ProRodeo Sports News - Nov. 1, 2019

Doubling Up

“As for the money, I’m going to use it to help pay for college. I’m glad my family was here to watch, and I have to give a shoutout to my travel partner, saddle bronc rider Ian McGivney for

Bull rider Garrett Uptain won the RAM Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo for the second straight year in the all- around and bull riding, Oct. 26. Uptain has good plans for how he’s going to spend the $8,498 he won in bull riding and saddle bronc riding and knew who to direct his thanks to.

pulling my bull rope.” – GARRETT UPTAIN

Xtreme Victory Saddle bronc rider Jake Finlay earned $12,696 by winning the

Brad Gjermundson Extreme Broncs in New Town, N.D., Oct. 19. The Australian native won Round 2 at the competition with an 87.5-point ride on Burch Rodeo’s Frontier Justice and placed third in the final round with 85.5 points to win the average with 252 points on three head. No surprise, but that kind of win has Finlay among the early leaders in the PRCA | RAM World Standings. As of Oct. 29, Finlay was second in the standings with $13,113.

HOT TAKES

Never Too Soon The 2020 season is only a month old, but 24-time world champion Trevor Brazile is back at it in the steer roping. Brazile, who will enter the 2019 Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping in first place in the world standings, is in first place again in the 2020 season. Brazile leads the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $15,385. Heading into the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Brazile announced he would no longer be rodeoing full time. He’s maintained a full schedule for steer roping, however, and it shows. Brazile picked up $4,832 of his earnings in the 2020 season at the Cinch Roping Fiesta in San Angelo, Texas, Oct. 26-27. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Clay Guardipee Trevor Brazile, seen here at the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping in Torrington, Wyo., in April, is off to a strong start in the 2020 season.

32 NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2020 SEASON AS OF OCT. 29

$2,343,931

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2020 SEASON

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