ProRodeo Sports News - August 10, 2018

Bareback rider Seth Hardwick had a 90-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gunfire to catapult him to the two-head average win with 174 points. Hardwick left Dodge City after earning $6,580. David Seymore photo

this year,” Hardwick said. “To say the least, I was excited to have him. He was real fun to ride. He bucks hard, and he bucked out of there. He had a couple of moves, and it felt really good. He’s Veteran bareback rider Seth Hardwick ties rodeo record Making Memories

BY TRACY RENCK T here was no time for hesitation for bareback rider Seth Hardwick. When he climbed aboard Frontier Rodeo’s Gunfire in the final round of the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour’s Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, Aug. 5, he knew he had to seize the moment. He did. The Ranchester, Wyo., cowboy had a 90-point ride on Gunfire to win the final round and the two-head average. “I had never been on that horse before, but I knew they had won on him

one of those horses you want every time you go to a rodeo.” Four-time World Champion Kaycee Feild won the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo, March 11, with a 90-point ride on Gunfire. With his 174-point total, Hardwick tied the two-head rodeo record, which was first set by Jason Jeter in 2004. In the first round, Hardwick’s 84-point ride on Harry Vold Rodeo Company’s Wrangler Valley placed him in a tie for second withWyatt Denny.

TOPS AT DODGE CITY — August 1-5

ALL-AROUND COWBOY Paul David Tierney $9,236

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Seth Hardwick ... 174 pts. on two head 2. Tim O’Connell ............................. 173.5 3. Steven Dent ................................ 169.5 4. Clayton Biglow ............................... 168

STEER WRESTLING 1. Bridger Anderson ... 12.3 sec. on three 2. (tie) Riley Duvall ........................... 13.6 Tyler Waguespack ......................... 13.6 4. Stockton Graves ........................... 13.9

TEAM ROPING 1. Dees/Cowden ... 16.8 sec. on three head 2. P. Tierney/T. Braden ...................... 17.6 3. K. Driggers/J. Nogueira ................ 18.2 4. C. Tryan/T. Graves ........................ 19.1

Tie-down roping and team roping

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