ProRodeo Sports News - June 25, 2021

PRORODEO TOUR

Photo courtesy Calgary Stampede/Covy Moore Saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston, a two-time PRCA world champion, is 11th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings and will be a factor in ProRodeo Tour events like the Calgary Stampede.

Kimzey, who won six consecutive PRCA world titles from 2014-19, understands the importance of the Tour. He finished fifth in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings last year and is leading the standings now with $104,202. He’s second in the ProRodeo Tour standings behind Stetson Wright, the reigning bull riding and all-around world champion. “The ProRodeo Tour is huge,” said Kimzey, 26. “The Tour rodeos are the rodeos I want to win. They are the majors of ProRodeo, and it’s one of those deals if a guy doesn’t do well at Tour rodeos, their season is pretty Lucrative opportunities at ProRodeo Tour, Tour Finale Money Makers

BY TRACY RENCK T he ProRodeo Tour is a lucrative venture for ProRodeo cowboys. And cowboys like six-time PRCAWorld Champion Bull Rider Sage Kimzey and 2016 Tie-down Roping World Champion Tyson Durfey are well aware of that. The combined amount of money to be paid out over the weekend of June 26-27 at Tour stops in Reno, Nev., Springdale, Ark., and Pecos, Texas, is expected to exceed $1 million, with the combined committee purses alone hitting $700,000. Cowboy Christmas follows on the heels of the big weekend. Over Cowboy Christmas ( June 28-July 5), cowboys will make their way through six more Tour stops – the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the World’s Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz., the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo and the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo in Oakley City, Utah. By the time the ProRodeo Tour Finale concludes in Salinas, Calif., Sept. 26, the Tour will have paid out approximately $11 million. Some of the biggest ProRodeo Tour stops on the schedule ahead include the Calgary Stampede ( July 9-18), Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days ( July 24-Aug. 1) and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up (Sept. 15-18). The ProRodeo Tour Finale is slated to take place at California Rodeo Salinas, Sept. 23-26, the final weekend of the regular season.

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