Both Jason Havens and Kaycee Feild were awarded re-rides. It’ll be until bronc riding before we know who wins bareback riding. Keep coming back.

LAS VEGAS – Riding well in a big event is nothing new to bull rider Jacob O’Mara. He’s making it count in a big way during the first six nights of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. On Tuesday night, he posted an 83-point ride on Do Or Die Pro Rodeo’s Iron Horse to finish sixth[...]

LAS VEGAS – This season marks the third time in young Seth Glause’s career he’s competed at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That is proof he is one of the elite bull riders in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. So is the $22,500 he’s earned through six go-rounds of the sport’s finale. In fact, he’s[...]

LAS VEGAS – It’s been an impressive run for the Team MGM Grand contestants at the 2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Through six go-rounds, the cowboys and cowgirls who are making the MGM Grand their home during the duration of ProRodeo’s biggest event have collected $893,952. The NFR’s purse, $6 million, is the biggest the[...]

LAS VEGAS – This is a dream, and it’s pretty good. In fact, Jhett Johnson won’t want to be awakened. In his fifth qualification to the sport’s biggest event, the Casper, Wyo., cowboy is having his best Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Johnson and his partner, Turtle Powell of Stephenville, Texas, have placed in the first[...]

LAS VEGAS – The 10 nights of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is the time for the best cowboys in the game to have a good week of work. It’s better if it’s a great week of work. Matt Sherwood is hoping the former turns into the latter and that he and partner Cory Petska[...]

LAS VEGAS – Gold Coast Katie wasn’t the prettiest girl in the bareback riding dance on Tuesday night, but she was just what Matt Bright needed in his second trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Bright, of Azle, Texas, rode the Classic Pro Rodeo horse for 76 points, good enough for sixth place in[...]

LAS VEGAS – The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was set up to be a tremendous test of athletic talent, courage and handling the mental and physical demands that come with ProRodeo’s championship event. Bareback rider Casey Colletti is feeling the aches and pains of being an elite bareback rider, now competing on the biggest stage[...]

1. Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, 89 points on Sutton Rodeos’ Crystal Springs Peach, $17,885; 2. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 88.5, $14,135; 3. Tyler Willis, Wheatland, Wyo., and Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 86, $9,087; 5. Seth Glause, Rock Springs, Wyo., 85.5, $4,615; 6. Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La., 83, $2,885.

1. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 13.93 seconds, $17,885; 2. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 13.95, $14,135; 3. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 13.96, $10,673; 4. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., 13.97, $7,500; 5. Jody Sheffield, Ogden, Utah, 13.99, $4,615; 6. Sue Smith, Blackfoot, Idaho, 14.02, $2,885.