2018 PRCA Media Guide - Stock Contractors

Silver Creek Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Matt Williams

horse, five saddle broncs and two bulls to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. Summit Pro Rodeo Stock contractors: J.D. Hamaker, Hal Burns and Jesse Hill LOCATION: Centennial, Wyo. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Bulls Cross theWyoming Line, 2014, top four, 2015; Mr. T, 1986. OTHER NOTABLE STOCK : Business Man, one of top five bucking bulls, 2012 Wrangler NFR; Blenderhead, top-three PRCA bull, 2004. BACKGROUND: Summit Pro Rodeo is the successor to Burns Rodeo, whose stock is kept at Hal Burns’High Plains Arena, six miles from Laramie, Wyo., and at his ranch about 23 miles from Laramie in southeastern Wyoming, where some portions of the ranch reach 8,500 feet in elevation. Hal Burns, son of the late PRCA stock contractor Pete Burns, began his own bucking stock breeding program a few years ago. Summit Pro Rodeo has bull calves sired by Wrangler NFR bulls Mr. T and Mardi Gras. Burns/Summit Rodeo had stock selected for the Wrangler NFR every year since 1983 – two bareback horses, two saddle broncs and two bulls in 2016. Hal Burns serves as a PRCA stock contractor member on the PRCA’s Board of Directors. LOCATION: Onida, S.D. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Saddle bronc Deep Water, 1979; bareback horse Tombstone, 1985; saddle bronc Chuckulator, 2012, also best saddle bronc of the Wrangler NFR, 2012. BACKGROUND: Jim’s father, James H. Sutton – a ProRodeo Hall of Fame member – produced his first rodeo on the home ranch in 1926. Sutton Rodeos was formed in the late 1960s, and with 80 years of rodeo experience, the Sutton tradition continues. Sutton Rodeos raises 90 percent of their bucking horses and produced NFR openings in 1995 and 1996. Jim Sutton started the Wrangler Bullfights in 1981 in Rapid City, S.D. Jim’s wife, Julie, assists with sponsor relationships and was the first Sutton to time at theWrangler NFR. Jim and Julie’s son Steve co-owns the firm, and Steve’s adult children, Amy, Brent and Brice, are equal partners in the firm. Steve has worked as a pickup man at the NFR in three decades (1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1995); Steve’s wife, Kim, has timed at the Wrangler NFR four times and their daughter Amy Muller at two more. Brent is a PRCA contestant and two-time RNCFR pickup man, and Brice is company flankman and livestock manager. Sutton Rodeos has sent stock to all but oneWrangler NFR; it sent a bareback horse, two saddle broncs and a bucking bull to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. WEBSITE : www. SuttonRodeo.com. Three Hills Rodeo Stock contractors: David Morehead and Jacob Morehead LOCATION: Bernard, Iowa. BACKGROUND: The stock contracting and production company has been in existence since 1986 and features award- winning livestock and quality production. The ranching operation features a bucking horse and Sutton Rodeos Stock contractors: Jim and Steve Sutton

LOCATION: Arkansas City, Kan. BACKGROUND: After being inactive in rodeo stock contracting for 12 years, Rex Walker combined forces with longtime friend and rodeo producer Jerome Robinson to form Western Trails Rodeo, and PRCA stock contractor Joe Simon later became involved with the company, which ran 1,200 head of horses on two Colorado ranches. In early 2012, Matt Williams and several partners purchased Western Trails Rodeo and renamed it Silver Creek Pro Rodeo. In 2016, Williams took over sole ownership of the firm. The firm sent two bulls to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. LOCATION: St. Cloud, Fla. BACKGROUND: The Silver Spurs Club’s first full-dress rodeo was held July 4, 1944, and it has been a yearly event since. An annual February rodeo was added in 1951, and the club celebrated the production of its 100th rodeo in February 1998. It continues to produce rodeos every February and June. The club also provides the stock for rodeos in Okeechobee, Fla., in March and September. The famous Silver Spurs Quadrille has performed at every rodeo produced by the club. The company sent a bull to the 2015 Wrangler NFR; a bareback horse was also selected but unable to attend. WEBSITE : www.SilverSpursRodeo.com. Smith, Harper & Morgan Rodeo General manager: Cody Kidd LOCATION: Athens, Texas. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Bareback horse Real Deal, 2005. OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK: Donkey Kong had one of the two top scores of the 2015 regular season, a 93, in Pecos, Texas. BACKGROUND: Stace Smith, a stock contractor since 1995, became owner of Smith, Harper & Morgan in 2004. Harper and Morgan had been producing rodeos since 1965 and had been stock contractors since 1983. Harlan Robertson joined the firm in 2010. Smith, Harper & Morgan Rodeo sent a saddle bronc and five bucking bulls to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. LOCATION: Athens, Texas. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Bull Hurricane, 2001. OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Saddle bronc horse Big Jet finished third for stock of the year and third for Wrangler NFR top stock, 2005; Resistol’s Top Hat was named one of the five best saddle broncs at the 2012 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: A PRCA stock contractor since 1995, Stace Smith has made a name for himself by sending stock to the Wrangler NFR every year since 1999. The owner of a telecommunications construction company, Smith also stays busy building his bull and bucking horse breeding program. He was named PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year 11 consecutive years, 2004-14 (also nominated in 2015), and he twice earned the PRCA’s Remuda Award for best pen of bucking horses (2004-05). He sent one bareback Silver Spurs Club Stock contractor: SteveWhaley Stace Smith Pro Rodeos Stock contractor: Stace Smith

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