St. Paul Rodeo is off to as hot a start as we expected. Young gun Sam Petersen stacked up in the bareback riding while Emily Beisel jockies Chewy to yet another lead. Those in Performance 2 in Oregon hope to shake up the leaderboard.
BAREBACK RIDING
Macza Pro Rodeo’s Sneak Attack will have its first out in the bareback riding according to Stock Stats and it is with none other than standout two-year veteran Kade Sonnier.
| Coop Cano | Cadillac Jack |
| Moe Heaton | Miss Major |
| Austin Foss | Dirty Looks |
| Dylin Riggins | Burnt River |
| Kelin Abbas | Cougar Country |
| Kade Sonnier | Sneak Attack |
| Wyatt Wood | Minnie |
| Garrett Blackwell | Comanchero |
| Payton Wright | Naughty By Nature |
| Hunter Greenup | Can’t Wait |
STEER WRESTLING
A 4.0 and 3.9 lead Rounds 1 and 2 in St. Paul but the bull dogging is stacked today with newly crowned Reno Rodeo Champion Tucker Allen backing in the box but Kyle Irwin is looking to win his second St. Paul title.
| Bridger Anderson |
| Tucker Allen |
| Jacob Talley |
| Justin Shaffer |
| Sam Dixon |
| Stephen Mullins |
| Cole Walker |
| Kyle Irwin |
| Clayton Hass |
| Will Lummus |
| Walt Arnold |
| Winsten McGraw |
TEAM ROPING
Clint Summers and Jake Long are the duo to keep your eye on. They are chasing a 21.2 on two head to take over the lead in the Aggregate.
| Jake Raley | Christopher Lopez |
| Tyler Tryan | Logan Moore |
| Clint Summers | Jake Long |
| Cyle Denison | Tanner Braden |
| Jake Stanley | BJ Campbell |
| Jared Gonzales | Paul Brashears |
| Bobby Moriarty | Taylor Speer |
| Aaron Kreps | Tim Messner |
| Brent Baggarley | Matt Meyer |
| Houston Hull | Jason Minor |
| Dayton Stafford | Cully Stafford |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Jake Clark has matched up with Spring Tour of Big Bend Rodeo, the same horse that Ryder Wright won Reno Rodeo on just last week. As for Wright, he has drawn Flying 5’s Annie Springs, a horse that he will have to put in some work on.
| Wade Kane | Night Games |
| Davey McMillan | Johnny Be Good |
| Chance West | Major Spirit |
| Ryder Wright | Annie Springs |
| Wyatt Casper | Blue Angel |
| Jake Clark | Spring Tour |
| Weston Patterson | Major Cover |
| Kade Bruno | Broken Camp |
| Houston Brown | Spring Tunes |
| Shorty Garrett | Majorhuckleberry |
| Brady Hill | Pearl Harbor |
| Jake Watson | King Mountain |
| Carter Sandberg | Spotted Blues |
| Noel Johnson | Yellow Jacket |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
John Douch is the No. 4 tie-down roper in the World and his time to beat to take over the lead in Round 2 is 8.3 seconds, something the Texas cowboy is quite capable of doing.
| Tim Messner |
| Matt Shiozawa |
| Roger Nonella |
| Cody Jones |
| Jason Minor |
| John Douch |
| Cash Hooper |
| Michael Pederson |
| Chance Thiessen |
| Travis Eller |
| Marcos Costa |
| Chad Finley |
BREAKAWAY ROPING
The legendary Lari Dee Guy and Jackie Crawford are both out in Performance 2 but some standout young talent will back in the box as well, like Maddy Deerman.
| Hope Thompson |
| Lari Dee Guy |
| Jackie Crawford |
| Cate Hepper |
| Kayde Akins |
| Kelsey Nonella |
| Nicole Baggarley |
| Lauren Stafford |
| Maddy Deerman |
| Shai Schaefer |
| Kaitlyn Andersen |
BARREL RACING
Three barrel racers to keep an eye on are Dona Kay Rule, Kassie Mowry and Ashley Castleberry. Mowry is one of the greatest futurity trainers of all time and her arsenal of horses to choose from means she is particularly fierce competition.
| Lindsey Ham |
| Pamela Capper-Coker |
| Dona Kay Rule |
| Quincy Downey |
| Abby Phillips |
| Kassie Mowry |
| Khloee Schiewe |
| Rachelle Riggers |
| Hailey Garrison |
| Ashley Castleberry |
| Taylor Eller |
| Ann McGilchrist |
BULL RIDING
Tristen Hutchings is coming off a huge win in Reno that gave him some much needed momentum going into Cowboy Christmas. Macza Pro Rodeo’s Wreckonciled will make his season debut under Hutchings.
| Hayes Weight | Gringo |
| Tristen Hutchings | Wreckonciled |
| Colt Robinson | Wild Thing |
| Luke Mast | Nickle Back |
| JR Stratford | Repo Man |
| Jackson Ward | Gassed Up |
| Jordan Spears | Troubled Waters |
| Ruger Piva | D Wildcat |
| Braden Richardson | Coon Eyes |
| Tristan Mize | White Strike |
| Tyler Kippes | TC |
| Taylor Toves | Big River |
