Round 2 brought us our first 90-point ride of this year’s National Finals Rodeo courtesy of Brody Wells and Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Resistol’s Pretty Woman. Round 3 could bring a couple more and the only placed to watch it is on The Cowboy Channel and Cowboy Channel+.
BAREBACK RIDING
Cole Reiner and Championship Pro Rodeo’s Hooey Rocks are well aquainted and with big scores. Reiner was 90 on the horse in Fort Worth in 2022 and he was 87 at the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup this year. This is a rematch that Reiner can capitalize on in a big way.
Bradlee Miller | Captain Hook |
Jacob Lees | Knot So Foxy |
Cooper Cooke | Born Fearless |
Cole Franks | Felton Angus Hot Shot |
Weston Timberman | Tarnished Silver |
Jess Pope | Night Faded |
RC Landingham | SOS |
Dean Thompson | Network Gazer |
Leighton Berry | Deep Springs |
Keenan Hayes | Pejuta Haka |
Rocker Steiner | Broken Arrow |
Richmond Champion | Illegal Smile |
Taylor Broussard | Mr. Harry |
Garrett Shadbolt | Frontier Rodeo Coffee Full Baggage |
Cole Reiner | Hooey Rocks |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Canada’s Kolby Wanchuk drew J Bar J’s Shady Jacket, a veteran bucking horse with 11 outs this regular season that include a 91-point ride with Sage Newman in his home state and an 88.5 with Brody Cress at the World Camous Miles City Bucking Horse Xtreme Bronc Ride. It will be Wanchuk’s first time on him.
Kolby Wanchuk | Shady Jacket |
Dawson Hay | Kadoka Coolaid |
Statler Wright | Satisfaction |
Sage Newman | Ropin Dreams |
Lefty Holman | Cowboy Fool |
Zeke Thurston | Miss Valley |
Brody Cress | Trails West’s Hell Boy |
Wyatt Casper | Lindsey’s Thunder Rollz |
Kade Bruno | Wild Cherry |
Ryder Wright | Woodstock 99 |
Damian Brennan | South Point |
Logan Hay | Me Mojo |
Ben Andersen | Priefert’s Uptuck |
Zac Dallas | Weekend Departure |
Brody Wells | Diamond Fever |
BULL RIDING
Rookie Cooper James is two-for-two at the Thomas and Mack but can he make it three? He is matched up with Honeycutt Rodeo’s Hey Honey, a bull that had two qualified rides put on him this season. One of those rides was the cowboy favored for the World Title, Josh Frost, and the number they put on the board was an 89.
Tristen Hutchings | Ground Strike |
Cooper James | Hey Honey |
Trevor Reiste | Top Gun |
Chase Dougherty | Hot Pop |
Wacey Schalla | Haunted Hotel |
Jeter Lawrence | Desert Twister |
Clayton Sellars | Hard Rock |
Josh Frost | Half Cocked |
Jace Trosclair | Whiskey River |
Hayes Weight | Tomahawk |
TJ Gray | Dan O |
Dustin Boquet | Two Step |
Tyler Bingham | Frontier Rodeo Coffee Stranger Danger |
Trey Kimzey | Smokin Hot Vitalix |
Jordan Spears | No Dose |