ProRodeo Sports News - April 6, 2018

R OUND THE SHORT BY THE NUMBERS

The number of venues that have hosted the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. The venues are: Pocatello, Idaho (1987-2010); Oklahoma City, Okla., Jim Norick Arena (2011-13); Guthrie, Okla., Lazy E Arena (2014); Kissimmee, Fla., Silver Spurs Arena (2015-present). The number of RNCFR team victories earned by Texas (1994-96, 1998, 2000-01, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015-16). The Prairie Circuit is the defending team champion at the RNCFR. The Prairie Circuit team earned $117,073 a year ago to defeat the Wilderness Circuit ($112,010) and Texas ($106,449). The Prairie Circuit has captured four RNCFR team titles, the others coming in 2002, 2013- 14. The amount bull rider Sage Kimzey earned during his four career Wrangler National Finals Rodeo appearances – 2014-17 – which led The 2018 RNCFR began April 5 and concludes April 8.

Bad Break for Bull Rider

Jarboe out indefinitely with back injury Bull rider Roscoe Jarboe, who qualified for the last two Wrangler National Finals Rodeos, is sidelined indefinitely with a back injury. Jarboe suffered the injury following his 87-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s F1 in the first round at Rodeo Austin (Texas), March 21. Moments after Jarboe made the whistle, he came off the bull and was on the ground on his hands and knees when the bull came back around and stepped on Jarboe’s back with its back feet. “What I know is I broke my L3 vertebra and I had a CT scan (April 2 in Meridian, Idaho),” said Jarboe, who didn’t experience any paralysis. “I’m going to see if doctors

recommend surgery or if it can heal on its own. I think I’m also going to send a CD down to Dr. Tandy Freeman and see what his guys think after I get word with what my doctors (in Idaho) think. I had a good get-off after my ride, the bull just stepped on me and squished me. At first, I thought I broke some ribs because it was a sharp pain up high. Once the adrenaline started wearing off it eventually came lower, it felt like it was in my hip. When I had X-rays, it was determined I broke that part of my back.” Jarboe was 12th in the April 2 PRCA World Standings with $27,767. Jarboe, 21, is back at home in New Plymouth, Idaho, and was scheduled to go to the doctor April 4 for a follow-up visit. Jarboe tied for fifth with Boudreaux Campbell in the first round in Austin and earned $2,566, but had to opt out of the semifinals because of the injury. “When I was younger, coming out of my freshman year in high school, I had a slight fracture of my L4 (vertebra), but nothing this serious,” Jarboe said. “This was a freak accident. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Jarboe was the 2016 PRCA Resistol Bull Riding Rookie of the Year and placed ninth in the world standings with $149,765. He won Round 2 at that year’s NFR with an 88.5-point ride on Wayne Vold Rodeo’s Cooper’s Comet. Last year, Jarboe also finished ninth in the world standings with $156,855 after placing in three rounds at the NFR, highlighted by his second-place effort in Round 1 with an 87-point ride on Honeycutt Rodeo’s Braggin Rights.

Tie-down roper Hughes sidelined with broken arm Westyn Hughes’ primary PRCA event is tie-down roping. However, the Caldwell, Texas, cowboy wanted to compete in two events and wanted to try his hand as a bareback rider. After receiving some coaching from Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bareback riders Jake Brown and Bill Tutor, Hughes ran into some trouble on his second practice ride March 28 at Hill College in Hillsboro, Texas.

“I was riding the horse really good and I covered him, and after I got done riding him I went down to double grab and somehow the horse just jerked me forward and I just got whipped down,” Hughes said. “We went two full laps around the arena, and she was drag- ging me. My buddy tried to get my hand out of the riggin’ and he didn’t have any luck. She mashed me up against the fence for about 20 yards. Then she just stomped me out of the rigging, and I believe that’s when my arm broke. I fractured both bones in my right, roping arm from my wrist to my elbow. I’m in a full cast right now.” Hughes is 16th in the April 2 tie-down roping PRCA World Standings with $16,758. He was the 2016 PRCA Resistol Tie-Down Roping Rookie of the Year and finished 25th in the world standings with $49,804. A year ago, Hughes was 20th in the world standings with $70,016. Hughes said he will be out of action from tie-down roping for up to two months and possibly three months before he can do anymore bareback riding. “I plan on getting back on as soon as they will let me,” said Hughes, 20. “I was fortunate, this wreck could have been a lot worse.”

to him winning four consecutive world championships.

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