PublicationProRodeo Sports News - February 22, 2019

R OUND THE SHORT NFR veteran injured Bull rider Tim Bingham out with neck injury Bull rider Tim Bingham, a three-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (2014, 2016-17), injured his neck following his 84.5-point ride on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Twizzler at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 17. “I had neck surgery (at Banner – University Medical Center in Tucson, Feb. 18), and I feel a lot better,” said Bingham, 27. “They fused the C4 and C5 vertebrae together. I got bucked off right at eight seconds. I came out the back a little bit and I got flipped upside down. I landed right on my head and my neck kind of folded. I didn’t lose any mobility. I got up and ran to the chutes and jumped up over the top of the chutes and sat down on the back for a minute, and I knew instantly something was wrong.” Bingham wasn’t sure how long he would be sidelined, but he expects to be out about six months. He was riding Twizzler for the first time.

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The number of 93-point bareback rides Clayton Biglow has had since Dec. 10, 2018. The Clements, Calif., cowboy had an arena record 93-point ride on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil to win Round 5 at the 2018 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 10. Then on Feb. 16, Biglow had another 93-point ride – this time on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Notch – to win the San Angelo (Texas) CINCH Chute-Out Rodeo. The number of rodeo records broken or tied at the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo on Feb. 15. Bareback rider Caleb Bennett broke the single- ride record with a 93-point ride on Northcott Macza’s Spilled Perfume. The record was 91.5 points by Chad Rutherford in 2017. Bennett also broke the two-head average record at the rodeo with 178.5 points. The previ- ous record was 177.5 points set by Jake Vold in 2016. Tie-down roper Michael Otero won the average with a rodeo-record, 23.0-second time on three head. The previous three-head tie-down roping average record was 23.5 seconds, set by Timber Moore in 2014. Rusty Wright tied the two-head saddle bronc riding average rodeo record with 177 points. Wright shares the record with Wade Sundell, who set the mark in 2015. The approximate number of dump- truck loads of dirt for NRG Arena and the service level at NRG Stadium for RodeoHouston, according to multiple media reports. The rodeo is Feb. 25-March 8 and March 10-16.

Bingham has experience with neck injuries. “I was at an amateur rodeo in Island Park,

Idaho, when I was 17 and I broke my neck,” he said. “That time, I got thrown up quite a bit higher, and I came down on my head and broke my C6 (vertebrae). The first time I broke my neck I didn’t have surgery and was out six months.” Bingham spent the offseason recovering from a shattered right collarbone suffered in September at the Justin Finale in Puyallup, Wash. “That collarbone injury kept me out until Jan. 23 when I competed at the Division 1 Xtreme Bulls in Fort Worth,” Bingham said. “Now, it is just a matter of getting better, so I can get back out there.” Bingham finished a career-best seventh in the world standings in 2014.

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PRCA rodeo camps upcoming There are upcoming PRCA Rodeo Days camps in San Antonio and Red Bluff, Calif.

The PRCA one-day camps in San Antonio take place March 11-14 and are slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (CT). All abilities welcome for ages 8 and up. Registration required at http://prorodeo.com/jrrodeo. The PRCA Rodeo Camp in Red Bluff is slated for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (PT), March 23. All abilities welcome for ages 8 and up. Registration required at http://prorodeo.com/jrrodeo.

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