Portland notes

Posted Saturday, October 3, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. (October 2, 2009) -• The Top 3 riders in the world – Kody Lostroh, Guilherme Marchi and J.B. Mauney – have each won one of the past three Built Ford Tough Series events, and they account for five of six event wins since the summer break.

• There are 11 bulls making their BFTS debuts in Round 1 of the GoDaddy.com Invitational, and another eight making their debuts in Round 2.

• There are 13 riders competing in Portland this weekend who are not seeded on the tour, including the Top 5 money earners from the Challenger Tour and 8 other alternates.

• There are 14 riders who have already earned in excess of $100,000 this year, three of whom are well over $200,000.

• This week there are six riders listed on the Injury Report: Brian Canter, Ryan Dirteater, Pete Farley, Devon Mezei, Aaron Roy and Matt Werries.

• There are four rematches in the opening round this weekend, and only Renato Nunes was successful earlier this season on Little Jimmy (in Round 2 of Tacoma for 84.75 points).

• The Top 5 ranked bulls of Round 1 are Beer Goggles, Hank, Wolf Tickets, Original Prankster and High Roller.

• There are five rematches in Round 2, two of which are for the fourth time. Two-time World Champion Chris Shivers will try to get his first score on Charlie Bullware after bucking off three times in the past three years, while Cody Campbell looks to go a perfect 4-for-4 on Devil’s Night.

• The Top 5 ranked bulls of Round 2 are Northern Chill, Charlie Bullware, Crush Boss III, Dakota Cou and Smokey.

• There have been a total of 87 riders who have competed on the BFTS this year. They have a cumulative riding average of 39.34 percent (1,161 of 2,951 outs).

• In the Qualifier Standings, the 39th to 42nd positions – Reese Cates, Elliott Jacoby, Edvaldo Ferreira and Beau Hill – are all within $1,000 of each other.

• The Top 3 riders in the World Standings each have 16 Top 10 finishes this season. The difference? Lostroh has five events compared to four by Mauney and two by Marchi.

• Marchi has more 90-point rides this year, 11, than any other rider. However, Shivers has more in a career than anyone else, with 82 of them.

• With seventy-eight 90-point rides this season, the riders are 47 shy of last year’s total of 125 with just three BFTS events remaining. But it’s the second most in the past six years, and the seventh highest total of all-time.

• Three riders – Lostroh, Marchi and Cody Ford – are 50 percent or better on bulls with scores of 45 or more points.

• Cody Nance currently leads the list of contenders for the title of Daisy Rookie of the Year by more than $14,000. The Tennessean native has only ridden the fourth most number of bulls among rookies, but by virtue of his event win in Pueblo, he’s won more money.

• This rookie class consists of 16 first-year riders from 8 states and three countries.

• There are 15 riders who account for 28 BFTS event wins, and not since Nance won in Pueblo has a rider won an event for the first time this season.

• Five riders – Ryan Dirteater, Ford (twice), Ryan McConnel, Michael Manes and Nance – have won their first-ever BFTS events this season.

• Of this year’s event winners, Ford took home the largest check of the season at $60,960 (and that was for a one-day event in Glendale, Ariz.).

• Marchi won the event in Portland last year, while other previous winners include Sean Willingham (2006), Luke Snyder (2005), Jim Sharp (2002), Cody Custer and Corey Navarre (2001) and Shivers (2000).

• For the second week in a row and third time in the past four events, Troubadour is the top ranked bull in the short round.