ProRodeo Sports News - July 23, 2021

SHORT ROUND Wrangler NFR payout increases to 13.3 million in 2021 More Money

T he ProRodeo Cowboys Association®’s 2021 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® will see an increase in the payout at the world’s largest rodeo in December. The Wrangler NFR, which returns to Las Vegas Dec. 2-11, will have a record-setting competition payout of $10,257,048. This amount includes guaranteed prize money of $1.2 million for all NFR qualifiers and $9,057,048 in competition prize money. Between 2015 and 2020, the NFR paid out a total of $10 million – $8.8 million in competition prize money and $1.2 million in guaranteed prize money to qualifiers. The increase will see round winners take

home $26,997 per round and average winners earn $69,234. Each go-round will pay a total of $87,087, while the average total will pay $261,261 per event. The stock contractor pay – which is 30% of the contestant payout – is increased to $3,077,114. After taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, in 2020, the Wrangler NFR will be back at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas this year.

Known as the richest and most prestigious rodeo in the world, the Wrangler NFR attracts the top 15 contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding to compete for a share of the increased purse and the coveted PRCA Gold Buckle.

Jr. Rodeo champs crowned in historic Fort Worth Eleven Jr. World Champions

Steer wrestling made for quite the show, with the last two runs being 3.74 seconds. Hawaiian Trisyn Kalawaia and Rhett Witt split the title. “I have never seen that happen

were crowned at the conclusion of Jr. NFR July 3 at the historic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas. The championship performance

ended with bull riding, where every contestant fell to the dirt before hearing the eight-second buzzer except John Crimber. Crimber’s 90.5 point ride skyrocketed him to a $10,000 check before a raucous crowd. Bradlee Miller and Gavin French split the bareback riding title with a pair of 79-point rides. In saddle bronc riding, Garrett Cunningham netted the top spot with an 80-point ride. Cunningham was the last spot making it into the finals, and then claimed the world title. The most dominant athlete of the competition was barrel racer Devin Young, atop her horse Tequila. Young and Tequila won every round, taking home more than $14,000. In the finals, a 13.57-second run took the prize.

before,” Witt said to Kalawaia upon tying for the win. Josie Conner became the Jr. NFR queen of breakaway roping, after a 1.89-second run to qualify for the finals and a 2.11 Saturday. Taking home the title, Conner said the winnings will end up going into more rodeos in the future. Tie-down hot hand Riley Webb proved worthy of his exemption spot, taking the top prize on two runs. He, along with other champions of age, received their PRCA permit certificates, meaning Webb will begin competing with ProRodeo contestants next month, upon his 18th birthday. Team ropers Chase Webster and Zachery Lewis, who started the day as the fourth seed, connected well and took the title in 4.7 seconds.

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