BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN
After just missing the NFR the last three years, Idaho bullrider Brady Portenier has finally punched his ticket, doing so convincingly by qualifying No. 5 in the world.
The 25-year-old won a total of $73,105 in the 2020 season.
After going 1-for-2 and coming up empty at the National Western in Denver, Fort Worth was very good to Portenier. He rode all 4 bulls there, including two 90s, and won the rodeo. His 90-point ride on Little Hoot in the Championship Round earned him $13,200 and the event netted him $17,700 total.
BRADY PORTENIER - 90 POINTS ON LITTLE HOOT
Portenier’s next big moment in the 2020 season came in early July when he won the rodeo in Mandan, North Dakota with a 88 points on the back of Humdinger. He won $5,020 for that ride.
The Oregon cowboy also placed at the Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo and the Spanish Fork Xtreme Bulls in July.
In August, Portenier started the month 8-for-10 and won checks at eight different rodeos before dominating the month of September.
Over the last two weeks of the season, Portenier won the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo and the Long Round at the ProRodeo Tour Finale. He was also second in the Championship Round at the Tour Finale.
BRADY PORTENIER 89.5 POINTS ON SAFETY MEETING AT FINAL ROUND OF PRORODEO TOUR FINALE
Portenier had the highest average score of his career this year with 82.49 points per qualified ride. He also had 17 rides of 85 points or more which was also a career-high.
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