ProRodeo Sports News - October 2, 2020

PRCA bull rider Ky Hamilton is having an outstanding rookie season. The Australian native is headed to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo as a top-three finisher after ending the regular season with $89,447. G’Day, Ky!

“I’ve always loved the sport of bull riding, being able to get on an animal that’s so much bigger and stronger than you, and riding them and making it look effortless. I watch a lot of bareback and saddle bronc riding and enjoy watching them make it look so easy that I feel like I could do it, but you know deep down it’s not that easy.” – KY HAMILTON

NEXT ON TAP RAM COLUMBIA RIVER CIRCUIT FINALS RODEO Where: Hermiston, Ore. When: Oct. 2-3

What: As the new season begins, the RAM CRCFR has moved venues and switched dates because of COVID-19. Normally set in Yakima, Wash., in January, the RAM CRCFR moves to Oregon and gives cowboys a chance to qualify for the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and to win money that counts toward the PRCA | RAM World Standings. Coverage: Cowboy Channel and the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus app RAM CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT FINALS RODEO Where: Red Bluff, Calif. When: Oct. 9-10 What: The RAM CCFR will be one of the first circuit finals rodeos to happen. Contestants will hit Red Bluff knowing that a berth in the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo means a chance to win money that counts toward the PRCA | RAM World Standings. Coverage: The PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App 308

HOT TAKES Jackie Jensen photo Jesse Brown had 2020’s top steer wrestling times.

Beat That! Steer wrestler Jesse Brown finished the 2020 regular season with the two fastest times. On the final weekend of the regular season, Brown stopped the clock in 3.2 seconds to win the second round of the Gold Buckle Beer ProRodeo Tour Finale in Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 25. His 3.2 tied for the second fastest of 2020. It was a bit of a bookend for Brown, who set the season’s top mark at 3.1 in Denver in January.

NUMBER OF PRCA-SANCTIONED RODEOS IN THE 2020 SEASON AS OF OCT. 1

$20,570,161

MONEY WON BY PRCA COWBOYS IN THE 2020 SEASON

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