ProRodeo Sports News - October 19, 2018

ALL AMERICAN PRORODEO FINALS

in Las Vegas, Dec. 6-15. He also made Wrangler NFR appearances in 2013 and 2015, finishing 10th and seventh in the world standings, respectively. Breding enters the upcoming Wrangler NFR second in the regular season 2018 PRCA | RAMWorld Standings with $185,476. He trails leader and four-time reigning world champion Sage Kimzey by $111,550. “It’s huge to be able to come here (toWaco) and do well,” Breding said. “I don’t have a whole lot of stuff going on after this, so to come here and do well is amazing. Now, if only the Finals were next week that would be perfect. I’m just thankful to be able to come here and get something done.” HOWLETT CLAIMS BAREBACK RIDING CROWN Bareback rider Jamie Howlett captured one of the biggest wins of his career when he took home the title at the All American ProRodeo Finals. “This win is right there with my win at Red Bluff (Calif.),” said Howlett, who captured the California rodeo win in April. “This is great. I don’t have a lot of words for it right now.” Howlett, a native of Queensland, Australia, rode Pickett Pro Rodeo’s

Finals, and I got bucked off both my bulls,” said Breding, 26. “So, to be able to come back here and get one rode was more than what I was hoping for.” The bulls were getting the best of the riders inWaco, evidenced by the nine-man semifinals when no one made the eight-second whistle. Elliot Jacoby, Lon Danley, Tristan Mize and Breding moved on to the finals, but Jacoby, Danley and Mize proceeded to get bucked off, setting the stage for Breding. “There’s a couple of ways to go into it (the finals),” Breding said. “If you go into it thinking about the fact you have to stay on because of all this money, then it seems to get to a guy. But coming back and having that bull (Rank Hank), I tried to just shut everything out of my mind and just relax and have fun, and that’s exactly what it took.” Breding departed the All American ProRodeo Finals with a rodeo-best $15,279 – $12,500 of which he earned in the finals. Breding will compete in his third career Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

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Bareback rider Jamie Howlett, a native of Queensland, Australia, rides Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Shady Nights for 86.5 points in the final Tutor by a half point. Howlett earned $12,773 in Waco. He finished 28th in the 2018 standings with $35,969. round to edge Bill

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TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Tyson Durfey .......................... 8.6 sec. 2. Westyn Hughes .............................. 9.3 3. Cody Craig .................................... 12.2 4. Riley Pruitt .................................... 20.5

STEER ROPING 1. Scott Snedecor ....... 34.3 sec. on three 2. Dan Fisher .................................... 41.5 3. Cody Lee ...................................... 41.6 4. Brodie Poppino ............................. 46.4

BULL RIDING 1. Parker Breding .......................... 87 pts. 2. Tristan Mize .................................... NS 3. Lon Danley ..................................... NS 4. Elliot Jacoby ................................... NS

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