There is a trio of saddle bronc riders that will make this year’s Resistol Rookie Race one to watch and Gus Gaillard is currently No. 1. He is your Rookie Athlete of the Week after leap frogging his college teammates thanks to a trip to the pay window in Mercedes, Texas.
At the Rio Grande Livestock Show and Rodeo, Gaillard matched up with Gladiator of Penthouse Pro Rodeo. The two would put an 87-point ride on the board that would hold on for a second-place finish.
So far, your Rookie Athlete of the Week had racked up $5,700 this month making it his second most lucrative month on the professional road. However, it was the $3,200 pay day that came at the Rio Grande that gave Gaillard the boost to No. 1 in the Resistol Rookie Race and No. 13 in the PRCA World Standings.
