PRORODEO Sports News - October 3, 2025

ship Rodeo’s Mike Honcho for the champion ship. Saddle bronc rider Weston Patterson has lived up to the big moment all season. He did the same thing on Sept. 30. His 89-point ride on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Triple Threat helped him cruise to the Duel at the Dunes saddle bronc riding title, beating Sage Newman’s 87-point ride on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hitman and Lefty Holman’s ride of 84.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Steak Sauce. “This event was pretty dang cool. It’s not everyday you get to go ride in the mid dle of a golf course,” Patterson said. “The atmosphere here was awesome, the horses bucked and I’m just really blessed to be able to head to my first NFR and finish the season like this.” Patterson, who sat No. 11 in the world

standings heading into the final day of the season, now ends his season on a high note as he prepares for his first trip to the NFR. But with the 2026 campaign kicking off Oct. 1, Patterson isn’t planning too much time out of the bucking chutes. He immediately packed up in Roggen, Colo., and headed north for the Brad Gjer mundson Xtreme Broncs match, the first major event on the 2026 Rank 45 Xtreme Broncs Tour with over $160,000 in added money in New Town, N.D. Patterson said competing in North Dakota will hopefully help him get off to a fast start in 2026, but he still plans for some down time before Las Vegas in December.

Weston Patterson will head to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with momentum after a win in saddle bronc in Roggen. (PRCA photo by Fernando Sam-Sin)

“We’ll go to New Town, N.D. to start off 2026,” Patter son said. “We’ll go there, then take some time off before the Finals.” As the sun set on the rolling sand dunes of Roggen, Hudson Bolton climbed on his final bull of the 2025 regu lar season. Comfortably in the top 10 at No. 6 in the bull riding world standings, Bolton rode Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Ringling Road for a 92-point trip. He was the only qual

ified rider in the finals, as Luke “Colorado Kid” Mackey and Elijah Mora, a walk-up who made the finals after turnouts and doc tor releases, were both bucked off. “This is one of my favorite rodeos, it’s the first one they’ve ever had,” Bolton said. “I didn’t know much about that bull, but they told me Stetson (Wright) has been 92 on him, so I figured it was going to turn out pretty good. I ride better when I don’t know too much about them.” The payday won’t improve Bolton’s place in the standings, but the 19-year-old Resis tol Rookie bull rider, who began to make a move in the standings in July when he won nearly $20,000 at the Gerry Volun teer Firemen’s Rodeo in New York and Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J., shored up his spot atop the rookie bull riding standings. “There’s a good group of rookies this year,” Bolton said. “It’s not over until it’s over in Vegas. I’m just excited to get ready.” The final standings will undergo an audit beginning Oct. 2, with final results expected by the middle of October.

Bull rider Hudson Bolton continued his stellar Resistol Rookie campaign with a win at the Duel at the Dunes. (PRCA File Photo)

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