ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Earning his first Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) victory since 2010, Ben Jones, “the dancing Australian†captured the Ty Murray Invitational, presented by Sandia Resort & Casino, brought to you locally by Sonic title in front of 9,847 fans at WisePies Arena, aka The Pit, in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday afternoon. 

Jones’s 90.25-point ride on Beaver Creek Beau (Chad Berger/Clay Struve/Jonathan Fine), in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round was the first qualified ride of the bull’s BFTS career, which began in September 2013, and was the highest-marked ride and the only 90-point score of the event. 

Jones added 550 points to his PBR world points standings total and took home $39,350 and moved from 17th to 8th in the PBR world standings.  

“I feel amazing,†an emotional Jones said. “I try to work hard and I’m glad it showed. I chose that bull because I was feeling it — thought today was my day.â€

The only other bull rider to make a qualified ride in the championship round, 2013 PBR Rookie of the Year Joao Ricardo Vieira, placed second in the event with 310 points towards the world standings after he covered Wicked (J.A.R.S. Bucking Bulls/Gene Owen) for 88 points. 

Coming in third place was 2008 PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi, who had a chance to earn the win in Albuquerque, but fell short aboard Wolverine Construction (Cody Ohl/Daniel Crisp) in the championship round. Marchi picked up 240 event points toward the world standings for his finish.

Rounding out the Top 5 were Stormy Wing in fourth place with 164 event points, and J.W. Harris in fifth place with 130 event points.  

With a bull score of 46 out of 50 points, Percolator (Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls) earned the Salem NationaLease High-Marked award in Albuquerque. Percolator tossed  Wing in 4.54 seconds in the championship round to earn the top bull score.

For more information and behind-the-scenes details about the Ty Murray Invitational, read Behind the Chutes by Justin Felisko on www.pbr.com.

Next on the 2015 BFTS is the Seattle Invitational at KeyArena in Seattle on March 27-28. The event will take place at 8 p.m. PT on Friday, March 27, and 6:50 p.m. PT on Saturday, March 28. 

Seattle will also host a PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle, a special round of competition featuring the Top 15  bull riders in the world against the Top 15 bulls, which will be shown on CBS Television Network on Saturday, March 28 at 2 p.m. ET. It will be the first of six consecutive CBS broadcasts for the PBR.

Fans can also watch every ride of the Built Ford Tough Series each weekend live online at PBR.com/live.

BFTS telecasts are produced for the PBR under a multi-year agreement with David Neal Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company led by 34-time Emmy Award winner and Peabody Award winner David Neal, who serves as executive producer.

2015 Professional Bull Riders – Ty Murray Invitational
Albuquerque – WisePies Arena
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Round 4-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Ben Jones, 0-85.25-87.5-90.25-263.00-550 Points.
2. Joao Ricardo Vieira, 86.5-0-85.25-88-259.75-310 Points.
3. Guilherme Marchi, 86.5-87-85-0-258.50-240 Points.
4. Stormy Wing, 83-84.5-89-0-256.50-165 Points.
5. J.W. Harris, 86.5-87.25-0-0-173.75-130 Points.
6. Kaique Pacheco, 89.75-0-0-0-89.75-110 Points.
(tie). Valdiron de Oliveira, 65.5-0-89.25-0-154.75-110 Points.
8. Shane Proctor, 0-85.5-86.5-0-172.00-70 Points.
(tie). L.J. Jenkins, 88.75-0-79.75-0-168.50-70 Points.
10. Claudio Crisostomo, 84.5-80.5-83.75-0-248.75-65 Points.
11. Robson Aragao, 79.75-87-0-0-166.75-60 Points.
12. Eduardo Aparecido, 87.75-0-0-0-87.75-50 Points.
(tie). Cooper Davis, 86.75-84.75-0-0-171.50-50 Points.
(tie). Rubens Barbosa, 0-87-0-0-87.00-50 Points.
15. Renato Nunes, 83.25-71.5-82.5-0-237.25-45 Points.
16. Lachlan Richardson, 0-0-85.5-0-85.50-30 Points.
17. Fabiano Vieira, 0-85.5-83.5-0-169.00-25 Points.
18. Nathan Schaper, 84.75-83.75-0-0-168.50-10 Points.
19. Sean Willingham, 86.25-0-0-0-86.25
20. Ryan Dirteater, 85-0-0-0-85.00
21. Silvano Alves, 0-0-84.75-0-84.75
22. Matt Triplett, 84.5-0-0-0-84.50
(tie). Ivan Sells, 0-84.5-0-0-84.50
24. Douglas Duncan, 0-0-82.75-0-82.75
25. Bonner Bolton, 0-82-0-0-82.00
26. Tyler Harr, 79.25-0-0-0-79.25
Reese Cates, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Stetson Lawrence, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Mike Lee, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kasey Hayes, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dave Mason, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Brady Sims, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Bryan Titman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Alexandre Cardozo, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cody Tyler White, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Luis Blanco, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Gage Gay, 0-0-0-0-0.00