ProRodeo Sports News -March 5, 2021

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$7.8K The combined money ($7,813) bareback rider

Richmond Champion earned with wins in Jackson, Miss., and Kissimmee, Fla., and a third-place finish in Perry, Ga., the third week of February. $686K The payout ($686,000) for the San Antonio Stock Feb. 27. The payout helped 50 cowboys move into the Top 15 in the PRCA | RAM World Standings. $25K The rodeo-best amount of money ($25,800) Stetson Wright earned at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Wright won the bull riding title and placed fourth in saddle bronc riding. Wright is the reigning two-time PRCA all-around world champion and the 2020 bull riding champ. Show & Rodeo, which concluded

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Bareback rider Leighton Berry won the 2019 Reno (Nev.) Rodeo with 252 points on three head.

Reno Rodeo organizers plan for 2021 event after pandemic Organizers of the Reno Rodeo plan to have the event return this summer, and tickets went on sale Feb. 22. The Reno Rodeo was canceled last year due to the pandemic. The Reno Rodeo is set to return June 17–26, pending COVID-19 restrictions. Fans will have two options for purchasing tickets: Online at mynevadatickets.com, ticket service and handling fees apply, or in person at the Lawlor Events Center ticket office Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PT), no handling charge or service fee. Masks, social distancing and capacity limitations will be required in accordance with local mandates.

2021 College National Finals Rodeo full steam ahead Casper, Wyo., Mayor Steve Freel said during the

would, and (we’ll) have a good event like we did, it seems like forever ago,” he said. The CNFR has been in Casper since 1999. The 2019 CNFR saw 25,679 tickets sold, the second- highest number of sales since the rodeo has been in Casper. The rodeo event attracts talent from around the world and represents a significant economic boon to the Natrona County and Casper areas. An economic impact study of the 2018 CNFR found the rodeo generated $1.87 million in total “direct economic impact” for the Casper area.

March 2 city council meeting that the College National Finals Rodeo is moving forward as planned for 2021. “We are full steam ahead,” Freel said in a March 2 article in the Oil City News . The CNFR is scheduled for June 13-19. Freel said the only hiccup is that a few colleges are “dealing with COVID issues of getting students here.” The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 CNFR, but Freel said the show will go on this year. “Looks like it is going to go off like it normally

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