Little Brother a big help for Bright, Elshere

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DODGE CITY, Kan. – Little Brother has been a little busy this week in western Kansas, and the cowboys like it.

The J.K. Rodeo Co. horse guided Matt Bright of Azle, Texas, to the first-round win at the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo. The 84-point ride happened during Wednesday’s opening night and helped the two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier to a $2,441 payday.

Matt Bright
Matt Bright

“That’s the kind of bucking horse you like to get on,” Bright said. “He’s the kind that you know you can make the short round on in Dodge City.”

Then on Saturday night, Little Brother matched moves with J.J. Elshere of for 83 points. Elshere, a four-time NFR qualifier from Quinn, S.D., finished third in the first round and earned $1,246. Just as important as the money is that both cowboys return for the championship round, which will begin at 7:45 p.m. Sunday; now they’ll ride for the coveted buckle that goes to each event winner.

“That’s a nice horse,” Elshere said. “I’ve seen him quite a bit in bareback riding. He feels good, but he’s definitely bucking. I’ve seen in just one other time in bronc riding, but I was tickled to have him.”

J.J. Elshere
J.J. Elshere

While it’s rare that a bronc can lead cowboys to the pay window in separate events in a given rodeo, it happens, especially with the high-quality horses.

“Some horses get to buck in both events, and Little Brother is a horse that’s been to the NFR twice in bareback riding,” said Kirsten Vold, general manager for Harry Vold Rodeo Co., the primary livestock provider in Dodge City. “He’s also a strong contender to go to the finals this year in bronc riding.

“I’d say about 10 (percent) to 15 percent of horses can go in both events like that.”

That seems to work out just fine for the best cowboys in the game, too.

“I think he’s just one that can handle either event just the same,” Elshere said. “He has the same trip in bareback riding – he jumps in the air and drops out of there.”

Elshere owns a Roundup Rodeo buckle, earning the 2007 bronc riding title. He’s been bitten by the injury bug this year, so he’s missed a portion of the season with that. Now he’s back to doing what he loves.

“When you draw the good ones like that horse, it helps out quite a bit,” he said.

Sunday’s short go-round will feature the top 12 contestants from the previous rounds except in saddle bronc riding, where six cowboys scored 78 points to finish the first round in a tie for 10th place. That means 15 will compete in the finale.

Dodge City Roundup Rodeo
Dodge City, Kan.
July 31-Aug. 5
Bareback riding leaders and final-round qualifiers: 1. Matt Bright, 84 points on J.K. Rodeo’s Little Brother, 84 points, $2,441; 2. Seth Hardwick, 83, $1,871; 3. Steven Peebles, 82, $1,383; 4. Heath Ford, 81, $895; 5. (tie) Justin McDaniel and Kyle Brennecke, 80, $488; 7. Richie Champion, 70, $325; 8. Jared Keylon, 78, $244; 9. (tie) Wes Stevenson, Will Lowe, Joe Gunderson and Steven Dent, 77.

Steer wrestling: First round results: 1. Billy Bugenig, 3.7 seconds, $2,142; 2. Seth Brockman, 3.8, $1,863; 3. Riley York, 3.9; $1,583; 4. Colt Sterns, 4.0, $1,304; 5. (tie) Bray Armes and Ethen Thouvenell, 4.1, $885 each; 7. Wade Sumpter, 4.2, $466; 8. Brandon Volker, 4.3, $186 Second round leaders: 1. Dean Gorsuch, 3.2 seconds, $2,142; 2. Jake Rinehart, 3.6, $1863; 3. (tie) Crazy Clark and Josh Peek, 3.9, $1,444 each; 5. Kamry Dymmek, 3.9, $745; 6. Colt Stearns, 4.0, $475; 7. Jacob Shofner, 4.1, $466; 8. (tie) Billy Bugenig and Zack Cobb, 3.6, $93. Average leaders and final-round qualifiers: 1. Billy Bugenig and Colt Stearns, 8.0 seconds on two runs; 3. Crazy Clark, 8.4; 4. (tie) Jacob Shofner and Matt Reeves, 9.2; 6. Kamry Dymmek and Monty Eakin, 9.7; 8.Ethen Thouvenell, 9.8; 9. (tie) Kyle Whitaker and Blair Jones, 10.1; 11. Weston Taylor, 10.4; 12. (tie) Kody Woodward and Clayton Morrison (Morrison qualifies for the final round based on the tie-breaker).

Team roping: First round leaders: 1. Caleb Schmidt/Joel Bach, 4.9 seconds, $2,521 each; 2. (tie) Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper and Eirch Rogers/Kory Koontz, 5.1, $2,028; 4. (tie) Jake Barnes/Jhett Johnson and Brady Tryan/Cole Echols, 5.2, $1,370; 6. Clay Tryan/Travis Graves, 5.4, $877; 7. Aaron Tsinigine/Caleb Twisselman, 5.5, $548; 8. Ryan Von Ahn/Derrick Peterson, 5.6, $219. Second round leaders: 1. Speed Williams/Coleman Proctor, 4.4 seconds, $2,521; 2. Kaleb Driggers/Cody DeMoss, 4.5, $2,192; 3. (tie) Chace Thompson/Cole Davison, Charly Crawford/Jim Ross Cooper and Ty Blasingame/Rich Skelton, 4.9, $1,534 each; 5. (tie) Keven Daniel/Chase Tryan, Garrett Tonozzi/Kinny Harrell and Brady Tryan/Cole Echols, 5.1, $548; 7. Turtle Powell/Dugan Kelly, 5.3; 8. Eric Flurry/Billie Saebens, 5.4. Average leaders and final-round qualifiers: 1. Brady Tryan/Cole Echols, 10.3 seconds on two runs; 2. Chad Masters/Clay O’Brien Cooper, 11.1; 3. Turtle Powell/Dugan Kelly,11.2; 4. Caleb Smidt/Joel Bach, 11.3; 5. (tie) Keven Daniel/Chase Tryan and Charly Crawford/Jim Ross Cooper, 11.4; 7. Blaine Linaweaver/Matt Garza, 11.7; 8. Ty Blasingame/Rich Skelton, 11.9; 9. Drew Horner/Justin Copp, 12.7; 10. Scooter Nolen Jr./Tim Ross, 12.8; 11. Joshua Torres/Jonathan Torrres, 13.3; 12. Arky Rogers/Clint Summers, 13.3.

Saddle bronc riding results and final-round qualifiers: 1. Sterling Crawley, on Harry Vold Rodeo’s Table Talk, and Cort Scheer, on Frontier Rodeo Co’s Too Cool, 84 points; 3. Cody Martin, 81; 4. (tie) Bradley Harter, Luke Butterfield and Cody DeMoss, 80; 7. (tie) Taos Muncy, Chet Johnson and Will Smith, 78.

Tie-down roping: First round results: 1. (tie) Bradley Bynum and Hunter Herrin, 8.4 seconds, $2,379 each; 3. Clayton Shaw, 8.5, $1,881; 4. Colt Carter, 8.8, $1,549; 5. Cody Ohl, 9.0, $1,217; 6. (tie) Justin Maass and Riley Pruitt, 9.1, $719; 8. Blake Eliason, 9.4, $221. Second round leaders: 1. Justin Maass, 8.1 seconds, $2,545; 2. Hunter Herrin, 8.2, $2,213; 3. (tie) Cody Ohl and Ben Madsen, 8.5, $1,715 each; 5. Riley Pruitt, 8.6, $1,217; 6. Ace Slone, 8.7, $855; 7. Houston Hutto, 8.8, $553; 8. Reese Riemer, 9.1, $221. Average leaders and final-round qualifiers: 1. Hunter Herrin, 16.6 seconds on two runs; 2. Justin Maass, 18.2; 3. Cody Ohl, 17.5; 4. Riley Pruitt, 17.7; 5. Ace Slone, 18.5; 6. Bradley Bynum, 18.9; 7. Houston Hutto, 19.7; 8. Clayton Shaw, 20.1; 9. Chris Neal, 21.9; 10. Michael Otero, 22.1; 11. Ryan C. Thibodeaux, 22.5; 12. Billy Hamilton, 22.6.

Barrel racing: First round results: 1. Jean Winters, 17.11 seconds, $1,930; 2. Kaley Bass, 17.12, $1,654; 3. Hayden Segelke, 17.14, $1,378; 4. Benette Little, 17.25, $1,194; 5. Whitney Baker, 17.26, $919; 6. (tie) Sharin Hall and Jane Melby, 17.34, $643 each; 8. (tie) Tammi Pettis and Gretchen Benbenek, 17.36, $322; 10. (tie) Fallon Taylor and Jana Bean, 17.37, $92 each. Second round leaders: 1. Hayden Segelke, 16.95 seconds, $1,930; 2. Jane Melby, 17.00, $1,654; 3. Kaley Bass, 17.04, $1,378; 4. Kyra Stierwalt, 17.06; 5. Whitney Baker, 17.10; 6. (tie) Christy Loflin and Sara Withers, 17.14; 8. Cindy Smith, 17.17; 9. (tie) Micah Samples and Jean Winters, 17.19, $230 each; 9. Tammi Pettis, 17.24; 10. Gretchen Benbenek, 17.32. Average leaders and final-round qualifiers: 1. Hayden Segelke, 34.09 seconds on two runs; 2. Kaley Bass, 34.16; 3. Jean Winters, 34.30; 4. Jane Melby, 34.34; 5. Whitney Baker, 34.36; 6. Christy Loflin, 34.57; 7. Tammi Pettis, 34.60; 8. Jan Bean, 34.65; 9. Gretchen Benbenek, 34.68; 10. (tie) Micah Samples and Fallon Taylor, 34.82; 12. Sherri Dean and Carol Chesher, 34.91 (Chesher qualifies for the final round based on the tie-breaker).

Bull riding results and final-round qualifiers: 1. Nevada Newman, 89 points on Four L & Diamond S Rodeo’s Cowboy Crusader. 2. Josh Koschel, 85; 3. (tie) Buck Moon and Cooper Davis, 81; 5. Kanin Asay, 80; 6. (tie) Tyler Willis and Lane Wilhelm, 78; 8. Brad Harris, 76.

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