Biglow places second on Night 8
LAS VEGAS – Bareback rider Clayton Biglow’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is like an old truck engine: It took a little while to get warmed up, but it’s humming right along now. Biglow, 22, of Clements, Calif., failed to catch a check in the first five rounds of this year’s 10-round finale. Since the second […]
Results from Round 8
Bareback riding: 1. Richmond Champion, 88 points on Hi Lo ProRodeo Pretty Woman, $26,231; 2. Clayton Biglow, 86.5, $20,731; 3. Jake Brown, 86, $15,564; 4. (tie) Tim O’Connell and JR Vezain, 85, $8,885 each; 6. Bill Tutor, 84.5, $4,231. Steer wrestling: 1. Chason Floyd, 3.7 seconds, $26,231; 2. Rowdy Parrott, 3.8, $20,731; 3. (tie) Jon […]
Champion earns 2nd round title
LAS VEGAS – Richmond Champion’s phenomenal week in the Nevada desert just keeps getting better. Champion rode Hi Lo ProRodeo’s Pretty Woman for 88 points Wednesday night to win the eighth go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That $26,231 pushed his NFR earnings to $103,853 and moved him past the $205,000 mark in his […]
Scooter puts Pearson back on track
LAS VEGAS – If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a big team to care for one of the greatest horses in rodeo. That’s what happens with Scooter, the 2017 Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year owned by Tyler Pearson and Kyle Irwin. He’s also being ridden this week at […]
Clements enjoying his Vegas run
LAS VEGAS – Mason Clements can’t stop marveling about his first experience at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He shouldn’t. This is the grandest event in the sport, a 10-round affair that features only the very best in the game from the 2017 season. He’s one of the 120 contestants competing this week at the […]
Biglow rides strong in Round 7
LAS VEGAS – Even though he won Tuesday’s sixth round, Clayton Biglow liked Wednesday’s ride better at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. “That was probably the best I’ve felt all week,” said Biglow, who rode Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Scarlet Fever for 85.5 points to finish in a tie for second place with reigning world champion […]
O’Connell rallies from NFR illness
LAS VEGAS – A stomach bug is no fun, period. It’s less fun for an athlete trying to win a world championship. Just ask Tim O’Connell, the reigning world champion bareback rider from Zwingle, Iowa, who also leads the bareback riding world standings through seven nights of ProRodeo’s grand finale, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. […]
Building to a brilliant finish
Bullfighters Only kicks off Las Vegas Championship with true excitement LAS VEGAS –The chase is one for the $25,000 first-place prize with the Bullfighters Only Las Vegas Championship. The Preliminary Round action continues at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, and features the very best that the BFO has to offer. From […]
Irwin ties for 2nd in Round 7
LAS VEGAS – Kyle Irwin and Tyler Pearson have done a lot of things together. The two steer wrestlers travel together through the regular season, work together and co-own Scooter, the 2017 Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year. This year they qualified for the National Finals Rodeo together for the first time. And on Wednesday […]
Zach gets the Call to BFO finale
Nebraska bullfighter punches his ticket to short round of Las Vegas Championship LAS VEGAS – A year ago, Zach Call had to battle through the Wild Card in order to advance to the Las Vegas Championship’s final round. He managed to avoid it this year, posting a solid 79-point fight to win his section Wednesday […]
Round 7 results
Bareback riding: 1. Tanner Aus, 87 points on Three Hills Rodeo Jr Bonner, $26,231; 2. (tie) Tim O’Connell and Clayton Biglow, 85.5, $18,192 each; 4. (tie) Jake Vold, Bill Tutor and Mason Clements, 83.5, $7,333 each. Steer wrestling: 1. Dakota Eldridge, 3.3 seconds, $26,231; 2. (tie) Kyle Irwin and Tyler Pearson, 3.6, $18,192 each; 4. […]
Braden earns another round win
LAS VEGAS – Hi-Lo Pro Rodeo’s Garden City Gal was raised in western Kansas, just like the town for which she’s named. Saddle bronc rider Hardy Braden didn’t know that much about the gray mare, but he made it work to the tune 88 points to win Wednesday’s seventh round of the Wrangler National Finals […]
Aus earns his 2nd round win
LAS VEGAS – Tanner Aus has placed in just three go-rounds, but he earned at least a share of two victories. He added his second Wednesday night during the seventh round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, earning $26,231 in the process. He’s ridden well, but missing out on four round checks is a testament […]
Jarrett ropes to another NFR check
LAS VEGAS – Slowly but surely, Ryan Jarrett is making his way up the chart at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. After opening ProRodeo’s grand finale with the first-round victory, Jarrett went into a bit of a skid. He didn’t return to the top of the charts until the fifth night, when he finished sixth. […]
Larsen has a good feel for NFR
LAS VEGAS – There’s a certain feel that comes to riding a bucking horse that few people will ever realize. Orin Larsen knows that feeling. He knows what it means to strap his rigging to a horse’s back, then tangle with the beast for a long 8 seconds. On Tuesday night during the sixth go-round […]
Champion enjoying NFR run
LAS VEGAS – Nobody can wipe the smile off Richmond Champion’s face. With just four more nights of the 2017 ProRodeo season on the horizon, the bareback rider from The Woodlands, Texas, doesn’t want it to end. Why should he? Through six rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Champion has placed five times and […]
Aus finds way back to pay window
LAS VEGAS – Tanner Aus understands the ups and downs that come with rodeo. In his inaugural Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2015, he placed in just three rounds, including the, a share of the 10th-round victory, and earned $74,000. Last year, he earned $100,000 and left Sin City No. 5 in the world standings. […]
NFR results from Round 6
Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Clayton Biglow on Frontier Rodeo Night Fist and J.R. Vezain on Pickett Pro Rodeo Scarlet Belle, 88 points, $23,481 each; 3. Orin Larsen, 85.5, $15,654; 4. Jake Vold, 85, $11,000; 5. (tie) Tanner Aus and Richmond Champion, 84, $5,500 each. Steer wrestling: 1. Baylor Roche, 3.6 seconds, $26,231; 2. Ty Erickson, […]
Biglow wins NFR’s sixth round
LAS VEGAS – During Monday’s fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Clayton Biglow scored 86.5 points. It’s a winning score, for sure, but it didn’t earn the Clements, Calif., bareback rider any money. He finished seventh; only the top six earn money at the NFR. That’s how tough things are inside the Thomas […]
Pearson still adding to NFR pay
LAS VEGAS – Tyler Pearson is a happy man who loves his job. He’s even happier this week in the City of Lights, where he has found his winning ways through the first five nights of the National Finals Rodeo. On Monday night, he added to his incredible season by wrestling his steer to the […]
Jarrett rebounds to place in Round 5
LAS VEGAS – There were some things in Ryan Jarrett’s roping that left him a bit uncomfortable through Rounds 2-4 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He decided to work on them, and it seems to have made a difference. He roped and tied his calf in 8.1 seconds Monday night to finish sixth in […]
Struxness keeps NFR cash rolling
LAS VEGAS – When the starting quarterback goes down, every team must then trust the next man in line. J.D. Struxness is about to begin the second half of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and he’s already reached for his backup, a solid gray horse named Max, owned by 16-time NFR qualifier Todd Suhn. It […]
Braden slides into top finish
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t much, but the $2,115 that Hardy Braden earned Monday during the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo means something big. He remains consistent and is giving himself every chance to win. He proved that with an 85.5-point ride on Powder River Rodeo’s Rich N Fancy to finish in […]
Champion adds more Vegas cash
LAS VEGAS – The TV pen at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo features the greatest bucking horses in the game. Monday night in Las Vegas proved that, and Richmond Champion lived it. He scored 88 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Dirty Jacket, a score that would win almost any rodeo, and settled for a […]