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Utahn Jesse Wright closes in on saddle bronc title in Round 7

Last updated Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 6:39pm

LAS VEGAS — Jesse Wright closed on his first saddle bronc season title Wednesday night at the National Finals Rodeo, winning the seventh round with an 84-point ride on Gold Coast.

Wright, from Milford, Utah, leads the season standings with $206,274.

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Round 6: Brazile closes in on record-tying 18th title

Keith Freeman The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 4:52pm

LAS VEGAS — A night after wrapping up his 17th gold buckle as the all-around champion, Trevor Brazile closed in on a record-tying 18th season title by finishing second Tuesday night in the sixth round of team roping to retain the header lead with four rounds left in the National Finals Rodeo.

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Bull rider Harris regains standings lead at NFR after Round 5

Keith Freeman The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 4:48pm

LAS VEGAS — J.W. Harris was one of only four bull riders to not get bucked off, allowing him to reclaim the world standings lead after the fifth round of the National Finals Rodeo on Monday night.

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Branquinho wins steer wrestling in round 4 at NFR

Keith Freeman The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 10, 2012 - 7:21pm

LAS VEGAS — Luke Branquinho moved into second in the world standings for steer wrestling when he finished first in round four of the National Finals Rodeo on Sunday.

Branquinho, the defending world champion, posted a time of 3.3 seconds to move up three spots in the standings with $113,614.

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Round 3: Mary Walker wins again at National Finals Rodeo, but Hooper's Kelli Tolbert right on her heels

Keith Freeman The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 9, 2012 - 12:26am

LAS VEGAS — National Finals Rodeo rookie Mary Walker stayed perfect through three rounds, topping the barrel racing field with a 13.69-second run Saturday night.

The 53-year-old Walker leads all NFR competitors with earnings of $54,772 in the 10-round rodeo, and is second in the season standings with $182,064. Standings leader Brittany Pozzi of Victoria, Texas, shut out when she failed to place in the top six in the round, has earned $186,568.

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Tuf Cooper takes lead in tie-down roping standings in Round 2

Keith Freeman The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 12:30am

LAS VEGAS — Defending world champion Tuf Cooper took the lead in the tie-down roping season standings Friday night in the National Finals Rodeo, tying for second in the second round.

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Bull rider bounces back from life-threatening injury

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 8:04pm

THATCHER — It’s easy to understand why bull rider Tag Elliott could pull off a comeback of momentous proportions to win $63,912 this year on the professional rodeo circuit, qualifying him for the first time for th 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

The 24-year-old’s ability to bounce back is all in his attitude.

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Hooper woman prepares for Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 19, 2012 - 2:39pm

HOOPER — There’s one thing Kelli Tolbert knows for sure.

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Indian bronc rider from Missouri killed at Vegas rodeo

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Last updated Monday, November 12, 2012 - 3:46pm

LAS VEGAS — A Missouri man died after being critically injured during the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

Rodeo officials said J.D. Jones, 25, of Goodman, Mo., died after an accident at the saddle bronc riding competition Saturday night.

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Cowboys are on the bubble for NFR field

Chris J. Miller Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 5, 2012 - 11:58pm

While some PRCA stars are already making their National Rodeo Finals plans, the cowboys on the bottom of the standings are sweating it out.

Utahns Kaycee Feild (bareback riding) and Jesse Wright (saddle bronc riding) lead their specialties as the PRCA season came to an end on Sept. 30. The top 15 competitors advance to the NFR in early December in Las Vegas.

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Six seek Miss Wilderness Circuit title

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 3:55pm

OGDEN — Six contestants will vie for the Miss Wilderness Circuit queen Saturday.

The winner will reign over activities throughout the year associated with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo circuit in Utah, Nevada and Southern Idaho. The circuit finals are set for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 26 and 27 at the Wasatch County Events Center in Heber City.

The community is invited to watch all public portions of the contest.

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Will Lowe competes in bareback riding during the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo in Ogden on Tuesday.

Bar T has big night in final day of Pioneer Days Rodeo

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 11:06pm

OGDEN — Bar T Rodeo Inc. had the bareback riding spotlight in the final performance of the $144,983 Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo.

Bar T, of Chester, Utah, bucked all but one of the bareback horses during Tuesday’s fifth night of the 79th annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned event.

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Shiner named Miss Rodeo Utah 2012

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 10:52pm

OGDEN — Chenae Shiner, 22, of Roosevelt, was crowned Miss Rodeo Utah 2012 Tuesday night at the Pioneer Days Rodeo.

Shiner is a graduate of Union High School. After finishing her associates degree at Utah State University, she plans to attend Weber State University’s radiology program and complete a specialty in CT/MRI.

She is the daughter of Shaune and Michelle Shiner.

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Steven Peebles competes in bareback riding during the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo at Ogden Pioneer Stadium on Monday.

Bennett’s performance gets him in line for paycheck

Dennis Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 11:15pm

OGDEN — Is the dry spell finally over for bareback rider Caleb Bennett?

With one rodeo performance remaining, Bennett, of Springville, is in good shape to bank a check from the $145,728 Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo.

During Monday’s fourth performance of the 79th annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned event, there were four bareback rides of at least 81 points recorded at Ogden Pioneer Stadium.

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Charro (bull rider) Fabian Urzua (front, 35), of Greensboro, North Carolina, wraps his wrists as he makes final preparations for riding the bull, in a small field in Cumberland County, New Jersey, July 8, 2012. A cultural touchstone for Mexican-American communities across the United States, the charreada, or Mexican rodeo, with its mix of party and sport serves as a reminder of a country left behind. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

’Mexican rodeos’ draw crowds, some community discontent

James Osborne The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Monday, July 23, 2012 - 2:25pm

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Six-foot-tall speakers blare norteqo music across a grass field as members of the overwhelmingly Latino crowd fan themselves and wait for the bulls to be led into a makeshift rodeo ring.

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