Kody Lostroh wins the PBR World Title!
Courtesy of the pbrnow.com -
It was the closest race ever in the history of the Professional Bull Riders.
When the PBR Finals ended on Sunday in Las Vegas, 24 year old Coloradan Kody Lostroh had outlasted JB Mauney from North Carolina to win the 2009 World Title. Lostroh won the fourth and fifth rounds outright, finished in a record setting five way tie for first in the sixth round, rode 7 of 8 bulls at the finals, and walked away from the Thomas and Mack Center in the same spot he had been at the end of the last 20 2009 PBR events, in the number 1 spot.
Lostroh won $1.6 million for the year, finishing 594 points ahead of Mauney, who set his own PBR record when he rode all eight of his bulls to win the average at the finals, winning nearly $800,000 for the year.
Brazilian's Guilherme Marchi, Valdiron de Oliviera, and Robson Palermo finished 3-4-5 in the race for the World Title.
Included in Lostroh's $1.6 million total was a $1 million dollar bonus for winning the World Title.
"I don't have a clue," he said when asked what he would do with the money.
"I still don't think it's sunk in yet. A million bucks is a lot of money. I may get a place that's a little bigger for me and my wife. That's the only thing I can think of."
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The Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping is this weekend in Guthrie, OK. Courtesy of the PRCA and www.prorodeo.com. Scott Snedecor is trying to make some history this weekend. Snedecor, the PRCA's reigning World Champion steer roper enters this weekend's Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping in Guthrie, Okla., with a $15,026 lead on the field, the odds-on favorite to claim the event's gold buckle for a third time in his career.
If Snedecor can do what he did at last year's NFSR in Hobbs, N.M., and finish as high as third in the average, he will become the first steer roper ever to surpass $100,000 in single-season earnings. Eighteen-time World Champion Guy Allen holds the record of $99,132 set in 1998, making it the oldest PRCA earnings record on the books.
Snedecor, of Uvalde, Texas, has a bit of personal history working in his favor at the Lazy E Arena. He holds the arena record in steer roping with a 9.3-second run in the 2007 Wrangler Timed Event Championships. Snedecor starts the week with earnings of $64,666, just a bit below the $65,183 he had at the start of last year's NFSR. Kansan Rocky Patterson, who set the NFSR 10-head average record in 2001, is second in the standings with $49,640. He is followed by another five Texans - Cody Lee ($42,501), Vin Fisher Jr. (41,653), Trevor Brazile ($39,456), Shane Suggs ($34,732) and Landon McClaugherty ($30,864).
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The World Standings Leaders, courtesy of the PRCA and WPRA. All-Around: Trevor Brazile, TX - $262,078 Bareback Riding: Clint Cannon, TX - $233,457 Steer Wrestling: Lee Graves, CAN - $120,574 Team Roping (Heading): Chad Masters, TN - $130,186
Team Roping (Heeling): Jade Corkill, NV - $120,714 Bronc Riding: Jesse Kruse, MT. $130,054 Tie Down Roping: Trevor Brazile, TX. $132,916 Barrel Racing: Brittany Pharr, TX. $155,865 Bull Riding: JW Harris, TX. $219,237
News and Notes -
The Canadian Finals Start Wednesday.ThCanadian Finals Rodeo starts Wednesday night in Edmonton, featuring six performances and paying out more than $1.2 million to the 108 top hands who will be competing.
***** Heath Ford wins the "A Tribute to Chris Ledoux Pro Rodeo". Heath Ford from Greeley, Colorado made an 85 point ride Saturday night on the Triple V Rodeo horse Sadie Katie to win the 5th "A Tribute to Chris Ledoux" Pro Rodeo in Casper, WY. "I had a horse I didn't know alot about," Ford said. "I just came here with a good attitude knowing God's given me the ones I needed all year long." Ford is sixth in the PRCA's World Standings as he gets ready to go to next month's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He got off to a fast start this year, including a first place finish in San Antonio. "I've had the right ones in the right places all year. This year's winter was one to dream about. To have the WNFR made by the end of March was pretty neat." 18 year old Riley Pruitt won the tie down roping in Casper, with a time of 8.2. Pruitt filled his permit at his first PRCA Rodeo, he's the son of 1990 World Champion Troy Pruitt from Nebraska.
The rest of the champions...
Team Roping - Britt Williams and Doug Kroeplin. 5.0
Steer Wrestling - Dustin Bennett. 4.5
Bronc Riding - Townsend Prince, CO. 78
Barrel Racing - Trula Churchill and Lisa Lockhart. 14.96
Bull Riding - Will Farrell, WY. 86.
The "A Tribute to Chris Ledoux" Pro Rodeo's website is www.ledouxtributerodeo.com. ***** The Southeastern Circuit Finals - year old Bud Hallman from Florida won the average in the steer wrestling at the Dodge Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo overhe weekend in Davie, FL. Hallman is a 56-year-old circuit court judge from Florida's Sumter County who, until he attended friend Spunk Sasser's steer wrestling school in early 2008, had not competed in a rodeo, and not even ridden a horse in nearly 15 years. He through his three steers in 16.5 seconds to win the average and qualify for next April's Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo. The other champions at the Dodge Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo: - Bareback rider Scott NeSmith - 246 points on three head - Team ropers Will Lynd and Daniel Salley - 19.8 seconds on three head - Saddle bronc rider Justin Browning - 226 points on three head - Tie-down roper Justin Thigpen - 26.5 seconds on three head - Barrel racer Jewels DeNapoli - 46.76 seconds on three runs - Bull rider Friday Wright II - 243 points on three head. This weekends schedule includes the Dodge Great Lakes Circuit Finals in Louisville, KY and the Dodge Mountain States Circuit Finals in Denver, CO. The Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo is this weekend in Brawley, CA. *****
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