PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2011: Extended his own record by winning a ninth all-around world championship and he also won the steer roping gold buckle to bring his total number of world championships to 16. That tied him with Jim Shoulders for second place, two behind steer roper Guy Allen. Brazile qualified for three national finals events for a record eighth time and pushed his career earnings record to $4,275,252 by year’s end. Broke the record for earnings during Cowboy Christmas with $39,993 and finished the year with all-around earnings of $365,293. Tied roughstock cowboyTy Murray by winning his sixthWrangler NFR all-around title.Won all-around titles at the RAMTexas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco) ★ ★ 2010: Completed second Triple Crown in four years, winning his record-breaking eighth all-around gold buckle along with those for tie-down roping and team roping-heading. It made him the third cowboy in history to have multiple Triple Crown seasons and the first since Everett Bowman (1935, 1937) to manage it with two different combinations of events. Broke his own single-season earnings record with $507,921, becoming the first PRCA cowboy to surpass a half-million dollars in a year. He also broke the earnings record for a single rodeo with his $211,509 at the Wrangler NFR to earn the inaugural RAM Top Gun Award. Won the tie-down average with a time of 88.6 seconds on 10 head. With partner Patrick Smith finished second in the team roping average while setting event earnings records for heading at the NFR ($120,419) and in a single season ($201,392). Overall top earner with $24,253 during Cowboy Christmas; broke his own regular-season earnings record in the all-around with $268,334 despite missing 40 days with an elbow injury in the late spring.Won all-around at the NationalWestern Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver) ★ ★ 2009: Tied for first place in Round 5 of the tie-down roping with a time of 7.1 seconds and placed in three other rounds en route to clinching his second world championship in that event in three years and a record-tying seventh all-around gold buckle; placed in one round of the team roping with Patrick Smith. By earning his 11th world championship, Brazile moved into a tie for third place on the career list with Dean Oliver and Charmayne James. Won all-around titles at the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup; the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo; the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg); the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) ★ ★ 2008: All-aroundWorld Champion for sixth time in seven years; set earnings record for two events at the Wrangler NFR with $149,099 in team roping and tie-down roping. Brazile also set a National Finals earnings record for three events by adding $40,192 at the National Finals Steer Roping in Hobbs, N.M., for a total of $189,291. Won the all-around titles at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round Tour Playoffs); the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco); the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo (Austin); the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas); the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo; the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo (Amarillo, Texas); the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas); the Lonestar Stampede (Conroe, Texas); the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo; the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.); the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo; the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) 2007: Became first Triple Crown winner in 24 years and just the 10th in history by winning the all-around, tie-down roping and steer roping gold buckles. Broke his own single-season record with earnings of $425,115 and moved from seventh to third on the career earnings list, trailing only Joe Beaver and FredWhitfield. Won the all-around titles at the Wrangler NFR; the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas); the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco); the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.); the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo; the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo; the Sonora (Texas) Outlaw Pro Rodeo; the New Mexico State Fair Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair Rodeo and the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco). With partner Patrick Smith, won the team roping in Rounds 4 and 5 of Wrangler NFR; won the Rodeo Killeen (Texas); the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo and the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; co-champion at the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.) and the Sonora (Texas) Outlaw Pro Rodeo. Won the tie-down roping in Round 7 of the Wrangler NFR, Las Vegas, in a rodeo-best time of 6.7 seconds ★ ★ 2006: Won the most money during the Fourth of July week for the 2006 season with $24,894 and became the youngest PRCA cowboy and the seventh overall to cross the $2 million mark in career earnings. Won all-around titles at the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup; the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo); the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo; the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo; the Parker County Frontier Days Pro Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas); the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.); the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede. Won team roping titles (with partner Rich Skelton) at the Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo (Rosenberg,Texas); the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, the Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup; the Days of ’47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) ★ ★ 2005: Won all-around titles at the Sundowner Stampede PRCA Rodeo (Coleman, Okla.); the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; the Fourth of JulyYouth Celebration and PRCA Pro Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.); the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days ProRodeo (Weatherford, Texas) and the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.).Won the team roping title (partner Michael Jones) at theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); co-champion in the Wrangler Tour Round and won the average at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah); co-champion at the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days ProRodeo (Weatherford,Texas).Won tie-down roping titles at the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-Up; the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.)

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