The ProRodeo Sports News - March 6, 2020

SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW & RODEO Fugate earns biggest career win Winning $23,000 at

the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo topped bull rider Denton Fugate’s biggest career win five times over. The Missouri cowboy is hoping the early-season boost will help him qualify for his first Wrangler NFR. “It’s definitely the best start I’ve ever had, so I’m super excited,” Fugate said. Since his rookie season in 2015, he’s finished as high as 34th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings, doing so last season with $41,208. Five months later, the 25-year-old cowboy is ninth in the 2020 world standings with $32,127 after winning San Antonio. “I’ve been here twice before and didn’t do well, but it’s one of my favorite rodeos because the bulls are awesome,” Fugate said. Fugate won the first round of Bracket 1 with an

89-point ride on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Shootin’ Stars and placed third in the second round of the semifinals in Bracket 2. Luck was not on Fugate’s side for the final round’s draw, or so he thought, as he was the ninth bull rider drawn to select his bull.

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Bull rider Denton Fugate makes a round of high-fives during his victory lap at San Antonio.

seen him before and that he’d fit my style,” Fugate said. “So, I just had to take Tyler’s word for it.” Bingham’s word was as good as gold as Fugate and Make My Day combined for a 90-point ride to win the final round. “I feel like I’m on top of the world, and I’m excited for what’s next,” Fugate said.

“I was nervous because all the ones I wanted were taken,” Fugate said. He chose Andrews Rodeo Company’s Zesterra’s Make My Day. “I’d never seen that bull, but my buddy (Tyler Bingham) told me he’d

Dustin Egusquiza, right, and Travis Graves tied Matt Sherwood and Trey Yates with a 4.0-second run in the final round in San Antonio, but Egusquiza and Graves claimed the San Antonio title by earning $24,000 each. Robby Freeman photo

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