ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 20, 2019

BAREBACK RIDING WORLD CHAMPION

Bareback rider Clayton Biglow, above, won Round 5 with a 92.5-point ride on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Scarlett Belle. It was one of five rounds won by the California cowboy as he went on to win his first world championship. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Steve Gray

A Big Haul

Biglow wins 5 rounds on way to world title

BY TRACY RENCK A dream became a reality for bareback rider Clayton Biglow at the 2019Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The Clements, Calif., cowboy captured his first career gold buckle with a performance for the ages at theThomas &Mack Center in Las Vegas. Biglow won five rounds at the Wrangler NFR, including winning Round 10 with a Wrangler NFR record-tying ride of 93 points on Northcott Macza’s Stevie Knicks.

It was all part of a victory binge for Biglow. He also won the average with 886.5 points on 10 head and earned $243,891 at the Wrangler NFR. That total was the most money earned of any contestant at the Wrangler NFR – not counting ground money – and earned him the RAMTop Gun Award. “This is crazy,” said Biglow, 23. “I have been dreaming of this for a long time, and I don’t know what to say. This is something you work for your entire life, and when it finally happens, you don’t realize it happened. It hasn’t hit me yet, but it will. It’s hard to put into words.” Biglow also set a bareback riding record for most money won in a

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