Luke Snyder Becomes Professional Bull Riders’s Newest Millionaire!!!

Posted Monday, February 16, 2009

The fan favorite Missouri bull rider crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after a second place finish in Oklahoma City.

PUEBLO, Colo. (February 16, 2009) - One of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) fan favorite bull riders, Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.) has accomplished many milestones in his career including riding in a record 243 consecutive BFTS events. Snyder is celebrating yet another career highlight as he becomes the 18th millionaire in PBR’s 16-year history. He crossed the $1 million mark at the Express Classic in Oklahoma City, held on February 13-15. He was one of only two men to ride all four of his bulls over the three-day competition and finished second in the overall event standings.

“This is a testament to the PBR for making it possible for us bull riders to win that much money doing what we love,” Snyder commented. “It’s an honor to be on the same list as greats such as Justin McBride, Ross Coleman, and Ty Murray.”

The 26-year-old Missouri native was the 2001 PBR Rookie of the Year as well as the 2001 PBR World Finals Event Champion. Snyder, a nine-year PBR veteran, has four BFTS event wins under his belt as well as nineteen 90-point rides. Throughout his career, he has shown consistency, not only through event attendance, but also through his riding. Snyder has never had fewer than three Top-10 finishes per season and has qualified for the PBR World Finals every single season in his career.

Listen to Luke talk about his new milestone, exclusively on pbr.tv.

TOP RANKED PBR MONEY EARNERS OF ALL-TIME (as of February 16)

RIDER

HOMETOWN

TOTAL

1

Justin McBride

Elk City, OK

$5,124,418.42

2

Chris Shivers

Jonesville, LA

$3,567,619.60

3

Adriano Moraes

Cachoeira Paulista, SP, BZ

$3,504,344.71

4

Guilherme Marchi

Leme, SP, BZ

$2,965,577.05

5

Mike Lee

Decatur, TX

$2,579,394.30

6

Mike White

De Kalb, TX

$1,438,315.89

7

J.W. Hart

Overbrook, OK

$1,355,138.36

8

J.B. Mauney

Mooresville, NC

$1,338,595.41

9

Ross Coleman

Molalla, OR

$1,294,375.91

10

Wiley Petersen

Fort Hall, ID

$1,286,579.08

11

Troy Dunn

Queensland, AUS

$1,286,588.23

12

Owen Washburn

Lordsburg, NM

$1,212,185.31

13

Kody Lostroh

Longmont, CO

$1,160,894.05

14

Paulo Crimber

Olimpia, SP, BZ

$1,125,892.30

15

Ednei Caminhas

P. Alves, SP, BZ

$1,055,800.84

16

Ty Murray

Stephenville, TX

$1,038,240.64

17

Cody Hart

Gainesville, TX

$1,010,400.69

18

Luke Snyder

Raymore, MO

$1,006,233.49

For more information on PBR’s newest millionaire, Luke Snyder, or PBR’s All Time Money Earners, please visit www.pbrnow.com or contact Katharine Sherrer at 719 242 2800.

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