The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) are excited to announce the bulls who will compete for the title of 2009 PBR World Champion Bull.
In the past, five top animal athletes competed for the title, but for the first time in PBR history, eleven bulls will be competing for the coveted title.
Another first is that fans had the chance to vote in one of the contenders while the top 40 bull riders in the world voted for eight and PBR’s Livestock Director selected the final bull.
Reigning World Champion bull, Bones, owned by Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC, will try to defend the title that he claimed in 2008. The last bull to successfully defend his World Champion title was Little Yellow Jacket, owned by Berger/Teague/Taupin Bucking Bulls, LLC, who won in 2002-2004. Here are the bulls that will be competing for the title at the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals:
Apollo, owned by Box K Cattle
Big Tex, owned by Dakota Rodeo/Clay Struve
Black Pearl, owned by Ravenscroft/Boyd-Floyd Bull Co.
Bones, owned by Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC
Chicken on a Chain, owned by Jeff Robinson/Mike Tedesco/Larry the Cable Guy/Bar None*
Code Blue, owned by Walton & Wagoner/Berger & Struve
Crosswired, owned by D&H Cattle Co./Clifton Wiggins**
I’m A Gangster (aka Uncle Buck), owned by Teague Bucking Bulls, LLC
Major Payne, owned by Jeff Robinson/Bar None/Segs/SkyHawk Rugs/Red Knection**
Troubadour, owned by Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls
Voodoo Child, owned by Jeff Robinson/Beutler & Sons/Bar None/Cathy & Jason McNeely
*Selected by PBR fans
**Selected by PBR’s Livestock Director
The 2009 World Champion Bull will be determined by the bull that accumulates the highest total bull score during the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas. The winner will be named on Sunday, November 8 after the final round of competition.
The PBR is the premier bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. Its events air weekly on VERSUS on Saturday and Sunday nights (please check your local listings for details in your area), and on NBC and CBS throughout the year. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders or the 2009 World Champion Bull contenders, please visit www.pbrnow.com or call Katharine Sherrer at 719 242 2800 ext. 3372 or Katharine@pbrnow.com.
All roads are leading to Las Vegas and you don’t want to miss out on any of the action at the 2009 Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev. The world-class event will take place on Oct. 30-Nov 1 and Nov. 5-8 at the Thomas & Mack Center---get your tickets NOW at 866.PBR.SHOW or unlvtickets.com!
Log on to www.pbr.tv, the official online network of the Professional Bull Riders. Get a total re-cap of the weekend’s event with the newly launched 20 minute highlight show “pbr.tv Extra” , browse video clips of the best rides and wrecks from each event, listen to behind the scenes interviews, watch the latest PBR news on the “pbr.tv Show”, plus much more. Pbr.tv is your one source for PBR video online!
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
PBR attracts over 1.7 million live attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the prestigious Built Ford Tough Series, the Copenhagen Bull Riding Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. With over 450 hours of prime time programming annually and a viewership of 100 million, PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air and broadcasts on FOX, NBC, VERSUS, and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., with additional offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico, and prides itself in its 1,000 plus stock contractor relationships and over 1,200 PBR bull riders competing in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions across the five countries.
For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbrnow.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, twitter.com/teampbr, www.facebook.com/TeamPBR, or www.pbrnow.com/worldfinals/.
