ProRodeo Sports News July 9, 2021

RENO RODEO RENO, NEV.

BY TRACY RENCK & TANNER BARTH

Cure wins fourth steer wrestling title

The Reno Rodeo has become a second home for Holliday, Texas, cowboy Hunter Cure. “I feel like if a man was ever to leave a legacy or have a rodeo define his career it’s probably Reno for me,” Cure said. “Maybe this will put my stamp in the books here.” Cure, the 2013 and 2015 PRCA World Champion Steer Wrestler, has had a tough season battling injuries, but he’s starting to find his groove. Heading into Reno, Cure was sitting 45th in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $8,279. Now, he’s inside the Top 15 with $28,045. “This (Reno win) has taken me from not even being able to get into the winter rodeos all the way to winning a gold buckle before,” said Cure, 37. “So, I’ll look to try and repeat what’s already been laid out ahead of me.” Cure secured the win at the ProRodeo Tour stop with a 4.3-second run in the short-go to edge out Tyler Pearson by two- tenths of a second for the title. Cure’s other Reno wins came in 2013, 2015 and 2018. “More than anything headed into the final round, I knew that steer was great in the earlier rounds,” Cure said. “Tyler Pearson had a run with him first, mine wasn’t as clean of a run as his by any means. He did a phenomenal job all week long, I just had a better steer tonight ( June 26) than he did.”

Steer wrestler Hunter

Cure used a 4.3-second run to win the average at the Reno Rodeo before a sellout crowd of 9,000 June 26. Cure won the coveted silver spurs for the fourth time.

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