ProRodeo Sports News - June 9, 2023

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BY THE NUMBERS 103

The combined number of career rounds won at the National Finals Rodeo by ProRodeo Hall of Famers, tie-down roper Cody Ohl (52) and saddle bronc rider Billy Etbauer (51). 1959 On Sept. 29, 1959, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was presented with a solid gold ticket to the inaugural 1959 National Finals Rodeo in Dallas by NFR General Manager John VanCronkhite, Jim Shoulders, and then PRCA President Harley May. 1981 That year was the first time the team roping title was shared by partners: header Doyle Gellerman and healer Walt Woodard. Gellerman will be inducted into the ProRodeo

ProRodeo Hall of Fame welcomes special guests

The ProRodeo Hall of Fame welcomed

to home in Fort Collins, Colo., and Casper, Wyo. The Cervi Ranch is in Stoneham, Colo., near Sterling. Both have been part of the RodeoHouston born to buck presentation. Both foals are out of a Calgary Stampede stud A-13 Ajax. Both foals are stallions. The horses will be at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame through mid-September.

some special guests on May 30.

Stock contractor Binion Cervi brought A43 Comeback Nelly, a Sorrel Mare, and A4 Hula Hula – a Black Mare to spend time at the Hall of Fame for visitors to see. Both are 5 years old and accompanied by their foals. Both have started the first stages of their bucking careers with short trips to rodeos close

Bareback rider Shadbolt out with injury Bareback rider Garrett Shadbolt, who qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2021 and 2022, will be sidelined for an extended period of time after breaking the fibula bone in his right ankle over the weekend. “We were planning on tubing on the Niobrara River,” said Shadbolt, 26. “It is a pretty be six to eight weeks to heal up. It definitely wasn’t a good time to have this happen.” Shadbolt was 13th in the June 5 PRCA | RAM World Standings with $40,633. Bull rider Radley sidelined with leg injury Bull rider Koby Radley can’t escape the uneven bottom and I hopped in and landed right on a rock. I got surgery on June 2, my hope is to be back the second week of July. It will probably

Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 15. 2006 The year tie-down roper

Tyson Durfey became the first American to win a Canadian Professional Rodeo Association title. Durfey made his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut in 2007 and was the 2016 PRCA Tie-Down Roping World Champion in Las Vegas.

Hoy Kiwanis Rodeo in Clarksville, Tenn., and fractured the femur in his left leg. “It was just a freak deal,” said Radley, 24. “He bucked me off and my left leg landed behind me, and my right leg went in front of me. Radley, 17th in the June 5 PRCA | RAM World Standings, is sidelined indefinitely.

injury bug.Radley, who made Wrangler National Finals Rodeo appearances in 2018 and 2019, has been sabotaged by injuries ever since. The Holden, La., cowboy’s latest injury happened on May 18, when he was bucked off Universal Pro Rodeos’ Nightmare, at the Bill

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