August 22, 2006

I've interviewed Cody Wright a couple of times over the last couple of years...
He's quiet, soft spoken, and is a great saddle bronc rider.

The 29 year old Wright from Milford, Utah won the Tour Round and the average at the Caldwell Night Rodeo, spurring his way to an 86 point ride on Saturday night to win the Tour Round and the average in Caldwell. Wright earned more than $7,000 in Caldwell, and has won $76,615 and is fourth in the PRCA's World Standings...

The Wrangler Pro Rodeo Summer Tour is winding down, with three stops left prior to the Tour Finale in Omaha in a little more than a month from now.

Caldwell's biggest winner was reigning world bareback riding champion Will Lowe from Texas, who left town with $8,961. Lowe won the average and split first in the Tour Round with Kelly Timberman from Wyoming.

All the bull riders in the Tour Round in Caldwell got bucked off...leaving the title in the hands of D.J. Domangue and Logan Knibbe from Texas. They each rode for 91 points in the long round and split first in the average, taking home $8,375 each.

Ellensburg, Puyallup, and Pendleton are the next three stops on the Summer Tour before the Tour heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico and then on to Omaha.

Caldwell's Tour Round and average winners, courtesy of the PRCA.
Bareback Riding
T: (tie) Jess Davis (Payson, Utah), Royce Ford (Briggsdale, Colo.) and Will Lowe (Canyon, Texas), 84 points
A: Lowe, 170 points on two head, $8,961
Steer Wrestling
T: Tanner Milan (Cochrane, Alberta), 3.7 seconds
A: Ethan Thouvenall (Knights Landing, Calif.), 15.0 seconds on three head, $6,695
Team Roping
T: Britt Williams (Hammond, Mont.)/Caleb Twisselman (Santa Margarita, Calif.), 5.3 seconds
A: Matt Sherwood (Snowflake, Ariz.)/Walt Woodard (Stockton, Calif.), 16.4 seconds on three head, $6,520 each
Saddle Bronc Riding
T: Cody Wright (Milford, Utah), 86 points
A: Wright, 166 points on two head, $7,071
Tie-Down Roping
T: Mike Johnson (Henryetta, Okla.), 7.9 seconds
A: Matt Shiozawa (Chubbuck, Idaho), 24.8 seconds on three head, $7,883
Barrel Racing
T: Brittany Pozzi (Victoria, Texas), 17.36 seconds
A: Pozzi, 52.71 seconds on three runs, $7,110
Bull Riding
T: No qualified rides
A: (tie) D.J. Domangue (San Angelo, Texas) and Logan Knibbe (Rockdale, Texas), 91 points, $8,376 each

*****
Congratulations to the people who produce the annual Gooding County Fair and Rodeo in Gooding, Idaho.

The rodeo, held last Thursday thru Saturday, was one of the best I've had the pleasure of being involved with. The livestock from the Burns Rodeo Company of Wyoming and the Korkow Rodeo Company of South Dakota was exceptional, and the record setting crowd was awesome. We may have started a new tradition of fans with signs during the three day rodeo.

Among the highlights, 20 year old Sonny Murphy from Utah ran his earnings to $99,006 for the year when he won the bull riding with a 92 point score. Murphy is well on his way to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and is second in the PRCA's World Standings.

Cowboys from Utah also won the bareback riding and the bull dogging. Bud Munns won the bareback riding with an 87 point score, finishing ahead of Lowe who was second with an 84. Tommy Cook from Heber City lit up the crowd with a Saturday night time of 3.5. Jake Hayworth from Idaho won the bronc riding with an 87.

Goodings other winners...
Tie Down Roping - Jared Arave, Idaho - 8.4
Team Roping - Wade and Ben Tibbetts split first with Brian Winn and Coby Drake, 5.4
Barrel Racing, Terry Wood Gates, Utah - 17.35

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Trevor Brazile and Rich Skelton won more than $4,600 when the won the team roping at the Clackamas County Fair in Canby, Oregon. Brazile's won twice as much money as his closest competitor in the all-around race.

Two Columbia River Circuit event leaders were winners in Canby, Jason Mattox from Roseburg won $4,900 in the bull riding and is close to $15,000 for the year. Barb West from Oak Harbor is back in the barrel racing lead. She won more than $2,500 in Canby.

Canby's champions...
Bareback Riding - Tom McFarland, Arizona
Tie Down Roping - Joe Parsons, Arizona
Steer Wrestling - Rod Lyman, Montana

*****
Blair Burk turned in the fastest time of a fast tie down roping at the Moses Lake Round-Up in Moses Lake, Washington. Burk won $2,200 for his time of 6.9. The 11 time National Finalist is fifth in the PRCA's World Standings and has won more than $63,000.

A couple of young guns split the bareback riding in Canby, Steven Dent from Illinois shared the win with Zac Compton from Pendleton. Compton was the National High School Rodeo Association's Reserve champion two years ago. Dent is on his way to winning the overall and bareback riding Resistol Rookie of the Year award.

Bull rider Zeb Lanham from Idaho has won almost $64,000 this year. He won first in Moses Lake and is eighth in the world. Brazile and Skelton duplicated their Canby win when they won first in Moses Lake.

Moses Lake's other winners...
Steer Roping - Cash Myers, Texas
Barrel Racing - Tana Poppino, Texas
Steer Wrestling - Joey Bell, Jr., Texas
Bronc Riding - Josh McKenzie, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Complete results for most of the rodeos in the Columbia River Circuit can be found at www.colrivcircuit.com.

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The PRCA's Summer Tour is taking this week off, but there are plenty of rodeos across the country. 29 PRCA sanctioned events are on the schedule this weekend.
Those rodeos go from San Juan Capistrano, CA to Lethbridge, AB and Kamloops, BC, Canada.

There are four big ones in the Columbia River Circuit. The new rodeo in Lynden, Washington is adding $4,000 this year. Rodeos in Kennewick and Bremerton Wednesday through Saturday both are adding $6,000. I'll be announcing the North Idaho Fair in Coeur D' Alene Friday through Sunday.

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Among the hot hands last week...

Will Lowe - The Reigning World Bareback Riding Champion won Caldwell, placed second in Canby and Gooding, won $12,000+ and jumped back into the lead in the world standings with $96,000 + for the year...

Brazile - First in the team roping in Canby and Moses Lake, the PRCA's all-around leader has won $210,000 for the year. He's first in the steer roping, second in the tie down roping, and tenth in the heading. The only question this year is how many world titles will he win?

Pozzi - The World Standings leader in the WPRA has now won more than $110,000 for the year...

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From the PRCA - Here are this week's world standings...
ALL-AROUND COWBOY
1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $210,252
2. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah 97,965
*3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. 90,167
4. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas 81,857
5. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas 77,026


BAREBACK RIDING
*1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (63) $96,653
2. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (45) 95,122
3. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (66) 68,455
4. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (59) 68,330
5. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. (58) 61,960


STEER WRESTLING
1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (43) $87,581
*2. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta (41) 68,039
3. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (46) 67,969
4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla. (42) 61,536
5. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (49) 59,108


TEAM ROPING (HEADING)
1. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (42) $71,049
2. Matt Sherwood, Malad City, Idaho (44) 70,423
3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (39) 60,478
*4. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (41) 55,662
5. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (46) 53,824


TEAM ROPING (HEELING)
1. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (42) $70,423
2. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (37) 59,975
*3. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (41) 55,659
4. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (46) 53,824
5. Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (36) 51,311


SADDLE BRONC RIDING
1. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (61) $120,996
2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (59) 118,982
3. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (57) 85,436
4. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah (59) 76,615
5. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (37) 72,236


TIE-DOWN ROPING
1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (42) $117,688
2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (44) 105,904
*3. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (49) 76,573
4. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (49) 66,945
5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (54) 63,859


BARREL RACING
1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas $103,246
2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla. 88,960
3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas 66,238
4. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla. 60,568
5. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta 59,138


BULL RIDING
*1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (66) $121,773
2. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (68) 99,006
3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (52) 85,901
4. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (55) 69,497
5. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (59) 68,058

*****
At the PBR in Puyallup...Jesse Torkelson won the first round, Beau Hill won the second.

Rocky McDonald won the average and more than $5,900...

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