ProRodeo Sports News - May 10, 2024

SHORT ROUND

Four-time World Champion Patterson sidelined Champ’s Out

R ocky Patterson, a PRCA World after suffering an injury during the M.M. Fisher Jr. Memorial Steer Roping on March 10 in Andrews, Texas. The 58-year-old steer roper from Pratt, Kan., tore his ACL in his right knee in the fourth round when getting off his horse. Patterson underwent surgery to repair the injury on May 7 and will miss the remainder of the season. “I heard it pop and I knew it was gone,” Patterson said. “I knew it was serious before I hit the ground.” Patterson, currently 19th in the PRCA | Champion Steer Roper in 2009-10, 2012 and 2016, told the ProRodeo Sports News he will likely retire

RAM World Standings with $12,445, plans to continue riding but will likely retire from competitive rodeo after the seven-month recovery time. “I’ll still ride but this will probably be about the end of it, you know for me in (steer roping),” he said. “I’m getting pretty old and it’s hard to compete with those twenty-five to thirty-year-olds whenever you’re almost 60 anyway, before you have something like that happen.” Patterson is one of the best steer ropers in PRCA history, qualifying for the National Finals Steer Roping 28 times (1994

Crystal Amen photo Rocky Patterson, shown competing at one of his 28 National Finals Steer Roping trips, will miss the remainder of the 2024 ProRodeo season after tearing his ACL.

95, 1997-20221, 2023) – only ProRodeo Hall of Famer Guy Allen has more steer roping qualifications at 33. He also has won three NFSR average titles in (1999, 2001, and 2023) tied for third on the all-time list. Rocky Patterson is the father of Cole Patterson, who won PRCA Steer Roping World Championships in 2021 and 2023. Cole Patterson is presently atop the world standings.

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