2019 PRCA Media Guide - Stock Contractors

Stock Contractors (continued)

horses, one saddle bronc and a bucking bull to the Wrangler NFR. The firm’s “Get Smart” was named the top saddle bronc horse at the 2018 Finals.

location means they can supply stock from Pasadena, Texas, to Ottawa, Ontario, to Sisters, Ore., to Albany, N.Y. Cowboys have won money on Mosbrucker stock at major rodeos including the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo; Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); Sisters, Ore.; Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; the River City Roundup (Omaha, Neb.); Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; Days of ’76 Rodeo (Deadwood, S.D.); Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup Rodeo; and the Wrangler NFR. Mosbrucker Rodeos sent one saddle bronc to the 2014 Wrangler NFR. New Frontier Rodeo Stock contractors: Jim Crowther and Bronc Rumford LOCATION: Gypsum, Kan. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Grey Squirrel, top five bucking bulls, 2012Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: In 2009, Jimmy Crowther bought Rumford Rodeo, a three-generation stock breeding and contracting family business that produced 10-15 PRCA-sanctioned events annually and took part in high school and college rodeos. The company also has produced Wild West shows and rodeos in Finland, France, Venezuela, Oman and most recently Spain. New Frontier sent one bucking bull to the 2018 Wrangler NFR. New Star Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Jimmy Ray; general manager, Randy Schmutz LOCATION: Tennessee Colony, Texas. BACKGROUND: Jimmy Ray purchased Pro Rodeos Inc. from Terry Walls in 2016, and Randy Schmutz aboard as general manager. New West Rodeo Productions Stock contractors: RoyWhitford and CraigWentz LOCATION: Browning, Mont. BACKGROUND: Roy Whitford bought New West Rodeo from Wade Sankey, the son of longtime PRCA stock contractor Ike Sankey. New West Rodeo Productions sent two saddle broncs and a bucking bull to the 2018 Wrangler NFR. Northcott Macza Stock contractors: Ward Macza and Eileen Northcott LOCATION: Caroline, Alberta. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Get Smart, No. 3 PRCA saddle bronc, 2011; Wyatt Earp, top saddle bronc of the 1997- 98 NFR; Matt Dillon, top NFR saddle bronc, 1988; bull Truck Payment, reserve world champion, 1989. BACKGROUND: Harvey Northcott raised some of his bulls from a herd of 65 ranch-raised Brahma- cross cows on 1,600 acres of deeded lands in the west-central hills of Alberta. Northcott produced his first rodeo July 1, 1967, in Carsland, Alberta. He picked up his Canadian Professional Rodeo Association membership in 1972 and became a PRCA member in 1975. Harvey Northcott passed away in September 2010; his widow Eileen ran the firm until taking on partner Ward Macza in 2018, Northcott Macza Rodeo sent three bareback

Outlawbuckers Rodeo Stock contractor: Jonathan Kmita LOCATION: Wainwright, Alberta. Outlawbuckers Rodeo sent three saddle broncs and four bucking bulls to the 2018 Wrangler NFR. Painted Pony Championship Rodeo Stock contractor: Shawn Graham LOCATION: Lake Luzerne, N.Y. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Partner, 2008 First Frontier Circuit Bull of the Year; Misfit, 2008 First Frontier Circuit Bareback Horse of the Year; Shasta, 2007 First Frontier Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year. BACKGROUND : After six years in amateur rodeo, Shawn Graham got his PRCA stock contractor card in 2006, shortly after purchasing 56-year- old Painted Pony Championship Rodeo from Jack McCue. Painted Pony took a bareback horse to the Wrangler NFR in 2016. Pete Carr Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Pete Carr LOCATION: Dallas, Texas. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Dirty Jacket, PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2014-15, top three, 2012-13 (also had the top two scores of the regular 2014 season, 91 points, in Stephenville, Texas, and Cheyenne, Wyo., and the top score of the 2015 regular season, 92 points, in Pecos, Texas); MGM Deuces Night, PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2012; Real Deal, PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2005, runner-up, 2006. OTHER NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : bucking bull Half Nuts had one of the top two 2015 regular-season scores of 93 points in Pecos, Texas, and was named one of the top four bulls of that year; Poker Face, among top three bulls of the 2014 season; Riverboat Annie, runner-up, PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2007. BACKGROUND: Pete Carr Pro Rodeo was established in 2005 by Carr to produce PRCA rodeos and provide high-caliber livestock throughout the United States. He and his crew produce the richest rodeo in Oklahoma, Guymon Pioneer Days; the oldest rodeo in Texas, the West of the Pecos; and the richest rodeo in New Mexico, the Lea County Fair and Rodeo in Lovington. They have excelled at both ends of the arena, providing the calves for the 2007Wrangler NFR. Carr stock has also won many circuit awards and set arena records at some of the biggest rodeos in the country. The firm was nominated for stock contractor of the year in 2013-15. Pete Carr Pro Rodeo sent four bareback horses, four saddle broncs and three bulls to the 2016 Wrangler NFR. WEBSITE : www.PeteCarrProRodeo.com.

Pickett Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Cullen Pickett

LOCATION: Fairfield, Texas. NOTABLE STOCK: Top Flight was the No. 3 Pendleton Whisky Bareback

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