Daily Archives: October 20, 2009

Courtesy PRCA

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Team roping heading horse Precious Speck, owned and ridden by Travis Tryan, and team roping heeling horse, Baileys Cooper Doc, owned and ridden by Randon Adams, both earned their fourth AQHA/PRCA Horse of the Year honors.

Precious Speck, “Walt,” has taken top honors in 2003 and from 2007-2009, while Baileys Cooper Doc, “Diesel,” has claimed consecutive first-place honors since 2006.

Steer wrestling horse Rocks Eyes Opener, “Jessie,” owned by Lee Graves and ridden by Graves and Trevor Knowles, picked up a second Horse of the Year award. Jessie also got the top nod in 2007.

“When you back him in the box, he’s going to give you 110 percent every time,” said Graves, of Calgary, Alberta, who leads the PRCA World Standings with season earnings of $120,574….(read more)

By BRETT HOFFMAN

Special to the Star-Telegram

It was one mammoth weekend on the pro rodeo and bull riding circuits.

Four prominent western riding associations concluded regular-season competition last weekend and named end-of-the year finals qualifiers.

The Heartland Pro Rodeo Championships, which concluded Saturday in Waco, was the high-paying season closing event in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. The Professional Bull Riders final regular-season performance on its Built Ford Tough Series was Sunday in Uncasville, Conn. And the Championship Bull Riding circuit conducted its last finals qualifier show Saturday in Lubbock.

In the PRCA/WPRA, the top 15 in each event advance to the Dec. 3-12 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The top 15 in the PRCA’s steer roping standings move on to the Nov. 13-14 National Finals Steer Roping in Guthrie, Okla.

The PBR is sending its top 40 riders to the World Finals, scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and Nov. 5-8 in Las Vegas. The CBR is advancing its top 40 cowboys to the 2009 Tour Finale that’s scheduled for Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 in Kansas City. (read more)