Bareback

Top-ranked bareback riders square off at Frontier Days Rodeo
[Sep. 8, 2009] WALLA WALLA - The two top-ranked bareback riders in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association standings squared off Sunday night during the final performance of the 2009 Frontier Days Rodeo at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds.

Stump earns national rodeo attention
[Sep. 5, 2009] CROOK — Quinten Stump is a young man who is building up an impressive resume in the rodeo world.

His marks are impressive enough to allow him to complete in the National Little Britches Finals Rodeo in Pueblo. His scores at this rodeo, that occurred July 27 through Aug. 1, ranked him No. 2 in the world.

CPRA press release ~ September 2, 2009
[Sep. 3, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – The stakes are high at the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) and Stampede as the final stop of the season for the Wrangler Professional Rodeo Tour kicks into high gear tonight in Armstrong, B.C. By Pamela Porosky

High school world champ claims Nite Rodeo finals title
[Sep. 2, 2009] The 71st Cody Nite Rodeo ended Monday with the crowning of year-end and finals champions.

Buckles and more than $60,000 in prize money was given to 18 champions.

For Lovell High School senior JR Vezain, winning the three-day final bareback title capped a busy summer.

CPRA press release ~ September 1, 2009
[Sep. 1, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – Jesse Torkelson knew he had a great bull when he looked at the draw for the Kamloops Pro Rodeo and saw his name next to Little White Lie’s. By Pamela Porosky

The ProRodeoLive.com Weekly Newsletter
[Sep. 1, 2009] My thanks to the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo in Coeur D'Alene for the opportunity to announce their rodeo last weekend. We had big, enthusiastic crowds and a huge contestant turnout...

Boulder's McCauley wins bareback event at NRA Rodeo
[Aug. 31, 2009] When bareback rider Quentin McCauley of Boulder was done with his ride on a horse called "Swamp Donkey" at the NRA Jefferson County Rodeo on Sunday, he did not have high expectations for his score.

Cowboy has sweet homecoming: Pueblo's Casey Colletti nearly wins bareback at State Fair Rodeo.
[Aug. 31, 2009] The Pueblo cowboy registered an 84 score on Little Linda in the bareback competition during the Colorado State Fair Rodeo at the Budweiser Arena.

The final days of the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit
[Aug. 31, 2009] The Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit has 28 sanctioned events throughout the calendar year. The cowboys and cowgirls compete in eight different events; bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping (header and heeler), saddle bronc riding, tie-down calf roping, barrel racing and bull riding.

LYNDEN PRCA RODEO: Two-day event opens with a kick; 18-year-old from Oregon tops field in bareback competition
[Aug. 30, 2009] All the 18-year-old can do is shrug when the talk turns to his bright future in the sport. For every top ride he's put together since turning pro less than a year ago he can just as easily point to a time he's failed to score at all.

Kitsap Stampede: One Hell of a Ride for Kruse
[Aug. 30, 2009] Jesse James Kruse was the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Saddle Bronc Riding Rookie of the Year in 2007.

Lynden Rodeo attracts record number of competitors
[Aug. 30, 2009] The rodeo will feature 312 contestants, up 74 percent from last year, when it was named best small rodeo of the year by the Columbia River Pro-Rodeo Circuit.

Range Days Rodeo draws crowds, quality competition
[Aug. 30, 2009] The rodeo promises to be another Badland’s Circuit rip-snorter according to Wade Voss, Chairman of the rodeo committee.

'The Gladiator' Keeps His Streak Alive
[Aug. 30, 2009] Bareback rider Clint Cannon’s in the midst of a dream season, and it continued during the Kitsap Stampede on Thursday night at Thunderbird Stadium.