PRORODEO Sports News - Nov. 7, 2025

Virgil is making his eighth NFR appearance this year. It’s his first in saddle bronc. MAGIC TOUCH: SANKEY PRO RODEO & PHEN OM GENETICS 2025 BULL OF THE YEAR One of the top bulls in the PRCA the last two seasons, Magic Touch of Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics has been responsible for three 90-plus point rides in 2025. The 1,700-pound bull has a 60% buck off rate this sea son, with an average stock score of 44.75 and overall score of 90. “If you ride him, you’re winning,” co-owner of Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ Matt Scharping said. “For that animal to have that mentality of, ‘Hey, I’ll do it again.’ That’s pretty special. That’s hard to do.” Magic Touch helped several of the PRCA’s top bull riders win key Playoff Series rodeos this season. Ky Hamilton’s 91.5-point ride aboard Magic Touch at the Pendleton (Ore.) Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale secured the Rank 45 Xtreme Bulls Tour championship for the Australian cowboy. Hayes Weight’s 93-point ride aboard Magic Touch helped secure the victory at the Utah Days of ’47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City in the middle of the summer run. And Tristen Hutchings’ 90-point ride on the bull secured the victory at the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo. “He just wants to go do his job,” Scharping said of Magic

Touch. “He doesn’t get stressed out, he doesn’t get mad in the box. He comes and does it every time. For that animal to put together the year he did, it’s super special to me because I know how hard it is. “He drew perfect, too. He drew the best guys everywhere we went. If it isn’t for those bull riders showing him off, he doesn’t win.” 2024 WINNERS Bareback Riding Horse of the Year 1. Lunatic Heaven – Brookman Rodeo 2. Disco Party – Calgary Stampede 3. Boot Barn’s Night Crawler – Pickett Pro Rodeo Saddle Bronc Riding Horse of the Year 1. Virgil – C5 Rodeo Company 2. Larry Culpepper – Pete Carr Pro Rodeo 3. THE Black Tie – Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics Bull of the Year 1. Magic Touch – Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics 2. Mr. Priefert – Rosser Rodeo 3. Richard Slam – Pete Carr Pro Rodeo

Magic Touch. (PRCA photo by Bill Lawless)

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