Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) fans will be able to watch up-and-coming bull riders competing alongside veterans and fan favorites this weekend at Touring Pro Division events in Colorado, Montana, Oklahoma and Texas.
The American Heritage Derby event will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Okla. The Ardmore event is part of the premier competition of the year for United States Bucking Bull, Inc. (USBBA), the non-profit division of American Bucking Bull Inc. (ABBI), and will reward more than $500,000 to 2-year-old bulls and 3-year-old bulls as well as bulls owned by ABBI junior members who are 9–18 years old.
The PBR will highlight the Elizabeth Stampede on Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth, Colo., while fans in San Antonio can catch the action at Cowboys Dancehall at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The Eastern Montana Bull Blowout will be held at the Richland County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in Sidney, Mont.
The weekend also includes the BAJA Cattle Company Touring Pro Division PBR Shootout at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Ochiltree County Fairgrounds in Perryton, Texas. Tickets are $5–10 and can be purchased through the Perryton Rodeo Association or Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce and by telephone at (806) 202-0822 or (806) 435-6575.
In action last weekend, Trevor Kastner (Ardmore, Okla.) scored 87.5 in the championship round to finish ahead of Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas) and Nathan Schaper (Grassy Butte, N.D.) at the Cord McCoy Invitational presented by Ariat and Cooper Tires in Ada, Okla. Douglas Duncan (Alvin, Texas) scored 87.5 in the championship round to finish first at Midland, Texas, while Ronnie Kitchens (Kemp, Texas) registered 88 points to win at San Antonio.
The PBR Touring Pro Division is the minor-league tour of the PBR, where both established veterans and newcomers to the professional ranks compete against some of the most famous bucking bulls. The tour gives riders the opportunity to compete in PBR-sanctioned events while earning money to qualify for the elite Built Ford Tough Series, which is comprised of the Top 40 bull riders in the world. Every five events on the BFTS, the bottom five riders (based on points) are dropped from the BFTS and the Top 5 riders (based on money earned) from the Touring Pro Division are allowed to move onto the BFTS.
The elite BFTS is having the deepest title race in history and there have been 15 different winners through the first 20 events. The BFTS is currently on its summer break and will return on July 16–18 for the Tulsa Invitational Presented by Cooper Tires and brought to you locally by Troy-Bilt and Blue-Emu.
There are 12 riders in the Top 20 of the BFTS standings who have won an event. The multiple-event winners for 2010 are Austin Meier with four wins and Renato Nunes and Valdiron de Oliveira with two wins apiece.
The BFTS standings lead has changed nine times and there have been six different riders at the top in the first half of the season. J.B. Mauney has been ranked first three different times while Austin Meier and Renato Nunes have each held the top spot twice.
Professional Bull Riders Touring Pro Event Results:
Cord McCoy Invitational presented by Ariat and Cooper Tires (Ada, Okla.)
May 28–29, 2010
- Trevor Kastner (Ardmore, Okla.), 174 points
- Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas), 172.5 points
- Nathan Schaper (Grassy Butte, N.D.), 172 points
- Dusty LaBeth (Louisburg, Kan.), 171.5 points
- Tanner Jones, 164.5 points
San Antonio Touring Pro (San Antonio, Texas)
May 28, 2010
- Ronnie Kitchens (Kemp, Texas), 88 points
- Francisco Morales (Jrapunto, Gua, Mexico), 87 points
- Zach Sorenson (Escalon, Calif.), 78.5 points
Midland PBR Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Midland, Texas)
May 29, 2010
- Douglas Duncan (Alvin, Texas), 174 points
- Matt Werries (Jacksonville, Ill.), 166 points
- Shane Rickly (Amanda, Ohio), 163.5 points
- Reese Cates (Carthage, Texas), 87 points
- (tie) Kasey Hayes (Liberal, Kan.), 86 points
(tie) Scottie Knapp, 86 points
The PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world with the best riders from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. One of the fastest-growing sports in the country, PBR events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS, and FOX. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Jack Carnefix at (719) 242 2800 or jcarnefix@pbrnow.com or Sara Broun at (719) 242 2800 or sbroun@pbrnow.com.
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR)
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on VERSUS, NBC, CBS and on television networks around the world. With approximately 400 hours of primetime programming annually, the PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air. The PBR attracts nearly 2 million live event attendees each year to its marquee Built Ford Tough Series and the PBR Touring Pro Division. More than 1,200 PBR bull riders compete every year in approximately 300 PBR-sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. The PBR was nominated as 2010 Sports League of the Year at the Sports Business Journal Sports Business Awards alongside the National Football League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball.
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