ProRodeo Sports News - Dec. 20, 2019

Biglow tied for third place in the first two rounds with 85.5- and 88-point rides, respectively, to lead the average with 173.5 points on two head. He narrowly qualified for the finals when he tied for fourth in the semifinals with an 85-point ride. The final round presented a clean slate for Biglow and the other three bareback riders, and Biglow came out victorious with a 90.5-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s ZuluWarrior. Stormy weather postponed Saturday’s perf until Sunday morning and created a muddy arena for bulldoggers to slosh through at the ProRodeo Tour Finale. “I make a terrible mud angel,” Hunter Cure laughed after winning the final round with a 4.0-second run. “I’ve been second here twice, so it’s nice to get it.” Cure placed eighth in the first round with a 4.3-second run to rank sixth in the average Cure is top bulldogger

Meged put an exclamation point on the end of his first regular season by winning the Tour Finale. “The top guys are all here, and it’s dirty-tough,” the 21-year-old cowboy said. Before his $8,633 win in Puyallup, Meged was second in the world standings with $109,613 and about $22,000 shy of claiming the No. 1 spot. Winning Puyallup narrowed the gap to $12,021. The rookie roper clocked in at 8.3 seconds in Round 2 and returned to the muddy arena Sept. 8 with an 8.8-second time, followed by an 8.5-second run. Meged wasn’t the only cowboy to hit the Puyallup arena on his horse Beyoncé, as Tyson Durfey also rode her in the first round. “She’s done a lot for me this year,” Meged said. “She’s unbelievable and a once-in-a-lifetime horse.” Bull rider Jordan Hansen scores $18,203 A re-ride opportunity turned into an $18,203 payday in Puyallup for bull rider Jordan Hansen, pushing him from 14th to eighth in the world standings.

PUYALLUP WINNERS BAREBACK RIDING Clayton Biglow, Clements, Calif. STEER WRESTLING Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas TEAM ROPING Brenten Hall, Jay, Okla. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. SADDLE BRONC RIDING Stetson Wright, Milford, Utah TIE-DOWN ROPING Haven Meged, Miles City, Mont. BARREL RACING Ivy Conrado, Nowata, Okla. BULL RIDING Jordan Hansen, Ponoka, Alberta

“It’s just one of those things that’s part of rodeo,” Hansen said. “They said it was worth a re-ride and with this much money I couldn’t say no to that.” Hansen tied for third in the first two rounds to tie for first in the average with 171 points on two head. He went on to win the semifinals with a 90-point ride on Outlawbuckers Rodeo’s Wild Child as the only bull rider to make a qualified ride, which bumped his semifinals to a $10,000 check thanks to ground money. Hansen posted an 89-point ride in the final round. “It’s a great event with great guys and bulls, and I’m fortunate and couldn’t be happier,” Hansen said.

with 9.0 seconds on two head. From there, Cure had back-to-back wins with a 4.2-second run in the semifinals followed by a 4.0-second run in the finals. “You have to be consistent to get to the eight-man round and then to keep moving on,” Cure said. “You can’t replace sheer talent and that’s what tournaments like Puyallup bring – I just had more luck than the others.” Whether it was luck or skill, Cure’s win came aboard Charlie, the same horse he rode to world titles in 2013 and 2015. Hall and Tryan win team roping The newly formed team roping duo of Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan found perfect chemistry in Puyallup, winning the semifinals and finals. Hall ranked second in the 2018

PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings for team roping heading. In 2019, he roped alongside Tryan, a two-time qualifier for theWrangler NFR (2012, 2018). “He’s an old and wily vet who shows me around,” Hall joked. “He gives a good run, too.” The pair tied for seventh in the first two rounds with 6.2- and 5.8-second runs to rank fourth in the average with 12.0 seconds on two head. “It took a pretty fast run to make it in the first round,” Tryan said. “It’s always tough against the best in the world.” From then on, it was nothing but first-place times with a 4.3-second run in the semifinals and a 5.9-second run in the finals. Winning $9,279 in Puyallup moved Hall from 10th to ninth in the team roping heading world standings, while Tryan held on to his 11th-place position in the heeling standings. Rookie wins tie-down roping Rookie tie-down roper Haven

Winning both the semifinals and the final round helped Hunter Cure pocket $9,068 at the ProRodeo Tour Finale. Kent Soule photo

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