ProRodeo Sports News, June 29, 2018

R OUND THE SHORT BY THE NUMBERS

The number of saddle bronc riders who share the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede record with 87-point rides. The list consists of Billy Etbauer (1996), Jesse Bail (2002), Mo Forbes (2002), Dan Mortensen (2004), Rod Warren (2005), Cody Wright (2008), Jeff Willert (2010), Chad Ferley (2013) and Rusty Wright (2017). 2011. Brazile earned $28,089 in tie-down roping during that time and another $11,904 with partner Patrick Smith in team roping. The amount of money ($146,608) team roping header Clay Tryan won during the 2010 regular season, which is the event record. Clay Smith was leading the June 25 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $59,870. The 2018 PRCA regular season ends Sept. 30. The record for earn- ings during Cowboy Christmas set by Trevor Brazile in

Saddle bronc rider Heith DeMoss, a nine-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, will be sidelined until at least December after having left shoulder surgery June 26. DeMoss, who qualified for the Wrangler NFR in 2007, 2009-11 and 2013-17, was injured right before the whistle on Flying U Rodeo’s Red Smoke, June 20, at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo. He didn’t register a score on the ride. NFR regular out of action Heith DeMoss sidelined with shoulder injury

DeMoss did have a 74-point ride on Big Bend Rodeo’s Owyhee Break at Reno one night later, but following that ride he realized his injury was something that needed to be repaired. “This is unbelievably frustrating,” DeMoss said. He dislocated his left (free) arm, tearing the labrum and breaking a piece of bone where his bicep ties into. During the surgery, a screw was inserted into the bone and the labrum was repaired. DeMoss had his surgery done by Dr. R. Pepper Murray at Mountain West Surgical Center in Bountiful, Utah. DeMoss won the three previous Reno Rodeos – 2015-17. DeMoss was 25th in the June 25 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $20,898. “Now, I’m strictly following the doctor’s orders,”

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said DeMoss, 33. “I’m in a sling for four weeks and then I will attack the physical therapy. I’m going to do all I can to be ready to go for sure by January.” DeMoss, who resides in Heflin, La.,

finished a career-best fourth in the 2014 world standings. He has earned more than $1.2 million in his career.

Vote on best rodeo in the country in USA Today survey USA Today is taking votes from a pool of 20 nominated rodeos to determine which rodeo is the best in North America. Rodeo fans can vote for their favorite rodeo once per day through noon (ET), July 23, at www.10best.com/awards/ travel/best-rodeo/. The pool of nominated rodeos includes the following PRCA-sanctioned events: Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup, Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo, Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (Las Vegas), National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver), Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.), Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede, World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up.

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NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS HELD SO FAR IN 2018

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