ProRodeo Sports News - Nov. 1, 2024

SHORT ROUND 2025 Playoff Series presented by Pendleton Whisky Playoff Schedule

T he PRCA is proud to announce the 2025 Playoff Series presented by Pendleton Whisky rodeo schedule. The year-long schedule features the 60 highest paying rodeos in the sport. The Playoff Series will culminate with the Cinch Playoffs in Puyallup, Wash., followed up by the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Playoff Series accounted for more than $28 million in payouts in 2024 and is expected to increase yet again in 2025. Below, are the rodeos included in the 2025 Playoff Series:

Dodge City, Kan. Castle Rock, Colo. Logan, Utah Lovington, N.M. Hermiston, Ore. Caldwell, Idaho Gooding, Idaho Moses Lake, Wash. Canby, Ore. Bremerton, Wash. Kennewick, Wash. Tremonton, Utah Filer, Idaho Walla Walla, Wash. Ellensburg, Wash. Lewiston, Idaho Pendleton, Ore. Abilene, Texas Albuquerque, N.M. Mandan, N.D. (Roughrider Cup) CINCH PLAYOFFS Puyallup, Wash. Sioux Falls, S.D. Presented by:

Fort Worth, Texas Jackson, Miss. San Antonio, Texas Tucson, Ariz. Mercedes, Texas Houston, Texas Austin, Texas Logandale, Nev. San Angelo, Texas Red Bluff, Calif. Clovis, Calif. Guymon, Okla. Redding, Calif. Woodward, Okla.

Greeley, Colo. Mandan, N.D. Cody, Wyo.

Livingston, Mont. Basin City, Wash. St. Paul, Ore. Oakley, Utah Prescott, Ariz. Sheridan, Wyo. Casper, Wyo. Calgary, AB Nampa, Idaho Salinas, Calif. Salt Lake City, Utah Ogden, Utah Spanish Fork, Utah Deadwood, S.D. Cheyenne, Wyo. Heber City, Utah

Sisters, Ore. Vernal, Utah Prineville, Ore. Reno, Nev. Pecos, Texas

Odessa, Texas Denver, Colo.

PRORODEO announces 2024 Polaris Remuda Awards

On Oct. 24, PRORODEO announced the recipients of the 2024 Polaris Remuda Awards. The stock contractor honored with the best pen of bucking horses brought to PRCA rodeos this year was Pickett Pro Rodeo, and the rodeo committee recognized for assembling the best pen of bucking horses was the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, S.D. The annual Remuda Awards go to the stock contracting firm and rodeo committee that provide the best, most consistent pen of bucking horses, creating the best opportunities for contestants to score well. It marks the first time Pickett Pro Rodeo and the Black Hills Roundup received Remuda Awards. “A year ago, this was something that we as a committee set a goal for,” Black Hills Roundup executive committee chair Dallas Conner said. “And to receive this award is absolutely amazing.” The Black Hills Roundup held the 105th edition of the event in

the Rushmore State this past July. The rodeo, also up for Medium Outdoor Rodeo of the Year, assembled a pen from its primary stock contractor, Championship Pro Rodeo, with sub-contractors Fettig Pro Rodeo, Cowtown Rodeo, Harper & Morgan Rodeo Company and Burch Rodeo. “I’ve always said we have some of the best people and volunteers working with our rodeo,” Conner said. “We’re like family. We don’t always get along. But at the end of the day, we’re all doing it for the right reason. Hats off to our committee because they are a great group of people.” Pickett Pro Rodeo, based in Fairfield, Texas, added another honor to its long list of accomplishments with its first Remuda Award. “It’s very special,” owner Cullen Pickett said. “It’s one of the ultimate achievements to have your stuff recognized as some of the best.”

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