PBR Announces Preliminary 2021 Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour schedule

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Photo by PBR.com

Entering its seventh year of competition, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) premier expansion tour, the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT), has released a preliminary 2021 schedule including 19 tour stops, with a minimum of an additional six in the works.
The PWVT season opens the gates on January 15-16 in the heart of bull riding’s homeland, Texas, with the PWVT’s first ever visit to the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, and will end crowning a champion at South Point Arena in Las Vegas October 30-31, 2021.

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PBR World Champion Cooper Davis Remains Red Hot in Tulsa Splitting Round 1 Unleash The Beast Victory with Young Gun Ezekiel Mitchell

Photo courtesy Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media
Photo courtesy Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media

Seeking his second world title on Nov. 12-15 at the 2020 PBR World Finals at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Davis hones in on No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme who failed to reach the 8 in Round 1

Eager to make up for lost time, after a broken neck sustained in January sidelined him for nearly the entire first half of the 2020 PBR (Professional Bull Rider) Unleash The Beast season, 2016 PBR World Champion Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas) remained red hot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, tying for the Round 1 victory of the PBR Express Ranches Classic, presented by Bass Pro Shops, with young gun Ezekiel Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas) Saturday evening inside the BOK Center.

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New Stars Emerge at Stampede at the Lazy E Arena as WCRA Makes Return to Host the Summer’s Largest Rodeo With a Near $440,000 Payout

Photos by Bull Stock Media for WCRA
Photos by Bull Stock Media for WCRA

17-Year-Old Riley Webb Defeats No.1 Ranked Tie-Down Roper Shad Mayfield

As the first discipline of the Stampede at The E, bareback riding had the fans inside Lazy E Arena on the edge of their seats throughout the action-packed night where contenders prevailed. After Jake Brown (Cleveland, Texas) and Orin Larsen (Inglis, Manitoba) advanced to the showdown round tied courtesy of matching 86.5-point rides, the two quickly became immersed in a shootout for the $12,500 Major payday in the showdown round. Outscoring Larsen, the victor from the 2020 Royal City Roundup who was seeking his second win in the Triple Crown, by 0.5 points, Brown delivered a critical 87.5-point ride on Top Flight to capture the victory.

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Colten Jesse Moves to No. 4 in the World With Win at PBR’s Event in Bismarck

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Photo by PBR.com

The world’s best cowboys and bucking bulls clashed Saturday night in Bismarck to decide the first event of the 2020 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) second half, accompanied by loudly cheering fans during a dramatic, high-scoring championship round as one rider topped another, and the real human voices in the grandstands of the Bismarck Civic Center sure sounded beautiful.
As the PBR Dakota Community Bank & Trust Invitational presented by Cooper Tires came to a close, Colten Jesse (Konawa, Oklahoma) stood atop the Can-Am cage in the center of the dirt with a triumphant smile on his face following a title-clinching 92.25-point trip aboard Sky Harbor (Dakota Rodeo/ Chad Berger/ Clay Struve/ Wilks Ranch). Jesse put up the highest score of the weekend when it counted most to win the first event win of his career on the Unleash The Beast (UTB).

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2020 National High School Finals Rodeo Kick Off at Lazy E Arena

Photo by Acentric Rodeo for National High School Rodeo Association
Photo by Acentric Rodeo for National High School Rodeo Association

The 2020 National High School Finals Rodeo kicked off, July 17th at 7PM at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma and will continue to run until July 23rd. We have a strong  showing of contestants rounding out to 1,404 with a little over 1800 entries. We have contestants and family joining us from all over the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Unfortunately, due to COVID travel restrictions members from Australia are unable to compete.

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Stampede at Lazy E Unites the Best Rodeos With Revolutionary Format

WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) today announced that the August 11-15 Stampede at The E will unite several of the world’s largest open and youth rodeos with a revolutionary qualifying opportunity including:
 
    •    THE AMERICAN
    •    The IPRA (International Pro Rodeo Association)
    •    The Junior World Finals
    •    THE Jr. AMERICAN
 
Athletes competing in the Stampede at The E now have unprecedented qualifying opportunities. For the first time in western sports history one rodeo will offer athletes a pathway to five major youth and open events.

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Team Cooper Tires Storms to Championship of PBR’s Groundbreaking Team Tournament

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Photo by PBR.com

Leme and Whitehorse Power Team Cooper Tires on Undefeated March to Monster Energy Team Challenge Championship
Team Cooper Tires: 177.25 points
Team Pendleton Whisky: 0 points
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The world’s No. 1 bull rider, Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil), powered his team to the first multi-event team championship in PBR history with key support from a surging Keyshawn Whitehorse (McCraken Springs, Utah). In addition to Leme and Whitehorse, the bulls also starred in the Championship Sunday finale of PBR’s new team tournament, the Monster Energy Team Challenge, live on CBS with fans welcomed back into the arena. The bulls dominated the matchup, producing five scores over 45 points in the first half, and seven during the game.
Team Cooper Tires Captain Jose Vitor Leme got the scoring going, taking care of business aboard Sitting Bull (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve/Diamond Willow) for 88.75 points to end the first half.

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Inagural Women’s Rodeo World Championship to Award $60,000 to Each Discipline Champion

WCRA (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) and PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced payout details regarding the November 3-7 Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) along with open entry dates and athlete package opportunities.

Contestants competing in four disciplines—breakaway roping, barrel racing, and team roping (heading and heeling) will compete for their piece of a historical $750,000 purse. Athletes in each discipline will compete for $136,000 in the main event, with each discipline champion walking away with a minimum of $60,000 each.

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Moreira Carries Can-Am Into Championship Weekend With a Walk-Off Victory in Must-Win Situation Against Union Home Mortgage

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Photo by PBR.com

Mauricio Moreira crouched down on the back of the bucking chutes and peered below to see his opponent Skitso waiting for him.
Can-Am’s playoff aspirations were all on the 20-year-old’s shoulders. All Moreira had to do was ride Skitso and his team would be on its way to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 10 for Championship Weekend.
“I was just trying to stay calm and keep focused on this bull,” Moreira said Sunday afternoon with the help of Paulo Crimber translating. “I was thinking I just needed to do my job, nothing else. Ride my bull like I always do and see what happens.”

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PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge: Lawrence Steps Up On Emergency Basis for Team Cooper Tires

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Photo by PBR.com

Stetson Lawrence was about as surprised as those watching at home when he learned that his Team Cooper Tires teammate Sage Kimzey would not be getting on his second bull on Saturday night.
The reigning six-time PRCA champion had aggravated a chronic right elbow injury during his 3.44-second buckoff against Skitso in Round 1 of Team Cooper Tires game against Team YETI and was unable to continue.

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