In 1985, when the National Finals Rodeo made its move to Las Vegas, bareback rider and team roper Lewis Feild won both the Bareback Riding World Championship and the All-Around World Championship, becoming the first roughstock cowboy to do so since Larry Mahan in 1973.
The following year was a repeat for Feild, who won both world titles for a second time, and then in 1987, he took home his third consecutive All-Around title.
In 1992, he was inducted to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame as one of the greatest All-Around cowboys in ProRodeo history.
He once said, “Someday, when rodeo people look back at what I’ve done, I’d like them to say these things: that I rode tough; that I could ride with pain and courage; that I was a fierce competitor in the arena, but a quiet, respectable man outside the gate. I just want to be remembered as a cowboy. That probably says it all.”
Lewis Feild passed away in 2016 at the age of 59 after battling pancreatic cancer, but son Kaycee Feild has followed in his footsteps, with 4 World Champion Bareback Riding titles of his own. Come December, Kaycee is headed back to the NFR to fight for number five and tie his dad’s total.
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