PRORODEO Sports News | January 24, 2025

COWBOY GRILLE WITH TANNER BARTH

How’d you get your start in rodeo? Brey: It was something I just grew up doing. That was about all we knew how to do back home. So, it’s something I’ve always had a passion for. When did you know you could make a career out of rodeo? Brey: Coming up through high school rodeo, the thought was that I was going to pay for school with my rope. Then I went down to Texas and started roping with some guys who were making the Finals and I was winning a little bit here and there. So, I figured if I kept working at it, I could probably do it professionally. Why did you decide tie-down roping would be your event? Brey: I roped calves and bulldogged quite a bit. I just wasn’t quite big enough to turn the steers back like some of those guys can. So, I figured I’d rope calves because it was a little bit of a better fit. Did you do any other rodeo events growing up? Brey: I actually team roped, steer wrestled and roped calves all the time growing up. I feel like I’ve done it all since I was a kid: riding sheep, goat tying and doing the ribbon poles. Why did you decide to get your PRCA card this season? Brey: I have two pretty good horses now that I’m really confident on. So, I figured I might as well give it a shot while they’re sound and healthy and I’m healthy too. What do you hope to learn during your Resistol Rookie season? Brey: I haven’t ever really left the circuit rodeos around me. So, I guess I’m hoping to learn about all the other rodeos and see all the new country. I want to make it something to remember. Who’s someone you look up to in the rodeo business right now? Brey: I’ve always really idolized Ryan Jarrett and Brent Lewis. They are just real cowboys who maybe didn’t come from everything, but always figured out a way to win and how to be the best. What’s one rodeo you want to win before your career is over? Brey: It would have to be Houston or Calgary for sure. Those are a couple of the biggest rodeos, and they have been around for a long time. What’s your favorite movie? Brey: Not very many people have seen it, but the movie The Cowboy Way is pretty good. Lonesome Dove and Tombstone are good movies as well. What’s your go-to restaurant before or after a rodeo? Brey: We don’t really have a specific place that we like to stop, but anywhere that serves steak and potatoes is usually at the top of the list. What’s the first vehicle you drove? Brey: I think it was a 1999 Ford F-250 that my dad owned. We rodeoed out of it all the time when I was junior rodeoing. Do you have a favorite candy? Brey: Peanut Butter Snickers is definitely my favorite. What do you enjoy doing when you’re not rodeoing? Brey: I like training green calf horses or rope horses. I also enjoy working with colts when I get the time. What’s your favorite holiday? Brey: I’m going to say the Fourth of July. We are usually at a good rodeo and it’s warm. Then obviously getting to celebrate our country. What type of music do you like listening to? Brey: I just like regular ol’ country music. I really don’t have a favorite artist. I listen to whatever is playing at the time really. Brey Yore, 21, has his PRORODEO career pointed in the right direction after a strong start to the 2025 season. The Rupert, Idaho, tie-down roper finished second in the average at the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, Texas. Yore pocketed $4,543 at the PRCA Playoff Series stop in early January. He currently sits No. 1 in the race for the Resistol Rookie of the Year title with $8,870 on his ledger this season.

BREY YORE

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