ProRodeo Sports News - Nov.20, 2020

STEER ROPING

it changed Brazile’s game plan. Brazile entered Round 10 with a $1,965 lead in the world standings over Snedecor. Brazile also was sitting second in the average, 1.2 seconds behind Snedecor. “Scott had a steer they had been nine seconds on, and I had a steer they had been three-tenths longer on in 10, so I was prepared for almost every scenario but that,” Brazile said. “He roped his butt off all weekend, and my hat’s off to him. He pushed me as hard as anybody has ever pushed.” Snedecor was second in the average with 110.9 seconds on nine. The average played the final factor in deciding the world champion because it paid six places, including $27,347 for first. “I think the steer was a little slow leaving out of there and I might have slowed up too much,” Snedecor said. “The horse kind of quit me a little early maybe and the steer just rolled over and got up. I felt like I rode good, scored good, got out and had it on him to tie him fast, but it just wasn’t my turn.” Brazile, who was riding Salty, 19, a horse loaned to him by fellow steer roper John Bland, has won the NFSR average five times – 2012, 2014-15, 2019-20. Brazile is now at $7,056,207 in career PRCA earnings. He won Round 3 with a 9.9-second run to extend his PRCA record to 74 career total round wins in tie-down roping and team roping at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and steer roping at the NFSR. Brazile has won 36 rounds at the NFSR, second only to Allen’s 48. Brazile’s 26 gold buckles include a PRCA-record 14 in all-around (2002- 04, 2006-15, 2018), three in tie-down roping (2007, 2009-10) and one in team roping (2010) to go with the NFSR buckles.

FINAL STANDINGS 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas ......................... $117,459 2. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas ............. 110,779 3. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas .......................... 105,514 4. Cole Patterson, Pratt, Kan. .................................. 87,405 5. Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D. .......................... ..... 70,103 6. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas .................................. 61,559 7. Landon McClaugherty, Tilden, Texas ................... 57,408 8. Garrett Hale, Snyder, Texas ............................ ..... 57,182 9. Billy Good, Wynnewood, Okla. ............................ 55,750 10. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas .......................... 53,178 11. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. ........................... 46,942 12. Thomas Smith, Barnsdall, Okla. ........................ 46,570 13. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. ............................. 46,406 14. Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas ............................... 39,491 15. Roger Branch, Wellston, Okla. .......................... 28,149 16. Jim Locke, Miami, Texas ................................... 24,875 17. Shay Good, Abilene, Texas ................................ 19,174 18. Martin Poindexter, Comanche, Texas ................ 17,844 19. Trenton Johnson, Blue Mound, Kan. ................. 17,777 20. Ora Taton, Rapid City, S.D. ................................ 17,337 COMPLETE RESULTS/PAGE 102

Trevor Brazile earned $69,072 at the 2020 NFSR to vault from fourth place to first in the final 2020 PRCA | RAM World Standings. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Rod Connor

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