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1/30/2007
Rapid City plays host to second stop
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Black Hills Stock
Show Rodeo, voted the best indoor rodeo in the
PRCA in 2002, will host the Wrangler ProRodeo
Tour’s third stop Feb. 3-6 in Rapid City, S.D.
The sport's top cowboys and cowgirls will battle
it out at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center,
starting Friday at the Badlands Circuit’s most
lucrative rodeo.
The Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo marks the third
stop on the 2007 Wrangler ProRodeo Tour. This
year’s Wrangler ProRodeo Tour will consist of 21
rodeos from January to August. Contestants will
choose 15 out of the 21 rodeos to count toward
their official Tour rodeo count and will compete
for money this year versus points like in years
past.
At the conclusion of the 21st rodeo, the top 35
contestants in total Tour money and the “wild
card”, event champions from the Dodge National
Circuit Finals Rodeo, will move on to the first
Tour Championship event. From there, the top 22
in total Tour money, as well as the Wild Card
from the DNCFR and the champion from the first
Tour Championship event will advance to the
field of 24 to the second Tour Championship
event. At the conclusion of that rodeo, the
field will be cut to 12, then to eight and
finally to four. The Championship sites will be
released at a later date. Fox Sports Network and
CBS are scheduled to televise the Championship
events only.
The Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo follows the
21-city Wrangler Tour’s season-opening stops in
Odessa, Texas, and in Denver. From Rapid City,
contestants head to the Texas cities of San
Antonio and San Angelo.
The Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo has been part
of the Wrangler Tour since the Tour was
introduced in 2000.
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