2020 Media Guide - Awards

2019 Pendleton Whisky Let ’er Buck Stock of the Year Awards Each year, the top ProRodeo cowboys in each roughstock event vote for the top bucking horses and bulls. Contestants vote in the fall, and the winning animals are acclaimed at the PRCA’s annual awards banquet in December just before the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Stock contractors are proud of these top buckers. They invest heavily in purchases and in breeding programs, feed and medical care for their bucking stock for years, fostering animals’ growth and development until they are ready to perform at rodeos. In 2010, Pendleton Whisky expanded its ProRodeo involvement by sponsoring the stock awards, which are now known as the PendletonWhisky Let ‘er Buck Stock of the Year Awards. PendletonWhisky provides cash prizes for the top three animals in each event and funds the stipends for stock contractors who provide bucking stock for the Wrangler NFR.

The 2019 PendletonWhisky Let ‘er Buck Stock of the Year Awards

Bareback Horses 1. Killer Bee, Beutler & Son Co. 2. Virgil, C5 Rodeo 3. Top Flight, Pickett Pro Rodeo

Saddle Broncs 1. Get Smart, Northcott Macza 2. Medicine Woman, Frontier Rodeo 3. Spring Planting, Flying 5 Rodeo

Bulls 1. Hot & Ready, Harper & Morgan Rodeo 2. SweetPro’s Bruiser, Powder River Rodeo 3. Spotted Demon, Big Stone Rodeo, Inc.

Best bareback horse

Killer Bee Beutler & Son Co. • The 14-year-old was the Top Bareback Horse at the 2018 Wrangler NFR. • She was the Top Saddle Bronc at theWrangler NFR in 2013-14. • Killer Bee is the daughter of Commotion, the NFR Bareback Horse of the Year from 1998- 2000. • She is 16.2 hands tall and weighs 1,350 pounds. • In 2019, four-time PRCAWorld Champion Bareback Rider Kaycee Feild had an 87-point ride on her at Rodeo Austin (Texas) before getting injured after the whistle.

PRCA ProRodeo photo by James Phifer

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