National Western Stock Show and Rodeo: Championship Sunday Daysheet

The highest paying rodeo of January finishes with a winner-take-all Finals

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The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo’s 20th and final performance, is Sunday at 5:30 PM ET on The Cowboy Channel and Cowboy Channel+.

BAREBACK RIDING

Garrett Shadbolt and Cooper Filipek had the best scores of the Semifinals with 86 points to each to win Semifinal No. 2 and 3 respectively. World No. 1 Coop Cooke and reigning World Champion Keenan Hayes are both in the Finals as well.

Will Lowe Ain’t No Angel
Ty Pope Enchanted Ernest
Taylor Broussard One Second Thought
Keenan Hayes Bay Nation
Jade Taton Bazinga
Garrett Shadbolt Dream Machine
Ethan Crouch Wild Thang
Copper Filipek Vitalix Prairie Fire
Cooper Cooke R. Watson William Wallace
Clint Laye Circle Eyes
Bronc Marriott Vitalix On Your Own
Bradlee Miller Guardian Angel

STEER WRESTLING

Every Semifinal was one with at time in the 3s on Saturday, the bulldoggers will likley have to be 3.9 or better to have a chance at first.

Justin Shaffer
Will Lummus
Gage Hesse
Jace Melvin
Gus Franzen
Travis Munro
Kalane Anders
Joseph Wilson
Tyler Ravenscroft
Tyler Pearson
John Dick
Brayden Tanner

TEAM ROPING

Reigning World Champions Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp have already won over $10,000 in Denver by placing first in Rounds 1 and 2 and the Second Semifinal.

Colby Siddoway Caleb Hendrix
Reno Stoebner Marshall Green
Chester Kidd James Futrell
Dustin Egusquiza Levi Lord
Tyler Wade Wesley Thorp
Andrew Ward Kollin VonAhn
Doyle Yazzie Hiyo Yazzie
Devon Johnson Lee Ray
Wyatt Imus Tyler McKnight
Marcus Theriot Cole Curry
Cyle Denison Dustin Davis
Billy Smith Douglas Rich

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

Kolby Wanchuk has impressed with an 87-point ride in both the First Round and the First Semifinal. He will have to compete with Brody Cress as well as two Wright brothers - Statler and Ryder.

Weston Patterson Liza Jan
Statler Wright Carousal
Shorty Garrett N/A
Ryder Wright Alpha Dog
Ryder Sanford Vitalix Womanizer
Parker Fleet Chicken Blood
Kolby Wanchuk Blood Angel
Dawson Dahm Found Me
Cort Scheer Vitalix Ricky Bobby
Cameron Messier Vitalix Hitman
Brody Cress Ed Bishop
Bailey Small Sippin on Fire

TIE-DOWN ROPING

All three of Tuf Cooper’s times have been 8.4 seconds or faster and that includes a 7.1, the fastest mark of the rodeo.

Tuf Cooper
Shad Mayfield
Samuel Lewis
Nathan Clawson
Trevor Hale
Garrett Elmore
Ty Harris
Tanner Green
Pecos Tatum
Cole Clemons
Chance Thiessen
Dylan Hancock

BARREL RACING

Hailey Kinsel and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi headline the barrel racing Finals. Kinsel, a four-time World Champion, has already broken the arena record this week while Pozzi Tonozzi won her third Gold Buckle last month.

Kailey Mitton
Shali Lord
Tessa Arnold
Lucy Bowns
Halyn Lide
Maggie Poloncic
Ilyssa Riley
Jamie Olsen
Hailey Kinsel
Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi
Sadie Wolaver-Troyer
Casey Mathis

BULL RIDING

TJ Gray, Brayden Kilcrease, Chase Dougherty and Jace Trosclair were the only four bull riders to make the whistle in the Semifinals.

Brady Portenier Predator
Cody Teel Slamwhich
Wyatt Phelps Jersey Mike
Josh Frost Stone Cold
T Parker Dirty Mike
Jace Trosclair Milburn Special
Rawley Johnson White Trash
Jeff Bertus Hostile
TJ Gray Flight Risk
Braydan Kilcrease Vitalix Yellowstone
Caleb McCaslin Broken Dreams
Bryce Burnell Predator
Chase Dougherty Vitalix Hard Knox
The 2024 season is complete, here are the full standings
With a payday north of $86,000 for the winner in each event, the importance of the NFR Average was unmatched in 2024
Mowry won the RAM Top Gun Award with nearly $300,000 in Las Vegas
After three straight second place finishes, Frost finally got his moment in 2024
Wright put an exclamation point on his 2024 season with 89.5 points on his final horse
Wade/Thorp were 3.8 as the last pair out to seal their Gold Buckles
Struxness entered Round 10 projected No. 4 and walked out with his first career Gold Buckle
Thompson did just enough to squeak out his first career Gold Buckle