It comes down to a Sunday Matinee performance for the contestants in Pool A at the Calgary Stampede.
BAREBACK RIDING
Leighton Berry is dominating the bareback riding. He has earned over $13,000 after finishing on top of the leaderboard in both rounds. His Round 3 match-up is Powder River Rodeo’s Two Buck Chuck. He rode the horse in 2019 for 84 points and Berry has honed his skills since then.
| Kade Sonnier | Forged Warrior |
| Nick Pelke | Zastron Acres |
| Clint Laye | French Agent |
| Dantan Bertsch | Delicate Rose |
| Mason Clements | Zulu Warrior |
| Weston Timberman | Jungle James Sister |
| Leighton Berry | Two Buck Chuck |
| Cole Reiner | Twisted Tea |
| Waylon Bourgeois | Misdemeanor |
| Cole Franks | Grandslam Baby |
STEER WRESTLING
Dalton Massey’s $11,500 has all but secured him moving on in Calgary with Texas’ Don Payne picking up the No. 2 spot with $8,000 earned so far. A 3.9 is the fastest time we’ve seen so far and it was brought to you by Stephen Culling for the Round 2 win.
| Walt Arnold |
| Tucker Allen |
| Jacob Talley |
| Don Payne |
| Justin Shaffer |
| Stephen Culling |
| Scott Guenthner |
| Nick Guy |
| Will Lummus |
| Dalton Massey |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
An 85 and 85.5 is the best we have seen in the Bronc riding so far. Riggin Smith is the cowboy with the most earnings by $4,000 and his match-up in Round 3 is Calgary Stampede’s Umber Bubbles.
| Riggin Smith | Umber Bubbles |
| Sage Newman | Sergeant Whitney |
| Statler Wright | Miss Chestnut Legacy |
| Sterling Crawley | Chrome |
| Zeke Thurston | After PArty |
| Tanner Butner | Big Farewell |
| Layton Green | Y U R Friskey |
| Lefty Holman | York Alabama |
| Parker Fleet | Uvid Bubbles |
| Logan Cook | Yuppie Bubbles |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
John Douch got the Round 2 win with a 7.0-second run and he is No. 2 with $10,250 in earnings going into Round 3. Tuf Cooper is thriving in Canada and locked in on advancing.
| Tuf Cooper |
| John Douch |
| Shad Mayfield |
| Blane Cox |
| Shane Smith |
| Caleb Smidt |
| Marcos Costa |
| Kyle Lucas |
| Logan Bird |
| Chance Thiessen |
BARREL RACING
The times have gotten faster in Calgary and it is Tiany Schuster who has earned the most money so far with fan favorite Lisa Lockhart coming in the No. 2 spot with $11,000 to her name. It is an Average game on money, and they are ahead of the rest in Pool A.
| Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi |
| Sue Smith |
| Tiany Schuster |
| Bailey Smith |
| Lisa Lockhart |
| Karli Cowie |
| Jessica Routier |
| Emily Beisel |
| Ashley Castleberry |
| Taylor Manning |
BULL RIDING
Nick Tetz’s 85 to win Round 2 also sent his earnings sky-high and he is leading Pool A with $26,700 to his name. Hayes Weight’s $7,200 also has him in the running. In Round 3, Tetz will nod on an unridden bull of Macza Pro Rodeo’s.
| Mason Moody | Thunder Dome |
| Nick Tetz | Black Panther |
| Luke Mast | Money Talks |
| Jacob Gardner | Rock Salt and Nails |
| Wyatt Gleeson | Red Rocker |
| Maverick Smith | Calibration |
| Ashton Sahli | Stray Bullet |
| Edgar Duranzo | Church Bells |
| Hayes Weight | Dark Mark |
| Tristen Hutchings | Money Moves |
