2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

★ 2010: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR. Finished eighth in the world standings with $124,603. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.). Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo; the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo; the Arkansas State Fair Rodeo (Little Rock); the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas); the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas); co-champion at the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo ★ 2009: Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished 15th in the world standings with earnings of $82,351. Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver); Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas); the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.); the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo; the Matagorda Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo; the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days (Weatherford, Texas) and the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo-June 6. Co-champion at the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) and the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.) ★ 2008: Placed in six of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Finished fourth in the world standings with earnings of $145,282. Won the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco); the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo; the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa); the Washington Parish Free Fair Rodeo (Franklinton, La.); the Mineral Wells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas); the Canton (Texas) Stampede; the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Co-champion at the Fourth of July Youth Celebration & PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.) ★ 2007: Won the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the National Western Stock Show Rodeo (Denver) and the Somervell County PRCA Rodeo (Glen Rose, Texas). Co-champion at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas) and at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $41,619 ★ 2006: Placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, sharing the win in Round 9 and finishing eighth in the world standings with $131,758. Earned the most saddle bronc riding points on the Wrangler ProRodeo Summer Tour; tied for the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round win at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo ★ 2005: Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair Rodeo. Won the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.); the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.). Won the average title and Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at California Rodeo Salinas; won the second round at RodeoHouston and finished second at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished the year ranked 12th in the world standings with $79,964 ★ 2004: won the Sheridan WYO Rodeo; finished 27th in the world standings with $32,418 Amateur College National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc riding runner-up, 2003 Personal 5-8, 165 …MarriedWPRA barrel racer Kirby Smith on May 12, 2007; son, Houston (born September 2009); son Branson Bronx (born May 6, 2014) … Enjoys fishing … Parents are Ted and Linda Harter and he has a brother, Bobby, who was the 2002 PRCA All-Around Rookie of the Year, competing primarily as a steer wrestler … His superstition is that he always puts his left boot on before the right one … Has a regular workout routine that includes jogging and lifting weights … Favorite food is steak, favorite movie is“Facing the Giants”and his favorite book is“The Power of Positive Thinking”… Credits his mentor, Tom Reeves, for helping his career

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Dawson Hay

Saddle Bronc Riding

Event:

2019 world standings place: 7 th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 8 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$97,436 $197,747 $237,352

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

July 13, 1998

Born:

Wildwood, Alberta

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2017

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2019 Highlights ★ Won Round 6 and placed in five rounds to rank eighth in the average with 523 points on six head at the Wrangler NFR. ★ Won the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede ★ Won the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ Won the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.)

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