COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour presented by B&W Trailer Hitches returns to San Antonio for the sixth straight year as part of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. San Antonio fans will see the top 40 PRCA bull riders in the world matched with the best bulls for a shot at the title at the AT&T Center on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
2006 World Champion Bull Rider B.J. Schumacher of Hillsboro, Wis., and Cody Hancock of Taylor, Ariz., the 2000 world champion, headline the list of riders. Also competing are reigning Xtreme Bulls National Champion Kanin Asay of Powell, Wyo., and Mike Moore, who won the overall Xtreme Bulls title in 2003 in addition to Myron Duarte of Auburn, Wash., who claimed victory in the Tour’s opening stop in Rapid City, S.D., on Jan. 26.
Xtreme Bulls, the PRCA‘s world championship bull riding tour, made its debut in 2003 in San Antonio. Near-capacity crowds of 15,000 have taken in the action in recent years, watching Schumacher and Luke Haught of Weatherford, Texas, win Tour-stop titles there in 2007.
San Antonio also will host the Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour on Feb. 16.
In San Antonio, each rider competes for part of the $75,000 purse and placement in the Xtreme Bulls rankings.
In Xtreme Bulls, every contestant competes in the semifinal round, with the top 15 performers advancing to the final round. The winner of the two-head average wins that stop’s title. Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour earnings count toward the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings, which determines qualifiers for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Dec. 4-13 in Las Vegas.
The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which starts Feb. 1, also is a stop on the 2008 Wrangler ProRodeo Tour. Cowboys and cowgirls will compete for Wrangler Tour points throughout the 19-performance rodeo. The rodeo’s final performance, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, will feature the top 12 contestants in each event competing for Tour-round and average titles.
