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Tie-down Roping win has Trevor Brazile leading All-Around

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LAS VEGAS – Before the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo began, 23-time world champion Trevor Brazile announced he would be cutting his rodeo count down, not planning on going full time on the road any more.  This, the 60th edition of the Wrangler NFR would likely be his last. At 42 years old, he’s looking forward to spending more time with family.  But Sunday night, Dec. 9, in front of 16,917 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Brazile looked as young as ever, stopping the clock in 6.8 seconds to win tie-down roping. Even more significant, Brazile took over the lead in the coveted All-Around Cowboy competition from his brother-in-law Tuf Cooper.

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WNFR 2015 Day 8 Brazile has another record night

LAS VEGAS – Trevor Brazile just keeps outdoing himself at the 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER.
Brazile earned his 23rd gold buckle in Round 6 two nights ago when he clinched the world all-around title by winning the tie-down roping title with a 6.6-second run.
Tonight, he one-upped himself with a 6.5 to tie the arena record and nearly take the lead in the tie-down roping world standings. He trails brother-in-law Tuf Cooper by just $537, and trails only Caleb Smidt in the WNFR average race.

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WNFR 2015 Brazile captures 23rd world championship

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LAS VEGAS – Trevor Brazile won his 23rd world championship tonight, and he did it in style.

The Decatur, Texas, cowboy clinched the 13th gold all-around buckle of his career when he won the tie-down roping in Round 6 with a 6.6-second run at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER.

The lightning bolt of a run broke the previous Round 6 record of 6.9 seconds, and was just one-tenth of a second off the arena record time of 6.5 seconds set by Cody Ohl in 2003.

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Brazile sets first-round record

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LAS VEGAS – The 2015 edition of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER got off to a historical start.
Trevor Brazile, the 22-time world champion, won the tie-down roping with a 6.8-second run – the fastest Round 1 time in WNFR history.
“That’s sweet, I had no idea,” Brazile said of setting the record.

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Brazile caps family affair with tie-down win

PUYALLUP, Wash. – It was a family affair for the Braziles in Puyallup, and the patriarch of the family left town a very happy man.  Photo provided by Todd Brewer

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Corkill’s Final-Night Comeback Highlights dramatic WNFR

LAS VEGAS – Team ropers split the world championship.  The outcome simply wasn’t the one that appeared most likely.  The possibility of a header from one team winning the world championship with a heeler from another partnership became more and more real as the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo wore on, but in a final-round stunner, heeler Jade Corkill came from behind to capture his first gold buckle along with Chad Masters, who won a world championship for the second time.

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Shepperson hopes to follow in his father’s gold buckle-winning footsteps

LAS VEGAS – Les Shepperson need not look far to be reminded what a gold buckle looks like.

The 34-year-old steer wrestler’s father, Frank, won the world championship in that event in 1975 and might just be wearing that gold buckle in Las Vegas as you read this.

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Ten for Trevor! Brazile wraps up 10th all-around gold buckle

LAS VEGAS – Any more all-around world championships and Trevor Brazile will be forced to start counting with his toes.

The Decatur, Texas, cowboy clinched his record 10th all-around gold buckle during the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Monday night thanks to a third-place go-round finish in team roping.

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RASCAL FLATTS, KIP MOORE AND JAKE OWEN TO PERFORM AT “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS” LIVE MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX

Miranda Lambert, Natasha Bedingfield, Ron White and Eight-Time World Champion Cowboy Trevor Brazile Among Stars Scheduled to Appear

Rascal Flatts, Kip Moore and Jake Owen are set to perform at the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (ACA) airing live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. Owen, Moore and Rascal Flatts will join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town.

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Wyoming cowboy takes Joy Ride at Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo

CHEYENNE, Wyo. —July 25, 2012 —J.R. Vezain was on a joy ride Wednesday – literally. The 20-year-old cowboy from tiny Cowley, Wyo., is living his professional rodeo dream, and it’s paying off down the road at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.

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