ProRodeo Sports News - September 20, 2019

PRORODEO TOUR FINALE PUYALLUP, WASH.

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Winning $8,951 at Puyallup pushed bareback rider Clayton Biglow to the No. 1 spot in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

Biglow wins bareback riding title

Bareback rider Clayton Biglow climbed into the top spot in the PRCA | RAMWorld Standings thanks to winning $8,951 at the ProRodeo Tour Finale. “This win getting me to No. 1 in the world and to get another one won on the list that I’d wanted to win forever has me feeling extremely blessed,” Biglow said. “I was second for a month or so and chasing Kaycee (Feild). I’m tickled to death to be right there with him.” Biglow tied for third place in the first two rounds with 85.5- and 88-point rides, respectively, to lead the average with 173.5 points on two head. He narrowly qualified for the finals when he tied for fourth in the semifinals with an 85-point ride. The final round presented a clean slate for Biglow and the other three bareback riders, but it was Biglow who came out victorious with a 90.5-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s ZuluWarrior. Puyallup was a rematch ride for Biglow and ZuluWarrior as they

crossed paths at The American in the spring.

“She was a whole lot better today,” Biglow said. The 23-year-old California cowboy has won some of the biggest rodeos of the 2019 season, including Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. “I got my card at 18 years old and took off and surrounded myself with the guys I looked up to, and that’s the most important thing you can do,” Biglow said, referencing Feild andWill Lowe. “I wanted to be just like them.” Biglow has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo the last three years and has his fourth trip in the bag, but he isn’t making any predictions on how the race for the world title will turn out. “I won’t count my chickens before they hatch,” Biglow said. “I’ll keep doing what I do and have fun, and hope I draw good there and give it 110%.”

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