ProRodeo Sports News | 2020 Year-End Edition | Dec.18, 2020

TOP STOCK BAREBACK HORSES 1. Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Nutrena’s Killer Bee 2. C5 Rodeo’s Virgil 3. Frontier Rodeo’s Showstopper SADDLE BRONC HORSES 1. Northcott Macza Pro Rodeo’s Get Smart 2. (Tie) United Pro Rodeo’s Awesome Sauce Hi Lo Pro Rodeo’s Toma Joe BULLS 1. Universal Pro Rodeo’s Pookie Holler

Northcott Macza Pro Rodeo’s OLS Tubs Get Smart bucked off both his riders at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The horse won top saddle bronc horse of the NFR for the second time in three years. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Roseanna Sales

2. Big Rafter Rodeo’s Cliff Hanger 3. Andrews Rodeo’s Last Resort QUALIFYING STATUS

To be eligible for the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo top stock award, all bareback horses, saddle bronc horses and bulls had to perform twice during the Finals, Dec. 3-12. The top three animals in each event were determined on total animal judges’ scores on two outs.

a herd, you would think he would be the last one you would pick that would buck, but he’s just got all heart. He tries his guts out every time. The last five years, he has been at the top of his game all the time. He has never had a bad day. He likes his job.” At Globe Life Field, Get Smart bucked off StetsonWright in Round 3 and Lefty Holman in Round 8. Pookie Holler, 5 years old and 1,700 pounds, was competing at the Wrangler NFR for the first time. The bull bucked off Ky Hamilton in Round 3 and six-time world

champion Sage Kimzey in Round 8. “He’s a bull that likes his job, and he keeps getting better and better every time he bucks,” said Terry Williams of Universal Pro Rodeo. “It was so cool to see him buck that well on the NFR stage.” Williams is partners at Universal Pro Rodeo with Dustin Delmas, Mark Johnson and Landon Holladay. “Pookie Holler just excels at his job,” Williams said. “Back there in the pens, he’s docile, and when he jumps up there (in the chute), he knows it’s showtime and he’s ready to play.”

Universal Pro Rodeo’s Pookie Holler made quite the NFR debut in 2020, bucking off two cowboys and winning top bull of the NFR. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Alaina Stangle

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