The Ponoka Stampede always brings the best of rodeo to the fore front. With a world record holding match up in the bareback riding and top tier horsepower in the tie-down roping, Performance 1 in Alberta is sure to set a high bar and a quick pace.
It begins live on The Cowgirl Channel and Cowboy Channel+ at 8:30 PM ET.
BAREBACK RIDING
Rocker Steiner and C5 Rodeo’s Virgil is a rematch that everyone has been waiting for. The two have met twice before, once in Darby, Montana where they set the World Record at 95 points and then again when the score would be 92.
| Rocker Steiner | Virgil |
| Waylon Bourgeois | Devils Girl |
| Cole Franks | Cracker Jack |
| Jess Pope | Rizz Up |
| Ty Pope | Kanins Pet |
| Orin Larsen | Cat Nap |
| Kody Lamb | Nite Life |
| Strawbs Jones | She-La |
STEER WRESTLING
Today’s lineup in the steer wrestling consists of veterans. Harley Cole ended up in the Round 1 money in Ponoka in 2023 with a time of 4.2 and Brock Butterfield got a piece of Round 2 with a 4.5-second run.
| Jonny Webb |
| Straws Nilan |
| Matt Richardson |
| Morgan Grant |
| Layne Delemont |
| Harley Cole |
| Brock Butterfield |
| Clayton Moore |
| Wyatt Reid |
| Bryn Roy |
| Joe Guze |
| Denver Roy |
TEAM ROPING
A 5.1 is what got the job done in Round 1 in the 2023 season and with three National Finals Rodeo teams on Day 1, the pace is almost guaranteed to be fast.
| Chase Skocdopole | Coy Skocdopole |
| Braden Brost | Levi Schmidt |
| Grady Branden | Austin Young |
| Nick Teixeira | Spencer Rutherford |
| Brady Tryan | Calgary Smith |
| JT Adamson | Zane Thompson |
| Walker Warkentin | Jared Pancoast |
| Tanner Tomlinson | Patrick Smith |
| Tyler Wade | Wesley Thorp |
| Lightning Aguilera | Lane Mithcell |
| Andrew Ward | Kollin VanAhn |
| Luke Brown | Travis Graves |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Chase Brooks’ Round 1 success from 2023 could carry over into 2024 if he can manage to put the first qualified ride on C5 Rodeo’s Boy Blotch. According to PRCA Stock Stats, the young Canadian bronc has only has one out that resulted in a buck off.
| Wyatt Casper | Storm Warning |
| Jake Clark | High Crop |
| Weston Patterson | High Valley |
| Kade Bruno | Pittsberg Nellie |
| Kolby Wanchuk | Lacey Mae |
| Logan Young | Hangover Face |
| Leon Fountain | Trump Card |
| Ryder Sanford | T Standard |
| Chase Brooks | Boy Blotch |
| Sage Newman | Bannock Slap |
| Tanner Butner | North Star |
| Nicholas Patterson | Shattered Lunatic |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Morgan Grant is another Ponoka veteran who got a piece of Round 1 in 2023, but it is Logan Bird who is known for his horsepower that you should keep an eye on.
| Darren Dublanko |
| Erik Dublanko |
| Logan Bird |
| Morgan Grant |
| Mark Neitz |
| Chance Oftedahl |
| Ty Leischner |
| Chase Skocdopole |
| Garrett Hughson |
| Coy Skocdopole |
| Braden Brost |
BARREL RACING
Emily Beisel is the defending Ponoka Stampede Champion. Her fastest time at Ponoka last year came in the Shootout when she stopped the clock at 17.28 seconds. She is loaded down with horsepower once again and it could be any of them that she sends down the alley.
| Kayce Liptak |
| Lisa Groves |
| Bobbi Henderson |
| Nancy Leischner |
| Malena Findler |
| Celeste Montpellier |
| Traci MacDonald |
| Emily Beisel |
| Vanessa Leggett |
| Jessa Marcenko |
| Fallon Forbes |
| Cailtin McArthur |
| Diane Skocdopole |
| Stacey Ruzicka |
| Madison Wilkerson |
| Julie Leggett |
BULL RIDING
Hayes Weight is the No. 3 bull rider in the PRCA World Standings and his first matchup in Ponoka is a C5 Rodeo bull called Ruster Slurper.
| Lukasey Morris | Slobber Knocker |
| Chad Hartman | Smart As A Rock |
| Hayes Weight | Ruster Slurper |
| Tristen Hutchings | Bob’s Your Uncle |
| Cody Fraser | Angry Bob |
| Josh Frost | Dance Monkey |
| Dakota Buttar | Party Shocker |
| Brahmer Gaehring | Muley Madness |
| Weston Davidson | Gundy |
