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4/17/2007
"Wrapping up the Cow Palace and Logandale"
Just another weekend at the office for Trevor
Brazile.
Brazile, the four-time and reigning world
champion all-around cowboy, was the high-dollar
winner at both Wrangler Tour rodeos over the
weekend at the Grand National Rodeo in San
Francisco and the Clark County Fair and Rodeo in
Logandale, Nev. Combined, Brazile of Decatur,
Texas, bagged $15,502 and further staked his
claim as the cowboy to beat in 2007.
In San Francisco, Brazile shared the Wrangler
Tour-Round title with Blair Burk of Durant,
Okla., with identical times of 7.6 seconds and
claimed the average title outright with a total
time of 24.6 seconds on three head. In team
roping, Brazile and partner Patrick Smith of
Midland, Texas, finished second in the final
average standings.
In Logandale, Brazile and Smith won a round of
team roping, while Brazile later finished second
in the tie-down roping average to Matt Shiozawa
of Chubbuck, Idaho.
This year’s Wrangler ProRodeo Tour consists 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 as in
years past.
Steer wrestler Luke Branquinho from Los Alamos,
CA set a record at the Cow Palace, with a 2.7
second time. “That’s a once-in-a-lifetime deal,”
said Branquinho. “Yeah, that really happened.
The start has to be pretty quick, and my hazer
(Billy Bugenig) knows how I like my steer set
up. There are so many variables. For some
reason, they all just aligned for me.”
Branquinho, who recorded the historic run on
Easter Sunday (April 8) during slack at the
legendary San Francisco rodeo, set the arena
record and also turned in a personal best.
The Winners...
Grand National Rodeo Tour, Average Champions
Bareback Riding
T: Steven Anding (Crossroads, Texas), 87 points
A: Jason Havens (Prineville, Ore.), 169 points
on three head, $5,865
Steer Wrestling
T: (tie) Blake Knowles (Heppner, Ore.) and
Clayton Hass (Terrell, Texas), 4.3 seconds
A: Hass, 12.2 seconds on three head, $4,238
Team Roping
T: Daniel Green (Oakdale, Calif.)/Todd Hampton
(Chowchilla, Calif.), 4.3 seconds
A: David Key (Caldwell, Texas)/Kory Koontz
(Sudan, Texas), 15.5 seconds on three head,
$3,226 each
Saddle Bronc Riding
T: Taos Muncy (Cedarvale, N.M.), 87 points
A: Dusty Hausauer (Dickinson, N.D.), 167 points
on two head, $7,431
Tie-Down Roping
T: (tie) Blair Burk (Durant, Okla.) and Trevor
Brazile (Decatur, Texas), 7.6 seconds
A: Brazile, 24.6 seconds on three head, $5,686
Barrel Racing
T: Deb Renger (Okotoks, Alberta), 16.43 seconds
A: Sabra O’Quinn (Ocala, Fla), 49.08 seconds on
three runs, $5,568
Bull Riding
T: Dave Samsel (Haslet, Texas), 88 points
A: Samsel, 171 points on two head, $5,431
Clark County Fair & Rodeo Tour, Average
Champions
Bareback Riding
T: Chip Dees IV (Philadelphia, Miss.), 87 points
A: Kelly Timberman (Mills, Wyo.), 170 points on
two head, $4,594
Steer Wrestling
T: (tie) Wade Sumpter (Fowler, Colo.) and Todd
Suhn (North Platte, Neb.), 4.0 seconds
A: Suhn, 19.6 seconds on four head, $6,706
Team Roping
T: Jon Stafford (Nampa, Idaho)/Jade Anderson
(Goshen, Utah), 6.0 seconds
A: Jake Barnes (Scottsdale, Ariz.)/Clay O’Brien
Cooper (Morgan Mill, Texas), 25.5 seconds on
three head, $5,586 each
Saddle Bronc Riding
T: Jesse Bail (Camp Crook, S.D.), 87 points
A: Bail, 171 points on two head, $5,895
Tie-Down Roping
T: Matt Shiozawa (Chubbuck, Idaho), 9.0 seconds
A: Shiozawa, 35.7 seconds on four head, $6,016
Barrel Racing
T: Sheri Sinor Estrada (Alamogordo, N.M.), 17.35
seconds
A: Estrada, 70.19 seconds on four runs, $3,537
Bull Riding
T: JayC Bean (Goldendale, Wash.), 84 points
A: (tie) Bean and Marcus Michaelis (Caldwell,
Idaho), 166 points on two head, $3,755 and
$5,280, respectively
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