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★ ★ 2016: Placed in one round of the Wrangler NFR to rank 15th in the average. Finished 14th in the world standings with $96,686. Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Leesville (La.) Lions Club Rodeo, the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Central Arkansas PRCA Rodeo (El Paso), the Crosby (Texas) Fair & Rodeo, the Cattlemen’s Days (Gunnison, Colo.) and the Dick Stull Memorial Rodeo (Sterling, Colo.) ★ ★ 2015: Won the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo and the Tops in Texas (Jacksonville). Finished 87th in the world standings with $12,202 ★ ★ 2014: Co-champion at the Panola County Cattlemen’s Rodeo (Carthage,Texas). Finished 52nd in the world standings with $21,454 ★ ★ 2013: Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo Timed-event Only Qualifier (Denver, Colo.). Finished 190th in the world standings with $5,140 ★ ★ 2012: Won the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; finished 80th in the world standings with $13,543 Personal 6-0, 230 … Single … Father, Jeff, owns a water well drilling company; mother, Amy, works for her husband’s company …Younger brother, Eric, competes in the Southeastern Circuit as a steer wrestler …Talley didn’t start steer wrestling until after high school, following in the footsteps of his father, who steer wrestled at local rodeos … Favorite type of music is country … Favorite artists are George Strait and Garth Brooks … Favorite sports team is LSU’s football team… Favorite rodeo to compete at is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days … Rodeo idol is his father … Favorite TV show is SportsCenter … Favorite movie is“Lonesome Dove”… Favorite food to eat is steak and potatoes.

Ty Taypotat

Bareback riding

Event:

20 th

2018 world standings place:

$59,636 $189,010

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Dec. 25, 1991, in Regina, Saskatchewan

Born:

Regina, Saskatchewan

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Broncs and Honky Tonks Springs Indoor Rodeo (Medicine Hat, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the IPE and Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Pro Rodeo and the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede. Co-champion at the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo. Finished 20th in the world standings with $59,636 ★ ★ 2016: Won the Guy Weadick Days (High River, Alberta) and the Grande Prairie (Alberta) Stompede. Co-champion at the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Pro Rodeo. Finished 23rd in the world standings with $44,061 ★ ★ 2015: Won the Grand Prairie (Alberta) Stompede with an 89-point ride onVold Rodeo’s Much Dinero, theWhoop-Up Days Rodeo (Lethbridge, Alberta), the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.), the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah) and the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Pro Rodeo. Finished 27th in the world standings with $40,646 ★ ★ 2014: Won the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo (Kennedy, Saskatchewan); the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo; the North Peace Stampede (Grimshaw, Alberta); the Dallas SunstrumMemorial Rodeo (Brooks, Alberta) and the Harmon Valley Pro Rodeo (Peace River, Alberta), all co-sanctioned PRCA rodeos, but did not renew his PRCA contestant card. Qualified for the Canadian National Finals Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ 2013: Won the Luxton Pro Rodeo (Victoria, British Columbia); finished in a tie for 72nd in the world standings with $7,886 ★ ★ 2012: Won theWainwright (Alberta) Stampede and the Leduc (Alberta) Black Gold Rodeo; qualified for his second consecutive berth in the Canadian Finals Rodeo (Edmonton). Tied for second at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished 41st in the world standings with $20,889, while competing in just 27 rodeos ★ ★ 2011: Won the Harmon Valley Pro Rodeo (Peace River, Alberta); qualified for the Canadian Nationals Finals Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) and was the youngest competitor in the bareback riding Awards Canadian Permit Award winner and CPRA Rookie of the Year, 2011 Personal 5-8, 160 … Single … Father, Curtis, was a tie-down roper in addition to riding broncs …The Taypotat family is Native North American – part of the Cree Nation. His grandfather, Louis, is the longstanding chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation and a founder of the Prairie Indian Rodeo Association; Louis also competed in rodeo …Ty started in

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