ProRodeo Sports News - July 23, 2021

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Julie Sutton passes way at 85 Julie Sutton, wife of stock contractor Jim Sutton Jr., passed away July 21 after battling cancer. She was 85. Jim was inducted in the ProRodeo

BY THE NUMBERS 16 The number of 90-point rides or better in the bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding events at the Calgary Stampede, which concluded July 18. There were 11 90-point rides in bareback; four in saddle bronc and one Mauney has been on a heater the last month highlighted by earning $49,226 with three victories. He earned $20,920 for winning the Reno Rodeo June 26, added another $17,105 by winning the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 17 and another $11,201 in Spanish Fork. $13.3M The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo® payout is climbing to a record $13.3 million in 2021, with competition payout exceeding $10.2 million. in bull riding. $49K Bull rider J.B.

on the home ranch in Sully County, S.D. Jim and Julie took the company to the next level with a focus on production and innovation. Sutton Rodeo has had its stock selected to perform at every National Finals Rodeo since 1959 but two. A Celebration of Life Service for Julie will be held at 6 p.m. (CDT), July 26 at the Sully Buttes Gymnasium in Onida, S.D.

Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 17. But Julie was unable to attend the ceremony. “She desperately wanted to get through this weekend,” said Kim Sutton, Jim, and Julie’s daughter-in-law prior to the induction ceremony. “She was

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so close. She’s weak. We were pretty sad, and Jim didn’t want to come, and she told him, ‘You are going. This is the honor of a lifetime.” Jim and Julie were the recipients of the 2017 PRCA Donita Barnes Contract Personnel Lifetime Achievement Award. They were married for 68 years. The history of the Suttons’ being involved in the rodeo business traces back to 1926 when Edwin Sutton, Jim’s grandfather, began producing rodeos

Burial will be held at the Onida Cemetery with dinner and fellowship to follow back at the gymnasium. For those who have inquired, a memorial scholarship fund is being developed. Cards or memorial donations can be sent to: Sutton Rodeo, P.O. Box 402, Onida, S.D., 57564. Surrounding florists include Pink Petal, 605.224.1775 and Capitol City Florist, 605.224.4886.

Bareback rider Logan Corbett retires Bareback rider Logan Corbett is calling it a career. The two-time RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo qualifier has had his priorities change recently. “I’ve been thinking about this for a while and it is time,” said Corbett, who qualified for the RAM NCFR in 2012 and 2021. “When the pain of missing my wife and kids his PRCA card in 2016. He’s 48th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $7,041. Corbett works for Doug Champion at Champion Living Fitness. Champion, the brother of six-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bareback rider Richmond Champion, specializes in rodeo athletes’ fitness. Corbett is an assistant coach for Doug Champion, who recently moved his Living Fitness headquarters to Greeley, Colo. Corbett lives in West Frankfort, Ill., where his wife, Lacey, is from. outweighs the enjoyment I get from riding bucking horses it’s time to move on and start a new chapter,” he said.” Corbett bought his PRCA permit in 2010 and

Rodeo Clown Reunion set for Aug. 6-8 at Hall

The 23rd Rodeo Clown Reunion, which is held every other year, will take place Aug. 6 at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Aug. 7-8 at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo in Castle Rock, Colo. There are 46 retired clowns, barrelmen and bullfighters registered to attend. On Aug. 6, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (MDT), there will be vintage rodeo clown acts performed throughout the day. There also will be a Q&A sessions; trick roping; magic acts; clown face painting, ‘Dress up like a rodeo clown’ for kids; photos with clowns and

autograph sessions.

On Aug. 7 at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo, Rodeo clowns will be at the mutton busting (11 a.m. to noon); tractor pool (noon); pie-eating contest (noon); autographs (5:45-6:45 p.m.); clowns honored at rodeo (7 p.m.); introduced in wagon performance (8:15 p.m.). On Aug. 8 at the rodeo, clowns will appear at the stick horse rodeo (9-10 a.m.); mutton busting (10-11 a.m.); pie-eating contest (10 a.m.); autograph session (11 a.m.) and clowns honored at rodeo performance (1 p.m.).

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