PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2002: Qualified for Olympic Command Performance Rodeo (Farmington, Utah) in steer wrestling and tie-down roping.Won steer wrestling titles at the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.); the Calgary (Alberta) Stampede and the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo. Finished 15th in the world standings with $79,628 ★ ★ 2001: Canadian Finals Rodeo High Point Champion.Won steer wrestling titles at the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition (Surrey, British Columbia) and the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque). Won tie-down roping title at Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta) ★ ★ 2000: Won all-around and steer wrestling titles at Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta) ★ ★ 1998: Won the Canadian Finals Rodeo steer wrestling average title Awards Canadian Professional Rodeo Association Rookie of the Year in 1987; horse RTR Little Willy“Willy”finished second in the PRCA/AQHA Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year race in 2004 and won the award in 2008; Willy was named CPRA Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year in 2002-03, 2005-07 and 2009. Wrangler was named CPRA Horse of the Year in 2008 Personal 6-0, 220 … Single … Hobbies include ranching, working as a hunting guide and training horses … Father, Greg, is the former Canadian Professional Rodeo Association president, and his mother, Margaret, is a secretary … Greg won the steer wrestling title at the Calgary Stampede three times and six Canadian national championships; he was inducted into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2015 … Great- uncle Winston Bruce is in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame as a saddle bronc rider … Curtis won the Canadian Finals Rodeo steer wrestling title in 2006 and 2010 … Curtis’younger brother Cody won the 2008-09 and 2011 CFR steer wrestling championships … Curtis’horse Wrangler was named Canadian Horse of the Year in 2008 … Curtis and Cody have a younger sister, Kirby… His stalwart horse, Willy, was retired after the 2010 Wrangler NFR. Willy was the 2008 AQHA Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year and he carried four cowboys to world steer wrestling championships - Rope Myers (2001), Lee Graves (2005), Jason Miller (2007) and Luke Branquinho (2008)

Bridger Chambers

Steer wrestling

Event:

2018 world standings place: 2 nd 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 2 nd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$135,583 $216,762 $237,828

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Dec. 21, 1988, in Stevensville, Mont.

Born:

Butte, Mont.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

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Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

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Stevensville (Mont.) High School, andUniversity of MontanaWestern-Dillon

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in five rounds in his Wrangler NFR debut, highlighted by taking second place outright in Round 8 and

splitting second in Round 10 and he also placed in three other rounds. ★ ★ Won the RAM Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals (Great Falls, Mont.)

★ ★ Won the Hand Hills Lake Stampede (Craigmyle, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede ★ ★ Co-champion at the High Prairie (Alberta) Elks Pro Rodeo Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Fort Benton (Mont.) Summer Celebration and the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.). Ranked 153rd in the world standings with $7,032. ★ ★ 2016: Won the Fort Benton (Mont.) Summer Celebration. Ranked 176th in the world standings with $5,581. ★ ★ 2015: Won the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene). Ranked 184th in the world standings with $5,396. ★ ★ 2014: Won the Arlee (Mont.) Pro Rodeo. Ranked 237th in the world standings with $3,058. Amateur Competed at the College National Finals Rodeo in team roping and steer wrestling with the University of Montana Western-Dillon rodeo team in 2010 and 2012

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