ProRodeo Sports News - Oct.4, 2019

“I just can’t believe I did it. I’m only 18, and at the start of the year I didn’t believe in myself, but then I went along and started believing in

Headed to NFR

Rookie tie-down roper Shad Mayfield was on the bubble heading into the final weekend of the season. The 18-year-old from Clovis, New Mexico, went out and earned $6,707 in the final days of the 2019 regular season, including

myself more and more.” – SHAD MAYFIELD

winning the 50th Annual Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo in Stephenville, Texas.

$1.4M Combined amount of money earned by PRCA event leaders during the regular season. All-around cowboy Stetson Wright won $182,999, bareback rider Clayton Biglow $181,952,  steer wrestler Ty Erickson $146,081, team roping header Clay Smith $150,512, team roping heeler Junior Nogueira $115,775, saddle bronc rider Ryder Wright $224,488, tie-down roper Caleb Smidt $131,900, steer roper Trevor Brazile $71,845 and bull rider Sage Kimzey $245,455.

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PRCA ProRodeo photo by Phil Doyle

Team roping header Clay Smith won his first world title at the 2018 Wrangler NFR.

Clay Smith sets season record Reigning World Champion Team Roping Header Clay Smith set a record for the most money won by a team roping header in a single season before the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with $150,512. Clay Tryan set the previous record at $146,608 in 2010. Smith qualified for the 2018 Wrangler NFR in the No. 1 position with $115,345 and went on to win his first world championship, thanks to earning $174,577 at the Wrangler NFR in Las Vegas. Smith was the second competitor this season to set a regular-season total earnings record. Saddle bronc rider Ryder Wright also set a record with $224,488. The previous mark of $184,052 was set by Jacobs Crawley in 2017.

715 NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2019 SEASON AS OF SEPT. 30

$43,191,565

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2019 SEASON

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