ProRodeo Sports News - October 18, 2019

RAM NCFR bound

“I did not win many rodeos, but I was able to place almost every weekend.”

Tie-down roper Trey Young earned his second trip to the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo after winning both the Badlands Circuit year-end title and the RAM Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo at the State Fair Center in Minot, N.D., Oct. 6. Young won the third round of the four-round event and placed in every other round for a final score of 37.0 seconds on four head.

– TREY YOUNG

$57M The total anticipated 2019 PRCA rodeo payout ($57,656,454), including WPRA, Wrangler NFR and the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping. JCCF auction The Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund will hold a silent auction at the South Point Hotel & Casino Exhibit Hall, Dec. 3-4. It will be Dec. 3 from 12:30- 4 p.m. (PT) and Dec. 4 from 12:30- 4:30 p.m. with the auction ending and check out starting at 3 p.m.

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Money Hike Over the last four seasons, cowboys trying to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo have had to win more money on average just to get to Las Vegas. Every event’s money rose to make the Top 15 in the 2019 season. Bull riding led the way, with guys having to earn at least six figures to head to the $10 million rodeo. The No. 15 spot in bull riding – locked up by Trey Kimzey on the season’s final weekend – earned $108,106. Over the last four seasons, on average, the amount needed to qualify for the Wrangler NFR rose $17,671 across the seven categories.

20 NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2020 SEASON AS OF OCT. 17 $1,359,833

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2020 SEASON

ProRodeo Sports News 10/18/2019

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