ProRodeo Sports News February 16, 2024

FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW & RODEO

James Phifer photo Saddle bronc rider Damian Brennan, fresh off his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut in December, won Fort Worth for the first time with a 91.5-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s All or Nothin’ in the finals. Brennan takes saddle bronc win

After making plenty of memories at his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut in December in Las Vegas, saddle bronc rider Damian Brennan added another big career highlight, Feb. 3. The Injune, Queensland, Australia, cowboy captured his first career Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo victory. Brennan claimed top honors at the storied Playoff Series Rodeo with his 91.5-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s All or Nothin’ at Dickies Arena. “That’s a great horse,” said Brennan, 24. “You really need to get a great start on that horse because he really brings it when he bucks. I just tried to stay ahead of him and lift on my reign and it all worked out.” Brennan’s last eight seconds of work allowed him to earn $20,000 and he left Dickies Arena with $26,500 in his bank account. All or Nothin’ finished third in the 2023 “Pendleton Whisky’s Let’er

Buck Bucking Stock of the Year Awards.” Brennan just edged out back to-back reigning PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Zeke Thurston, who had a 90-point ride in the finals on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ The Black Tie. “You will not see a pen of horses buck like that anywhere else in the world,” Brennan said. “It’s pretty special to be here and getting on and competing against all these top guys.” A year ago, Brennan finished fifth in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $296,495. He earned $166,751 at the NFR, thanks to placing in seven of the 10 rounds, and winning Round 4 outright with an 89-point ride on TNT Pro Rodeo’s Cancun Moon and splitting the win in Round 7 with an 87-point trip aboard Powder River Rodeo’s Bet the Ranch. “This win in Fort Worth is huge,” Brennan said. “If we can do well at these winter rodeos and set ourselves up for a good summer, it is a big help.”

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