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Carr Pro Rodeo's Centerfold led Jeremy Meloncon to the saddle bronc riding title at the Silverton (Texas) Buck Wild Days Rodeo. The 11-year-old sorrel mare also led Ryan Bestol to a fifth-place finish in Silverton. In this image, Cody Martin rides Centerfold in Guymon, Okla., this past May. (ROBBY FREEMAN PHOTO)
Carr Pro Rodeo’s Centerfold led Jeremy Meloncon to the saddle bronc riding title at the Silverton (Texas) Buck Wild Days Rodeo. The 11-year-old sorrel mare also led Ryan Bestol to a fifth-place finish in Silverton. In this image, Cody Martin rides Centerfold in Guymon, Okla., this past May. (ROBBY FREEMAN PHOTO)

SILVERTON, Texas – World-class horses lead to world champion cowboys.

For those who competed at the Buck Wild Days Rodeo last week, the men who ride bucking horses saw that over and over again. But one particular animal athlete, Carr Pro Rodeo’s Centerfold, really showed off inside Wood Memorial Arena.

“She had two really nice trips in Silverton,” said Pete Carr, owner of the Dallas-based firm that provided the livestock for the annual rodeo. “She’s been a great mare for a long time.”

Yes, she has. Centerfold has been selected to buck at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, an honor bestowed upon by the top saddle bronc riders on the ProRodeo trail. In Silverton, she likely got some more votes for the 2012 finale, which will take place Dec. 6-15 in Las Vegas.

Jeremy Melancon of Huntsville, Texas, won the Buck Wild Days Rodeo title by matching moves with the 11-year-old sorrel mare for 83 points. Melancon earned $1,066, but he wasn’t the only bronc rider to cash a check on the horse; Ryan Bestol of Hyannis, Neb., rode Centerfold for 76 points to finish fifth, earning $226.

Of course, it helps that both Melancon and Bestol are rising stars in rodeo.

“To win a rodeo, a guy has to draw well and take care of business, and I think of those guys handed her just right,” Carr said.

Cody Heffernan was the most talented bull rider in Silverton, riding Carr’s Mingus Nights for 84 points in the opening go-round. How tough was the bull riding in the Texas Panhandle community? The Australian cowboy was the only bull rider to stay on for the qualifying eight seconds.

Other big winners were bareback rider Bill Tutor of Huntsville, who won the first round and the two-ride aggregate total and $702; all-around cowboy Trell Etbauer, who pocketed $1,434 in tie-down roping and steer wrestling, including a share of the bulldogging title with Justin Blaine Davis; team ropers Trey Harmon and Brady Harmon; tie-down roper Jesse Clark; and barrel racer Tara Timms.

Silverton Buck Wild Days Rodeo
Silverton, Texas, Aug. 16-18
All-around cowboy:
Trell Etbauer, $1,434, steer wrestling and tie-down roping.

Bareback riding: First round: 1. Bill Tutor, 81 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Sierra Madre, $351; 2. Colt Bruce, 75 on Carr’s Island Girl, $263; 3. (tie) Codi Myers, on Carr’s Short Fuse, and Wyatt Hancock, on Carr’s Step Mom,73, $132 each. Second round: 1. Shon Gibson, 68 points Carr Pro Rodeo’s Collins Pride, $351; no other qualified rides. Average: 1. Bill Tutor, 81 points on one head, $351; 2. Colt Bruce, 75, $263; 3. Wyatt Hancock, 73, $175; 4. Johnae Killian, 70, $88.

Steer wrestling: 1. (tie) Justin Blaine Davis and Trell Etbauer, 4.6 seconds, $919 each; 3. Kash Koester, 4.8, $659; 4. Riley Duvall, 5.2, $485; 5. Monty Eakin, 5.3, $312; 6. Cody Moore, 5.4, $173.

Team roping: 1. Trey Harmon/Braden Harmon, 6.2 seconds, $1,291 each; 2. Jake Orman/Boogie Ray, 6.4, $1,069; 3. (tie) Tommy Edens/Trey Norris III and Nick Thompson/Justin Pruitt, 7.0, $735 each; 5. Casey Gattis/Seth Smithson, 7.7, $401; 6. Chase Boekhaus/Austin Rogers, 7.9, $223.

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Jeremy Melancon, 83 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Centerfold, $1,066; 2. Casey Sisk, 80 on Carr’s Miss Congeniality, $808; 3. Sterling Crawley, 79 on Carr’s Choir Girl, $581; 4. Dean Wadsworth, 77 on Carr’s Deuces Wild, $388; 5. Ryan Bestol, 76 on Carr’s Centerfold, $226; 6. Ryan Montroy, 75 on Carr’s Get Back Jack, $162.

Tie-down roping: 1. Jesse Clark, 9.6 seconds, $1,068; 2. R.H. Whitten, 10.8, $884; 3. Tommy Smith, 11.1, $699; 4. Trell Etbauer, 11.3, $515; 5. Shank Edwards, 12.0, $331; 6. Tyson Runyan, 12.1, $184.

Barrel racing: 1. Tara Timms, 17.72 seconds, $721; 2. Jordan Taton, 17.94, $627; 3. Cindy Smith, 18.00, $533; 4. Susan Siggins, 18.03, $439; 5. (tie) Andrea Wolf and Tracey Austin-Ivy, 18.08, $298 each; 7. Lizzy Ehr, 18.18, $157; 8. Whitney Dutton, 18.24, $63.

Bull riding: First round: 1. Cody Heffernan, 84 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Mingus Nights, $322; no other qualified rides. Second round: No qualified rides. Average: 1. Cody Heffernan, 84 points on one head, $322.

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