2025 Year-End Edition

TUCKER ALLEN’S CONSISTENCY LEADS TO FIRST PRCA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BY ALEX DODD

T ucker Allen proved to be the hallmark of consistency during the 2025 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The Ventura, Calif., steer wrestler rode the Nutre na Horse of the Year presented by AQHA, Banker, owned by his hazing partner and fellow NFR qualifier Justin Shaffer, to win his first PRCA World Championship and NFR average title. Allen won both titles on the way to setting a single-sea son steer wrestling earnings mark at $398,913. “God is good. That’s all I’ve got to say,” Allen said. “With him all things are possible. I hope kids can see me and say, ‘You might have been a smaller guy for this event, but if you work as hard as you possibly can and put faith in God, anything’s possible.’” Allen dominated the NFR average, finishing at 46.4

seconds on 10 head – besting Rowdy Parrott by 10.4 seconds. He finished with three round wins and won $248,046 in Las Vegas. Allen said one of the first people he saw when he walked out of the arena was ProRodeo Hall of Fame steer wrestler Luke Branquinho. The five-time PRCA World Champion encouraged Allen to try his hand at bulldogging. “I stay pretty locked in mentally, and don’t let myself really feel any emotion,” Allen said. “And even after win ning the average, it was pretty cool. But I didn’t really break down until I saw Luke Branquinho in the hallway, and we damn sure shed a few tears. “That was a long time coming. He started me bulldog ging. So that was super, super cool to get the job done.”

Tucker Allen celebrates in Round 2 of the 2025 Wrangler NFR. (PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn)

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