ProRodeo Sports News - October 29, 2021

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PRCA ProRodeo photo by Clay Guardipee SweetPro’s Bruiser, strolls down the pen at the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. SweetPro’s Bruiser was the 2017 PRCA Bull of the Year and also was top bull of the NFR in 2015 and 2017, and 2019.

Star Exits

Former PRCA Bull of the Year, top NFR bull SweetPro’s Bruiser retires

BY TRACY RENCK S tandout bull, Powder River Rodeo’s SweetPro’s Bruiser, 11, is calling it a career.

going to be over with.”

Page gushed

when talking about Bruiser,

who weighs 1,950 pounds. “He was a once-in-a-lifetime bull,” Page said. “He was a big, stout athletic animal with a personality to match. It is crazy how cool he is to be around. He’s one of those bulls who makes what we do fun. He had intensity that other bulls didn’t have.” Brusier’s talent isn’t lost on the PRCA’s best bull riders – like world champions Sage Kimzey and J.W. Harris.

SweetPro’s Bruiser was the 2017 PRCA Bull of the Year and was second in 2018. Bruiser also was top bull of the NFR in 2015 and 2017, and 2019. “Bruiser is retired,” said H.D. Page, who owns Bruiser at D&HCattle Company in Dickson, Okla. “I was hoping he would come back, but it’s not going to happen. He hurt a tendon in his leg. He’s going to be able to breed cows and he’s going have a good retirement, but his competitive career is

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