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.[...]

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,[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

LAS VEGAS – Coleman Proctor needed to change some things up. He and his heeler, Billie Jack Saebens, have been just out of the money three times through the first five nights of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and had one no-time, so Proctor made a horse change. “Waiting on Round 5 to win something[...]

Bareback riding: 1. Mason Clements, 88.5 points on Korkow Rodeos Onion Ring, $26,231; 2. (tie) Bill Tutor, Richmond Champion and Caleb Bennett, 88, $15,795 each; 5. (tie) Orin Larsen and J.R. Vezain, 87.5, $5,500 each. Steer wrestling: 1. Tanner Milan, 3.8 seconds, $26,231; 2. Tyler Waguespack, 3.9, $20,731; 3. Tyler Pearson, 4.0, $15,654; 4. J.D.[...]