ProRodeo Sports News - March 23, 2018

ARCADIAALL-FLA CHAMPIONSHIP

90 Proof

Bareback rider Kaycee Feild left his mark at the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo’s first competition in its new facility by tying the rodeo’s record with a 90-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire. James Phifer photo

Kaycee Feild ties Arcadia record with 90-point ride

BY MATT NABER A n entry in the rodeo record book is how bareback rider Kaycee Feild left his mark at the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo’s first competition in its new facility.

and have your name in the history books, and that’s a big mark. Two million bucks is really cool actually, I’m excited about that.” Feild wasn’t alone in celebrating the Arcadia results. His friend and traveling partner, Tilden Hooper, placed second with an

Feild tied Jared Smith’s 2009 Arcadia record with a 90-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire, winning $4,547 and earning a place in the Arcadia history books. Feild is on the verge of making another mark in ProRodeo history. He is set to become the third bareback rider to surpass the $2 million mark in career earnings. Only 27 cowboys have surpassed that mark. Will Lowe and Bobby Mote are the only bareback riders on the list. “I’ve set my goals high and want to be the best bareback rider,” Feild said. “But, you don’t think about the money, you just want to break records

86-point ride.

“His ride was OK, I thought he got loaded and he should have been closer to 82, but he was 90,” Hooper jokingly said with Feild laughing nearby. “He had a good ride. I’ve been on that horse before and I knew he was going to have a high score. Anytime a guy of Kaycee’s caliber gets on a horse that jumps high in the air and gives that much time

TOPS AT ARCADIA — March 8-11

ALL-AROUND COWBOY Wesley Brunson $1,899

BAREBACK RIDING 1. Kaycee Feild .............................. 90 pts. 2. Tilden Hooper .................................. 86 3. Jessy Davis ..................................... 85 4. Bill Tutor ....................................... 81.5

STEER WRESTLING 1. Will Lummus .......................... 4.9 sec. 2. Cody Miller ..................................... 5.2 3. Trey Austin III ................................. 5.3 4. Justin Raburn ................................. 7.2

TEAM ROPING 1. J. Torres/J. Torres .................. 5.0 sec. 2. (tie) A. Rogers/K. Lawrence ............ 5.1 T. Dorman/B. Massey ..................... 5.1 4. Two tied at ...................................... 5.3

Tie-down roping and team roping

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