ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 20, 2019

YEAR IN REVIEW JULY 2019

PRCA | RAM WORLD STANDINGS LEADERS AS OF JULY 22, 2019 Bareback riding Kaycee Feild, $143,646 Steer wrestling Ty Erickson, $119,205 Team roping heading Clay Smith, $108,696 Team roping heeling Kyle Lockett, $93,033 Saddle bronc riding Ryder Wright, $177,473 Tie-down roping Caleb Smidt, $110,861 Steer roping Trevor Brazile, $48,056 Bull riding Sage Kimzey, $147,012

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Just 19 years old at the time, bull rider and saddle bronc rider Stetson Wright is earner over the 10 days of Cowboy Christmas, hauling in a whopping $35,757 Bob Click photo the top money

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Team ropers Tanner Baldwin and Nano Garza combine to win

the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo., to take home $10,920 each.

Dr. J. Pat Evans , one of the founders of Justin Sportsmedicine

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and a ProRodeo Hall of Famer, passes away at 88. Evans, along with Don Andrews, was a driving force in initiating the Justin Sportsmedicine Program at the 1980 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City. Zeke Thurston posts a 94-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s Special Delivery at the Hard Grass Bronc Match in Pollockville, Alberta, becoming only the fifth saddle bronc rider in ProRodeo history to register a ride of 94 points or more. 27

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The date marks 30 years since the passing of legendary

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bull rider Lane Frost . Frost won the 1987 PRCA world title but died as a result of injuries suffered at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days in 1989.

Saddle bronc rider Brody Cress , a Wyoming native, wins Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days for the third consecutive year. Jackie Jensen photo

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