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STOCK CONTRACTORS

Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo Owner: Chancy Wilson LOCATION: Kyle, S.D. BACKGROUND: They sent one bareback horse and one bucking bull to the 2020 Wrangler NFR. New Frontier Rodeo Stock contractor: Jim Crowther LOCATION: Gypsum, Kan. NOTABLE LIVESTOCK : Grey Squirrel, top five bucking bulls, 2012 Wrangler 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 2019 Wrangler NFR. New Star Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Jimmy Ray LOCATION: Tennessee Colony, Texas. BACKGROUND: Jimmy Ray purchased Pro Rodeos Inc. from Terry Walls in 2016, and Randy Schmutz aboard as general manager. In 2019, the firm sent a bucking bull to the Finals. New West Rodeo Productions Stock contractors: Roy Whitford 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 2019 Wrangler NFR. Outlaw Buckers Rodeo Stock contractor: Jonathan Kmita LOCATION: Wainwright, Alberta. Outlawbuckers Rodeo sent three saddle broncs and two bucking bulls to the 2020 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 bucking bull to the 2019 Wrangler NFR. 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 2007 Wrangler 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, three saddle broncs and four bulls to the 2020 Wrangler NFR. WEBSITE : www.PeteCarrProRodeo.com. LOCATION: Fairfield, Texas. NOTABLE STOCK: Top Flight was the No. 3 Pendleton Whisky Bareback Horse of the Year in 2016; Top Notch won top bareback horse of the 2019 Wrangler NFR. BACKGROUND: Former PRCA bareback rider Jay Austin, a three-time DNCFR contender who went to the RAM Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo 16 times, bought Gold Buckle Rodeo from Mark “Sparky” Dreesen and Dr. Bruce Fink in March 2010 and renamed it Coyote Pro Rodeo. PRCA stock contractor Cullen Pickett bought Coyote Pro Rodeo in 2011 and renamed it Pickett Pro Rodeo. Pickett had purchased J Bar J’s prize stud Nightjacket for the Lancaster and Pickett firm in 2009 not long after Jim and Margaret Zinser sold that firm to Sparky and Marlene Dreesen. In 2011, Pickett married the Dreesens’ daughter, Amanda. The firm took 17 bareback horses, two saddle broncs and a bucking bull to the 2020 Wrangler NFR. The firm’s bareback horse Top Flight earned the Pendleton Whisky Let ‘Er Buck Stock of the Year award in 2020. Pickett Pro Rodeo Stock contractor: Cullen Pickett

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