ProRodeo Sports News - Oct. 18, 2024

Lane Vaughan was the last bull rider out at the PRCA Permit Finals and needed a big ride. Hudson Bolton led the average with 237.5 points on three head. Vaughan lived up to the moment with an 86.5-point ride on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Midnight Flyer to earn the round win and the average title. Up for the Moment

“He (Bolton) rode his first two bulls too, and I knew it was going to come down to this last round. (My mindset was) stay on, do my job and whatever happens happens. But once I hit the ground, I knew that I probably won it.” NEXT ON TAP INDIANTOWN RODEO Where: Indiantown, Fla. When: Oct. 18-19 Broadcast Schedule: The Indiantown Rodeo will stream live on the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App, Oct. 18-19. THREE HILLS RODEO FFA EDITION Where: Indianapolis When: Oct. 23-25 Broadcast Schedule: The Three Hills Rodeo FFA Edition will stream live on the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App, Oct. 23-25. RAM MOUNTAIN STATES CIRCUIT FINALS Where: Loveland, Colo. When: Oct. 25-26 Broadcast Schedule: The RAM Mountain States Circuit Finals will stream live on the PRCA on The Cowboy Channel Plus App, Oct. 25-26. For complete broadcast schedule visit https://bitly.ws/3hK9m

HOT TAKES

Fast Start Veteran bareback rider Chad Rutherford kicked off his 13th year of PRORODEO with a bang at the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo in Waco, Oct. 8-11. Rutherford won three out of the four rounds of competition to take home the average title with 333.5 points on four head. The win punched Rutherford’s ticket to the NFR Open next July in Colorado Springs, Colo., and added $12,336 to his name in the 2025 PRCA | RAM World Standings. James Phifer photo Bareback rider Chad Rutherford took home the bareback riding average title at the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo with 333.5 points on four head.

821

NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2024 SEASON AS OF OCT. 1

$63,015,748

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2024 SEASON

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