2019 PRCA Media Guide - Stock Contractors

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 Award for best pen of bucking horses, and John Growney served on the PRCA’s stock contractor executive council 2008-10. The three partners raise 200 bucking bulls, 200 bucking horses and 400 calves and steers on three ranches in the area around Red Bluff, Calif., on more than 3,500 acres of owned and leased land. Growney Brothers Rodeo sent four bareback horses, two saddle broncs and three bulls to the 2016Wrangler NFR. Hampton Pro Rodeo General manager: Kevin Hampton LOCATION: Dallas, Texas. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Big Tex, PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2010, top three, 2008, 2011. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Wise Guy, top bareback horse of the Wrangler NFR, 2006, and No. 2 in the PRCA, 2009; Cattle Drive, who carried Ryan Stutes to a 93-point ride in Texarkana, Ark., tying the second-highest scored bareback ride in PRCA history, in 2007; Good Time Charlie, No. 2 bareback horse of the 2012 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: Former bareback rider Scotty Lovelace, with his wife, Tonya, and his mother, Patty, purchased Classic Pro Rodeo in 1991; it received its PRCA stock contracting card in 1995, and Lovelace was named 2003 PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year. In 2013, PRCA stock contractor Pete Carr purchased the former Classic Pro Rodeo, which has taken livestock to every Wrangler NFR since it became eligible in 1997. In 2016, it sent five bareback horses, two saddle broncs and three bucking bulls to the Wrangler NFR. As Classic Pro Rodeo, the firm was nominated for PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year in 2008-12; as Pete Carr’s Classic Pro Rodeo, it was nominated in 2015. WEBSITE : www.PeteCarrProRodeo.com.

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 one saddle bronc to the 2018 Wrangler NFR. Frontier Rodeo Stock contractor: Jerry Nelson Jr. 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 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 2015-18. 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, nine saddle broncs and six bulls to the 2018 Wrangler NFR. Generations Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Cline Hall LOCATION: Ash Flat, Ark. Growney Brothers Rodeo Stock contractors: John Growney and Don Kish 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

STOCK CONTRACTORS

Hi Lo ProRodeo Stock contractor: Van Flaherty General manager: Dustin Murray

LOCATION: Wellston, Okla. BACKGROUND: John Walter became a PRCA stock contractor in 1979 and was named Great Lakes ProRodeo Circuit stock contractor of the year in 1985. Mid States Rodeo Company marked its 40th year in business in 2012. Separately, Van Flaherty, a former PRCA roughstock

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