Bobby Mote wasn’t the top money winner in his bareback riding super series for the first time in three years.
But if this RodeoHouston unfolds like 2007, he’s not going to care for long. That was the year the reigning and three-time world champion won his last championship in Houston.
Mote turned in the top two scores in Super Series I — punctuated by an 86 in Thursday’s final round — but finished half a point behind aggregate winner Steven Dent, who won $8,500.
The 33-year-old Mote was second overall with $6,250.
“It always helps to start off good,” Mote said. “Any way you cut it, $6,200 is a good check anywhere.
“It kind of pales in comparison to the last check they’re going to give on the last day of this rodeo, but I’m happy so far.”
That $50,000 check for the winner of the Championship Shoot-Out went to Waller’s Clint Cannon last year. He won the bareback title with a Houston-record 92 in the shoot-out.
Mote didn’t compete for the grand prize then, finishing last in the championship final, where the top four go to the shoot-out, but his early scores actually are better than last year’s. (read more)
