ProRodeo Sports News - Oct. 18, 2024

ALL OR NOTHIN Andrews Rodeo 2024 Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year

Andrews Rodeo has a history of producing big-time buckers in roughstock events. Throughout the long history of the stock contracting firm, they have never had a horse win a year-end top stock award. That changed in 2024 as All Or Nothin was named the Pendleton Whisky Let ‘er Buck Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year. It’s an honor that’s been years in the making for the standout horse. Before this season, All or Nothin had finished third in the voting on two different occasions, 2021 and 2023. “We never felt like we would have bronc of the year,” said Sammy Andrews of Andrews Rodeo. “I’m honestly at a loss for words right now. This honor is also going to mean so much to Mr. Claude Rickman, he’s the man that raised him.” All Or Nothin is 13 years old and weights approximately 1,400 pounds and is 16 hands tall. The horse’s track record speaks for itself. The average score this season on the horse was 87 points. Damian Brennan won the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on All Or Nothin with a 91.5-point ride in the finals. He’s a horse that’s going to give the cowboys all they can handle every time they nod their head. “Every time he has an out, he jumps really high and kicks out the back as hard as he can,” Andrews said. “He doesn’t cover much ground and allows guys to show off a little bit on him. “My god it’s an honor the cowboys voted for him because there’s a lot of great horses out there. So, for him to win it is amazing. I’m at a loss for words.” BIG BANK Universal Pro Rodeo 2024 Bull of the Year Big Bank is the name and throwing cowboys to the dirt is the game. PRORODEO cowboys across the country realized that in 2024 as Universal Pro Rodeo’s Big Bank was selected as the Pendleton Whisky Let ‘er Buck Bull of the Year. The bull was yet to be ridden this season with every cowboy failing to reach the eight-second whistle. The last qualified ride on Big Bank was on July 20, 2023, in Ogden, Utah, by Hayes Weight. It marks the first PRCA Stock of the Year honor for Universal Pro Rodeo. It’s an accomplishment they’ve been working toward since they established their stock contracting firm. “It means the world to me. It’s something you dream about as a kid,” said Dustin Delmas, General Manager of Universal Pro Rodeo. “So, to have it happen to you it means the world to our team here. I want to thank God before anyone else for this then of course my family and our partners.” The bull is six years old and weights 1,800 pounds. From one of his first outs in PRORODEO to now he’s been a dominance force inside the arena. “We bought him as a three-year-old. One of the first places we bucked him at was in Wharton, Texas, at the Xtreme Bulls event there,” Delmas said. “He was matched up with Stetson Wright, which he’s obviously a phenomenal bull rider. He got him on the ground there with an awesome performance and just matured from there. He never really looked back from there.”

PRCA ProRodeo file photo Sage Newman paired with Andrew Rodeo’s All or Nothin for an 88-point ride to win the finals of the NFR Open on July 13 in Colorado Springs, Colo..

PRCA ProRodeo file photo Jared Parsonage tries to hold on to Universal Pro Rodeos’ Big Bank in Round 4 of the 2023 NFR in Las Vegas. Big Bank has remained unridden since July 20, 2023.

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