’ Boozy Beaver, $10,000. 2, Ty Pope, 87, $4,000.

 

Steer Wrestling-Elimination Round: 1, Tristan Martin, Sulphur, La., 3.97 seconds. 2, J.D. Struxness, Perrin, Texas, 4.31. 3, Talon Roseland, Summit, Miss., 4.32. 4, Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 4.75. Head to Head Round: 1, Martin, 5.29 seconds, $10,000. 2, Struxness, 4.59, $4,000.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding-Elimination Round: 1, Sage Newman, Melstone, Mont., 90.5 points on Mazca Pro Rodeo’s Ima Winner. 2, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Calif., 87. 3, Kolby Wanchuk, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, 86.5. 4, Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, Canada, 86. Head to Head Round: 1, Holman, 89 points on Brookman Rodeo’s Beaver Trail, $10,000. 2, Newman, 88.5, $4,000.

 

Barrel Racing-Elimination Round: 1, Jordon Briggs, Tolar, Texas, 16.662 seconds. 2, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Lampasas, Texas, 16.961. 3, Cheyenne Wimberley, Stephenville, Texas, 17.048. 4, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 21.735. Head to Head Round: 1, Briggs, 16.851 seconds, $10,000. 2, Tonozzi, 16.902, $4,000.

 

Breakaway Roping-Elimination Round: (two times) 1, Martha Angelone, Stephenville, Texas, 1.87 seconds. 2, Shelby Boisjoli, Stephenville, Texas, 12.12. Head to Head Round: 1, Angelone, 1.87 seconds, $10,000. 2, Boisjoli, 12.25, $4,000.

 

Freestyle Bullfighting: Match 1 – 1, Alex McWilliams, Paso Robles, Calif., 81.5 points. 2, Aaron Mercer, Calgary, Alberta, 78.5.  Match 2 – 1, Weston Rutkowski, Haskell, Texas, 87. 2, Tyler Mansell, Caldwell, Idaho, 84.  Head to Head Round: 1, Rutkowski, 87.5 points, $10,000. 2, McWilliams, 86, $4,000.

 

Bull Riding-Elimination Round: (two rides) 1, Trey Kimzey, Cheyenne, Okla.,  85.5 points on Macza Pro Rodeo’s Thunder Dome. 2, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 84.5.  Head to Head Round: 1, Frost, 90 points on Mazca Pro Rodeo’s Rock Salt & Nails, $10,000. 2, Kimzey, 88, $4,000.

 

The rodeo lifestyle is all encompassing, taking families on a zig-zag pattern across the country. It provides unique memories, watching children grow up in the backdrop of their parents’ careers.

Saddle bronc rider Jesse Kruse, father of three, knows all too well. On a night he clinched his seventh RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo win, the spotlight was on his son, Kree. His son took part in rodeo clown JJ Harrison’s act, bringing a smile to his parents’ face. His wife, Lindsay, and Kruse chuckled saying, “it was the highlight of the rodeo for my wife and I.”

Inside the chutes, it was quite a weekend for the hometown cowboy. Kruse captured the win with 235 points on three head, bringing home the title with an 83-point trip on J Bar J’s Stacked Deck. He earned $9,455 in the three-day span. The saddle bronc rider admitted it wasn’t his best showing. But in rodeo, you need not apologize for winning.

“I definitely drew good. I thought I could have ridden better on all three of them, but it ended up working out,” said Kruse. “So, a guy can’t complain.”

The three-time NFR qualifier is proud of his hometown, Great Falls. The passionate fan base gives Kruse an electric roar, motivating the cowboy to deliver some of the best performances of his career.

“The Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals is pretty special in my opinion. I’m a home-towner and I definitely can feel the energy in the crowd for me,” Kruse admitted. “Even the other guys, they know a good ride and it’s pretty cool to hear them let loose, no matter what.”

The win provides the 2009 PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion a chance to compete in the NFR Open this summer. Kruse believes it’s the opportunity he needs to reach the NFR for the first time since 2011.

“It’s always good to be riding well and get the chance to ride at these big rodeos. Hopefully it helps me get a better chance of reaching the finals,” said the 36-year-old. “I hope to stay healthy and keep it going.”

Kruse plans to attack rodeo full-time in 2023. As he continues his trek back to Las Vegas, the cowboy hopes to enter as many rodeos as they’ll let him in.

“If I can get in them, I will dang-sure be in them.”

Other winners at the $219,571 rodeo were all-around cowboy Caleb Berquist ($4,574, tie-down roping and team roping); bareback rider Caleb Bennett (253 points on three head); steer wrestler Ty Erickson (12.7 seconds on three head); team ropers Dustin Bird/Ike Folsom (18.3 seconds on three head); tie-down roper Dillon Hahnkamp (27.3 seconds on three head); barrel racer Abigail Knight (38.95 seconds on three runs); and bull rider Hawk Whitt (174.5 points on two head).

 

IFR 53
GO AROUND #1
Bareback Bronc: Stetson Bierman 83.75 $2,222.22; Quintonn Lunsford (R) 82.50 $1,666.67; Carl Bernier 77.00 $1,111.11; Luke Herbert 76.50 $555.56 – Bull Riding: Dason Janes 82.25 $3,333.34; Deklan Garland 77.00 $2,222.22 – Saddle Bronc: Joe Farren 84.00 $2,222.22; Kenneth Glick 76.75 $1,666.67; Kody Rinehart 74.00 $1,111.11; Ray Hostetler 72.00 $555.56 – Tie-Down Roping: Jarod Nooren 9.1 $2,222.22; Trent Creager 9.2 $1,666.67; Garrett Elmore 9.6 $1,111.11; Glen Freels 9.7 $555.56 – Steer Wrestling: Cooper Smitley (R) 5.4 $2,222.22; Johnny Jones 5.7 $1,666.67; Matt Fisher 6.2 $1,111.11; Kirkland Reaney (R), Justin Thigpen split 6.7 $277.78 ea – Cowgirl Barrel Racing: Julie Plourde 16.312 $2,222.22; Josie Thompson 16.442 $1,666.67; Nicole Helm 16.482 $1,111.11; Wendy Chesnut 16.554 $555.56 – Team Roping: Eric Flurry – Tyler Hutchins 4.8 $2,222.22 ea; Garrett Elmore – Cody Heflin, Cody Camerer (R) – Zack Mabry split 5.3 $1,388.89 ea; Will Clark – Derrick Crawford 5.8 $555.56 ea – Cowgirl Breakaway Roping: Kelsey Mabry 2.5 $2,222.22; Kyla Matthews 2.7 $1,666.67; Maelee Wade 3.0 $1,111.11; Adrienne Trainor 3.3 $555.56
GO AROUND #2
Bareback Bronc: Stetson Bierman 85.25 $2,222.22; Quintonn Lunsford (R) 84.75 $1,666.67; Tyler Waltz 80.50 $1,111.11; Houston Herbert 80.25 $555.56 – Bull Riding: Deklan Garland, Brandon Goforth (R) split 83.25 $1,944.45 ea; Holden Moss 81.00 $1,111.11; Reid Arnold (R) 80.25 $555.56 – Saddle Bronc: Joe Farren 81.25 $2,222.22; Kody Rinehart 78.00 $1,666.67; Blane Stacy 77.75 $1,111.11; Rudy Troyer 76.75 $555.56 – Tie-Down Roping: Trent Creager 7.9 $2,222.22; Garrett Elmore 8.1 $1,666.67; JC King 9.0 $1,111.11; Cory Kirk, Jud Gully split 10.2 $277.78 ea – Steer Wrestling: Justin Thigpen 4.4 $2,222.22; Matt Fisher 4.9 $1,666.67; Gunar Ramsey 5.9 $1,111.11; Dale Briere 6.3 $555.56 – Cowgirl Barrel Racing: Julie Plourde 16.241 $2,222.22; Abbey Kilgore 16.305 $1,666.67; Wendy Chesnut 16.419 $1,111.11; Josie Thompson 16.558 $555.56 – Team Roping: Kaston Peavy – Shane Edmonson 4.6 $2,222.22 ea; Jake Wells – Bryer Hamilton 4.7 $1,666.67 ea; Cody Camerer (R) – Zack Mabry 4.9 $1,111.11 ea; Zeb Chapman – Ross Lowry 5.4 $555.56 ea – Cowgirl Breakaway Roping: Kyla Matthews 2.6 $2,222.22; Adrienne Trainor 3.0 $1,666.67; Kelsey Mabry, Maggie Lamb split 3.4 $833.33 ea
GO AROUND #3
Bareback Bronc: Tanner Phipps 83.50 $2,222.22; Quintonn Lunsford (R) 82.25 $1,666.67; Tyler Waltz 79.00 $1,111.11; Joshua Michael Cragar 76.50 $555.56 – Bull Riding: Deklan Garland 86.75 $5,555.56 – Saddle Bronc: Tristin McClain 79.25 $2,222.22; Joe Farren 75.25 $1,666.67; Reginald Lecourt 74.75 $1,111.11; Kody Rinehart 72.00 $555.56 – Tie-Down Roping: Ty Kirby (R) 8.0 $2,222.22; Garrett Elmore 9.0 $1,666.67; Justin Thigpen 9.4 $1,111.11; Cory Kirk 10.0 $555.56 – Steer Wrestling: Mason Couch 4.0 $2,222.22; Justin Thigpen, Eli Tippmann split 5.3 $1,388.89 ea; Eli Troyer (R) 5.9 $555.56 – Cowgirl Barrel Racing: Josie Thompson 16.111 $2,222.22; Nicole Helm 16.174 $1,666.67; Ashley Ketron 16.186 $1,111.11; Julie Plourde 16.206 $555.56 – Team Roping: Jake Wells – Bryer Hamilton 5.4 $2,222.22 ea; Kaston Peavy – Shane Edmonson 5.5 $1,666.67 ea; Garrett Elmore – Cody Heflin 5.7 $1,111.11 ea; Cody Camerer (R) – Zack Mabry 5.9 $555.56 ea – Cowgirl Breakaway Roping: Jessie Nooren 2.2 $2,222.22; Kayley Kennemer 2.3 $1,666.67; Maelee Wade 2.4 $1,111.11; Keeley Senn 3.2 $555.56
GO AROUND #4
Bareback Bronc: Tanner Phipps 82.50 $2,222.22; Houston Herbert 82.00 $1,666.67; Matthew Smith 81.75 $1,111.11; Joshua Michael Cragar 81.25 $555.56 – Bull Riding: Deklan Garland 85.50 $2,777.78; Holden Moss 80.50 $1,666.67; Reid Arnold (R) 68.50 $1,111.11 – Saddle Bronc: Kody Rinehart 80.50 $2,222.22; Joe Farren 80.25 $1,666.67; Stephen Graefen, Reginald Lecourt, Blane Stacy split 76.50 $555.56 ea – Tie-Down Roping: Ty Kirby (R) 8.3 $2,222.22; Garrett Elmore 8.5 $1,666.67; Jud Gully 9.4 $1,111.11; Cole Walker 10.0 $555.56 – Steer Wrestling: Johnny Jones 5.2 $2,222.22; Casey Stone 5.3 $1,666.67; Mason Couch 5.7 $1,111.11; Justin Thigpen 5.8 $555.56 – Cowgirl Barrel Racing: Andee Jo Haden 16.018 $2,222.22; Julie Plourde 16.136 $1,666.67; Julie Goodrich 16.201 $1,111.11; Kindyl Scruggs 16.211 $555.56 – Team Roping: Connor Osborn – Shawn Kreder 4.2 $2,222.22 ea; Clint Keller – Jason Hill 4.3 $1,666.67 ea; Brady Schmidt (R) – Josh Clayton 4.5 $1,111.11 ea; Garrett Elmore – Cody Heflin, Sergio ‘Junior’ Fornazin – Nick DeLeon split 5.5 $277.78 ea – Cowgirl Breakaway Roping: Addee Carder 2.2 $2,222.22; Kyla Matthews 2.4 $1,666.67; Kayley Kennemer 2.9 $1,111.11; Kelsey Mabry 4.9 $555.56
AVERAGE WINNERS
Bareback Bronc: Quintonn Lunsford (R) 327.50 $4,444.44; Stetson Bierman 320.00 $3,333.33; Tanner Phipps 318.25 $2,222.22; Tyler Waltz 308.25 $1,111.11 – Bull Riding: Deklan Garland 332.50 $4,444.44; Holden Moss 161.50 $3,333.33; Reid Arnold (R) 148.75 $2,222.22; Brandon Goforth (R) 83.25 $1,111.11 – Saddle Bronc: Joe Farren 320.75 $4,444.44; Kody Rinehart 304.50 $3,333.33; Reginald Lecourt 216.25 $2,222.22; Rudy Troyer 210.25 $1,111.11 – Tie-Down Roping: Garrett Elmore 35.2 $4,444.44; Cory Kirk 43.7 $3,333.33; Jarod Nooren 45.5 $2,222.22; JC King 45.6 $1,111.11 – Steer Wrestling: Justin Thigpen 22.2 $4,444.44; Casey Stone 32.6 $3,333.33; Eli Tippmann 36.2 $2,222.22; Mason Couch 39.6 $1,111.11 – Cowgirl Barrel Racing: Julie Plourde 64.895 $4,444.44; Josie Thompson 65.493 $3,333.33; Wendy Chesnut 65.887 $2,222.22; Julie Thomas 65.983 $1,111.11 – Team Roping: Garrett Elmore – Cody Heflin 22.1 $4,444.44 ea; Cody Camerer (R) – Zack Mabry 22.6 $3,333.33 ea; Jake Wells – Bryer Hamilton 22.7 $2,222.22 ea; Will Clark – Derrick Crawford 31.6 $1,111.11 ea – Cowgirl Breakaway Roping: Kyla Matthews 19.4 $4,444.44; Kelsey Mabry 10.8 $3,333.33; Cassie Vaughan 21.1 $2,222.22; Addee Carder 26.3 $1,111.11

IFR All-Around Champion Standings
1. Garrett Elmore – Springer, OK $17,777.78
2. Justin Thigpen – Waycross, GA $10,000.00

 

DENVER, Colo. (January 15, 2023) — A year ago, Rocker Steiner set the rodeo world on fire when he won the bareback riding at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo.

The 18-year-old, from Weatherford, Texas, was coming off a win at the Odessa (Texas) Stock Show Rodeo, came here ready to compete in the legendary Denver Coliseum and left with a brand-new championship buckle and nearly $10,000 in prize money.

That gave the rising star momentum and put him on a path towards his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification. He competed at rodeo’s championships last December in Las Vegas and finished the season in 10^th place.

Steiner is hoping to be back in Las Vegas again in 2023 and another win in Denver could help him get on pace to do just that. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association regular season actually started in October and many contestants tried to jump start their season with early wins. Steiner, who is a multi-generation rodeo competitor didn’t use that option.

The National Western Stock Show presented by Centura is his first rodeo of the season to compete in. He competed in both rounds on Sunday and had the most success during the evening performance.

It seemed appropriate that the horse he got on is named Time to Rock owned by Bailey Pro Rodeo. It was a great matchup. When the judges added up their scores, there was an 87 by Steiner’s name. Steiner is now headed for the semifinals for the second consecutive time in just his second trip to the rodeo here. He was leader of the pack in Bracket 4 with a total of 163 on two rides.

Coloradoans made a lot of noise here during the barrel racing on Sunday. Shali Lord from Lamar finished third during the matinee, then came back during the evening performance and stopped the clock in 15.01 seconds. Her total of 30.38 has her at the top of the leaderboard and she will be a fan-favorite next Saturday during the semifinals.

Bracket 4 was completed on Sunday. Monday’s matinee will be the beginning of Bracket 5. Then Monday evening, the Martin Luther King Jr. African American Heritage Rodeo of Champions will be held. ProRodeo returns to the Denver Coliseum on Tuesday where Bracket 5 will be completed.

 

DENVER, Colo. — The following are results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

 

Seventh Performance — 

Bareback Riding: 1, Mark Kreder, Claremore, Okla., 79.5 points on Big Rafter Rodeo’s Dark Rose.  2, Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, La., 76. 3, Tyler Berghuis, Atwater, Minn., 73. 4, A.J. Ruth, Huntsville, Texas, 71.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Cal Wolfe, Palmer Texas, 4.1 seconds. 2, Cody Harmon, Dublin Texas, 4.8. 3, Jace Logan, Yampa, Colo., 5.5. 4, Tait Kvistad, Hudson, Colo., 5.7.

 

Team Roping: 1, Kellan and Carson Johnson, Casper Wyo., 4.9. 2, Jase Staudt, Saguache, Colo., and Jhett Tenary, Salida, Colo., 5.0. 3, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 5.3. 4, Luke Brown, Rock Hill., S.C., and Hunter Koch, Vernon, Texas, 6.4.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Dean Wadsworth, Buffalo Cap, Texas, 80.5 points on Generations Pro Rodeo’s, Doughboy. 2, Cash Wilson, Wall, S.D., 79. 3, Ian McGivney, Kaycee Wyo., 77. 4, Lane Schuelke, Newell, S.D., 76.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Garrett Jacobs, Bosque Farms, N.M., 7.8. 2, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 8.9 seconds. 3, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 10.7. 4, Darnell Johnson, Fowler, Colo., 11.1.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Kylee Scribner, Azle, Texas, 14.88. 2, Cayla Small, Afton, Okla., 15.18. 3, Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 15.37. 4, Hailey Garrison, Glen, Mont., 15.41.

Bull Riding: 1, Tyler Bingham, Howell, Utah, 85 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Hot Rocks. 2, Riley Barg, Lewisville, Idaho, 81. 3, Trey Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 78.5. 4, JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz., 75.

 

Eighth Performance — 

 

Bareback Riding: 1, Rocker Steiner, Weatherford, Texas, 87 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Time to Rock. 2, Jayco Roper, Oktaha, Okla., 84. Mark Kreder, Claremore, Okla., 82. 4, Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, La., 81.5. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Steiner, 163. 2, Kreder, 161. 3, Bourgeois, 157.5.

 

Steer Wrestling: 1, Justin Shaffer, Hallsville, Texas, 3.5 seconds. 2, Cody Harmon, Dublin, Texas, 5.0. 3, Cal Wolfe, Palmer, Texas, 5.2. 4, Tait Kvistad, Hudson, Colo., 5.5. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Wolfe, 9.3. 2, Harmon, 9.8. 3, Jace Logan, Yampa, Colo., 11.2.

 

Team Roping: 1, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 5.1 seconds. 2, Jase Staudt, Saguache, Colo., and Jhett Trenary, Salida, Colo., 5.7. 3, Wyatt Murray, Neola, Utah, and Clay Futrell, Union Grave, N.C., 9.7. 4, Brenten Hall, Jay, Okla., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 10.4. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Clay and VonAhn, 10.4. 2, Staudt, and Trenary, 10.7. 3, Kellan and Carson Johnson, 16.6.

 

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 82 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Rip Cord. 2, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 81.5. Cash Wilson, Wall, S.D., 79. 4, Damian Brennan, 75. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Wilson, 158. 2, Jacobs Crawley, 82. Sterling Crawley, 81.5.

 

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Trevor Hale, Perryton, Texas, 7.6 seconds. 2, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.2. 3, Stetson Vest, Roosevelt, Utah, 9.2. 4, Darnell Johnson, Fowler, Colo, 9.8. (total on two  — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Hale, 16.5. 2, Shiozawa, 18.9. 3, Vest, 20.4.

 

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., 15.01. 2, Hailey Garrison, Glen, Mont., 15.12. 3, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 15.72. 4, Carlee Otero, Laundesboro, Ala., 16.35. (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Lord, 30.38. 2, Garrison, 30.53. 3, Sierra Williams, Sherwood Park, Alberta 30.89.

 

Bull Riding: 1, (tie) JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Rude Dude, and Riley Barg, Lewisville, Idaho, on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Little Tyrant, 83.5 points each. 3, Riker Carter, Stone, Idaho, 81.5. 4, Trey Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 78.5 (total on two — semifinal qualifiers) 1, Barg, 164.5. 2, Mortensen, 158.5. 3, Kimzey, 157.

 

 

About the National Western Stock Show — Established in 1906, the National Western Stock Show is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that provides college and graduate level scholarships in agricultural-related fields of study. Its mission is to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier stock show, equestrian competitions, and center for year-round events. The 16-day show also serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world’s richest regular season professional rodeos, family and educational shows plus Colorado’s largest western trade show. For more information, visit nationalwestern.com.