DENVER – As night one of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s (PWVT) three-day Denver PBR Chute Out at the National Western Stock Show came to a close on Monday night, Grayson Cole (New Ringold, Pennsylvania) leads the round.
The 22-year-old had fans inside of the Denver Coliseum cheering early in the Round 1 action as he fired out of the chutes paired with Busted Knuckle (Bierema Rodeo Inc.). Matching his bovine opponent jump-for-jump, his effort netted the young Pennsylvanian the highest ride score of the night at 89 points.
The three-day event in Denver showcases a unique format for PWVT fans. The draw features 90 riders competing in Round 1, which will involve riders split into two groups across the first two nights of competition.
On Monday night, 45 riders each attempted one bull. Round 1 will then conclude on Tuesday with the remaining 45 riders who did not compete Monday attempting one bull each.
For Round 2 on Wednesday, the Top 30 riders from Round 1 will return to each face one bull. The 15 bull riders with the top combined ride scores following the first two rounds will then advance to the final championship round on Wednesday night.
Ten riders thus far have advanced to Round 2.
Not far behind Cole in the chase to dominate Round 1 was Arizona cowboy Robbie Taylor Jr. (Chinle, Arizona), now sitting in the second-place spot as the round advances.
Taylor was matched with Centerfold (Double S Bull CO./Cervi) and as the clock hit 8 seconds, he collected an impressive 86.5-point score.
Texas’s Austin Richardson (Dallas, Texas) clinched third place with his 85.5-point ride aboard Preston’s Pistol (4B Bucking Bulls).
Showcasing Texas-sized talent as the first qualified ride of the night, 24-year-old Garrett Jones (Devers, Texas) conquered High Times (Ty Rinaldo TZ Bucking Bulls). His ride score of 84 points landed him in fourth place on the leaderboard.
Rounding out the Top 5 of the night was fellow Texas cowboy Chase Dougherty (Decatur, Texas) who was paired with Renegade (H–H Bucking Bulls / Hadley Cattle Co.) to receive an 83-point ride score.
The Denver PBR Chute Out will continue at the National Western Stock Show as another field of 45 riders compete in the continuation of Round 1 on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. MST.
PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT) - Denver PBR Chute Out
National Western Stock Show – Denver, Colorado
Name, Round 1-Round 2-Event Aggregate-Event Points
1. Grayson Cole, 0-89-0-0-89.00
2. Robbie Taylor Jr., 0-86.5-0-0-86.50
3. Austin Richardson, 0-85.5-0-0-85.50
4. Garrett Jones, 0-84-0-0-84.00
5. Chase Dougherty, 0-83-0-0-83.00
6. Flavio Zivieri, 0-79-0-0-79.00
7. Keith Hall, 0-78-0-0-78.00
8. Josh Frost, 0-75-0-0-75.00
9. Travis Wimberley, 0-74.5-0-0-74.50
10. Leonardo Lima, 0-63.5-0-0-63.50
Conner Halverson, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Aaron Williams, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ross Freeman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Rudman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Jake Morinec, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marcelo Procopio Pereira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Mason Moody, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Griffin Smeltzer, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Patterson Starcher, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ezekiel Mitchell, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Claudio Montanha Jr., 0-0-0-0-0.00
Weston Davidson, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Brandon Davis, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Thor Hoefer II, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Elijah Mora, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Braden Richardson, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Alex Jenks, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Stefan Tonita, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cody Casper, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Alecio Ferreira da Costa, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dakota Eagleburger, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kyle Jones, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dakota Louis, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dustin Martinez, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Boudreaux Campbell, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Adriano Salgado, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ramon de Lima, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Trace Brown, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Venn Johns, 0-0-0-0-0.00
João Henrique Lucas, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Eli Vastbinder, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kade Alberty, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Luciano De Castro, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Caden Bunch, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Gage Gay, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Bill Henry, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Colt Robinson, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cody McCandless, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dakota Warnken, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dener Barbosa, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Nick Tetz, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dalton Krantz, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Hayden Harris, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Junior Patrik Souza, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Thiago Salgado, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dylan Smith, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wallace Vieira de Oliveira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Bub Steele, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Mason Ward, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Junio Quaresima, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Eli Necochea, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Covington, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Tyler Manor, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Moulton, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Colton Schneiderman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Perry Schrock, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Anthony Hopen, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Caleb McCaslin, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Edgardo Figueroa, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Vagner Mendes Vasconcelos, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Vinell Mariano, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Trevin Bundy, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marco Juarez, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Koda Goebel, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Paulo Maciel Neto, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wingson Henrique da Silva, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Sandro Batista, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ray Mayo, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dustin Herman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Afonso Quintino, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Guilherme Valleiras, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Nick Goncalves, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Zane Cook, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Tyler Hessman, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Slick Phelps, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Rafael Jose de Brito, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Anthony Lyons, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Charlie Hayes, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Photo courtesy of Andre Silva/Bull Stock Media