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There is news breaking involving the current and
future relationship of the Professional Rodeo
Cowboy's Association and the Women's
Professional Rodeo Association.
The PRCA issued the following press release on
Wednesday, August 23...
"Professional Women’s Barrel Racing Subsidiary
in place for 2007 Season
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association Board of Directors voted
August 16 to form a barrel racing subsidiary,
Professional Women’s Barrel Racing. The
Professional Women’s Barrel Racing event will be
featured in the 2007 rodeo season, which starts
November 13, 2006.
The formation of Professional Women’s Barrel
Racing is aimed at streamlining the approval
process for PRCA rodeo committees, and improving
efficiency for contestants. Professional barrel
racers already enter PRCA rodeos via the PRCA’s
Central Entry System, PROCOM.
In 2007, only Professional Women’s Barrel Racing
events will count toward world standings and
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification, as
well as all other PRCA championship
competitions. The new PRCA subsidiary will have
a separate board of directors."
The WPRA's website, wpra.com, includes links to
some news about the WPRA's position on the
issue.
The first paragraph of the release from the WPRA
states...
"Last Thursday, August 17, 2006, the WPRA
received a letter from the PRCA, stating it was
creating a ladies' professional barrel racing
association as a subsidiary of the PRCA." The
WPRA statement goes on to list a series of
questions and proposals and a response from the
PRCA.
The WPRA Board of Directors held a meeting this
week in Las Vegas. That meeting ended on
Wednesday, August 23. The WPRA's correspondence
with the PRCA and current position is available
on the WPRA's website at wpra.com.
As additional information becomes available on
this story we will share it with you.
*****
The Horse Heaven Round-Up Rodeo is underway in
Kennewick, Washington.
The timed events started with slack Wednesday
morning, August 23.
The tie down roping was wicked...
Trevor Brazile won the round with a 7.4...Josh
Peek from Colorado was second with a 7.6, Peek's
fellow Coloradan Kyle Hughes split with third
with Blair Burk from Oklahoma with a pair of
7.7's...Cimmaron Boardman from Texas and Seth
Hopper from Stanfield, Oregon were fifth and
sixth with 7.9 second times.
77 steer wrestlers showed up in Kennewick, Beau
Franzen from Montana threw his steer down in
3.8, Shaun Greenfield from Lakeview, Oregon was
second with a 3.9...Spud Duvall from Oklahoma
was third with a 4.0.
The Campbell boy's from Benton City, Washington
and the Minor's from Ellensburg went to the pay
window in the team roping. B.J. teamed with
Riley Minor to place first with a 5.2. Bucky and
Matt Funk from Hermiston, Oregon were second
with a 5.3. Jason Stewart from Royal City,
Washington roped with Brady Minor and turned in
a time of 5.5 that split third with California
newcomers Spencer Mitchell and Justin Davis.
*****
Kennewick is one of four rodeos in the Columbia
River Circuit...and one of 29 across the country
this weekend. There is a total of $20,000+ in
added money available in the Columbia River
Circuit alone with rodeos in Kennewick ($6,000+
per event), Bremerton ($6,000+ per event),
Lynden, WA ($4,000 per event) and Couer D' Alene,
Idaho ($3,000 per event). I'll be announcing the
rodeo in Couer D' Alene...it should be a great
weekend.
*****
Results from last week...
Caldwell, Idaho played host to the 8th stop on
the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Summer Tour...
World Champion Will Lowe from Texas won more
than $12,000 last week. He won the average in
Caldwell and placed second in Canby, Oregon and
Gooding, Idaho. He jumped into the lead in the
PRCA's bareback riding world standings, he has
gone over $96,000 for the year and at the age of
23 has gone over $800,000 in his PRCA career.
From the PRCA...Here are the average and Tour
Round winners from the Caldwell Night Rodeo,
which ended August 19...
Caldwell Night Rodeo
Tour, Average Champions
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
*****
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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