1. (tie) Steven Peebles on Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo’s Good Time Charlie, Tim O’Connell on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Flight and Tanner Aus on Wayne Vold Rodeo’s Mucho Dinero, 83.5, $20,872 each; 4. (tie) Clint Laye and Winn Ratliff, 82, $8,885 each; 6. (tie) Orin Larsen and Caleb Bennett, 81, $2,115 each.

The feel-good story of this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is Steven Peebles, who just won his first bareback riding world championship by more than $10,000 over four-time reigning world titlist Kaycee Feild. Peebles missed a good part of the season because of a serious injury in which he had to fight for his life.[...]

LAS VEGAS – Rodeo cowboys are tougher than most professional athletes. They ride with sprained knees and damaged shoulders. They get on wild bucking beasts with sore backs and ribs that hurt when they breathe. Bull rider Wesley Silcox has done that plenty in his 12-year career. There are no guarantees in rodeo, so the[...]

LAS VEGAS – The pain was so intense, saddle bronc rider Tyrel Larsen wasn’t sure how to deal with it at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. “In the E pen, I had (the horse) Awesome of Wayne Vold, and he split my tailbone on the edge of my cantle,” Larsen said of the “eliminator” pen,[...]

Sage Kimzey can’t be beat. The reigning world champion bull rider from Strong City, Okla., finished second in Friday’s Round 6 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, while his closest competitor, 2012 world champion Cody Teel, failed to make a qualified ride. That, and Kimzey’s position in the average of 494 points on six rides,[...]

1. Clayton Foltyn, 88 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Brown Sugar, $26,231; 2. Sage Kimzey, 84, $20,731; 3. Wesley Silcox, 83, $15,654; 4. Shane Proctor, 82.5, $11,000; no other qualified rides.

1. Jana Bean, 13.71 seconds, $26,231; 2. Michele McLeod, 13.85, $20,731; 3. Lisa Lockhart, 13.86, $15,654; 4. Vickie Carter, 13.88, $11,000; 5. Cassidy Kruse, 13.91, $6,769; 6. Fallon Taylor, 13.96, $4,231.

1. Taos Muncy, 83 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Let ’Er Rip, $26,231; 2. Heith DeMoss, 82.5, $20,731; 3. CoBurn Bradshaw, 81.5, $15,654; 4. Tyrel Larsen, 79.5, $11,000; 5. Rusty Wright, 79, $6,769; 6. Isaac Diaz, $4,231.

1. Hunter Herrin, 6.6 seconds, $26,231; 2. Matt Shiozawa, 7.0, $20,731; 3. Caleb Smidt, 7.3, $15,654; 4. (tie) Trevor Brazile and Monty Lewis, 4.5, $8,885; 6. Cory Solomon, 7.6, $4,231.

Bareback riding: 1. Kaycee Feild, 82 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Control Freak, $26,231; 2. Seth Hardwick, 81.5, $20,732; 3. (tie) Austin Foss and Jake Brown, 81, $13,327; 5. (tie) Will Lowe and Bobby Mote, 80.5, $5,500 Team roping: 1. Trevor Brazile/Patrick Smith, 4.0 seconds, $26,231; 2. Colby Lovell/Kory Koontz, 4.1, $20,731; 3. Derrick Begay/Clay[...]