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NFR rookies continue to turn heads in Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – So much for rookie jitters.

The 29 first-timers at this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo have pulled their weight through the first eight rounds.

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Jesse Wright inches closer to first world championship

LAS VEGAS – Jesse Wright may not leave here with multiple Wrangler National Finals Rodeo records like he did a year ago.

But the saddle bronc rider may take something much shinier home to Milford, Utah.

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PRCA Weekly Press Release-Oct. 22, 2012

Harris parlays big score in early round to Ram Prairie Circuit title

DUNCAN, Okla. – Bradley Harris won the bull riding title at the Ram Prairie Circuit Finals on Thursday night; he just didn’t know it until Saturday.

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Keeneland Spring Meeting Posts Numerous Records As Nicholson Oversees His Final Race Meet

Marks Sixth Consecutive Spring Meeting Without a Fatality on All-Weather Track

LEXINGTON, KY (April 30, 2012) – Keeneland’s 2012 spring race meeting proved to be an enormously successful finale for President Nick Nicholson, posting several records for attendance and wagering and boasting field sizes that are among the largest in the country. More importantly, it also marked the sixth consecutive spring meeting in which there were no catastrophic breakdowns during racing on Keeneland’s all-weather main track.