2019 PRCA Media Guide - Intro

PRCA Tours, Series and Championships

RAM Circuits. The PRCA divides the United States into 13 geographic areas or circuits. Cowboys compete for circuit points throughout the year by winning at rodeos within the circuit they choose at the beginning of a rodeo season. Top earners within each circuit compete at circuit finals, and those winners advance to the prestigious annual RAM National Circuit Finals

Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla. The RAM NCFR field includes world champions as well as top regional cowboys. Likewise, the top four steer ropers from each of the six PRCA circuits compete at the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping in Torrington, Wyo., each year to determine the national circuit champion. The PRCA’s circuit system enables cowboys who are not full time, the chance to advance to those regional and national competitions. In 2018, the RAM NCFR again included contestants from the Mexican Rodeo Federation, bringing international competition and adding over $8,000 to the prize money at the championship event. Read more in the Circuit Information and Records chapter. PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour. S ome of the best bull riders in the world fight to stay aboard some of the rankest bulls in the world at every stop of the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour. The PRCA’s bull-riding-only tour debuted in 2003. In 2018, it included six Division I events, 44 Division II events and a September championship in Ellensburg, Wash. Money earned at regular PRCA rodeos and PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour events counts toward the PRCA | RAM World Standings and qualification for the NFR, but only money won at PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour events can get cowboys into the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale. Read more in the Xtreme Bulls Tour chapter. PRCA Xtreme Broncs Tour. The tour is a series of events that features only saddle bronc riding competition. These stand-alone events were first approved by the PRCA in 2016. There will be approximately 20 U.S. stops in 2019. The Rapid City event will be the conclusion of the tour and will be nationally televised. The format: the Top 12 saddle bronc riders in the world standings and Top 12 contestants who have competed in the Xtreme Bronc Tour will compete in a short and long go for the Xtreme Broncs title and a portion of the $50,000 added money. All money earned on the tour and in the tour finale will count toward qualification for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

ClemMcSpadden National Finals Steer Roping. The Top 15 steer ropers in the PRCA based on PRCA | RAM World Standings at the end of the regular season head to their own national championship in November in Mulvane, Kan., which is a separate event from the NFR. Read more in the NFSR chapter.

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2019 PRCA MEDIA GUIDE