PRORODEO Sports News - July 2, 2026

PLAYOFF SERIES

“Luckily, I did, and then I just kind of tried to go back to fundamentals and tip him over.” The championship title also carried extra meaning because the group Allen traveled with. Last year, six-time NFR qualifier Jesse Brown and Shaffer won the average in Prineville with 15.7 seconds on two head. This year, Allen,

Prineville, surely I can bulldog at a normal setup,” Allen said. “I’m really excited to go to the rest of the rodeos, and I’m excited to ride my horse at places like Salinas and Pendleton because he is a good long-score horse.” Other winners were in Prineville were BAREBACK RIDER MASON STULLER (88.5

Shaffer and Brown all rode Peg Leg during the rodeo while tak ing turns hazing

points on Four Star Rodeo’s Sapphire); TEAM ROPERS ERICH ROGERS/CORY PETSKA (11.2

one another, resulting in a win the entire crew could celebrate. “It was kind of a cool deal for the crew to do good out there,” Allen said. “It’s fun when you do good, but it’s even better when the whole crew has some luck.”

seconds on two head); SADDLE BRONC RIDER LIAM PAULEY (86.5 points

on Big Stone Rodeo Inc’s Rubels); TIE DOWN ROPER JOEL HARRIS (17.7 seconds on two

head); BREAK

AWAY ROPERS KELSIE DOMER

The win added $4,885 to Allen’s bank account and

and HAIDEN THOMPSON (2.4 seconds each); STEER ROPER CHAD

provides momentum for Allen as he entered Cowboy Christmas No. 22 in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings, but he views it as confirmation that he and his horse are ready for the road ahead. “If you can bulldog at

MATHIS (39.7 seconds on three head); BARREL RACER JANA BEAN (17.08 seconds); and BULL RIDER MOSSY WAITE (87 points on Four Star Rodeo’s Unforgiven).

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