ProRodeo Sports News - January 19, 2024

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Casey Martin photo Bareback rider Tim Kent had a 78-point ride aboard Painted Pony Championship Rodeo’s Lovely Lexi to win round two of the RAM First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo. Kent won the average with 223 points on three head. First Frontier winners crowned Contestants vied for top honors and paychecks at the RAM First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo, which had a purse of $200,000-plus Jan. 11-13, in Harrisburg, Pa. Bull riding champion Nathan Bayous walked away after pocketing a rodeo-best $16,983. 32

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Legend Passes Grated Coconut was a Six-Time PRCA Horse of Year

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ProRodeo Hall of Fame bareback horse Grated Coconut, shown at the Calgary Stampede ranch in 2020, passed away at age 27. Billie-Jean Duff photo

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