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manage both Bailey Pro Rodeo and the ranch where David Bailey’s family roots go back to Oklahoma statehood. Shane Gunderson became general manager in 2015. The firm sent two saddle broncs to the 2020 Wrangler NFR. Barnes PRCA Rodeo Stock contractors: Marty and Westin Barnes LOCATION: Peterson, Iowa. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Saddle bronc Crystal Springs, 1977. OTHER NOTABLE STOCK : Bucking bull T Bar, Reliant Stadium arena-record 94 points with Terry Don West; bareback horse Smokeless Bow Tie carried Wes Stevenson to a 93-point ride at the 2002 Summer Tour Finale in Dallas, tying the second-highest score in PRCA history. BACKGROUND: Bob Barnes, who passed away in 2013, was in the stock contracting business for 60 years; he had stock at each NFR since its inception in 1959 and at every RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo. One of the most respected stockmen in professional rodeo, he was 1984 PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year and was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1994. Barnes considered it his mission to educate people about the sport and its Western heritage. His wife, Donita, was posthumously awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for contract personnel at the PRCA’s Awards Banquet just before the 2011 NFR, and the award was named for her in 2012. One Barnes bucking bull was selected for the 2020 Wrangler NFR. WEBSITE : www. BarnesPRCARodeo.com. LOCATION: Elk City, Okla. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Wound Up was voted Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year in 2017; bareback horses Sam Bass, 1973; Copenhagen Comotion, 1998-2000; saddle broncs Blowout, 1985; Challenger & Skoal, 1987; bulls Cowtown, 1985; Voodoo Child, 2007 08; Killer Bee won the Pendleton Whisky “Let E’r Buck” Bareback Horse of the Year award in 2019. OTHER NOTABLE STOCK : Killer Bee, top saddle bronc of the 2013-14 and 2018 Wrangler NFRs and top five in 2015, and No. 2 bronc of the year in 2015; Wound Up, second-ranked saddle bronc of the year and of the Wrangler NFR in 2016, and one of the top five saddle broncs of the 2014-15 Wrangler NFR (who also had the top score of the 2015 Wrangler NFR with the event’s only 90-point ride and the top score of the 2016 Wrangler NFR with a 90.5 in Round 10 with two-time World Champion Cody Wright); saddle bronc Rebel Soul had the top roughstock score of the 2015 regular season, a 94, in Austin, Texas. Fighting Bulls of the Year –4B, 1991; Red, 1992; Wack-O, 1996; Spotted Demon, 1998-99, Black Out, 2000. Bucking stock: Black Cat tied for No. 3 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, 2011; Wonderland, top-three PRCA Beutler & Son Rodeo Stock contractors: Bennie and Rhett Beutler

three partners bought him out and renamed the company All In Pro Rodeo. Former bull rider Alex Hauser manages the company’s herd of about 75 horses and is restarting the bucking horse breeding program on 1,000 leased acres near Winchester in southern California; Wes Ibrahimi oversees the 100 bull operation and its breeding program on several hundred acres near Raymond, in central California. The firm’s goal is to bring back Western heritage and specifically more rodeo to areas of southern and central California. Andrews Rodeo Stock contractors: Sammy and James Andrews LOCATION: Bagwell, Texas. BUCKING STOCK OF THE YEAR: Bulls Midnight Bender, won in 2016 two months after 2011 World Champion bull rider Shane Proctor became only the second PRCA bull rider to make eight seconds on him and scored 91 points; bull My Brother ranked third that year; bull Bodacious won in 1994-95 (inducted into ProRodeo Hall of Fame, 1999); bareback horse Skoal’s Outlaw Willie, 1991. OTHER NOTABLE STOCK : Brutus was named the top saddle bronc riding horse at the 2017 Wrangler NFR; Hard Knox, one of three top bull riding scores (88) at the 2015 Wrangler NFR; PTSD Power Play, top bareback horse of the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and top five in 2015; bull Air Marshall, one of top five at 2015 Wrangler NFR; bull Swat Slinger, top bull of the 2014 Wrangler NFR; bull Fender Bender, voted No. 3 PRCA Bull of the Year, 2007, reserve, 2006; bull Cat Daddy, voted reserve PRCA Bull of the Year, 2005. BACKGROUND : Sammy Andrews, 2002 PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year, is a third generation stock contractor. With knowledge gained from a lifetime of rodeo experience, Sammy and his son, James, operate the business and have enjoyed success with their breeding program for bucking bulls and horses. In 2011, they renamed one of their top bucking horses PTSD Power Play to honor veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and he was named top bareback horse of the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. In 2008 and 2014, the firm was nominated for Stock Contractor of the Year. Five of their saddle broncs and five bucking bulls were selected for the 2020 Wrangler NFR. Bailey Pro Rodeo Stock contractors: Shane Gunderson, David F. Bailey, Kelly Klein and Justin Stringer LOCATION: Baldwin, N.D. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK: Dippin’ Super Cool, top bull, Wrangler NFR, 2002 03, and his sire, Playboy; Lucky Strike, top bull, Wrangler NFR, 2005-06, and his sire, Gunslinger; Prairie Circuit Bareback Horse of the Year Flying High, 2007-08. BACKGROUND: Although 1989 was his first year as a PRCA stock contractor, David Bailey has been in the rodeo business for more than 40 years. Bailey and his wife, Lisa, own and

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