2018 PRCA Media Guide - Stock Contractors

of Directors for many years. Flying U Rodeo sent two bareback horses to the 2016 Wrangler NFR.

horse to take her rider to a 92-point ride during the regular 2014 season (Wade Sundell in Dodge City, Kan.) – and she had the highest score of the 2016 regular season, a 91-point ride with Rusty Wright at Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas); Maple Leaf, tied, 2013, top five, 2015. OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Delta Ship, top bareback horse of the Wrangler NFR, 2009, 2011, and among top five in 2014; two more bareback horses – Full Baggage and Show Stomper – also among top five 2014- 15; saddle bronc Wild Bill among top five saddle broncs at the2014 Wrangler NFR; Let ‘er Rip, No. 2 saddle bronc in the PRCA, 2009, tied for No. 3, 2010; Big Bucks, three-way tie for third place, PRCA Bull of the Year, 2005; Tip Off, among top five saddle broncs at 2012 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: Jerry Nelson’s Frontier Rodeo began in the early 90s with mares from Harry Vold Rodeo and now has its own established bucking horse breeding program. The firmwas nominated for Stock Contracting Firm of the Year in 2012-14 and won that coveted award in 2015-16. Frontier’s Full Baggage followed up his reserve award for 2012 by being named the top bareback horse of the 2012 Finals for the second consecutive year. Frontier also won the Remuda Award in 2012 and 2016 for bringing the most consistent pen of bucking horses to PRCA rodeos. They sent eight bareback horses, 10 saddle broncs and five bulls to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. Growney Brothers Rodeo Stock contractors: John Growney, Don Kish and Tim Bridwell LOCATION: Red Bluff, Calif. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Crystal Deal, Bull of the Year, 2015, and top bull of the 2013 Wrangler NFR and reserve for 2015; bulls Red Rock, 1987; Dodge RAM Tough, 1996 (also Dodge Truck Bull of the Year). OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Beaver Fever, top five bareback horse at 2015Wrangler NFR; Magic Bullet, among top five bulls at the 2014Wrangler NFR; and reserve for the 2014 season overall; Moulin Rouge, top bareback horse of theWrangler NFR, 2003, and was in top five another seven years; No. 2 in the PRCA in 2010, No. 3 in 2009; her mother, bareback horse Dreamboat Annie, paired with Larry Peabody for an 89-point ride in 1981 for a record that held until 1995; Sock Dancer was top saddle bronc of the 2008 Wrangler NFR; bull Wolfman (whose bloodlines include ProRodeo Hall of Fame bulls Red Rock and Oscar) in 1991 teamed with Wade Leslie for the only 100-point ride in rodeo history; Cash Money, one of top five bucking bulls, 2012 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: Growney Brothers Rodeo started with stock that John Growney, a PRCA roughstock competitor, used for practice. In 1979, Growney purchased Rodeo Stock Contractors from Bob Cook and, after three years in the amateur rodeo business, turned professional. His partner Don Kish managed the bucking bull program from the beginning, and Growney added another partner, Tim Bridwell, in 2005 to manage the bucking horse program. Growney Brothers Rodeo was the PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year in 2000, and was often nominated before that year as well as 2009-10; in 2008 the firm won the PRCA Remuda

4L & Diamond S Rodeo Stock contractor: Charlie Lowry

LOCATION: Summerville, Ga. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Palm Springs, 2011; Cat Ballou, 2012. OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK: Big Iron, No. 2 PRCA bull, 2010-11. BACKGROUND: 4L & Diamond S Rodeo is a family-owned and -operated firm founded by former PRCA contestant Charlie Lowry, 2002 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Stock Contractor of the Year. In 1981, Lowry won the steer wrestling and all-around titles at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, pocketing $18,000 – at the time, the most money ever won at a single regular-season rodeo. He qualified for the NFR in 1978-79 and 1981. He also holds 16 year-end titles in the Southeastern Circuit. He obtained his PRCA card in 1974 and started his stock contracting business in 1985. Lowry and David Simpson joined in 2009 to form 4L & Diamond S Rodeo, which works rodeos in the southeastern part of the country and is Georgia’s largest, most established professional rodeo producer. Five 4L & Diamond S Rodeo bulls went to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. WEBSITE : www.4LRodeo.com. LOCATION: Cottonwood, Calif. NOTABLE LIVE- STOCK: Yellow Fever was named top bull of the 2016 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: In 2007, Dan M. Russell of the Russell Rodeo Company sold his operation to California stock contractor Jeff Davis, who renamed it Four Star Rodeo Company. Davis’ son, Justin Wade Davis, qualified for the 2009 Wrangler NFR as a team roper and was just one spot away fromqualifying in 2016. Four Star Rodeo sent two bareback horses and a bucking bull to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. LOCATION: Bonnyville, Alberta. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Bareback horses Kingsway Skoal, 1988; Airwolf, 1993; saddle bronc Kingsway Skoal, 1995-96. BACKGROUND: Franklin Rodeo Company has been in operation since the early 1970s and produces rodeos in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Franklin Rodeo raises its own bucking stock from a carefully selected breeding program. They raise 40 colts and 50 bull calves a year on 14,000 acres, deeded and leased. They sent two saddle broncs to the 2014 Wrangler NFR. LOCATION: Freedom, Okla. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: bareback horse Full Baggage, 2011, 2013, reserve in 2012 and 2014-15, also top-ranked horse at Wrangler NFR, 2010, 2012-13, 2015; saddle bronc Medicine Woman, 2011, 2014-16, reserve, 2010, also top saddle bronc of the NFR in 2010 and 2015 and among the top five in 2014, and the only Four Star Rodeo Stock contractor: Jeff Davis Franklin Rodeo Stock contractor: Shane Franklin Frontier Rodeo Stock contractor: Jerry Nelson Jr.

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