LAS VEGAS – It was a wild night of bareback riding Monday for the fifth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. At most rodeos and, oftentimes at the NFR, an 87.5-point ride will win the round. Orin Larsen will just enjoy settling for a tie for fifth place worth $5,500. “That is probably the[...]

LAS VEGAS – Not only is Kaycee Feild a four-time world champion bareback rider, he’s somewhat of a prophet. In a story written by Patrick Everson for the Las Vegas Review Journal, Feild said this about Mason Clements: “I pick him for the average title. He’s focused like I’ve never seen him focused. Mason’s gonna[...]

LAS VEGAS – Only two other bareback riders at this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo have earned more money than Richmond Champion through the first four rounds. Champion, 24, of The Woodlands, Texas, placed for the third time on Sunday with an 84-point ride, finishing in a tie for sixth place in the fourth go-round.[...]

LAS VEGAS – Tim O’Connell had to strap himself to two horses Sunday night during the fourth round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. After his first horse, Andrew Rodeo’s Fire Water, failed to perform well, he was given the option for a re-ride. The alternate was Harry Vold Rodeo’s Excalibur, and it paid off[...]

LAS VEGAS – Through four nights of ProRodeo’s grand finale, saddle bronc rider Hardy Braden is still living a dream. On Sunday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Braden put on a classic spur ride on J Bar J Rodeo’s Special Time for 85.5 points to finish in a tie for third place, adding[...]

17-year-old Wilson advances to Las Vegas Championship posting 87.5-point bout LAS VEGAS – Seth Wilson is a high school student in Jackson Hole, Wyo., but he’s getting quite the education this week in the City of Lights. On Sunday afternoon during the third day of qualifying for the Bullfighters Only Las Vegas Championship, Wilson posted[...]

LAS VEGAS – The train of bucking horses that Orin Larsen has been riding this week seems to just keep chugging along. There have been no big victories nor any significant losses, but it’s working. On Sunday night, Larsen rode Four Star Rodeo’s Big Star for 86 points to place third in the fourth night[...]

Bareback riding: 1. Ty Breuer, 90.5 points on Brookman Rodeo Riskey Business, $26,231; 2. Wyatt Denny, 87, $20,731; 3. Orin Larson, 86, $15,654; 4. Bill Tutor, 85, $11,000; 5. Tim O’Connell, 84.5, $6,769; 6. (tie) Richmond Champion and Caleb Bennett, 84, $2,115 each. Steer wrestling: 1. J.D. Struxness, 3.6 seconds, $26,231; 2. Chason Floyd, 3.8,[...]

LAS VEGAS – J.D. Struxness took a deep breath, then exhaled. That sigh was of relief after posting a 3.6-second run Sunday night and winning the fourth go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. It was the first of this year’s championship for the Appleton, Minn., cowboy. While that doesn’t sound like much, Struxness won[...]

LAS VEGAS – Risky Business is a bucking horse from Brookman Rodeo, and the black horse had a heck of a trip Sunday night during the fourth go-round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Bareback Ty Breuer didn’t know much about the big-time bucker, but he made it worked with a 90.5-point ride, the second[...]