ProRodeo Sports News - October 18, 2019

HEART O’ TEXAS FAIR & RODEO WACO, TEXAS

J.T. Moore wins $13K at three rodeos in one day Moore Cash BY MATT NABER W inning $13,000 in a single day is cause for celebration any time of the year. Maybe more so when it’s the second week of the new season. Bull rider J.T. Moore kicked off the 2020 season with

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$13,013 won across three ProRodeo competitions in his home state, most notably the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo in Waco for $10,245, Oct. 12. That same day he also split the win with longtime friend and traveling partner Parker McCown at the Austin Co. Fair & Rodeo in Bellville, Texas, for $2,043 and placed fourth at the Guadalupe County Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Seguin, Texas, for $725. “I didn’t really know how the format was going to work out (inWaco), but I knew I had to ride everything I got on, and it dang sure helped me out a bunch and gave me a big head start (in the 2020 world standings),” Moore said. “It’s a confidence-booster, and I’m dang sure blessed.” Moore was the only cowboy to cover all three of his bulls inWaco. Nobody else made more than one successful ride. “I showed up knowing I would ride every bull, but I didn’t think I would win a rodeo this big so early in the season or my career,” Moore said. “I was happy just experiencing it.” Moore placed second in the first round with an 84.5-point ride and third in the second round with 80 points to lead the Group 2 qualifiers. He went on to win the final round and the rodeo with an 85-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s JohnnyThunder with the only qualified ride. “JohnnyThunder bucked me off in Del Rio, Texas, so that was a rematch,” Moore said. The Alvin, Texas, cowboy had a steady stream of wins during the 2019 season, including the 71st Annual PRCA Rodeo in Crossett, Ark., with a 90.5-point ride on Harper & Morgan Rodeo Co.’s Cactus Jack, June 1, and the Division 2 Qualifying Event Xtreme Bulls in Lewiston, Idaho, with a 90-point ride on Sankey Pro Rodeo & PhenomGenetics’ Lil Man, Sept. 4. Aside from breaking his jaw in Hugo, Okla., in June and missing a month of competition, the 2019 season went well for Moore. “I could have done way better, but I did do better than I have,” Moore said. “There’s always room for improvement.” At 23, Moore has rapidly climbed the ProRodeo ranks, finishing 10th in the 2018 bull riding PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings with $17,588 and closing the 2019 season ranked 25th in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $71,276. Now, he’s leading the pack in the 2020 world standings. “It definitely gave me a big head start,” Moore said, adding that he will compete throughout the fall and winter as he works toward the 2020Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. “Before, I’d win a chunk of change and not take the next two weeks seriously, but now I need to stay consistent and ahead. I will go as hard as I possibly can.”

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1. Jake Brown ......................... 91.5 pts. 2. Leighton Berry .............................. 89 3. Tyler Berghuis ............................... 87 STEER WRESTLING 1. (Tie) Cade Staton ........ 12.8 sec. on 3 Cade Goodman .......................... 12.8 3. Denell Henderson ....................... 13.1 TEAM ROPING 1. Egusquiza/Long .......... 13.3 sec. on 3 2. C. Snow/C. de la Cruz ................. 14.2 3. C. Smith/J. Corkill ...................... 14.8 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Cole Elshere ........................ 87.5 pts. 2. Lane Schuelke ............................... 86 3. Treyson Antonick ....................... 85.5 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Riley Pruitt .................. 22.8 sec. on 3 2. Shane Hanchey .......................... 23.0 3. Shad Mayfield ............................ 25.4 BARREL RACING 1. Brittany P. Tonozzi .... 47.49 sec. on 3 2. Dona Kay Rule ......................... 47.69 3. Ivy Hurst .................................. 47.72 STEER ROPING 1. Trevor Brazile .............. 19.6 sec. on 2 2. Thomas Smith ........................... 20.0 3. Jess Tierney ............................... 20.2 BULL RIDING 1. J.T. Moore .............................. 85 pts. *No other qualified rides

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