

(15.9 seconds on two head) bull rider JC Mortensen, Paulden, Ariz. (87.5 points) 2019 world champion tie-down roper Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont. Paul Rodeo champions include bareback rider Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore. Its opening day, June 30, coincided with the first day that Governor Kate Brown lifted all Covid restrictions in the state. The rodeo saw four sell-out performances and record crowds. It’s very unique, with trees in the arena. It has some of the best horses and some of the best cowboys at it. The Big Valley, Alberta cowboy has only won money once at St. I was just lucky to draw her, and lucky to make a good ride on her.” “She’s bucked some guys off, but they won lots on her. He knew the horse would be a challenge but he was ready for it. Paul with 88 points on the Flying Five Rodeo Co. Zeke Thurston, the two-time PRCA world champion saddle bronc rider, won St. In the saddle bronc riding, another world champion took home the gold from St. He also won second place at the Livingston, Mont. Paul Rodeo buckle for Branquinho he also won the rodeo in 20. Paul and is ranked first in the PRCA world standings. In part because of the horse’s exceptional ability, Talley finished as reserve champion in St. Four cowboys are riding the mount this year: Branquino, Jacob Talley, Justin Shaffer and Tucker Allen, all four traveling partners. He was aboard one of the best steer wrestling horses in pro rodeo.īaby, an American Quarter Horse whose registered name is Babysgonecountry, is owned by Sam Dixon of Lockesburg, Arkansas. He and his traveling partners competed at Livingston, Mont. “This is probably the least number of rodeos I’ve gone to” over the lucrative Cowboy Christmas, the days preceding and following Independence Day, he said. It isn’t causing any pain, and he wraps it tight before competing.įor Branquinho, in part because of the hamstring tendon detachment, he’s rodeoed less this Cowboy Christmas than any of the last 21 years of his career. “As of right now, we’ll keep rolling and see how things go,” he said. But there’s no time for surgery, with Branquinho ranked in the top twenty in PRCA world standings, so he’s rehabbing and stretching it, hoping to put off surgery until after the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December, in hopes of competing at the pinnacle of the pro rodeo world for the fifteenth time in his career. He had suffered the hamstring tendon injury at a rodeo in Weatherford, Texas in June and took off about three weeks to rehab it. Paul with a time of 8.4 seconds on two head.

cowboy, a five-time world champion, made two solid steer wrestling runs, 4.2 seconds in each of two rounds, to win the average in St. (July 4, 2021) – Luke Branquinho may have detached his hamstring tendon from the bone, but that didn’t stop him from winning the 2021 St. The Sheriff said the situation was so grave that the undercover deputy felt it was necessary to blow his cover and hold some of the bikers at gunpoint until backup arrived.Detached tendon doesn’t stop California cowboy from steer wrestling title sellout crowds fill stands for 85 th anniversary Lavender told GateHouse Media that his office had an undercover deputy embedded inside a biker gang within the rodeo, who saw that multiple bikers were assembling guns and weapons to battle each other after one of their members was assaulted. While the Sheriff has not returned a request for comment from the Guardian to further explain the video or the incident, the Sheriff has spoken to other local media about the incident. In a copy of the drone video obtained by the Guardian, several bikers are shown congregating around a golf cart inside the fairgrounds, while deputies take cover awaiting backup, in an apparent standoff. While Cosenza and the Sheriff did not elaborate on what the “life-threatening situation” was, the Guardian filed a public records request with the county for more information. During the Sheriff’s comments, he described a situation that took place this year during the event that he felt put the lives of his deputies and possibly the community at large in a life-threatening situation,” said fair board president Brad Cosenza said. “At the meeting, Ross County Sheriff George Lavender and members of his command staff addressed the board and provided a video of drone footage of this year’s rodeo. This year, however, was the last year the event will be held in Ross County, according to the Sheriff. The event draws thousands of motorcyclists from all over the country for the three-day event. The Easyrider Rodeo has been held annually at the Ross County Fairgrounds for decades.
