2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Tom Richards

Team roping (heading)

Event:

15th 15th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$30,096 $111,511 $317,871

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Sept. 22, 1990, in Cottonwood, Ariz.

Born:

Humboldt, Ariz.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2009

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2 (2014, 2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2014) 1 (2014)

Tour Finale titles:

Tour Finale qualifications: RNCFR qualifications:

2 (2011, 2015)

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), with Ryan Motes Career Highlights ★ ★ 2016: Finished 39th in the world standings with $28,833.Won the AnnualWorld’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo (Payson, Ariz.), with Evan Arnold. Won the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah), with Will Woodfin. ★ ★ 2015: Won theWild,WildWest ProRodeo (Silver City, N.M.), with Cesar de la Cruz.Won the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene), with Justin Wade Davis. Won the St. George (Utah) Lions Dixie Roundup, with Ryan Motes. Won the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.), with Tyler McKnight ★ ★ 2014: Placed in four rounds of his first Wrangler NFR, with Cesar de la Cruz. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.), with Cesar de la Cruz; the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, withMonty Joe Petska; the Cattlemen’s Days (Gunnison, Colo.), withMonty Joe Petska and the Alamosa (Colo.) Round-Up, withTyler Getzwiller. Co-champion at theWrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.), with Allen Bach and the NewMexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque), with Cesar de la Cruz. Finished 12th in the world standings with $101,071 ★ ★ 2013: Won Roots N’Boots Queen Creek (Ariz.) ProRodeo, withNick Sarchett;Was 141st inworld standings with $5,999 ★ ★ 2012: (Partner Nick Sarchett) Won the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Day Rodeo; the Roots N’Boots Queen Creek (Ariz.) ProRodeo; the Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo (Payson, Ariz.) and the Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.). Finished 62nd in the world standings with $13,384 ★ ★ 2011: (PartnerTyler Getzwiller) Reached the finals of the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Oklahoma City) and finished sixth in the team roping earnings. Finished 302nd in the world standings with $1,231 ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Tyler Getzwiller) Won the Dodge Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (Las Cruces, N.M.); the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and the Alamosa (Colo.) Roundup; finished 74th in the world standings with $12,470 ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Tyler Getzwiller) Won the Yuma (Ariz.) Jaycees Silver Spurs Rodeo Amateur Won the International Finals Youth Rodeo, 2008 Personal 6-3, 180 … Single … Father, George Richards, was the 1978 world champion team roping header and a seven-time NFR qualifier (1978-82, 1984-85); mother, Donna; brother, Ryan … Graduated from Dewey (Ariz.) High School … Works as a farrier … Primary competition horse is Chalk, 13 years old … Favorite rodeos are California Rodeo Salinas and the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) … Lists his dad as his rodeo idol … Favorite music is country

PRORODEO COWBOYS

John Robertson

Team roping (heeling)

Event:

18th

2017 world standings place:

$52,238 $249,937

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Jan. 21, 1985, in Augusta, Mont.

Born:

Polson, Mont.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2004

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

3 (2008, 2012-13)

RNCFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights – partner Clayton Hass ★ ★ Won the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.)

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