ProRodeo Sports News - March 15, 2024

BY THE NUMBERS $6K The amount of money ($6,616) earned by Doug Pharr on his way to winning the M.M. Fisher Jr. Memorial Steer Roping in Andrews, Texas. $97K The amount of money ($97,870) earned so far by tie-down roper Shad Mayfield to sit atop the PRCA | RAM how good a season Mayfield is having, Tuf Cooper qualified for the 2023 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge in the No. 15 spot with $114,326. $100K The amount of money ($100,932) earned by saddle bronc rider Bud Munroe in 1986, which was a single-season event record. The saddle bronc single-season earnings record is $456,356 earned by world champion Zeke Thurston in 2023. World Standings. To put in context

Tickets on sale for third annual Resistol Rookie Roundup Saddle bronc rider Cort Scheer, a six-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, had an 84.5 ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Little Medicine at the 96th annual Arcadia All-Florida Championship, March 7. He finished second and earned $3,762. Good Medicine Jessica Burns photo

For the third year in a row, Resistol in partnership with The Cowboy Channel, will host the Resistol Rookie Roundup April 26-27 at 7:30 pm (CT) in the Fort Worth Stockyards Coliseum. Sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the top 15 PRCA rookies in each event, in their first year as card holders, will compete for $100,000. The Cowboy Channel will produce and broadcast the event. The first performance on April 26 will feature all 15 contestants in a single go-round competition. Then, the top eight will continue to the semifinals on April 27 with the top four advancing to the championship round in the same performance. In addition to competing for $100,000 in total prize money, each contestant will learn skills in becoming a professional rodeo athlete and be able to compete with their peer group. They will attend media training, Cowboy Channel interviews, sponsor training and PRCA discussions. Each will receive a gift bag of items from The Cowboy Channel that may be used to help them travel down the road during their rookie year The Cowboy Channel will also produce a series of roundtables with the participants in each event

hosted by “mentors” in the sport meaning past of the Resistol Rookie of the Year, PRCA World Champions, or National Finals Rodeo qualifiers. The mentoring and training are intended to prepare the first-year professionals for their career ahead The Resistol Rookie of the Year Award is one of the most coveted awards that can be earned by PRCA and WPRA members as they can only earn it once in their career. Money won during the Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol will count towards the Resistol Rookie Standings but will not be credited towards PRCA | RAM World Standings for NFR qualification Entries will be open to qualified PRCA rookies on April 1, and close on April 2 at 10 a.m. (MT), through the PRCA’s PROCOM entry system. Tickets are on sale at Cowtown Coliseum website, or through a link on the Cowboy Channel website. Additional information and updates will be made on Western Sports Roundup and/or on the nightly “live” rodeos on The Cowboy Channel and on PRCA and Cowboy Channel social media platforms Tickets are on sale at the Cowtown Coliseum or ticketsales.com/cowtown-coliseum-tickets.

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