PRCA Business Journal - February 3, 2023

New R2.12.3.9 Limit on Trades A contestant can only initiate or confirm a first go-round trade with the same person one time per rodeo year. (M Sherwood 9/2021) Change R9.5.1 Contestant Saddle Specifications . All riding must be done with saddles that meet the following PRCA specifications. Contestants not meeting these specifications will be disqualified and declared ineligible to compete for 30 days and subject to fine fined $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense, $1,000 for the third offense along with a 30 day suspension for the fourth and subsequent offenses within a given season. (PRCA Staff 4/22) Change R9.5.1.1 Rigging Three-quarter double ; Front edge of “D” ring must pull not further back than directly below center of point of swell. Standard E-Z or ring-type saddle “D” must be used, and cannot exceed 5-3/4 inches outside width measurement. (Bradley Harter 11/22)

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Change R9.5.1.2 Swell Undercut. Not more than 3 inches-1 ½ inch on each side. (Bradley Harter 11/22)

Change R9.5.1.4 Tree . Saddles must be built on PRCA-approved tree and must conform to the following specifications with a reasonable added thickness of 1/2 inch for leather covering: Fork 14 15 inches wide

Height 9 inches maximum Gullet 5-3/4 inches wide Cantle 5 inches maximum height; 14 inches maximum width. (Bradley Harter 11/22)

Change R9.5.6 Only Dry Resin Allowed . Dry resin may be used on chaps and saddle. Anyone using any other foreign substance shall be disqualified and declared ineligible to compete for 30 days; also subject to fine fined $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense, $1,000 for the third offense along with a 30 day suspension for the fourth and subsequent offenses within a given season. The judges will examine clothing, saddle, rein and spurs. (PRCA Staff 4/22) Change R9.5.6 Only Dry Resin Allowed . Dry Only resin may be used on chaps and saddle. Anyone using any other foreign substance shall be disqualified and declared ineligible to compete for 30 days; also subject to fine. The judges will examine clothing, saddle, rein and spurs. Judge has authority to require a contestant to clean chaps or saddle if he feels contestant has an unfair advantage. (Bradley Harter 11/22) Change R10.3.21 Failure of Animal to Pull Neck Rope . In the timed events, if an animal fails to break the neck rope and time is officially started by the contestant, that animal belongs to the contestant. A contestant cannot rope an animal before the neck rope comes off. However, if time is started by the animal and contestant (tie down roper, steer roper, steer wrestler and hazer, or header and heeler) remains behind the plane of the barrier for approximately 10 seconds, that animal should be considered a sulking animal and replaced using the Misdraw procedure . an animal starts the time and then stops before the neck rope comes off and the contestant declares immediately, he will be entitled to a rerun, as long as in the opinion of the judges, the stop was not caused by the hazer or the heeler. (M. Sherwood 11/2021)

New R10.6.7 Falling Calf If an animal prior to crossing the score line goes down to his knees, belly, or hocks and the contestant declares immediately, a rerun will be given. Judges call whether the calf was pushed down intentionally

New R10.6.7 Falling Calf In the Tie-down Roping, if in the opinion of the line judge, if the animal falls before it crosses the scoreline, the contestant shall be entitled to a rerun on his original stock, provided that the contestant declares immediately. There will be no penalty added to the rerun if, in the opinion of the judge, the contestant did not deliberately beat the barrier and if the contestant declares himself immediately. If the originally drawn animal cannot be re-ran, the contestant will run the extra (where an extra is available) or have a calf drawn for him according to the misdraw procedure (S. Hanchey 11/2021)

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