PRORODEO Sports News - July 12, 2024

BAREBACK RIDING

Kaycee Feild Bareback rider gets Hall nod shortly after retiring BY TRACY RENCK K aycee Feild’s greatness as a PRCA bareback rider was unmatched. The Utah cowboy won an event record six PRCA World Championships

in his decorated career and it didn’t take long for him to be immortalized into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. After retiring following the 2023 season, Feild got the Hall call on April 8, 2024, which he didn’t expect. He will be enshrined July 13 during ceremonies at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo. “I’m kind of surprised this came so fast,” said Feild, who retired following the 2023 PRCA regular season. “What an amazing honor. I think of my display next to my late father Lewis Feild (a ProRodeo Hall of Famer), a guy who was my hero. To look back on my career and to be inducted into the Hall of Fame it is goal you don’t really have control of, but at the same time if you accomplish your goals, you can cross that goal off someday. This is a big win for me.” Lewis, a five-time PRCA World Champion in the all-around (1987-89), and bareback riding (1985-86) was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1992. Lewis passed away Feb. 15, 2016, at the age of 59. Kaycee got his PRCA card in 2007 and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo 13 times (2008-15, 2018-22) – tied for fifth most ever for bareback riders. The Genola, Utah, cowboy won the average four times in 2011-14. “I’m so grateful for the sport of rodeo,” Feild said. “What I have from the sport, the opportunities it presented me with are humbling experiences. I’m extremely grateful

for the career I had and the success I had and the friendships I developed with the committeemen, cameramen, traveling partners, competitors, pickup men, gatemen, you name it. I have friendships that are special to me. “ My family was a big part of every bit of it. My wife (Stephanie) was the best teammate a guy could have. The things I learned along the way, the ups and downs that the humbling sport of rodeo is, it makes me so excited for the next chapter and confident in the direction I’m going.” Kaycee and his wife, have three children, daughters Chaimberlyn, and Remi; and son, Huxyn. Kaycee also captured a bareback riding record 29 NFR round wins. “I was blessed with a durable body and blessed with my dad as long as I had him (before he passed),” Feild said. “My resiliency, grit, determination all those things played into what I did.”

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“I’m so grateful for the sport of rodeo. What I have from the sport, the opportunities it presented me with are humbling experiences. I’m extremely grateful for the career I had and the success I had and the friendships I developed.” – KAYCEE FEILD

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