Vezain wins Guymon on MGM Deuces Night

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J.R. Vezain rides Carr Pro Rodeo's MGM Deuces Night for 89 points on Sunday afternoon to win bareback riding at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo. (ROBBY FREEMAN PHOTO)
J.R. Vezain rides Carr Pro Rodeo's MGM Deuces Night for 89 points on Sunday afternoon to win bareback riding at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo. (ROBBY FREEMAN PHOTO)

GUYMON, Okla. – To say bareback rider J.R. Vezain was excited about his match-up with MGM Deuces Night might be a great understatement.

“When I heard callbacks for this rodeo, I was screaming out loud and running around like a little girl,” Vezain said of the great Carr Pro Rodeo horse, which was one of the featured animal athletes at the 80th Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo at Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena. “I had my highest marked ride on that horse last year with an 87 at San Antonio, and I was going for the record this year.

“I was going for 90; I knew it was going to be good. I was really stoked to be here.”

Vezain, of Cowley, Wyo., didn’t reach his goal, but he wasn’t far off, matching moves with the 7-year-old mare for 89 points to win the rodeo and $4,019. It was the first time in five years that a bareback rider had earned the Guymon victory on a horse other than MGM Deuces Night’s half brother, Dirty Jacket.

“She’s super electric,” said Vezain, who finished 20th in the world standings last season. “She bucks hard like that every time you see her out. She’s one of the superstars of bareback horses going down the road.”

Vezain beat out a trio of world champions to win the Guymon title – 2011 winner Kaycee Feild and 2008 champ Justin McDaniel finished in a tie for second place with 86s, while three-time titlist Will Lowe placed fourth with an 84. The young Wyoming cowboy would like to add his name to that elite list very soon.

“If your goal isn’t to win and to be the best, then you shouldn’t be doing this,” Vezain said. “I think every cowboy wants to break every world record there is, and that’s my goal.”

Many of the greatest athletes in ProRodeo hope to leave the Oklahoma Panhandle with the custom-made belt that is awarded to the winners of Pioneer Days Rodeo every year. Sometimes the greatest names in the sport are the ones who wear the distinguished hardware, and the 2012 event was no different.

In fact, five world champions left Oklahoma’s Richest Rodeo with the titles – team ropers Jake Barnes and Jhett Johnson, steer wrestler Dean Gorsuch, barrel racer Sherry Cervi and saddle bronc rider Chad Ferley, who shared the bronc riding title with young gun Cole Elshere. Barnes and Johnson, roping together for the first time, caught three steers in 21.8 seconds, while Gorsuch downed three steers in 13.5 seconds. Cervi rounded the cloverleaf pattern twice in a cumulative time of 34.55 seconds, and Ferley and Elshere posted 87s – Ferley matched moves with Frontier Rodeo’s Griz, while Elshere rode Powder River Rodeo’s Lipstick & Whiskey.

Hunter Herrin
Hunter Herrin

Other Guymon titlists include all-around champion Chase Williams, who pocketed $6,106 in team roping and tie-down roping; steer roper Shay Good, the only cowboy to rope and tie down all five steers, doing so in 90.8 seconds; bull rider Tim Bingham, who scored 86 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Comanche; and tie-down roper Hunter Herrin, who posted a three-run aggregate of 23.6 seconds.

“I drew really good calves,” said Herrin, a five-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier who posted an 8.4-second run on Sunday afternoon. “This afternoon’s calf ran really hard, but my horse was really good today and ran down there to get the calf, and then she was a really good calf when you catch here. Today, though, horsepower was the key.”

The week-long competition featured the top names going down the ProRodeo trail today, and that was one of the many incentives for nearly 20,000 fans to be part of the action.

“We had great crowds all weekend, and I think they were very happy with the performances they got to see,” said Earl Helm, chairman of the volunteer rodeo company that produces the annual event.

Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo
Saturday, May 5, 2012
All Around:
Chase Williams, team roping and tie-down roping, $6,106.
Bareback riding:
1. J.R. Vezain, 89 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s MGM Deuces Night, $4,019; 2. Kaycee Field and Justin McDaniel, 86, $2,679 each; 4. Will Lowe, 84, $1,473; 5. Steven Peebles, 82, $938; 6. Richie Champion and Ryan Gray, 81, $603; 8. Jessy Davis, Tyler Scales and Ty Fast Taypotat, 80, $134 each.
Team roping: Third-round: 1. Charles Pogue/Jett Hillman, 6.2 seconds, $1,974; 2. Kaleb Driggers/Paul Eaves, 6.7, $1,716; 3. Bobby Joe Hill/Mickey Gomez and Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 7.1, $1,330 each; 5. Erich Rogers/Kory Koontz, 7.2, $944; 6. Ty Blasingame/Rich Skelton and Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 7.6, $558 each; 1. Miles Williams/Justen Johnson, 7.7, $172. Average: 1. Jake Barnes/Jhett Johnson, 21.8 on three runs, $2,960; 2. Kaleb Driggers/Paul Eaves, 23.2, $2,574; 3. Chase Williams/Chad Williams, 23.4, $2,188; 4. Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 23.8, $1,802; 5. Brian Dunning/Jesse Jolly, 24.0, $1,416; 6. Charles Pogue/Jett Hillman, 24.9, $1,030; 7. Ryan VonAhn/Nick Rowland, 25.0, $644; 8. David Key/Travis Woodard and Cody Lee/Cole Keith Jackson, 25.1, $129 each.
Steer roping: Fifth-round: 1. Cody Scheck, 12.1 seconds, $1,885; 2. Buster Record Jr., 12.3, $1,639; 3. Cody Lee, 12.4, $1,393; 4. J.B. Whatley, 12.6, $1,147; 5. Rocky Patterson and JoJo LeMond, 13.0, $778 each; 7. Chet Herren, 13.5, $13.5; 8. Shay Good, 13.6, 13.6, $164. Average: 1. Shay Good, 90.8 on five runs, $5,654; 2. Brad Mohon, 70.3 on four runs, $4,916; 3. Cody Scheck, 70.5, $4,179; 4. Jarrett Blessing, 71.9, $3,441; 5. Will Gasperson, 73.2, $2,704; 6. J.R. Olson, 83.8, $1,967; 7. Mark Milner, 86.4, $1,229; 8. Brent Lewis, 39.7, $492.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Chad Ferley on Frontier Rodeo’s Griz and Cole Elshere on Powder River Rodeo’s Lipstick & Whiskey, 87 points, $3,066 each; 3. Jesse Kruse and Cort Scheer, 85, $1,620; 5. Jesse Bail, 83, $810; 6. Jeff Willert, 82, $579; 7. Cody Martin, Louie Brunson and Chet Johnson, 81, $270.
Steer wrestling: Third-round: 1. Tommy Cook, 3.8 seconds, $1,903; 2. Sean Mulligan, 4.1, $1,659; 3. Casey Martin and Shayde Etherton, 4.3, $1,286 each; 5. Royce Johnson, 4.5, $913; 6. Kyle Whitaker, 4.6 $664; 7. Hunter Cure, Ryan Swayze, Trell Etbauer and Dean Gorsuch, 4.7, $145 each. Average: 1. Dean Gorsuch, 13.5 seconds on three runs, $2,862; 2. Todd Suhn, 13.9, $2,489; 3. K.C. Jones, 14.3, $2,116; 4. Kyle Whitaker, 14.4, $1,742; 5. Tommy Cook, 14.6, $1,369; 6. Mitchell Gardner, 14.7, $996; 7. Ricky Riley, 14.9, $622; 8. Jule Hazen, 15.1, $249.
Tie-down roping: Third-round:
1. Dane Kissack and Fred Whitfield, 7.6 seconds, $1,893 each; 3. Chase Williams, 7.7, $1,497; 4. Cody McCartney, 7.9, $1,232; 5. Ace Slone, 8.1, $968; 6. Scott Kormos, 8.2, $704; 7. Hunter Herrin, 8.4, $440; 8. Blair Burk, 8.5, $176. Average: 1. Hunter Herrin, 23.6 seconds on three runs, $3,037; 2. Blair Burk, 24.2, $2,641; 3. Cody McCartney, 24.4, $2,245; 4. Chase Williams, 26.7, $1,849; 5. Jeremiah Peek, 27.4, $1,453; 6. Cody Prescott, 28.3, $1,056; 7. Fred Whitfield, 28.8, $660; 6. Dane Kissack, 29.3, $264.
Barrel racing: Second round:
1. Mary Walker, 17.14 seconds, $2,025; 2. Stevi Hillman and Sabrina Ketcham, 17.19, $1,591 each; 4. Kaley Bass, 17.24, $1,354; 5. Sherry Cervi, 17.25, $964; 6. Britany Fleck, 17.29, $771; 7. Carlee Pierce, 17.32, $579; 8. Karen Little, 17.35, $386; 9. Fallon Taylor, 17.36, $289; 10. Liz Combs, 17.37, $193. Average: 1. Sherry Cervi, 34.55 seconds on two, $2,025; 2. Mary Walker, 34.61, $1,736; 3. Britany Fleck, 34.68, $1,446; 4. Kaley Bass, 34.80, $1,254; 5. Karen Little, 34.86, $964; 6. Liz Combs and  Brittany Grant, 34.90, $675 each; 8. Carlee Pierce, 34.93, $386; 9. Kenna Squire, 34.95, $289; 10. Meagan Reichert, 34.99, $193.
Bull riding leaders:
1. Tim Bingham, 86 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Comanche, $3,819; 2. Josh Koschel, 84, $2,928; 3. Dustin Elliott, 82, $2,164; 4. Tag Elliott, 81, $1,400; 5. Wesley Silcox, 80, $891; 6. Ty Hamaker, 79, $637; 7. Jimmy Anderson, 77, $509; 8. Clayton Savage, 74, $382.

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