LAS VEGAS – Cort Scheer and Zeke Thurston have been cashing in for plenty of money during the 60th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. They each added another $23,481 to their world standings when they split Round 6 and set the round record with rides of 89.5 points at the Thomas…
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LAS VEGAS – Bareback rider Clayton Biglow had never been on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil. Biglow was in the Thomas & Mack Center and competing in Round 3 in 2017 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo when Tim O’Connell tied an arena record on the horse. On Monday night, Dec. 10,…
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LAS VEGAS – Before the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo began, 23-time world champion Trevor Brazile announced he would be cutting his rodeo count down, not planning on going full time on the road any more. This, the 60th edition of the Wrangler NFR would likely be his last. At 42…
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LAS VEGAS – The first two rounds of the Wrangler NFR were unkind to two-time defending bareback riding champion Tim O’Connell. He failed to place in either round, meaning no extra money. Yet he still held first place in the world standings. That lead grew quite a bit after O’Connell…
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LAS VEGAS – Two days ago, before the 60th edition of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo opened, saddle bronc rider Cort Scheer was sitting in ninth place and ready to make his first Finals appearance since 2015. Over the next two days, Scheer has won back-to-back rounds, posted a round…
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LAS VEGAS – Entering the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the tightest competition throughout the events was in team roping. The margin of difference in team roping heading was $393, with Kaleb Driggers in second place. His heeling partner, Junior Nogueira, was in first place by $591. That margin isn’t…
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Picking up a rope at 4 years old, a seed was planted in Lane Ivy’s heart that grew into a dream. Lane tagged along as his parents, Billy and Joanie Ivy, roped steers; watching, learning, and waiting for his turn. At 5, living on their Canyon, Texas ranch with younger…
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When Katie Pascoe picks out a horse, she loves to go with A Streak of Fling. The Morro Bay, California cowgirl has raised and ridden five different babies all by Streak of Fling. Her latest protégé is a five-year-old bay roan gelding, JR Streakin Espuela, sired by A Streak of…
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Born January 10, 1939 in Fort Worth, Texas, Billy Minick’s dad was a boss gambler in Fort Worth. “Gambling in the late 40s and 50s wasn’t legal, it was tolerated,” said the 80-year-old. Billy won the state high school All Around Champion in 1958, competing in steer wrestling and bareback…
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“I just feel that roping has come so far since I was a kid. I feel that people have gotten so many opportunities with videos and schools and tools like the Heel-O-Matic, and horsemanship has come so far. We as older competitors have even evolved. I learn as much from…
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Nate Jestes grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado. “I lived in town and spent my childhood playing sports.” Since the age of 6, Nate played hockey, baseball, and soccer as well as wrestling, track/field, and golf. When he got into high school, he concentrated on football and lacrosse, receiving academic…
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World No. 1 Pacheco and No. 2 Leme buck off, setting up intense World Finals Championship Sunday with Teel also Eligible for the World Title LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Bringing the electric crowd inside T-Mobile Arena to its feet, Cody Teel (Kountze, Texas) recorded his second consecutive 90-point ride at…
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