PUEBLO, Colo. – Between highlighting the No. 1 Austin Gamblers during their second-consecutive regular season championship run and seeing the No. 2 Kansas City Outlaws clinch their first bye during next week’s 2023 PBR Teams Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 20-22, the best bull riders in the world have very much been in the spotlight throughout the ten-event regular season slate.

So, it’s time to show the brilliant bovines of the tour some love!

RELATED: Vote for the 2023 YETI Fan Favorite Bull

With each of Doze You Down, Flapjack, Mike's Motive, Red Demon, Preacher’s Kid and UTZ BesTex Legend being nominated for this year’s YETI Fan Favorite Bull vote, it’s up to the fans to decide which bovine brought the rankest rides to the 2023 season!

Fans have until Oct. 17 at 11:59 p.m. ET to cast their vote for the YETI Fan Favorite Bull.

As voting for the YETI Fan Favorite Bull surges on, PBR.com is looking back at the best bull scores from each of this season’s six nominees!

Doze You Down – 45.25 Points Excelling in just his second year of PBR-sanctioned competition, Doze You Down has shown plenty of flashes in season two. But it’s an early-season matchup against the Missouri Thunder’s Felipe Furlan which produced his highest bull score of the season.

Dispatching the young Brazilian in a quick 2.44 seconds, the bovine was scored his season-best 45.25 points, joining Man Hater and High Plains Drifter as one of three bulls on the weekend to take home the Bull of the Event title with matching efforts.

Flapjack – 45.5 Points Just two months after being traded from the Carolina Cowboys to the Kansas City Outlaws, Wingson Henrique da Silva was met with a pair of opportunities to earn some rank scores during the season-opening showdown in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Besting I’m Legit Too during the first game of the year for 88.25 points, he accepted a date with Flapjack on the second night of Cheyenne Frontier Days.

That’s where his perfect start to the season quickly came to an end, as the talented bovine flung him to the dirt in a brief 3.01 seconds. Now 3-for-4 on the season, surrendering just one ride to Jose Vitor Leme (44.25-point bull score, 91.5 points overall), the talented animal athlete will get another shot to impress during the 2023 PBR Teams Championship.

Mike’s Motive – 45.25 Points Considered a regular within the 5-on-5 tour at this point, Mike’s Motive has brought his nest effort in each of his PBR Camping World Team Series appearances this season. But after tying the second-highest bull score of his career last weekend inside Dickies Arena, perhaps the Blake Sharp/High Voltage/Wetzel/Knott product is ramping things up just in time for the postseason?

Originally allowing Oklahoma Freedom youngster Trace Redd to go the distance during Friday night’s opener at Rattler Days, teaming up with the 18-year-old for a quality 89.5-point outing, the bull got his revenge against Redd less than 48 hours later. Forcing the rookie to hear the whistle prior to the 8, Mike’s Motive was scored a healthy 45.25 points, representing his highest bull score in 13 outs (9-for-13) this season.

Red Demon – 45.25 Points Since dispatching Dawson Branton in 5.84 seconds during the 2023 World Finals: Unleash The Beast during one of the rowdiest attempts in recent memory, thus earning a career-high 47-point bull score, Red Demon has truly been making a name for himself.

Transitioning his bucking talents to the 5-on-5 circuit earlier this summer, he’s managed to maintain a flawless 6-0 record this season en route to producing a 44.3-point average bull score this season. His best score of the year, however, came during his initial out. Paired against then Kansas City Outlaw Sandro Batista (now competing with the Carolina Cowboys), Red Demon earned his highest score of the PBR Teams regular season via introducing Batista to the dirt in an instant 1.53 seconds, resulting in his 45.25-point bull score.

Preacher’s Kid – 45.25 Points Considered one of this class’s veterans, courtesy of his storied career and documented past performances as one of the tour’s most influential bovines, Preacher’s Kid is still putting in the work.

Reminding fans, and riders alike, that he’s still got the juice, he went on to tie Mike’s Motive for the Bull of the Event honors a few weeks back at PBR Cowboy Days in Greensboro, North Carolina. Scored 45.25 points after besting Missouri Thunder rider Andrew Alvidrez in 3.5 seconds, the mark also qualifies as the bull’s fourth-best score in his six-year career.

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UTZ BesTex Legend – 45.25 Points Out of the six bulls nominated for this season’s YETI Fan Favorite Bull, only two will enter the 2023 PBR Teams Championship inside T-Mobile Arena with flawless records from this season. You better bet UTZ BesTex Legend is one of them. Exiting matchups with quality riders in Keyshawn Whitehorse, Ezekiel Mitchell, Sandro Batista and beyond, the bovine has racked up a perfect 8-0 slate since posting a pair of 46-point efforts at the 2023 World Finals: Unleash The Beast.

His highest bull score from year two of PBR Teams action came during a dance with Ramon de Lima. Earning a 45.25-point mark for his 2.24 seconds working against the Austin Gamblers athlete, he remains a threat to win a world title next spring if Blake Sharp and company can keep him healthy and available.

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