ProRodeo Sports News - Oct. 18, 2024

PRCA TOP STOCK

Pendleton Whisky's Let 'er Buck Bucking Stock of the Year Awards recognized Year's Best

2024 WINNERS BAREBACK HORSE OF THE YEAR Boot Barn’s Night Crawler – Pickett Pro Rodeo Virgil – C5 Rodeo Company Agent Lynx – Calgary Stampede SADDLE BRONC RIDING HORSE OF THE YEAR All Or Nothin – Andrews Rodeo The Black Tie – Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics Tokyo Bubbles – Calgary Stampede BULL OF THE YEAR

BY TANNER BARTH S tanding out among a crowd of exceptional roughstock requires a perfect balance of animal athleticism and the cowboys capable of showcasing that talent. The 2024 “Pendleton Whisky’s Let ‘er Buck Bucking Stock of the Year Awards” recognized bareback horse Night Crawler of Pickett Pro Rodeo, Andrews Rodeo’s saddle bronc horse All Or Nothin and Big Bank of Universal Pro Rodeo was recognized as top bull for the PRCA’s Top Stock of 2024.

Big Bank – Universal Pro Rodeo Pegasus – Pete Carr Pro Rodeo Ricky Vaughn – Powder River Rodeo

NIGHT CRAWLER Pickett Pro Rodeo 2024 Bareback Horse of the Year For the second straight year Pickett Pro Rodeo’s standout horse Night Crawler has been selected as the Bareback Horse of the Year. Night Crawler becomes the first horse to the receive the honor in back to-back seasons since C5 Rodeo’s Virgil accomplished the feat in 2017-18. It’s an award that’s difficult to win once but the Pickett family said they never dreamed of taking home the honor twice in a row. “It’s more than we can ever dream of for sure,” said Cullen Pickett of Pickett Pro Rodeo. “To have a horse do it once is pretty unheard of for what we thought we could accomplish. Twice in a row is greater than anything we could’ve dreamed.” Night Crawler is 12 years old and weights 1,300 pounds. She is 15 hands. Since the PRORODEO calendar flipped to the 2024 the horse has had an average stock score of 44.5. Bareback rider Cole Reiner put together the highest marked ride on the horse this season with a 92-point trip on Night Crawler at the Darby (Mont.) Xtreme Bareback event in June. “It seems like when the lights shine the brightest, she’s at her best. She gives it her all every single time,” Pickett said. “She kind of has a unique style I would say. It fits most guys. It takes a good guy to ride her like they do, but most of the time with her all she sees is good guys.”

PRCA ProRodeo file photo Clayton Biglow took advantage of an impressive out by Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler with an 89.5-point ride to share the Round 5 win at the 2023 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

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