ProRodeo Sports News - October 30, 2020

CERVIS WIN WITH WOMANIZER

CHISELED IN BRONZE

TOP STOCK OF THE YEAR BAREBACK RIDING 1. Top Flight – Pickett Pro Rodeo, 15 points 2. Virgil – C5 Rodeo, 14 3. (Tie) Gunfire – Frontier Rodeo, 8 OLS Tubs Stevie Knicks – Northcott Macza Rodeo, 8 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Womanizer – The Cervi Brothers, 24 points 2. Medicine Woman – Frontier Rodeo, 11 3. (Tie) Onion Ring – Korkow Rodeos, 6 Lady Vain – Bar T Rodeo, 6 BULL RIDING 1. Chiseled – Powder River Rodeo, 24 points 2. SweetPro’s Bruiser – Powder River Rodeo, 14 3. Magic Poison – Frontier Rodeo, 10

Chiseled, 5, is owned by H.D. Page of D&HCattle and bucks under the Powder River Rodeo umbrella. SweetPro’s Bruiser, whom Page also owns, came in second in the voting. SweetPro’s Bruiser was the 2017 Bull of the Year. Page’s bull Shepherd Hills Tested also won 2013 Bull of the Year. “This is pretty gratifying for sure,” said Page, whose bulls are based in Dickson, Okla. “It is one of the most prestigious awards I think you can get in our

ProRodeo Hall of Famer Mike Cervi purchased the original Cervi Championship Rodeo string in 1967. Since 2005, Cervi’s sons Binion and Chase have been running Cervi Championship Rodeo and Cervi Brothers’ Rodeo. Womanizer, 9, is the first Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year for Binion and Chase. “Being in the rodeo business as a stock contractor, there’s no greater feeling than to win this award, especially because it took years to get to that level with an animal,” Binion said. “We have a slower process with our animals than most people. We don’t take them down to the biggest rodeos in the world like San Antonio and Houston until they are 7.” Womanizer was voted the top saddle

business. Chiseled has a ton of athletic ability and kick and all that stuff. I guess his intensity is what knocks him off the charts and separates him. He’s so intense when he’s up in the air and kicking. And he probably weighs 1,800 pounds. He bucks likes he weighs 1,000 pounds. He gets in the air and really kicks hard.” Chiseled had four outs in the 2020 season and bucked off each cowboy. “He’s a big ol’ pet, a quirky clown,” Page said. “He’s like a big ol’ dog. He’s kind of scary. He’s so big, and he’ll come trotting up to you wanting you to pet him and he’ll stop about an inch before he knocks you down. Then, when his adrenaline gets to pumping, he blows up and turns into a different animal. His neck fills out and his blood gets to pumping and he turns into this beast. “Then, five minutes later, he’s back there licking his lips and chewing his cud back to his old self.”

bronc horse of the 2019Wrangler NFR and the top saddle bronc horse of Round 5 at that year’s Finals when she bucked off J.J. Elshere. Brody Cress won Round 10 onWomanizer with a 91-point ride at last year’s NFR. Binion didn’t hesitate when asked about Womanizer’s attributes. “One thing that sticks out the most about him is he gets really high in the air, but he has a double kick, which is rare,” Binion said. “When he’s in the air and he goes to kick, he will kick twice before he comes down on all four feet. Another unique thing about him is when he travels, he paces on his feet a little bit and is antsy. Then, he will get in the pens and be the most laid-back horse of all them.”

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Damn Hubbell Brody Cress won Round 10 on The Cervi Brothers’ Womanizer at the 2019 NFR. Womanizer was chosen the 2020 Pendleton Whisky “Let ‘er Buck” Stock of the Year in saddle bronc riding.

Amanda Dilworth photo Rookie Ky Hamilton couldn’t make it to the whistle on Powder River Rodeo’s Chiseled at the Gem State Classic in September in Blackfoot, Idaho. Chiseled, owned by H.D. Page, won Bull of the Year.

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