ProRodeo Sports News - Sept. 30, 2022

PENDLETON, ORE.

Feild checks Pendleton off bucket list Memorable BY JOLEE JORDAN, Special to ProRodeo Sports News S ome years back, two boys were playing behind the bucking chutes at the famed Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, just kids being kids, having fun while their dads were busy working the rodeo. A few decades later, those two kids, Kaycee Feild andWade Sankey met up again as adults, reminisced about those carefree, childhood days, PENDLETON ROUND-UP

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and then collaborated for a fantastic win at the celebrated event. Feild captured the first Pendleton title of his storied career after going for 90 points on Sankey Pro Rodeo & PhenomGenetics’ horse, MLW’s Irish Eyes in the short go round on Sept. 17. With a two-horse score of 175.5 points, Feild took home the title, all the loot and $10,218. “It was a fun, fun day,” Feild, 35, said. “Wade and I used to play around behind the chutes here,” Feild said. Sankey’s father, Ike, provided stock in Pendleton for many years andWade has largely taken over the company for his dad. “We talked about that on Saturday before I got on, talked about our dads.” Fate seemed to just be swirling over the Pendleton grass that day. Feild watched his father Lewis win three bareback riding and two all around titles in Pendleton and later serve as a pickup man. The elder Feild, who passed away from cancer in 2016, has been the Grand Marshall of the Westward Ho! parade and has been inducted into the Round-Up Hall of Fame. “My dad had lots of luck here and the saddle I ride at home is one of the ones he won here,” Feild noted. “I wrote it down as a goal when I first came here in 2003 as one I wanted to win.” Though Feild has amassed more than $3 million riding bucking horses and owns the record for most world titles in the event at six, the Pendleton Round-Up championship is one that had eluded him prior to 2022. “I’ve drawn good there and messed up and I’ve also not drawn good enough to win,” he said. “It was kind of a relief, like a weight lifted off my shoulders to finally get it done.” With 85.5 points on his first horse, Feild tied for third in the long round, setting up the rematch with the veteran andWrangler NFR horse Irish Eyes. “I had him in Pendleton a year ago and again at Cheyenne this year and honestly he kind of felt like a dud on both of those trips,” Feild said. But there was just something in the air this time around and it seemed that all participants could feel it. “When he came in the chute, he was moving around and it was hard to get my rigging on him,” Feild said of the energy that they all felt. “Even Wade was all pumped up.” Once the chute gate opened, the dance between the veteran horse and champion cowboy brought the fans to their feet as they watched history being made. “He brought it on the first jump and stayed hooked,” Feild said. “When he circled back around to the chutes, I felt like I’d hit the jackpot. I wanted to just keep putting quarters in that ride.” Feild’s 90-point ride won the final round and set up the infamous Pendleton Round-Up victory lap. The arena is comprised of a football field with a dirt track around the outside and all winners sprint across the grass, jumping the infield fence before touring the outside track in front of a record crowd.

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1. Kaycee Feild .............. 175.5 pts. on 2 2. Orin Larsen .............................. 173.5 3. Jess Pope ................................ 172.5 STEER WRESTLING 1. Riley Wakefield ........... 17.3 sec. on 3 2. Nick Guy .................................... 19.8 3. Kolby Bignell .............................. 20.8 TEAM ROPING 1. J. Torres/J. Torres ....... 19.1 sec. on 3 2. Q. Kesler/M. Kuttler . .................. 22.8 3. J. Orman/B. Crites . .................... 24.0 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Kolby Wanchuk ......... 174.5 pts. on 2 2. Dawson Hay . ........................... 173.5 3. Jake Clark ................................ 172.5 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Trevor Hale . ................ 29.0 sec. on 3 2. Jordan Ketscher . ....................... 29.5 3. Shad Mayfield ............................ 29.6 BARREL RACING 1. Kacey Gartner ........... 57.11 sec. on 2 2. Leia Pluemer ............................ 57.53 3. Cheyenne Allen ........................ 57.63 BULL RIDING 1. Bubba Greig ........................ 88.5 pts. 2. Coy Thorson ................................. 88 3. Tristen Hutchings ....................... 87.5

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Bareback rider Kaycee Feild won the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up for the first time in his decorated career with a 90-point ride on Sankey Pro Rodeo & Phenom Genetics’ MLW’s Irish Eyes.

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