2019 WPRA World Finals Off To A Fast Start


Despite the cooler than normal temperatures in south Texas the ladies of the WPRA brought the heat to the Extraco Event Center in Waco, Texas, to kickoff the 2019 WPRA World Finals.
Despite the cooler than normal temperatures in south Texas the ladies of the WPRA brought the heat to the Extraco Event Center in Waco, Texas, to kickoff the 2019 WPRA World Finals.
With just one regular-season event remaining prior to the 2019 PBR World Finals, the already historically tight World Championship race significantly intensified as 2016 PBR World Champion Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas) went a perfect 3-for-3 to win the Unleash The Beast’s Wrangler Long Live Cowboys Classic inside Greensboro Coliseum. Meanwhile, 2016 PBR World Champion Jess Lockwood (Volborg, Montana) picked a bull who’s been impossible to ride on the premier series, conquering him for 93.75 points to halve Jose Vitor Leme’s (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) lead atop the world rankings.
In front of an electric Tar Heel State crowd, 2016 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Champion Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas) captured his ninth round win of the 2019 season, victorious in Round 1 of the Unleash The Beast’s Wrangler Long Live Cowboys Classic inside Greensboro Coliseum.
Riding at just the fourth PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event of his career, Alan de Souza (Taubate, Brazil) captured his first ever premier series event win in Minneapolis, Minnesota, inside Target Center, victorious at the Minneapolis Invitational.
At the first PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event in Minneapolis in 13 years, Jess Lockwood (Volborg, Montana) earned his league-best fourth 15/15 Bucking Battle victory of the season, winning the special round held in tandem with the Minneapolis Invitational inside Target Center.
After a record-setting 2019, the PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT) is gearing up to bring fans even more action in 2020. The much-anticipated schedule starts at a breakneck pace with 24 first-half events and visits to six new markets.
As one of two riders to deliver a flawless performance across the two days of competition inside Cross Insurance Arena, Alan de Souza (Taubate, Brazil) captured his second PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event win of the 2019 season Saturday evening, victorious at the Portland Chute Out in Portland, Maine.
At the fourth-ever PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event in Portland, Maine, Ramon de Lima (Rio Branco, Brazil) rode supreme Friday evening inside Cross Insurance Arena, recording the high-marked ride of the night to win Round 1 of the Portland Chute Out.
In front of a record-setting crowd inside EagleBank Arena Sunday afternoon, Chase Outlaw (Hamburg, Arkansas) captured his fourth regular-season event win of 2019 as one of two riders to go a perfect 3-for-3 at the elite PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast’s U.S. Border Patrol Invitational.
On a night that saw 15 qualified rides, three riders – Derek Kolbaba (Walla Walla, Washington), Marco Eguchi (Poa, Brazil) and Dalton Kasel (Muleshoe, Texas) – tied for the Round 1 win at the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast’s U.S. Border Patrol Invitational inside EagleBank Arena after each recorded matching 87.25-point scores.
The final stretch of the 2019 season is in full swing. With only 13 days left, cowboys are racing to the finish line in hopes of finishing in the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings to qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.