Taos Muncy is starting to appear as unlucky as he is talented.
Unable to defend his 2007 saddle bronc riding world championship last year because of a broken leg, the Corona, N.M., cowboy is now looking at another 6-8 weeks on the sidelines with a broken right ankle.
Muncy, 21, was working colts at Mike Outhier’s ranch in Utopia, Texas on Feb. 17 when the horse he was riding put him into a chute gate, fracturing the lateral malleolus bone.
Examinations by Dr. Greg Gordon at Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital and Dr. Keith Markey, the medical director for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, determined that surgery would not be required, despite the fact that the injury was complicated by its proximity to an earlier fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg.
Muncy has been fitted with a splint and will be using crutches to get around until he gets medical clearance to put weight on the foot.
It is a truly frustrating turn of events for Muncy, who had recently returned to the form that made him the youngest saddle bronc riding world champion in PRCA history, at 20 years, five months and two weeks.
Muncy had won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., and the Dixie National Rodeo in Jackson, Miss., already this month to climb into second place behind Bradley Harter in the PRCA World Standings.
Then he won two rounds of three in his bracket last week at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo to easily qualify for the semifinal round of the rodeo, only to be knocked out of action in an incident away from the arena.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Suhn rises to top of world standings at Dixie Nationals
JACKSON, Miss. – Steer wrestler Todd Suhn’s dominating march through the Dixie National Rodeo, Feb. 5-11, vaulted him into the lead in the PRCA World Standings and kept him on pace for the richest winter season of his long career.
Suhn, a 12-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, won the second round in the Mississippi Coliseum and the average with a time of 7.0 seconds on two head to bank $6,621.
That was enough to move the North Platte, Neb., cowboy from third to first with unofficial earnings of $21,022, more than $3,000 ahead of 2007 World Champion Jason Miller.
"I made about $30,000 during the winter season in 2005," Suhn said, "but most of that came later in the season. Usually I’m at about $10,000 to $15,000 for the winter, so this is a good start for me.
"I’m not making too much of this. It takes a lot to win a world championship. There are a lot of great bulldoggers out there. There’s no rest."
Suhn finished in a tie for third in the opening round with a 3.8-second run, and then locked up the average championship by taking down his second steer in 3.2 seconds, to edge Matt Reeves by a tenth of a second.
"It was a steer I had seen at the Wrangler NFR," Suhn said, "but he didn’t run very fast on this day, and he was really good on the ground. It was pretty fun."
Reigning World Champion Bareback Rider Justin McDaniel was reunited with the world class Delta Ship from the Frontier Rodeo string, and they combined for a 91-point ride that paid McDaniel $5,743.
McDaniel tied the Wrangler NFR record with a 91.5-point ride on Delta Ship in 2007, when the horse was owned by J Bar J, and this was their first meeting since Las Vegas.
"He’s big, jumps high in the air and kicks real hard," McDaniel said. "If you don’t have your feet set, he’ll buck you off the next jump. He’s everything there is to want in a bucking horse. The full package. I really like him."
Taos Muncy followed his Feb. 7 win at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., with another win in the Mississippi Coliseum. His 86-point-ride on Smith, Harper & Morgan’s Painted Feather was three points better than runners-up Chad Ferley and Sam Spreadborough.
Muncy’s earnings of $5,757 moved him up to third in the PRCA World Standings behind Bradley Harter and Rusty Allen.
Bull rider Kanin Asay also used a win in Jackson to move closer to the world standings’ lead. His 91-point ride on Silverado Rodeo Company’s Monkey Wrench was two points better than Jason Beck and lifted him past reigning World Champion J.W. Harris into second place in the PRCA World Standings behind Clayton Savage.
The other champions at the Dixie National Rode were team ropers Ross Lowry and Steve Britnell (10.0 seconds on two head), tie-down roper Brett Conner (16.4 seconds on two head) and barrel racer Sherry Cervi (14.23 seconds).
Suhn, a 12-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, won the second round in the Mississippi Coliseum and the average with a time of 7.0 seconds on two head to bank $6,621.
That was enough to move the North Platte, Neb., cowboy from third to first with unofficial earnings of $21,022, more than $3,000 ahead of 2007 World Champion Jason Miller.
"I made about $30,000 during the winter season in 2005," Suhn said, "but most of that came later in the season. Usually I’m at about $10,000 to $15,000 for the winter, so this is a good start for me.
"I’m not making too much of this. It takes a lot to win a world championship. There are a lot of great bulldoggers out there. There’s no rest."
Suhn finished in a tie for third in the opening round with a 3.8-second run, and then locked up the average championship by taking down his second steer in 3.2 seconds, to edge Matt Reeves by a tenth of a second.
"It was a steer I had seen at the Wrangler NFR," Suhn said, "but he didn’t run very fast on this day, and he was really good on the ground. It was pretty fun."
Reigning World Champion Bareback Rider Justin McDaniel was reunited with the world class Delta Ship from the Frontier Rodeo string, and they combined for a 91-point ride that paid McDaniel $5,743.
McDaniel tied the Wrangler NFR record with a 91.5-point ride on Delta Ship in 2007, when the horse was owned by J Bar J, and this was their first meeting since Las Vegas.
"He’s big, jumps high in the air and kicks real hard," McDaniel said. "If you don’t have your feet set, he’ll buck you off the next jump. He’s everything there is to want in a bucking horse. The full package. I really like him."
Taos Muncy followed his Feb. 7 win at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo in Rapid City, S.D., with another win in the Mississippi Coliseum. His 86-point-ride on Smith, Harper & Morgan’s Painted Feather was three points better than runners-up Chad Ferley and Sam Spreadborough.
Muncy’s earnings of $5,757 moved him up to third in the PRCA World Standings behind Bradley Harter and Rusty Allen.
Bull rider Kanin Asay also used a win in Jackson to move closer to the world standings’ lead. His 91-point ride on Silverado Rodeo Company’s Monkey Wrench was two points better than Jason Beck and lifted him past reigning World Champion J.W. Harris into second place in the PRCA World Standings behind Clayton Savage.
The other champions at the Dixie National Rode were team ropers Ross Lowry and Steve Britnell (10.0 seconds on two head), tie-down roper Brett Conner (16.4 seconds on two head) and barrel racer Sherry Cervi (14.23 seconds).
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Dodge Xtreme Bulls opens its season in Rapid City, S.D., Jan. 30-31
The first of 10 stops on the 2009 Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour is scheduled for Jan. 30-31 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D. Defending champion Chance Smart is entered, as is Kanin Asay, who won the 2007 X-Bulls title and leads the current PRCA World Standings with $25,580 in just nine rodeos.
Four-time National Steer Roping Finals qualifier Prather dies at 74
Jim Prather, who qualified for four consecutive National Steer Roping Finals (1965-68), died Jan. 9 at his home in Post, Texas. He was 74. Prather worked as a cattle buyer for many years and produced the OS Ranch Steer Roping and Art Exhibit, a fund-raiser for the West Texas Children's Home.
Bach presides over Israel's first roping school
Four-time World Champion Team Roper Allen Bach spent a week in Israel in mid-December teaching the first roping school in that country’s history in Slomik Razeil Arena.
Bach worked with nearly 40 aspiring ropers for intensive day-long training and was able to do some sightseeing with his daughter.
The school was arranged by Razeil, who had spent 18 months in California learning to rope from PRCA member Dusty Watkins and then built his own arena.
“The day before we flew home,” Bach told ESPN.com, “they started shooting missiles, so we left just in the nick of time.”
Bach worked with nearly 40 aspiring ropers for intensive day-long training and was able to do some sightseeing with his daughter.
The school was arranged by Razeil, who had spent 18 months in California learning to rope from PRCA member Dusty Watkins and then built his own arena.
“The day before we flew home,” Bach told ESPN.com, “they started shooting missiles, so we left just in the nick of time.”
Mortensen, Davis to take part in Goodwill Military Tour of Afghanistan
Six-time World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Dan Mortensen and three-time Wrangler NFR bareback rider Jessy Davis will be part of a rodeo-themed Goodwill Military Tour of Afghanistan next month, being staged by Pro Sports MVP of Colorado Springs, Colo.
The 10-day tour arrives in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 24, and visits to U.S. military bases in Afghanistan will be staged Feb. 27-March 3, before the group returns to the United States on March 5.
Each stop will feature autograph sessions, walking tours, hospital visits, question-and-answer sessions and possible rodeo demonstrations.
Pro Sports MVP has implemented more than 60 such Goodwill Military tours for U.S. troops during the last five years.
Joining Mortensen and Davis on the tour will be barrel racer Liz Pinkston, PBR bull rider Tater Porter and WPRA president Jymmy Kay Davis.
The 10-day tour arrives in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 24, and visits to U.S. military bases in Afghanistan will be staged Feb. 27-March 3, before the group returns to the United States on March 5.
Each stop will feature autograph sessions, walking tours, hospital visits, question-and-answer sessions and possible rodeo demonstrations.
Pro Sports MVP has implemented more than 60 such Goodwill Military tours for U.S. troops during the last five years.
Joining Mortensen and Davis on the tour will be barrel racer Liz Pinkston, PBR bull rider Tater Porter and WPRA president Jymmy Kay Davis.
Young team roping pair serves notice with busy weekend in Denver, Lincoln, Neb.
The young team roping pair of Quincy Kueckelhan, 21, and Dustin Davis, 19, served notice over the Jan. 23-25 weekend that they are a rising force in the PRCA, finishing second in the average at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver and winning the PRCA Championship Rodeo in Lincoln, Neb.
Kueckelhan, of Bonham, Texas, and Davis, of Texarkana, Ark., finished third in the short go and second in the average to earn checks of $5,732 each in Denver and then banked another $1,121 with a winning 4.5-second run in Lincoln.
The parlay lifted Davis into second place in the PRCA World Standings for heelers behind Michael Jones and would have put Kueckelhan second among headers, were he not still competing on his permit.
Kueckelhan, of Bonham, Texas, and Davis, of Texarkana, Ark., finished third in the short go and second in the average to earn checks of $5,732 each in Denver and then banked another $1,121 with a winning 4.5-second run in Lincoln.
The parlay lifted Davis into second place in the PRCA World Standings for heelers behind Michael Jones and would have put Kueckelhan second among headers, were he not still competing on his permit.
Native Coloradans Shirley, Peek have weekend to remember at Denver Coliseum
DENVER - This was a weekend Tim Shirley won't forget anytime soon.
How do you beat a homecoming where you get married and earn one of your biggest career wins in your hometown rodeo within 24 hours?
"It couldn't get any better," Shirley said today, while on a brief honeymoon in Estes Park, Colo. "Not in my wildest dreams could I imagine something like this. I couldn't be any happier than I am right now. This wasn't planned at all. We just decided a month ago when we were getting married. We put it all together, and everything worked out perfect."
Shirley, who was born in Denver and now lives 36 miles away in Conifer, married Mindy Downare Jan. 24 in an evening service officiated by his father, pastor Ed Shirley, at his Mountain High Christian Center in Conifer and attended by close friends and family.
The following afternoon Shirley was back in the Denver Coliseum in front of a much larger audience of 8,221, to finish work on his first National Western Stock Show and Rodeo title, tying for first place in the bareback riding average with Dustin Reeves, of Owanka, S.D.
Shirley won the second round with a 90-point ride on Big Bend Rodeo Company's Cajun Queen and then tied for fourth with an 82-pointer in the final round Jan. 25. That brought his three-head total score to 254 points, a figure matched by Reeves when he won the finale with an 87-point ride on Burch Rodeo Company's Pinball Wizard.
"The last time I even won a check in Denver was my rookie year in 2001, so this was really special," Shirley said. "This is my hometown rodeo for sure. My brothers and I used to show steers at the National Western as boys. We had competitions to see which one of us would go to the stock show the most. To finally win a title here is very sweet."
By custom, the ruling on who would receive the one available champion's buckle was decided with a coin flip, which was won by Reeves.
"Even that worked out well," Shirley said. "Dustin forgot his belt when he came out from South Dakota, so he needed a belt and he didn't have a buckle. They (the committee) will send me a buckle in the mail."
And besides, Shirley's total earnings for the rodeo came to an event-best $11,217. The buckle can wait. The earnings were enough to lift him into first place in the PRCA World Standings and build up the newlyweds' bank account.
Shirley's fellow Coloradan, Josh Peek of Pueblo, also had a big weekend in Denver, albeit with some mixed emotions. Bouncing back from a disappointing outing at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Peek won the tie-down roping three-head average and the all-around title while dividing his time in the arena with visits to a Denver hospital to see his grandmother.
Peek dedicated his wins to his grandmother, who suffered serious injuries in a car accident, Jan. 22, and is undergoing multiple surgeries.
"We're having a hard time with it," Peek told the Rocky Mountain News. "Rodeo was far from my mind walking in (Jan. 25). I told grandma, 'I'm going to go win Denver for you.' I had to come in here and have no fear."
Peek only needed a time of 10.1 seconds or better in the final go to win the tie-down roping average and completed his run in 8.6 seconds to finish 1.5 seconds ahead of Tuf Cooper. Peek had total earnings of $13,158.
He won the all-around title because he also competed in steer wrestling.
The high-money winner of the rodeo was barrel racer Nancy Hunter of Neola, Utah, who took home $16,357 after winning two rounds and the average (45.89 seconds on three runs). The other champions at Denver were steer wrestlers Curtis Cassidy and Jake Rinehart (12.7 seconds on three head), team ropers Chad Masters and Michael Jones (15.5 seconds on three head), saddle bronc rider Bradley Harter (247 points on three head) and bull rider Kanin Asay (264 points on three head).
How do you beat a homecoming where you get married and earn one of your biggest career wins in your hometown rodeo within 24 hours?
"It couldn't get any better," Shirley said today, while on a brief honeymoon in Estes Park, Colo. "Not in my wildest dreams could I imagine something like this. I couldn't be any happier than I am right now. This wasn't planned at all. We just decided a month ago when we were getting married. We put it all together, and everything worked out perfect."
Shirley, who was born in Denver and now lives 36 miles away in Conifer, married Mindy Downare Jan. 24 in an evening service officiated by his father, pastor Ed Shirley, at his Mountain High Christian Center in Conifer and attended by close friends and family.
The following afternoon Shirley was back in the Denver Coliseum in front of a much larger audience of 8,221, to finish work on his first National Western Stock Show and Rodeo title, tying for first place in the bareback riding average with Dustin Reeves, of Owanka, S.D.
Shirley won the second round with a 90-point ride on Big Bend Rodeo Company's Cajun Queen and then tied for fourth with an 82-pointer in the final round Jan. 25. That brought his three-head total score to 254 points, a figure matched by Reeves when he won the finale with an 87-point ride on Burch Rodeo Company's Pinball Wizard.
"The last time I even won a check in Denver was my rookie year in 2001, so this was really special," Shirley said. "This is my hometown rodeo for sure. My brothers and I used to show steers at the National Western as boys. We had competitions to see which one of us would go to the stock show the most. To finally win a title here is very sweet."
By custom, the ruling on who would receive the one available champion's buckle was decided with a coin flip, which was won by Reeves.
"Even that worked out well," Shirley said. "Dustin forgot his belt when he came out from South Dakota, so he needed a belt and he didn't have a buckle. They (the committee) will send me a buckle in the mail."
And besides, Shirley's total earnings for the rodeo came to an event-best $11,217. The buckle can wait. The earnings were enough to lift him into first place in the PRCA World Standings and build up the newlyweds' bank account.
Shirley's fellow Coloradan, Josh Peek of Pueblo, also had a big weekend in Denver, albeit with some mixed emotions. Bouncing back from a disappointing outing at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Peek won the tie-down roping three-head average and the all-around title while dividing his time in the arena with visits to a Denver hospital to see his grandmother.
Peek dedicated his wins to his grandmother, who suffered serious injuries in a car accident, Jan. 22, and is undergoing multiple surgeries.
"We're having a hard time with it," Peek told the Rocky Mountain News. "Rodeo was far from my mind walking in (Jan. 25). I told grandma, 'I'm going to go win Denver for you.' I had to come in here and have no fear."
Peek only needed a time of 10.1 seconds or better in the final go to win the tie-down roping average and completed his run in 8.6 seconds to finish 1.5 seconds ahead of Tuf Cooper. Peek had total earnings of $13,158.
He won the all-around title because he also competed in steer wrestling.
The high-money winner of the rodeo was barrel racer Nancy Hunter of Neola, Utah, who took home $16,357 after winning two rounds and the average (45.89 seconds on three runs). The other champions at Denver were steer wrestlers Curtis Cassidy and Jake Rinehart (12.7 seconds on three head), team ropers Chad Masters and Michael Jones (15.5 seconds on three head), saddle bronc rider Bradley Harter (247 points on three head) and bull rider Kanin Asay (264 points on three head).
Monday, January 26, 2009
National Western Stock Show Results
DENVER - The first of the building rodeos of 2009 is over and two home state cowboys were victorious.
Tim Shirley from Conifer, Colo., tied for the bareback riding championship and Josh Peek from Pueblo, Colo., won the tie-down roping and all-around championships. Shirley led the pack of 12 bareback riders coming into Sunday’s final round. He rode the Kesler Championship Rodeo horse named Silver Moon for 82 points to give him a total of 254 points and $11,217. Shirley started his winning ways by marrying his fiancée Mindy Downare on Saturday night.
Also earning 254 points and tying with Shirley was Dustin Reeves, from Owanka, S.D. Reeves did not earn as much in the first two rounds, but still left Denver with $7,535. The Jeffrey Scott championship buckle was given to Shirley by virtue of a coin toss. The National Western Stock Show is ordering another buckle, so both cowboys will be able to sport their trophies, but Reeves will have to wait for his.
Josh Peek had over 10 seconds to rope and tie his calf here on Sunday, but did the job in 8.5 to win third in the finals and the title with a total of 24.9 seconds. He is also a newlywed having just tied the knot on the third of January. Peek left Denver with $13,158. He won the all-around because he also competed in steer wrestling here.
The high money winner was barrel racer Nancy Hunter from Neola, Utah. Hunter placed second in the first round, won the second round and the finals. She was the most consistent of all the contestants and won $16,357 for her total time of 45.98 seconds.
Last July, Kanin Asay wasn’t sure when he’d get to ride a bull again. He was injured at the St. Paul, Ore., rodeo and had to have surgery to remove his spleen. Two months later, he was riding again and qualified for his second Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December.
Asay worked very hard to regain the abdominal strength needed to ride a bull and is looking for his first world championship. He made it one step closer here by riding three bulls for 264 points. Asay earned $14,480 and will be taking the title home to Powell, Wyo.
Attendance at this year’s National Western Stock Show was 643,100. The final performance of the rodeo had 8,221 fans in the stands. Total rodeo attendance over 23 performances was 155,435.
National Western Stock Show Rodeo Champions
Bareback Riding, Dustin Reeves, Owanka, S.D., 254 points, $7,535
And Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo., 254 points, $11,217
Steer Wrestling, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 12.7 seconds, $12,074.
And Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 12.7 seconds, $14,225
Team Roping, Chad Masters, Santo, Texas,
and Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas, 15.5 seconds, $8,033 each
Saddle Bronc Riding, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 247 points, $12,255
Tie-Down Roping, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 24.9 seconds, $13,158
Women’s Barrel Race, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 45.98 seconds, $18,357
Bull Riding, Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo., 264 points, $14,480
DENVER - The following are final results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.
Bareback Riding –
Final Round: 1, Dustin Reeves, Owanka, S.D., 87 points on Burch Rodeo’s Pinball Wizard, $1,200. 2, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 86, $900. 3, Zac Compton, Hermiston, Ore., 85, $600. 4 (tie), Silas Richards, North Zulch, Texas; Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.; and Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo.; 82, $100.
Over-All: 1 (tie), Reeves and Shirley, 254 points, $6,335. 3, Curran, 253, $4,064. 4 (tie), Zac Compton, Hermiston, Ore., and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 248, $2,152. 6, Tileden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 247, $1,195. 7, Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan., 246, $956. 8 (tie), Silas Richards, North Zulch, Texas, and Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D., 244, $359.
Steer Wrestling –
Final Round: 1, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 4.0 seconds, $1,100. 2, Billy Begenig, Ferndale, Calif., 4.3, $825. 3, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 4.4, $550. 4, Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 4.9, $275.
Over-All: 1 (tie), Cassidy and Rinehart, 12.7, $7,113. 3, Lewis, 14.0, $5,624. 4, Bugenig, 14.3, $4,632. 5, Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo., 15.5, $3,639. 6, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., 16.0, $2,847. 7, Dane Hanna, Starkville, Miss., 16.1, $1,654. 8, K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 17.5, $662.
Team Roping –
Final Round: 1, Chad Masters, Santo, Texas, and Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas, 4.4 seconds, $1,090. 2, Cooper Wimberly, Belen, N.M., and James Gililland, Albuquerque, N.M., 5.5, $818. 3, Quincy Kueckelhan, Bonham, Texas, and Dustin Davis, Texarkana, Ark., 5.8, $545. 4, J.D. Yates and Jay Wadhams, Pueblo, Colo., 6.3, $273.
Over-All: 1, Masters and Jones, 15.5, $6,033. 2, Kueckelhan and Davis, 16.1, $5,237. 3, Wimberly and Gililland,17.3, $4,452. 4, Yates and Wadhams, 18.1, $3,666. 5, Tommy Edens, Gatesville, Texas, and Wade Clayton, Needville, Texas, 20.7, $2,880. 6, Jake Kropik, Midway, Texas, and Justin Hendrick, Huntsville, Texas, 25.9, $2,095. 7, Spencer Mitchell, Calusa, Calif., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 28.6, $1,309. 8, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 32.5, $524.
Saddle Bronc Riding –
Final Round: 1 (tie), Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hi Life Gal, and Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, on Burch Rodeo’s Mullen Hill, 88 points, $1,050 each. 3, Bryan Hammons, Victoria, Texas, 85, $600. 4 (tie), Todd Herzog, Penhold, Alberta, and Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah, 84, $150.
Over-All: 1, Harter, 247, $6,723. 2, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 245, $5,154. 3 (tie), Taton and Bryan Hammons, Victoria, Texas, 243, $3,137. 5, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 242, $1,569. 6, Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah, 239, $1,121. 7, Herzog, 237, $896. 8 (tie), Dean Wadsworth, Ozona, Texas, and Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 234, $336.
Tie-Down Roping –
Final Round: 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.2 seconds, $1,090. 2, clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 8.5, $818. 3, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 8.6, $545. 4, Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 8.7, $273.
Over-All: 1, Peek, 24.9, $7,568. 2, Cooper, 26.4, $6,581. 3, Robinson, 26.9, $5,594. 4, Fred Whitfield, hockley, Texas, 27.1, $4,607. 5, J.D. Kibbe, Portales, N.M., 27.4, $3,619. 6, Barrett Threadgill, Hallettsville, Texas, 28.0, $2,632. 7, Patrick bellis, Lovington, N.M., 28.9, $1,645. 8, Cade Swor, Chico, Texas, 29.0, $658.
Barrel Racing –
Final Round: 1, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 15.36 seconds, $2,956. 2, Jackie Jatzlau, Giddings, Texas, 15.48, $2,217. 3, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 15.50, $1,478. 4, Brenda Seely, Lander, Wyo., 15.53, $739.
Over-All: Hunter, 45.89, $5,987. 2, Brenda Seely, 46.35, $5,131. 3 (tie), Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., and Cassie Ward, Addington, Okla., 46.45, $3,991. 5 (tie), Jackie Jatzlau, Giddings, Texas, and Savanah Reeves, Dublin, Texas, 46.52, $2,566. 7, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 46.76, $1,710. 8 (tie), Jordon Peterson, Chilton, Texas, and Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 51.40, $998. 10, Cassie Moseley, Farwell, Texas, 51.64, $570.
Bull Riding –
Final Round: 1, Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo., 90 points on Calgary Stampede’s Lizzard Lips, $1,650. 2, Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo., 89, $1,250. 3, Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla., 81, $900. 4, Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 80, $600. 5, Nat Fly, Lava Hot Springs, S.D., 76, $350.
Over-All: 1, Asay, 264, $7,938. 2, Savage, 252, $6,086, 3, Navarre, 247, $4,498.4, Maier, 242, $2,910. 5, Fly, 235, $1,852. (on two) 6, Jed moore, Cheyenne, Wyo., 170, $1,322. 7, Tater hins, huron, S.D., 168, $1,058. 8, Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo., 167, $794.
Tim Shirley from Conifer, Colo., tied for the bareback riding championship and Josh Peek from Pueblo, Colo., won the tie-down roping and all-around championships. Shirley led the pack of 12 bareback riders coming into Sunday’s final round. He rode the Kesler Championship Rodeo horse named Silver Moon for 82 points to give him a total of 254 points and $11,217. Shirley started his winning ways by marrying his fiancée Mindy Downare on Saturday night.
Also earning 254 points and tying with Shirley was Dustin Reeves, from Owanka, S.D. Reeves did not earn as much in the first two rounds, but still left Denver with $7,535. The Jeffrey Scott championship buckle was given to Shirley by virtue of a coin toss. The National Western Stock Show is ordering another buckle, so both cowboys will be able to sport their trophies, but Reeves will have to wait for his.
Josh Peek had over 10 seconds to rope and tie his calf here on Sunday, but did the job in 8.5 to win third in the finals and the title with a total of 24.9 seconds. He is also a newlywed having just tied the knot on the third of January. Peek left Denver with $13,158. He won the all-around because he also competed in steer wrestling here.
The high money winner was barrel racer Nancy Hunter from Neola, Utah. Hunter placed second in the first round, won the second round and the finals. She was the most consistent of all the contestants and won $16,357 for her total time of 45.98 seconds.
Last July, Kanin Asay wasn’t sure when he’d get to ride a bull again. He was injured at the St. Paul, Ore., rodeo and had to have surgery to remove his spleen. Two months later, he was riding again and qualified for his second Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December.
Asay worked very hard to regain the abdominal strength needed to ride a bull and is looking for his first world championship. He made it one step closer here by riding three bulls for 264 points. Asay earned $14,480 and will be taking the title home to Powell, Wyo.
Attendance at this year’s National Western Stock Show was 643,100. The final performance of the rodeo had 8,221 fans in the stands. Total rodeo attendance over 23 performances was 155,435.
National Western Stock Show Rodeo Champions
Bareback Riding, Dustin Reeves, Owanka, S.D., 254 points, $7,535
And Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo., 254 points, $11,217
Steer Wrestling, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 12.7 seconds, $12,074.
And Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 12.7 seconds, $14,225
Team Roping, Chad Masters, Santo, Texas,
and Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas, 15.5 seconds, $8,033 each
Saddle Bronc Riding, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 247 points, $12,255
Tie-Down Roping, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 24.9 seconds, $13,158
Women’s Barrel Race, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 45.98 seconds, $18,357
Bull Riding, Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo., 264 points, $14,480
DENVER - The following are final results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009.
Bareback Riding –
Final Round: 1, Dustin Reeves, Owanka, S.D., 87 points on Burch Rodeo’s Pinball Wizard, $1,200. 2, Zach Curran, Arvada, Colo., 86, $900. 3, Zac Compton, Hermiston, Ore., 85, $600. 4 (tie), Silas Richards, North Zulch, Texas; Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.; and Tim Shirley, Conifer, Colo.; 82, $100.
Over-All: 1 (tie), Reeves and Shirley, 254 points, $6,335. 3, Curran, 253, $4,064. 4 (tie), Zac Compton, Hermiston, Ore., and Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas, 248, $2,152. 6, Tileden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 247, $1,195. 7, Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan., 246, $956. 8 (tie), Silas Richards, North Zulch, Texas, and Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D., 244, $359.
Steer Wrestling –
Final Round: 1, Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., 4.0 seconds, $1,100. 2, Billy Begenig, Ferndale, Calif., 4.3, $825. 3, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 4.4, $550. 4, Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 4.9, $275.
Over-All: 1 (tie), Cassidy and Rinehart, 12.7, $7,113. 3, Lewis, 14.0, $5,624. 4, Bugenig, 14.3, $4,632. 5, Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo., 15.5, $3,639. 6, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., 16.0, $2,847. 7, Dane Hanna, Starkville, Miss., 16.1, $1,654. 8, K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 17.5, $662.
Team Roping –
Final Round: 1, Chad Masters, Santo, Texas, and Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas, 4.4 seconds, $1,090. 2, Cooper Wimberly, Belen, N.M., and James Gililland, Albuquerque, N.M., 5.5, $818. 3, Quincy Kueckelhan, Bonham, Texas, and Dustin Davis, Texarkana, Ark., 5.8, $545. 4, J.D. Yates and Jay Wadhams, Pueblo, Colo., 6.3, $273.
Over-All: 1, Masters and Jones, 15.5, $6,033. 2, Kueckelhan and Davis, 16.1, $5,237. 3, Wimberly and Gililland,17.3, $4,452. 4, Yates and Wadhams, 18.1, $3,666. 5, Tommy Edens, Gatesville, Texas, and Wade Clayton, Needville, Texas, 20.7, $2,880. 6, Jake Kropik, Midway, Texas, and Justin Hendrick, Huntsville, Texas, 25.9, $2,095. 7, Spencer Mitchell, Calusa, Calif., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 28.6, $1,309. 8, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 32.5, $524.
Saddle Bronc Riding –
Final Round: 1 (tie), Cody Taton, Newell, S.D., on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hi Life Gal, and Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, on Burch Rodeo’s Mullen Hill, 88 points, $1,050 each. 3, Bryan Hammons, Victoria, Texas, 85, $600. 4 (tie), Todd Herzog, Penhold, Alberta, and Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah, 84, $150.
Over-All: 1, Harter, 247, $6,723. 2, Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 245, $5,154. 3 (tie), Taton and Bryan Hammons, Victoria, Texas, 243, $3,137. 5, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 242, $1,569. 6, Anthony Bello, Oakley, Utah, 239, $1,121. 7, Herzog, 237, $896. 8 (tie), Dean Wadsworth, Ozona, Texas, and Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 234, $336.
Tie-Down Roping –
Final Round: 1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.2 seconds, $1,090. 2, clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 8.5, $818. 3, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 8.6, $545. 4, Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 8.7, $273.
Over-All: 1, Peek, 24.9, $7,568. 2, Cooper, 26.4, $6,581. 3, Robinson, 26.9, $5,594. 4, Fred Whitfield, hockley, Texas, 27.1, $4,607. 5, J.D. Kibbe, Portales, N.M., 27.4, $3,619. 6, Barrett Threadgill, Hallettsville, Texas, 28.0, $2,632. 7, Patrick bellis, Lovington, N.M., 28.9, $1,645. 8, Cade Swor, Chico, Texas, 29.0, $658.
Barrel Racing –
Final Round: 1, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 15.36 seconds, $2,956. 2, Jackie Jatzlau, Giddings, Texas, 15.48, $2,217. 3, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 15.50, $1,478. 4, Brenda Seely, Lander, Wyo., 15.53, $739.
Over-All: Hunter, 45.89, $5,987. 2, Brenda Seely, 46.35, $5,131. 3 (tie), Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., and Cassie Ward, Addington, Okla., 46.45, $3,991. 5 (tie), Jackie Jatzlau, Giddings, Texas, and Savanah Reeves, Dublin, Texas, 46.52, $2,566. 7, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 46.76, $1,710. 8 (tie), Jordon Peterson, Chilton, Texas, and Brittany Pozzi-Pharr, Victoria, Texas, 51.40, $998. 10, Cassie Moseley, Farwell, Texas, 51.64, $570.
Bull Riding –
Final Round: 1, Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo., 90 points on Calgary Stampede’s Lizzard Lips, $1,650. 2, Kanin Asay, Powell, Wyo., 89, $1,250. 3, Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla., 81, $900. 4, Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 80, $600. 5, Nat Fly, Lava Hot Springs, S.D., 76, $350.
Over-All: 1, Asay, 264, $7,938. 2, Savage, 252, $6,086, 3, Navarre, 247, $4,498.4, Maier, 242, $2,910. 5, Fly, 235, $1,852. (on two) 6, Jed moore, Cheyenne, Wyo., 170, $1,322. 7, Tater hins, huron, S.D., 168, $1,058. 8, Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo., 167, $794.
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