PRCA Press Releases

Wright tries to correct a wrong at Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo
[Mar. 20, 2008] Cody Wright was the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo All-Around Champion last year and while he is real proud of that achievement, it didn’t get him a year’s free use of a Dodge truck like all of the individual event winners. By Courtesy PRCA

Countdown: Houston enters final week
[Mar. 17, 2008] One week from now, the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings will take on a distinctly different look, fresh off the conclusion of RodeoHouston, which will pay $50,000 to each event champion on March 22 (team ropers will share a $55,000 prize). By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

Smith reigns in Austin for second straight Tour win
[Mar. 17, 2008] Score another Wrangler ProRodeo Tour victory in Texas for Stran Smith. For the second time in three weekends, the Childress, Texas, tie-down roper claimed victory in the Lone Star State, this time at Rodeo Austin, which concluded March 15 after a 13-performance run. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

No small potatoes: Pocatello offers titles, big cash at DNCFR
[Mar. 17, 2008] They come from all over the country with the same thing in mind: winning a national title. That’s what is at stake once again in Pocatello, Idaho, at the 22nd Annual Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, March 19-22, with nearly 200 of the PRCA;s top contestants doing battle for national glory. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA Media Relations

Making history: RodeoHouston's first two Super Series in the books
[Mar. 10, 2008] Two defending RodeoHouston champions kept alive their hopes of a repeat title during weekend action as the rodeo’s second Super Series came to an end. Bobby Mote, the reigning and two-time world champion bareback rider whose $56,833 won in Houston last year paved the way for his 2007 world title, and tie-down roper Houston Hutto, who led the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings for most of the 2007 regular-season after his Houston victory, are among eight contestants in each event (eight teams in team roping) to have advanced to RodeoHouston’s semifinal round. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Rodeo Austin gears for championship weekend
[Mar. 10, 2008] Rodeo Austin (Texas), the sixth stop on the 2008 Wrangler ProRodeo Tour, reached the halfway mark over the weekend and steams into the final week of competition in the Travis County Expo Center. Performances continue daily at 7 p.m. (CT), culminating with the final round on March 15. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

PRCA Standings as of March 10, 2008
[Mar. 10, 2008] Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Rodeo News and Notes
[Mar. 10, 2008] Lowe win in Montgomery; Green reclaims timed event championship; Houston attendance record broke; DNCFR page launched By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Despite twister, show to go on in Lake City
[Mar. 10, 2008] The Florida Gateway Pro Rodeo in Lake City, Fla., the site of Friday’s tornado that left one dead, damaged or destroyed 60 homes and 10 businesses and left a trail of devastation 2 miles long, will go on as scheduled this weekend. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

RodeoHouston brings back bracket for 2008's richest regular-season rodeo
[Mar. 3, 2008] In the spirit of March Madness and the NCAA Basketball Championships, RodeoHouston’s bracket-style battle goes into full effect tonight, with the $1.3 million rodeo running through the culminating Shootout Round on March 22. The rodeo will bestow $50,000 checks ($27,500 per man in team roping) on its shootout champions for the second straight year, virtually assuring them of spots in the 50th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

'Capitol' improvements make Rodeo Austin one of state's best
[Mar. 3, 2008] Eight years ago, the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo was just another stop on the rodeo trail, one that cowboys may or may not have decided to enter. Nowadays, the rodeo has blossomed into one of Texas' premier events, growing by leaps and bounds along the way and implementing innovations at every turn. By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

Rodeo News and Notes from the PRCA - March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008] Saddle bronc rider Bello defends San Angelo title; Special page for DNCFR on ProRodeo.com; Lowe, Brazile, Smith prevail in Glen Rose By Kevin Carmody, PRCA

PRCA Standings March 3, 2008
[Mar. 3, 2008]   By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Standings as of February 25, 2008
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