ProRodeo Sports News - Nov. 1, 2019

INSIDE 8 hot takes 10 cowboy grille 12 brain teasers 14 he said, she said 22 short round 52 results 64 prca notes

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44 Duncan, Okla. Prairie Circuit Finals 46 Loveland, Colo. Mountain States Circuit Finals 20 2019 prca world 58 2019 circuit STANDINGS

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Saddle bronc rider Isaac Diaz competed at the NILE Pro Rodeo in Billings, Mont., Oct. 17. Gateway to The American The NILE Pro Rodeo was one of a couple rodeos that were qualifiers to The American. Read about those and the Cinch Roping Fiesta in San An- gelo, Texas, in the Rodeo Roundup. 48 Earning a spot in Kissimmee The RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in Duncan, Okla., paid out nearly $200,000 and helped circuit cowboys lock up spots for next year’s RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo. 44

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Charles Weir steer roping at Cheyenne Frontier Days 1914. The 2019 Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping will be Nov. 22-23 at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan. Photo by M.B. Marcell, Library of Congress

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