ST. LOUIS - Only two outs into the 2013 season, 2011 World
Champion Bull Bushwacker (Julio Moreno Bucking
Bulls) already looks ready to reclaim his title.
Judges awarded the former champ a season-high 47 points as he
earned the Pabst Blue Ribbon Bull Award for being the
highest-marked bull of the Kawasaki Invitational presented by
Cooper Tires at the Scottrade Center. Missouri native
Luke Snyder lasted just 1.98 seconds on Bushwacker
in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round on Sunday afternoon.
"His first two trips this year," hauler Kent Cox explained,
"this might be his best year yet."
Out of the four matchups Snyder and Bushwacker have had, Snyder
says this is the strongest the bull has ever been on. Snyder seemed
to agree with Cox on his opponent's performance, "He was all there,
he earned the 47 points. Bushwacker is the man; he's the number one
dog."
The year's highest-marked bull will appear at the next two BFTS
event stops, Kansas City, Mo., and Arlington, Texas, to continue
his domination over the riders he faces. He extended his highest
buckoff rate of the bulls in action today, having been ridden only
once in BFTS competition out of 39 attempts. Thiago
Paguioto covered him for 89.75 points in 2009 in Las
Vegas.
Earlier in the championship round, Silvano
Alves had the opportunity to reclaim the lead in the
overall world standings, but fell short after bucking off
Stanley FatMax for the fourth time in his career.
This is one of the few bulls the reigning two-time defending World
Champion has had trouble with.
With that, top-ranked rider Shane Proctor was
able to hold on as No. 1, despite going only 1-for-3 in St. Louis.
Alves trails Proctor by only 53.96 points.
The rest of the Top 5 has changed completely, with Marco
Eguchi sitting third, Ty Pozzobon in
fourth and Aaron Roy in fifth place.
Kawasaki Invitational winner Fabiano Vieira had
fallen outside of the top 35 after missing a couple events because
of a fractured right ankle. However, the win today vaulted him back
into the Top 20 where he currently ranks 18th in the
world.
"I was mad when I broke my ankle, but I can be nothing but happy
right now," Vieira said. "I covered three bulls and only fell off
in the short go. I feel strong and I want to keep this strength.
I'm finally back."
Pozzobon took second in the event with 175.25 points, Eguchi
placed third with 174.25 points and Aaron Roy split fourth with
Snyder at 173.75 points a piece.
Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough
Series
Cooper Tires presents: Kawasaki
Invitational
Scottrade Center in St. Louis
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Round 4-Total
Points-Earnings)
1. Fabiano Vieira, 83.25-65.5-89-0-237.75 points, $35,170
2. Ty Pozzobon, 89-86.25-0-0-175.25 points, $18,520
3. Marco Eguchi, 86.5-87.75-0-0-174.25 points, $12,565
4. Aaron Roy, 86.75-0-87-0-173.75 points, $8,915
Luke Snyder, 0-88-85.75-0-173.75 points, $10,020
6. Brendon Clark, 85.25-85.5-0-0-170.75 points, $4,985
7. Silvano Alves, 82-87.75-0-0-169.75 points, $5,965
8. Jordan Hupp, 84.5-85-0-0-169.50 points, $3,090
9. Renato Nunes, 84.75-84.5-0-0-169.25 points, $1,400
10. Eduardo Aparecido, 83.25-83.75-0-0-167 points, $2,090
11. Brant Atwood, 84.5-0-73.25-0-157.75 points, $1,590
12. Zack Brown, 88-0-0-0-88 points, $3,150
13. Jarrod Craig, 0-0-87.5-0-87.50 points, $3,150
14. Chase Outlaw, 87-0-0-0-87 points, $2,400
15. Ben Jones, 0-86.75-0-0-86.75 points, $1,700
Douglas Duncan, 0-0-86.75-0-86.75 points, $1,700
Shane Proctor, 86.75-0-0-0-86.75 points, $1,475
18. Mike Lee, 0-0-86.25-0-86.25 points, $1,250
Reese Cates, 86.25-0-0-0-86.25 points, $850
20. Billy Robinson, 0-85.5-0-0-85.50 points, $925
21. Emilio Resende, 0-85.25-0-0-85.25 points, $770
22. Cody Nance, 0-84.75-0-0-84.75 points, $400
23. Agnaldo Cardozo, 84.25-0-0-0-84.25 points, $400
Edevaldo Ferreira, 84.25-0-0-0-84.25 points, $400
25. Wesley Lourenco, 0-0-84-0-84 points, $850
26. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 83.75-0-0-0-83.75 points, $400
Lachlan Richardson, 0-83.75-0-0-83.75 points, $400
Valdiron de Oliveira, 0-83.75-0-0-83.75 points, $400
29. Guilherme Marchi, 82.75-0-0-0-82.75 points, $400
30. Jared Farley, 82.25-0-0-0-82.25 points, $400
Nathan Schaper, 82.25-0-0-0-82.25 points, $400
32. Harve Stewart, 0-0-76.5-0-76.50 points, $770
Jory Markiss, 0-0-0-0-0 points, $400
L.J. Jenkins, 0-0-0-0-0 points, $400
Sean Willingham, 0-0-0-0-0 points, $400
2013 Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series
Season Standings
(Events, Wins, Top 5 finishes, Points, Earnings)
1. Shane Proctor, 5, 2, 3, 3,414.120, $116,960.80
2. Silvano Alves, 7, 0, 4, 3,360.160, $128,357.02
3. Marco Eguchi, 6, 0, 3, 2,463.750, $73,761.99
4. Ty Pozzobon, 7, 0, 3, 2,367.620, $51,698.30
5. Aaron Roy, 7, 0, 3, 2,285.250, $53,260.36
6. Jordan Hupp, 7, 0, 0, 2,272.120, $39,972.33
7. J. B. Mauney, 6, 0, 3, 2,1480, $36,127.13
8. Luke Snyder, 7, 0, 2, 2,094.750, $37,008.33
9. Douglas Duncan, 7, 0, 1, 1,999.870, $34,064.96
10. Agnaldo Cardozo, 7, 0, 1, 1,997.620, $47,114.40
11. Guilherme Marchi, 7, 1, 1, 1,8160, $54,807.70
12. Sean Willingham, 4, 1, 1, 1,7650, $51,713.57
13. Mike Lee, 7, 0, 0, 1,735.370, $33,263.72
14. Brendon Clark, 7, 0, 1, 1,6850, $24,638.54
15. Jory Markiss, 7, 0, 1, 1,660.500, $34,194.05
16. Billy Robinson, 7, 1, 1, 1,614.500, $47,900
17. Robson Palermo, 4, 1, 1, 1,610.500, $42,435
18. Fabiano Vieira, 3, 1, 1, 1,515.500, $43,107
19. Cody Nance, 7, 0, 1, 1,490.620, $25,504.18
20. Kody Lostroh, 5, 0, 1, 1,4620, $29,308.72
21. Nathan Schapper, 7, 0, 0, 1,456.750, $20,600.94
22. Reese Cates, 2, 0, 1, 1,455.620, $26,816.37
23. Eduardo Aparecido Silva, 3, 0, 1, 1,454.070, $18,727.18
24. Renato Nunes, 7, 0, 0, 1,392.060, $28,260.85
25. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 3, 0, 0, 1,285.540, $54,622.84
26. Chase Outlaw, 7, 0, 0, 1,272.250, $19,143.63
27. Edevaldo Ferreira da Silva, 7, 0, 0, 1,217.880,
$513,887.46
28. Brant Atwood, 3, 0, 0, 1,182.200, $25,352.14
29. Ben Jones, 7, 0, 0, 1,0450, $16,917.88
30. Emilio Rezende, 7, 0, 0, 990.720, $11,521.34
31. Zack Brown, 2, 0, 0, 975.750, $19,426.24
32. Lachlan Richardson, 7, 0, 0, 878.500, $13,160.73
33. Harve Stewart, 6, 0, 0, 835.870, $10,140.30
34. Troy Wilkinson, 2, 0, 0, 738.020, $26,341.39
35. Stormy Wing, 5, 0, 0, 616.500, $8,026.45
36. Jason Malone, 2, 0, 0, 611.120, $9,968.10
37. Joseph McConnel, 0, 0, 0, 582.680, $29,491.66
38. Wesley Lourenco, 1, 0, 0, 534.840, $13,730.63
39. Skeeter Kingsolver, 0, 0, 0, 528.500, $10,289.72
40. Cody Johnson, 4, 0, 0, 516.500, $5,438.77
41. Matt Triplett, 1, 0, 0, 502.430, $6,452.54
42. Chris Lowe, 0, 0, 0, 500.750, $12,755.19
43. Josh Faircloth, 2, 0, 0, 500.620, $11,472.26
44. Jarrod Craig, 1, 0, 0, 460.870, $8,654.08
45. L.J. Jenkins, 4, 0, 0, 454.370, $3,650.80
