RENO, Nev. – It may not be the Fourth of July quite yet, but Chad Ferley produced some fireworks Saturday night during the final round of the Reno Rodeo.
Ferley won the rodeo, a Gold Tour event on the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour, presented by Justin Boots, by spurring Flying Five Rodeo’s Spring Planting for 90 points.
The 90 tied the 2013 season-high saddle bronc ride (Sterling Crawley at the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo), and gave Ferley 254 points on three head.
“It’s the greatest thing in the world to see your name beside that horse at any rodeo because you know if you do your part you’ll have a great chance to win first,” Ferley said of Spring Planting. “But it’s also nerve-wracking because if you don’t do your job, she’ll throw you right off.”
The win could potentially be a good omen for the Oelrichs, S.D., cowboy. Ferley won Reno one other time – his world championship season of 2006 – and hopes this win will springboard him to another Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification.
“It’s great to win Reno again; it’s hard enough to win this rodeo once, let alone twice,” he said. “I drew three outstanding horses, rode well and got lucky.”
Lucky or not, Ferley conquered his old friend Spring Planting, resulting in the capacity crowd exploding with approval.
It was the rubber match between a former world champion and one of the best saddle bronc horses in the world.
“A few years ago I was 90 points on her in Molalla (Ore.), but she also bucked me off once at the NFR, too,” said Ferley, who earned a total of $9,837 in Reno. “I never try to guess the score, because I’m usually wrong, but I was hoping the score was as good as the ride felt.”
It was just Ferley’s second win of the 2013 season. His lone win before Saturday night came at another Nevada rodeo – Logandale.
Ferley’s explanation for his success in the Silver State is simple: “I like the weather and the horses I draw in Nevada.”
If Reno is the start of the summer run, and leads directly into Cowboy Christmas, Ferley is hoping for big things in the next few weeks.
“I love Cowboy Christmas and the summer; it usually gets along with me pretty good and it’s where I’ve won a lot of my money in the past,” he said. “I look forward to it and hopefully this is just a good start.”
The other winners at the $492,300 rodeo were all-around champion Trevor Brazile ($3,678, team roping and tie-down roping), bareback rider Wes Stevenson (251 points on three head), steer wrestler Hunter Cure (13.0 seconds on three head), team ropers Keven Daniel and Chase Tryan (15.9 seconds on three head), tie-down roper Clint Cooper (24.3 seconds on three head), bull rider Brennon Eldred (166 points on two head) and barrel racer Sherry Cervi (51.6 seconds on three runs).
2. Teel stays on even keel, earns Cody X Bulls title
CODY, Wyo. – Ask Cody Teel about the shattered left elbow that sidelined him for two months earlier this year or the fractured jaw that led to him spending much of the last month with his jaw wired shut, and he just kind of shrugs. It’s bull rider code for “Hey, it happens to everybody.” No big deal.
“I’ve had something pretty much every year,” Teel said. “It was a ruptured intestine two years ago, a broken leg last year and this time it was the elbow. You can’t let it get you down. You have to keep your mind on what you need to do, and I was bound and determined to get back on track as soon as I could.”
It’s hard to argue with this mind over (smashed) matter approach to things when Teel has just taken a ride in the back of a Ram truck to celebrate his first win in a PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour event and a check for $11,139.
An 88.5-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Bo Didley in the short go at Stampede Park June 30 was just enough to get him the Cody/Yellowstone Xtreme Bulls title with 169.5 points, a half-point ahead of rookie Cooper Davis, the only other man to have two qualified rides on the evening.
“I’d never been on (Bo Didley) before, but I’d seen him plenty of times,” Teel said. “I knew his usual pattern … that he would start off to the right and then turn back to the left. That’s usually where he’ll buck guys off. He stuck to the plan and I was prepared.”
For the record, the fractured jaw is “sore to the touch,” but doesn’t really affect him when he’s riding. He had the wires cut a couple of days before the Reno, Nev., Xtreme Bulls (he tied for fifth there) and just went back to work.
The left (free arm) elbow? Same deal. It’s still a little tender, but it is not interfering with Teel, of Kountze, Texas, trying to retain the world championship he won last December at age 20 (the youngest bull riding champion in PRCA history). He moved up from fourth to second in the world standings on the basis of his win in Cody.
Davis won the first round with a 92-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Kojack (while Teel was fifth), then finished second in the short go and in the average to earn an event-best $12,030. Fellow rookie Elliot Jacoby (89 on one head), finished third and banked $7,238.
It kept their season-long battle for the lead in the rookie standings as tight as ever. Jacoby has season earnings of $45,747, putting him $1,484 ahead of Davis. They are sixth and eighth in the July 1 world standings.
3. Price is right for big moment in Pecos
PECOS, Texas – As Taylor Price was climbing onto the back of Dirty Jacket, announcer Boyd Polhamus told the crowd at Buck Jackson Arena, “This is a horse that if you ride him right, you get rich. If you don’t, you get hurt.”
Properly informed of his options, Price went out and rode Dirty Jacket for the full eight seconds, creating memories that figure to last for years to come.
The 88-point score Price received from the judges was the highest he’s had in his rookie season, bringing him the championship at the West of the Pecos Rodeo by a single point over three-time World Champion Will Lowe. Also, a check for $2,978.
“I’ve been waiting three years to ride that horse,” Price told the Odessa American. “I’ve always heard that he’ll allow you to score a lot of points if you do your part. He’s a real honest bucker and there’s no dirty tricks to him. He just goes out there and bucks really high in the air, kicks really hard and looks electric.
“It was everything (I expected) and more. That’s the horse that you don’t want to screw up on because so many people have won on him. You don’t want to be the guy who screws up that awesome horse. People remember your successes, but they remember the failures a lot more.”
It’s easy enough to understand Price’s youthful exuberance about the Carr Pro Rodeo horse. Dirty Jacket was voted the third-best bareback horse in the PRCA a year ago and has been selected four times to compete at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Dirty Jacket has been bucked five times this year and each time he has at least shared the round win: with Ryan Gray (Fort Worth), J.R. Vezain (San Antonio), Jared Keylon (Oklahoma City), Bill Tutor (Claremore, Okla.) and now with Price in Pecos.
“Honestly, it’s his bloodline,” said owner Pete Carr, “he’s just bred to buck. He’s real athletic, he jumps high in the air and gives the cowboy a lot of time to get his timing down and set his feet. He’s real rider-friendly. He’s going to do his part every time.”
The win allowed Price, a student at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas, to gain a little ground on Tim O’Connell and Casey Breuer in his bid to become the PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year – and he was not the only rookie to show up well in this $167,435 rodeo.
Fellow Texan Elliot Jacoby, who is on top of the rookie bull riding standings, but locked in a tight battle with Cooper Davis and Cheyne Olney, won in Pecos with a 91-point ride on Hustler of Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo string. That put him two points ahead of Beau Schroeder and Ricky Aguiar and took only a small bit of luster off a great comeback story.
This was Schroeder’s first competitive appearance since a near-fatal wreck at the Fort Mohave (Ariz.) Xtreme Bulls in March where a blunt horn blow to the throat left him with a torn trachea and two collapsed lungs. A share of second place with an 89? That will do just fine.
Seventeen-time World Champion Trevor Brazile had one of his best outings of the season, winning the tie-down roping (18.0 seconds on two head), the team roping with Patrick Smith (13.0 seconds on two head) and the all-around title, with total earnings of $11,272. Add in his earnings from the team roping in Reno and Brazile had $14,949 for the weekend ending on Cowboy Christmas Eve.
The other champions at this 130-year-old Pecos rodeo were steer wrestler Ben Shofner (12.9 seconds on two head), saddle bronc rider Cody Wright (88 points) and barrel racer Stacey Grimes (17.28 seconds).
• The Fourth of July week, commonly known as Cowboy Christmas, starts picking up momentum today in Canada where three rodeos – Ponoka, Williams Lake and Airdrie – wrap things up with total payouts of nearly $700,000. There are 32 PRCA-sanctioned rodeos all over North America now through Sunday and $3.3 million in prize money on the line for those willing to put in the miles. Some contestants are entered in as many as 10 rodeos this week, going to two in a day when it is logistically possible. Trevor Brazile holds the Cowboy Christmas record for earnings with $39,993 in 2011 and six men have surpassed the $30,000 mark in money won during the Fourth of July week. Steven Dent had the highest total last “holiday season” with $22,194 and he’s booked himself into 13 rodeos in 15 days from now through the middle of July.
• A couple of former world champions had notable achievements at the June 28-30 Crooked River Roundup, with bareback rider Bobby Mote winning the championship in Prineville, Ore., for the fourth time and Dean Gorsuch winning the steer wrestling title in 8.3 seconds on two head, the second fastest time in the CRR’s 68-year history. Gorsuch’s 3.9-second run in winning the first round is also No. 2 on the rodeo’s all-time list. The other champions in the $66,218 rodeo were team ropers Spencer Mitchell and Dakota Kirchenschlager (12.1 seconds on two head), saddle bronc rider Jesse Wright (81 points), tie-down roper Jeff Coelho (18.6 seconds on two head), steer roper Dave Clark (32.9 seconds on two head), bull rider Brady Portenier (83 points) and barrel racer Pamela Capper (17.39 seconds).
• Two-time and reigning Xtreme Bulls Tour champion Kanin Asay had hip impingement surgery performed by Dr. Thomas Byrd in Nashville, Tenn., and is expected to be sidelined until September. The injury threatens to keep him from a record third X Bulls title – he leads the standings – and may keep him from qualifying for Wrangler NFR for the second time in three years. Asay missed much of the 2011 season after undergoing surgery on his hip.
4. Boot Barn® joins PRCA national sponsor family
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announced on June 25 that Boot Barn® has come on board as a PRCA national sponsor for at least the next two years.
Boot Barn® joins a family of more than 20 PRCA national sponsors and will become the official western retailer and e-tailer of the PRCA and the cowboy sport’s Super Bowl, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
“We are proud to partner with such a top-notch company as Boot Barn®,” said PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman. “Our members and our fans are brand loyal and are scattered throughout country. They are looking for a western retailer that carries the PRCA’s long-standing partners’ products. With its expansion and commitment to growth, Boot Barn® is exactly the right partner to have affiliated with our sport.”
“Becoming a national sponsor of the PRCA was a natural fit for our company. Our customers live and love the Western lifestyle,” said Tye Romano, Marketing Manager, Boot Barn®. “And because what’s important to them is important to us, we support over 500 rodeo and western events in the communities we serve. We are honored to be affiliated with the PRCA and all the fans of rodeo.”
5. News and notes from the rodeo trail
Bull rider Tate Stratton and 2012 Wrangler NFR Barrelman J.J. Harrison had a chance to experience the thrill of the National Championship Air Races during their visit to the Reno Rodeo with 10-minute flights in Dennis Buehn’s T-6 Texan – complete with loops and barrel rolls. “The pilot told us it was going to be like a very expensive rollercoaster ride,” Stratton said. “He said it was normally about $650 an hour if you just called up and booked a flight, and I thought that was a lot until I did it. Now I’m thinking if I were a rich guy, I’d definitely be willing to pay that to have him fly me around (in the T-6). It was awesome.” The rides were part of a promotional campaign for the 50th annual NCAR that will be held Sept. 11-15 at the Reno-Stead Airport. It’s the only closed-course pylon racing event in the world, and the world’s longest running air race. The ride was coordinated by longtime PRCA Xtreme Bulls & Reno Rodeo partner, Reno Tahoe, USA … After winning 17 world championships with a rope, what kind of victory can still make rodeo’s only $5 million cowboy rip his straw hat from his head and pitch it toward the heavens? Team roping fans found out on June 24 at the 36th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic in Reno, Nev. “I haven’t thrown my hat but three times in my career,” said Trevor Brazile. “Once at the Timed Event (Championship), once at the NFR, and right here today. I’m getting better at it – it took me a minute to get the crease back in it this time.” The famed all-around superstar from Decatur, Texas, and his partner Patrick Smith roped six steers in a record 40.54 seconds to earn $60,000 apiece at the richest one-day open roping in the world. They had to beat a field in which both the second- and third-place teams also obliterated the nine-year-old record of 43.75 seconds formerly held by Turtle Powell and Monty Joe Petska. Not only that, but the BFI’s five-year-old record for the fastest time on one steer (4.46 set by Coleman Proctor and Jake Long) was smashed by Brock Hanson and Kory Koontz, who posted a 4.36 in the third round. They would hold the record just three hours before it was shattered by a 4.21 turned in during the fifth round by Spencer Mitchell and Dakota Kirchenschlager. Remarkably, a five-second run didn’t even place in the fifth round … ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees Lewis Feild and John W. Jones Jr., will spend their Fourth of July holiday sharing their equestrian expertise with members of the U.S. Marine Corps’ military mountain horse instructors unit just outside Bridgeport, Calif., on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since 1951, the USMC base has served as a joint-service mountain warfare training center, preparing our Marines and other service branches to operate in the most rugged and extreme environs such as Afghanistan. “I had no idea we even had a mountain horse packing and riding program still active in the military,” said Feild, who along with Jones traveled to Kyrgyzstan last spring with American300 on a Department of State mission, “John and I can’t wait to see how they teach our military to work with large animals, there’s no doubt that we’ll have a great time sharing with these men and women in uniform.” … ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee Leo Camarillo, who won 12 titles at the World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz. – including five all-around championships – will serve as grand marshal for the Frontier Days Rodeo Parade July 6 in downtown Prescott. “It’s an honor and a great pleasure to fill this prestigious role,” Camarillo told the Prescott Daily Courier. “It makes me believe maybe I did do something worthwhile at this rodeo. I always seemed to do well here. It just kind of fit me. I seemed to have a lot of luck in Prescott.” … The equine star of the summer blockbuster The Lone Ranger made an appearance at the June 28 performance of the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series and “Silver” was available for photo ops with PRCA members, including saddle bronc rider Cody DeMoss, specialty act performer Tomas Garcilazo (wearing a Long Ranger mask), 2000 Bareback Riding World Champion Jeffrey Collins and team roper Boogie Ray … Mike Lenning, a longtime PRCA bull rider, died June 22 at his home in Billings, Mont. He was 50. In his youth and through his college years at Eastern Wyoming, Montana State and Oklahoma Panhandle State, Lenning competed in bareback riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, tie-down roping and team roping, but concentrated on bull riding once he joined the PRCA in 1985. A celebration of Lenning’s life will be held at 11 a.m. July 9 at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary, 1001 Alderson Ave., Billings. Memorials may be made to the Larry Jordan Cowboy Crisis Fund in the Northern Rodeo Association office, P.O. Box 1122, Billings, MT 59103 … Hesston by Massey Ferguson, the industry-leading hay equipment brand, has expanded its long-term support of PRCA members by forming Team Hesston Rodeo. Comprised of some of the top contestants in ProRodeo today – including reigning world champions Luke Branquinho andCody Teel – Team Hesston Rodeo becomes the focal point of Hesston’s support of the PRCA, a relationship that dates back to 1975. Joining Teel and Branquinho on the 10-member team are steer wrestler K.C. Jones, team ropers Kaleb Driggers, Travis Graves, Dustin Bird and Paul Eaves, barrel racers Fallon Taylor and Sherry Cervi and MP Meter My Hay (Stingray) – Cervi’s barrel racing horse and the only equine member of the team … Dodge City Roundup, Inc. is sponsoring its annual Cowboy Classic Golf Tournament Friday, Aug. 2, at the Dodge City Country Club. Registration is at 7 a.m., with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. and the awards banquet at 12:45 p.m. Montana Silversmiths buckles will be presented to flight winners. A PRCA entry fee of $55 includes tournament gift, breakfast, cart, green fees, driving range, prizes, beverages on the course and steak luncheon. Entries limited to first 120 golfers. PRCA members, clowns, bullfighters and contract acts are invited to play. Entries close on July 30. For information and registration, please contact Tom Stanley at 620.227.8586 or Stanley@fidelitybankdc.com… The Rooftop Rodeo in Estes Park, Colo. – five times honored as the PRCA Small Rodeo Committee of the Year – is offering Behind the Chutes Tours daily from July 9-14 at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. For details and ticket prices, visitwww.rooftoprodeo.com.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“With our spring and our winter rodeos this year, it’s been a struggle. We’re the first to admit we’ve had a hard time with it. Our horses haven’t been sound; our roping hasn’t been sound.”
— Two-time World Champion Team Roping Heeler Patrick Smith, entering a week in which he and partner Trevor Brazile would end up winning the West of the Pecos Rodeo in Pecos, Texas, and the Bob Feist Invitational in Reno, Nev. Pecos was the first team roping win of the year for Brazile and Smith, who won the 2010 gold buckle together.
6. Next Up
July 1 Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, ends today
July 1 Airdrie (Alberta) ProRodeo, ends today
July 1 Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede, ends today
July 1 Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, ongoing
July 1 Cody (Wyo.) Stampede begins
July 1 World’s Oldest Rodeo, Prescott, Ariz., begins
July 2 Livingston (Mont.) Roundup begins
July 2 Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days begins
July 2 Sitting Bull Stampede, Mobridge, S.D., begins
July 2 Home of Champions Rodeo, Red Lodge, Mont., begins
July 3 Old West Trail Rodeo, Crawford, Neb., begins
July 3 Killdeer (N.D.) Mountain Roundup Rodeo begins
July 3 Eugene (Ore.) ProRodeo begins
July 3 Window Rock (Ariz.) Fourth of July Celebration & PRCA Rodeo begins
July 3 Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo begins
July 3 Oakley Independence Day Rodeo, Oakley City, Utah, begins
July 3 Rodeo of the Ozarks, Springdale, Ark., begins
July 3 St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo begins
July 4 Capitol Legends ProRodeo, Fort Pierre, S.D.
July 4 Black Hills Roundup, Belle Fourche, S.D., begins
July 4 Belton (Texas) Area COC 4th of July Celebration & PRCA Rodeo begins
July 4 Folsom (Calif.) ProRodeo begins
July 4 Mid-Western Rodeo, Manawa, Wis., begins
July 4 Steamboat Springs (Colo.) ProRodeo Series begins
July 4 Western Stampede, West Jordan, Utah, begins
July 5 Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series begins
July 5 Benalto (Alberta) Stampede begins
July 5 Taber (Alberta) ProRodeo begins
July 6 Cowtown Rodeo, Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J.
July 6 Breckenridge (Colo.) PRCA ProRodeo begins
July 7 Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo
7. 2013 PRCA World Standings leaders
AA: Trevor Brazile……….….…..$81,061
BB: Kaycee Feild..……………….$57,985
SW: Casey Martin………….……..$52,537
TR-1: Kaleb Driggers……….……..$44,852
TR-2: Travis Graves……………….$47,959
SB: Cody Wright………….……..$59,560
TD: Sterling Smith………………$49,301
BR: Tyler Smith..………………..$67,131
SR: Cody Lee…….………………$33,743
8. 2013 PRCA WORLD STANDINGS
Through July 1, 2013
All-around
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $81,061
2. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 49,500
3. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 42,432
4. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas 39,081
5. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash. 33,271
6. Caleb Smidt, Yorktown, Texas 28,612
7. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 28,146
8. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. 23,595
9. Morgan Grant, New Waverly, Texas 22,502
10. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta 21,694
11. Ryle Smith, Oakdale, Calif. 21,667
12. Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M. 20,569
13. Justin Thigpen, Waycross, Ga. 19,370
14. Paul David Tierney, Oral, S.D. 18,350
15. Blake Hirdes, Turlock, Calif. 18,232
16. Jordan Ketscher, Squaw Valley, Calif. 17,756
17. Payden Emmett, Ponca, Ark. 14,462
18. Kyle Whitaker, Chambers, Neb. 13,403
19. J.B. Lord, Sturgis, S.D. 11,615
20. Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif. 10,749
Bareback Riding
1. Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah $57,985
2. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas 51,128
3. J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo. 49,647
4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. 46,921
5. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 38,234
6. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 36,186
7. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D. 35,529
8. Jared Smith, Cross Plains, Texas 33,170
9. Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas 31,983
10. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 29,331
11. Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. 29,086
12. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. 27,214
13. Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta 27,184
14. Jessy Davis, Power, Mont. 27,065
15. Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah 23,668
16. Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 22,897
17. Matthew Smith, Leesville, La. 19,240
18. Robert Landingham, Pendleton, Ore. 18,258
19. George Gillespie IV, Placerville, Calif. 18,213
20. Caine Riddle, Vernon, Texas 16,827
Steer Wrestling
1. Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. $52,537
2. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 35,662
3. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 34,419
4. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. 30,853
5. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 30,829
6. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. 30,038
7. Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan. 26,371
8. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 23,762
9. Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif. 23,698
10. Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 23,426
11. Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif. 23,153
12. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss. 22,870
13. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 22,584
14. Les Shepperson, Midwest, Wyo. 21,817
15. Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, British Columbia 20,891
16. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta 20,606
17. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. 19,663
18. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 19,174
19. Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla. 17,769
20. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas 17,459
Team Roping (header)
1. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. $44,852
2. Drew Horner, Plano, Texas 41,387
3. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. 34,838
4. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. 34,481
5. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 34,085
6. Justin Van Davis, Madisonville, Texas 31,916
7. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn. 27,961
8. Brock Hanson, Casa Grande, Ariz. 25,938
9. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. 25,470
10. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas 25,457
11. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas 24,686
12. Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla. 24,643
13. Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas 24,024
14. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. 23,021
15. Arky Rogers, Lipan, Texas 22,731
16. Chace Thompson, Munday, Texas 22,675
17. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 22,631
18. Levi Simpson, Claresholm, Alberta 22,313
19. Spencer Mitchell, Colusa, Calif. 21,662
20. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo. 20,783
Team Roping (heeler)
1. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. $47,959
2. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. 40,926
3. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 36,237
4. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 34,153
5. Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 34,085
6. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas 31,107
7. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas 28,289
8. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. 27,961
9. Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. 26,512
10. Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas 26,301
11. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas 26,211
12. Clay O’Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev. 25,280
13. Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 22,631
14. Dugan Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif. 22,331
15. John Robertson, Polson, Mont. 22,313
16. Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla. 22,181
17. Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb. 20,487
18. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 19,377
19. Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas 18,194
20. Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif. 18,173
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $59,560
2. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. 47,775
3. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah 40,121
4. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 36,463
5. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 32,766
6. Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo. 30,421
7. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa 29,364
8. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 29,015
9. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. 27,943
10. Brad Rudolf, Winnemucca, Nev. 26,649
11. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. 25,981
12. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 25,756
13. Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas 24,223
14. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah 21,641
15. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas 21,632
16. Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D. 21,190
17. Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 21,069
18. Will Smith, Marshall, Mo. 20,300
19. Sam Spreadborough, Snyder, Texas 19,219
20. Dawson Jandreau, Kennebec, S.D. 18,577
Tie-down Roping
1. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas $49,301
2. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. 47,358
3. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas 43,737
4. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas 40,711
5. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 35,041
6. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas 30,145
7. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 29,817
8. Randall Carlisle, Castor, La. 27,740
9. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas 27,653
10. Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah 27,446
11. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 25,983
12. Shane Slack, Idabel, Okla. 23,783
13. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas 22,712
14. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 22,660
15. E.J. Roberts, Stephenville, Texas 22,079
16. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas 21,939
17. Caleb Smidt, Yorktown, Texas 20,549
18. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas 20,181
19. Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah 19,752
20. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. 19,295
Steer Roping
1. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas $33,743
2. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. 31,538
3. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas 30,064
4. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. 29,730
5. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas 26,431
6. Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas 25,255
7. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas 25,155
8. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas 24,170
9. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 23,389
10. Bryce Davis, Ovalo, Texas 16,882
11. Jarrett Blessing, Paradise, Texas 15,821
12. Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla. 15,199
13. J. Paul Williams, Burbank, Okla. 15,100
14. Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas 13,079
15. Dan Fisher, Andrews, Texas 12,548
16. J.P. Wickett, Sallisaw, Okla. 12,406
17. Joe Wells, Cisco, Texas 12,353
18. Brent Lewis, Pinon, N.M. 12,079
19. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 11,877
20. Kim Ziegelgruber, Edmond, Okla. 10,959
Bull Riding
1. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. $67,131
2. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 58,315
3. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. 56,157
4. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 49,329
5. Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla. 48,332
6. Elliot Jacoby, Fredricksburg, Texas 46,124
7. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 45,469
8. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 43,336
9. Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo. 40,596
10. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 38,905
11. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 38,546
12. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo. 37,983
13. Jeff Askey, Martin, Tenn. 35,996
14. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. 35,910
15. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. 35,578
16. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M. 30,791
17. Chris Roundy, Spanish Fork, Utah 28,053
18. Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah 27,326
19. Cheyne Olney, Toppenish, Wash. 26,806
20. Brant Atwood, Pampa, Texas 26,586
*2013 Barrel Racing (through July 1, 2013)
Barrel racing standings, provided by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), are unofficial, subject to audit and may change. Unofficial WPRA Standings are published by the PRCA as a courtesy. The PRCA is not responsible for the verification or updating of WPRA standings.
1. Fallon Taylor, Whitesboro, Texas $53,112
2. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas 52,046
3. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. 40,805
4. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas 39,889
5. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz. 38,629
6. Taylor Jacob, Carmine, Texas 38,467
7. Sabrina Ketcham, Yeso, N.M. 36,786
8. Jane Melby, Burneyville, Okla. 36,190
9. Natalie Foutch, Eldora, Iowa 35,032
10. Carlee Pierce, Stephenville, Texas 34,226
11. Shada Brazile, Decatur, Texas 32,262
12. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb. 31,441
13. Annesa Self, Sanger, Texas 30,383
14. Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M. 29,666
15. Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif. 24,304
16. Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo. 24,046
17. Lee Ann Rust, Stephenville, Texas 23,844
18. Benette Barrington-Little, Ardmore, Okla. 23,034
19. Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas 22,833
20. Britany Fleck, Solen, N.D. 21,209
9. 2013 Wrangler Million Dollar Tour Standings
Unofficial through July 1, 2013
Bareback Riding
1. J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo. $33,131
2. Kaycee Feild, Payson, Ariz. 27,866
3. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas 25,860
4. Bobby Mote, Culver Ore. 20,815
5. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. 17,375
6. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo. 12,825
7. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. 9,820
8. Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta 9,006
9. Winn Ratliff, Leesville, La. 8,978
10. Caine Riddle, Vernon, Texas 7,842
11. Matt Lait, Stavely, Alberta 6,786
12. Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah 6,362
13. Morgan Heaton, Paradise, Utah 6,183
14. Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho 5,480
15. Chase Erickson, Helena, Mont. 5,102
16. Casey Colletti, Pueblo, Colo. 5,072
17. Taylor Price, Huntsville, Texas 4,503
18. Josi Young, Buhl, Idaho 4,203
19. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa 4,084
20. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas 3,641
Steer Wrestling
1. Casey Martin, Sulphur, La. $23,830
2. Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas 16,167
3. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. 15,744
4. Clayton Moore, Pouce Coupe, British Columbia 15,311
5. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. 14,819
6. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. 14,220
7. Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo. 12,885
8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. 12,503
9. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev. 11,686
10. Tom Lewis, Lehi, Utah 11,290
11. Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla. 10,562
12. Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss. 7,880
13. Justin Blaine Davis, Argyle, Texas 7,817
14. Wyatt Smith, Rexburg, Idaho 7,756
15. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. 7,742
16. Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif. 7,038
17. Straws Milan, Cochrane, Alberta 6,823
18. Stan Branco, Chowchilla, Calif. 6,493
19. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. 5,975
20. Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore. 5,880
Team Roping-Header
1. Drew Horner, Plano, Texas $30,725
2. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn. 22,483
3. Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz. 21,661
4. Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga. 19,830
5. Justin Davis, Madisonville, Texas 19,351
6. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas 14,246
7. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas 12,650
8. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. 11,583
9. Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo. 9,774
10. Levi Grantham, Paso Robles, Calif. 8,885
11. Quincy Kueckelhan, Bonham, Texas 8,881
12. Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz. 8,791
13. Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas 7,986
14. Ty Blasingame, Ramah, Colo. 7,934
15. Nick Rawlings, Stephenville, Texas 7,778
16. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 7,764
17. Arky Rogers, Lipan, Texas 7,446
18. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz. 6,971
19. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 6,970
20. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas 6,723
Team Roping-Heeler
1. Buddy Hawkins II, Columbus, Kan. $30,725
2. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. 22,483
3. Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz. 21,661
4. Clay Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev. 19,351
5. Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas 14,246
6. Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas 13,732
7. Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev. 13,303
8. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. 13,048
9. Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif. 9,774
10. Dennis Watkins, Bakersfield, Calif. 8,885
11. Justin Copp, Krum, Texas 8,881
12. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas 8,415
13. Dugan Kelly, Paso Robles, Calif. 7,986
14. Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D. 7,934
15. Derrick Peterson, Louisburg, Kan. 7,778
16. Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas 7,764
17. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. 6,971
18. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. 6,970
19. Jim Ross Cooper, Monument, N.M. 6,731
20. Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas 6,491
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. $19,492
2. Tyler Corrington, Hastings, Minn. 18,701
3. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah 16,733
4. Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 15,747
5. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah 15,003
6. Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb. 14,634
7. Chet Johnson, Sheridan, Wyo. 14,531
8. Brad Rudolf, Winnemucca, Nev. 13,086
9. Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 12,570
10. Cody Taton, Corona, N.M. 9,945
11. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah 9,782
12. Brady Nicholes, Hoytsville, Utah 8,461
13. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas 7,982
14. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. 6,817
15. Cody Angland, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 6,756
16. Samuel Kelts, Millarville, Alberta 5,980
17. Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas 5,713
18. Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta 5,641
19. Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D. 5,565
20. Wade Sundell, Boxholm, Iowa 5,462
Tie Down Roping
1. Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash. $20,921
2. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas 20,520
3. E.J. Roberts, Stephenville, Texas 20,048
4. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas 18,253
5. Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah 14,339
6. Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas 13,693
7. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas 13,573
8. Reese Riemer, Stinnett, Texas 13,010
9. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. 11,800
10. Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla. 10,653
11. Jerrad Hofstetter, Lubbock, Texas 10,424
12. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas 10,200
13. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas 10,186
14. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas 10,136
15. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas 10,071
16. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas 9,228
17. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. 9,173
18. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas 9,080
19. Shane Slack, Idabel, Okla. 8,325
20. Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla. 7,654
Bull Riding
1. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. $19,703
2. Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah 15,229
3. Trevor Kastner, Ardmore, Okla. 14,258
4. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas 11,719
5. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 11,437
6. Jordan Spears, Redding, Calif. 10,422
7. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 9,955
8. Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn. 9,593
9. Kaycee Rose, Clovis, Calif. 9,589
10. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash. 8,580
11. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo. 8,562
12. Clayton Foltyn, Winnie, Texas 8,390
13. Brennon Eldred, Purcell, Okla. 8,212
14. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 6,872
15. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 6,499
16. Travis Atkinson, Lehi, Utah 6,436
17. Ty Pozzobon, Merritt, British Columbia 6,169
18. Chris Roundy, Spanish Fork, Utah 6,033
19. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 5,146
20. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 5,064
10. 2013 PRCA Xtreme Bulls Standings
Unofficial through July 1, 2013
1. Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo. $36,842
2. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas 29,339
3. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. 29,110
4. Josh Koschel, Nunn, Colo. 28,071
5. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. 20,328
6. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo. 20,112
7. Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas 19,602
8. Cooper Davis, Jasper, Texas 19,102
9. Cody Campbell, Summerville, Ore. 17,930
10. J.W. Harris, Mullin, Texas 17,782
11. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M. 15,102
12. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. 14,828
13. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah 14,526
14. Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont. 13,260
15. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. 12,079
16. Cole Echols, Elm Grove, La. 11,865
17. Cheyne Olney, Toppenish, Wash. 11,617
18. Blaine Skaggs, Hubbard, Ore. 8,353
19. Elliot Jacoby, Fredricksburg, Texas 7,788
20. Ryan Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas 7,351
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