PALM SPRINGS BUCKOFF: This weekend, PBR’s elite 2025 Unleash The Beast heads to Palm Desert, California. The eighteenth stop of the 24-event 2025 individual season is the first time the top tour has bucked into Acrisure Arena. The Golden State will host the PBR for three days of action on Friday, March 21, at 7:45 p.m. PT, Saturday, March 22, at 6:45 p.m. PT and Sunday, March 23, at 1:45 p.m. PT.

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KASEL WINS SECOND-STRAIGHT IN LOUISVILLE: No. 2 Dalton Kasel extended his ride streak to six by going 3-for-3 for the second consecutive weekend to take home the event title in Louisville, Kentucky. His second-straight win on the top tour began with the Texan riding El Chapo for 89.5 points to win the opening round. In complete control, Kasel covered Bangarang for 89 points to win the second round and completed the sweep by riding UTZ BesTex Smokestack for a round-high-tying 90.25 points in the championship round. Fresh off re-signing with the Austin Gamblers of the separate PBR Camping World Team Series, his tour-best third victory of the season closed the gap on No. 1 Brady Fielder to 88 points entering Palm Desert, California, where Kasel faces off with Black Harbor in Round 1.

While Fielder wasn’t able to outduel Kasel, he extended his ride streak to a tour-best 12 by putting together his fourth-consecutive 3-for-3 weekend. The Australian made the 8 aboard Bull Light for 84.25 points in Round 1 before riding Short Fire for 88.25 points in Round 2. After being awarded a re-ride, Fielder cashed in during the championship round, sitting tall atop Mike’s Motive for 90.25 points to tie Kasel for the round win. Fielder’s 12-out ride streak has pushed his riding percentage to a league-best 72.1% (31-for-43) and tied him with Jose Vitor Leme (2021), J.B. Mauney (2009) and Justin McBride (2001) for the seventh-longest premier series ride streak in PBR history, 12 short of Silvano Alves’s 24-out ride streak spanning from October 2014 to January 2015. Fielder looks to extend his historic streak atop Slick Rick in the opening round on Friday.

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