ProRodeo Sports News - Feb. 17, 2023

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Kaycee Feild is the best bareback rider in PRCA history with six world championships to his name. Saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston is in the conversation as one of the best to do it in his event with three world championships, including in 2022. Bareback rider Rocker Steiner is a rising star in the PRCA. Matt Merritt has proven himself to be a standout clown/barrelman in the PRCA. In the arena, Feild, Thurston, Steiner, and Merritt has shown their talents. So, the ProRodeo Sports News asked each of them to step out of their respective comfort zones and try something different – like be an artist. In the video at left, the quartet of cowboys put their drawing skills – or lack of – on display recently at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. Enjoy. Cowboy Artists? You be the judge

BY THE NUMBERS 96 The score in points for the ride made by bull rider Cody Hancock aboard Diamond G Rodeo’s Mr. Skoal’s USA in Round 10 of the 2001 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That still is the NFR bull riding record score. 107.9 The time in seconds clocked by ProRodeo Hall of Famer Roy Cooper to win the tie down roping average at the 1979 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City. That was the NFR record at the time. 2005 The year the NFR payout surpassed $5 million for the first time. Wrangler NFR rookie Ryan Jarrett, 21, became the third youngest competitor to win the PRCA All-Around World Championship. $19K The combined amount of money ($19,583) in saddle bronc riding and bull riding, including ground money, Stetson Wright has won so far through competing in his brackets at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. The rodeo concludes Feb. 25.

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Cervi NFR bareback horse passes away Former standout Cervi Championship

“I had that horse in San Antonio this year,” Mote said moments after his ride. “I didn’t get along with him as good then. I just didn’t bring it and didn’t make as good a ride as I could have. I had a little better game plan today. I just tried to stay as aggressive as I could and fortunately, they rewarded me for it.” At the 2004 NFR in Round 1, Larry Sandvick split second with an 86-point ride on Hostage. In 2005 at the NFR, Wes Stevenson won Round 1 with an 87.5-point ride on Hostage. F42 Hostage has had 17 foals. Many of which have made NFR appearances, including P16 Hell’s Fire Hostage and W30 Guardian Angel. “Hostage is one of those horses that if you had a trailer load of them, you would never have to stress being in the rodeo business,” Cervi said.

Rodeo’s bareback horse F42 Hostage, a multi-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier, passed away Feb. 4 at the Cervi’s ranch in Stoneham, Colo. “She wasn’t necessarily the best horse, but she was the most consistent,” Binion Cervi said. “She was one that cowboys could win money on every time. Cowboys knew when they drew her, they may win first and if not they will place. She was so easy to ride.” F42 Hostage was born in 1997 on Cervi’s ranch in Stoneham and retired from rodeo in 2016. She was a multiple-time competitor at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Bobby Mote won Round 4 of the 2007 NFR with 85.5-point ride on the way to winning the world championship that year.

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