PSN_Dec3 2028

TIE-DOWN ROPING

GOING FOR 3: RILEY WEBB MAKING PUSH FOR THIRD STRAIGHT GOLD BUCKLE By Zach Alvira

R iley Webb has lived up to the expectations of a two-time defending PRCA Tie-Down Roping World Champion in 2025. The 22-year-old Denton, Texas, cowboy took home victories at several PRCA top 60 rodeos, including RodeoHouston, Reno, St. Paul (Ore.), the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo and the Puyallup (Wash.) Rodeo. He surpassed the $1 million mark for career earnings after ending the season with $305,132, also securing the No. 1 spot in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings heading into Las Vegas. “It’s a special honor,” Webb said. “It means things went my way this season and I had a good year. It’s nice to go in for the second time as the season leader but I’m excited to get home and get ready for Vegas.” Since his Resistol Rookie season in 2022, Webb has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo every year. In 2024, along with winning his second gold buckle and the NFR average title, he banked more than $475,000 in season earnings. He has a chance to break that mark at this year’s NFR and win a third gold buckle in a row, Should he do it, he would become just the fourth cowboy in tie-down

history to win at least three world titles in a row and the first since ProRodeo Hall of Famer Roy Cooper won five in a row from 1980-84. Webb heads to the NFR as No. 1 for the second straight year with a more than $50,000 lead over the second-ranked tie-down roper in the world, Shad May field. Holding off Mayfield and other top ropers such as Riley Pruitt (No. 3) and Kincade Henry (No. 4), who is coming off a win at the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, S.D., to end the season, won’t be an easy feat. Each round of the NFR has a total payout of $36,668 to the winner. That means one or two bad runs could have Webb tumbling out of first place in the standings. But he’s proven he can answer any challenge that comes his way. And especially in the Thomas & Mack Center, where Webb has had plenty of success, he’s con fident in his ability to once again defend his title. “We’ll get a couple days off when we get home to let the horses reset,” Webb said. “Get home, get sharp, try to work out and get everything dialed in. I’ll try to treat it like another rodeo but it’s the biggest one of the year. We’ll be as prepared as we can.”

PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn

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