ProRodeo Sports News - Sept. 3, 2021

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OLS Tubs Spilled Perfume dies OLS Tubs Spilled Perfume, an award-winning

BY THE NUMBERS 4 The PRCA-record number of times Tornado, a bull owned by ProRodeo Hall of Famer Jim Shoulders, won top bucking bull of the NFR. Tornado accomplished the feat from 1962-65. $39K The amount of money ($39,386) earned by bull rider Jordan Spears at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale in Ellensburg, Wash., in September 2017. That remains the record for most money won at an Xtreme Bulls Tour stop. The Pendleton Whisky Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale is Sept. 13- 14 in Pendleton, Ore.

(Bozeman) area, so when the job became open, I decided it was the right time to transition from being a rodeo cowboy to training the youth in rodeo to keep the sport healthy.” A native of Chambers, Neb., Whitaker competed collegiately at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and had a standout PRCA career Whitaker is the first cowboy to win the Linderman Award four consecutive years (2015- 18). He also won the Linderman Award in 1997-98, 2003, 2005-06, 2011 and 2015-18. and the founder got so bad her foot fell off. She was in pain, so I put her down.” The inflammation and damage to the laminae causes extreme pain and leads to instability of the coffin bone in the hoof. Spilled Perfume has a 2-month-old colt. Spilled Perfume weighed 1,400 pounds and was 15.3 hands. She competed at the NFR from 2015-20. At the 2020 Wrangler NFR, Spilled Perfume bucked off Jamie Howlett (Round 3) and Richmond Champion (Round 8). She finished second in the Bareback Horse of the NFR voting in 2018 and 2019 and was third in 2017. Spilled Perfume also was the Bareback Horse of the Rodeo at the 2018 Ponoka Stampede.

Linderman Award, was recently hired as the rodeo coach at Montana State University in Bozeman. Whitaker, a former ProRodeo tie-down roper, steer wrestler and saddle bronc rider, took over Aug. 23. Whitaker is excited to lead the Bobcats, a team with a rich tradition in the rodeo world. “It’s always been a college rodeo powerhouse, and I have a lot of respect for (the program),” Whitaker said in a story on the Montana State University website. “I’ve also always loved the bareback horse from the Macza Pro Rodeo stable, passed away Aug. 24 because of complications from colic. She was 13. “She was down at Cullen Pickett’s (in Fairfield, Texas),” Ward Macza said. “I bred her to Night Jacket’s son. A month and a half ago, on grass, it’s impossible, but she coliced. Mandy Pickett rushed to her to a specialty vet by Houston, and they did surgery and saved her life, and she was doing good. With big horses like her, they are susceptible to founder because of all the anesthesia they have to give them to knock them down (for surgery). She was getting better, (but) she was favoring a foot,

Whitaker named Montana State rodeo coach Kyle Whitaker, a 10-time winner of the PRCA

Sowing Good Deeds applications Sowing Good Deeds

$282K The PRCA record amount of money ($282,242) legend

Sowing Good Deeds initiative, want to raise awareness of these many local efforts and reward one PRCA committee each year whose impact goes above and beyond. AGCO will share the stories of rodeo teams who are Sowing Good Deeds in

applications now open. This season, one rodeo committee has a chance to win a Massey Ferguson® tractor for the charitable work that committee does. As a proud sponsor of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys

Trevor Brazile earned in the all-around world standings before the 2015 National Finals Rodeo. Stetson Wright, the reigning two-time all-around champion, is $23,347 away from breaking Brazile’s record. The regular season ends Sept. 30.

Association, AGCO® Corporation, through its brands Hesston® and Massey Ferguson, recognize that PRCA-sanctioned rodeos contribute significant support for local, regional, and national charities and organizations. These charitable efforts by rodeo committees are making a positive impact on communities. Hesston and Massey Ferguson, through its

their communities and will reward one of those committees with a new tractor. The deadline to apply for the Sowing Good Deeds initiative is Sept. 15. The five finalists will be announced by Oct. 31. The Sowing Good Deeds initiative is open to all PRCA-sanctioned rodeo committees, regardless of size. Rodeos can enter at http://bit. ly/SowingGoodDeeds.

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