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BAREBACK RIDING
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Rookie Bareback Rider Keenan Hayes Eyes Gold Buckle After Dominant Regular Season
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Rookie Bareback Rider Kade Sonnier Lands Bucket List Wins on way to First NFR
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World Champion Clayton Biglow Qualifies for Eighth Straight NFR as Second-Ranked Bareback Rider
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Unfinished Business in Las Vegas has Veteran Bareback Rider Tim O’Connell Hungry for Gold
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Leighton Berry is Top 5 in the Bareback Riding Heading to the Thomas & Mack
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Canadian Bareback Rider Orin Larsen Returning to Las Vegas For Ninth Straight Year
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Rocker Steiner Heads Back to NFR After Finishing No. 10 as a Rookie in 2022
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Dean Thompson Among Top Bareback Rookies that are NFR Bound
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Jayco Roper Vegas Bound For First Time After Landing Inside Top 10
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Jess Pope Locks in His Chance at a Second Gold Buckle and Fourth NFR Average Title
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Bareback Rider Mason Clements’ Fight for Fourth NFR Qualification Came Down to the Wire
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Tanner Aus Returning to Las Vegas for Eighth NFR Appearance After Steady Regular Season
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An Impressive Summer Run for Wyoming Bareback Rider Cole Reiner Secures Him Fourth NFR
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Jacob Lees Battles All Season Long to Punch Golden Ticket to First NFR
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Off of Injury, Richmond Champion Sneaks Back Into NFR
BARREL RACING
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Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi Enters 17th NFR With Lead of More than $100,000
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Jordon Briggs Enters NFR in World Title Contention Once Again
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Emily Beisel Looks to Continue NFR Success as She Qualifies for Fifth Straight Time
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Taycie Mattews Seals First NFR With Top 5 Spot in Regular Season
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Lisa Lockhart Makes it 17 Straight NFR Qualifications, Making 2023 in the No. 5 Spot
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Kassie Mowry Adds Another NFR Qualification on Just 28 Rodeos in 2023
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Wenda Johnson Makes Fourth NFR After Emotional 2023 Season
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Jessica Routier Makes Sixth Straight NFR
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Summer Kosel Makes First NFR after Proving Herself All Summer Long
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Ilyssa Riley More Than Doubles Career Earnings in 2023, Makes First NFR
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Texas Cowgirl Sissy Winn Thrived in Her Home State to Make Another NFR
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Stevi Hillman Makes It Eight Straight NFRs Thanks to Summer Charge Up the World Standings
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Hailey Kinsel Enters NFR on Streak of Four Gold Buckles in Five Years
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Sue Smith Makes First NFR Since 2011
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Paige Jones Makes First NFR in Final Spot
BULL RIDING
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Stetson Wright Enters NFR in Familiar No. 1 Spot in Bull Riding
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Ky Hamilton Enters NFR No. 2 After Totaling More than $250,000 in 2023 Regular Season
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Josh Frost Puts Together Another Strong Season, Enters NFR No. 3
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Tristen Hutchings Looks to Repeat Sucess of First NFR as he Enters his Second No. 4 in the World
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Trey Holston Follows Up Impressive Rookie Season with Second NFR Appearance
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Creek Young Heading to Third Straight NFR to Start Career
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Hayes Weight Turns Best Season of Career Into First NFR Appearance
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T Parker Heads to First NFR After Finishing Regular Season No. 8
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Trey Kimzey Heads to Second Straight NFR After Top 10 Regular Season
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Sage Kimzey Grinds Through Injury-Plagued Season to Ninth NFR Appearance
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Jordan Hansen Returns to NFR After Three-Year Absence
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Jared Parsonage Heads to Second NFR After Career-Best Season
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Former World Champion Cody Teel Heads To First NFR Since 2016
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Early Season Success Lands Jeff Askey Another NFR Appearance
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Cullen Telfer Uses Strong Final Month to Qualify for First NFR
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
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Stetson Wright’s Bronc Riding in 2023 Regular Season Lands Him in Familiar Place of No. 1
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Sage Newman Cruises to Third NFR After Thriving in Regular Season Once Again
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Personal Bests and an Arena Record Make Up Saddle Bronc Rider Kade Bruno’s 2023 Season
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Defending Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Zeke Thurston Enters NFR With Fourth Gold Buckle in Reach
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Dawson Hay Makes Fourth NFR With Best Career Finish in Sight
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Ben Andersen Bounces Back in 2023 to Enter NFR No. 6 in the World
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Despite Injury, Ryder Wright Still Makes NFR in No. 7 Spot
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Wyatt Casper Wins in All the Right Places to Cinch Fourth Trip to the National Finals Rodeo
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Chase Brooks Has Strong Finish to Regular Season to Cinch Sixth NFR
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Layton Green Cashes in on Home Turf in Canada All Season Long to Earn Fourth NFR Berth
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Tanner Butner Earns A Second Consecutive Trip to the Thomas & Mack
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Brody Cress Makes September Surge to Sneak into Seventh NFR
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Damian Brennan Spurs His Way to First NFR Qualification with Big Regular Season
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Lefty Holman Heads to Third NFR after Reserve World Title in 2022
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Ryder Sanford Makes Rookie Year Look Easy as He Lands First NFR Qualification
STEER WRESTLING
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Dalton Massey Enters 2023 NFR at the Top of his Game
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Jesse Brown Capitalizes on Consistency to Go into Fourth NFR Ranked No. 2
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Tyler Waguespack Looks for Three-Peat as No. 3 Man in the World Entering NFR
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Coming Off Back-to-Back Reserve World Championships, Will Lummus Enters NFR No. 4
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Steer Wrestler Ty Erickson Ramps Up Throughout 2023 Regular Season to Qualify for Eighth NFR
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Another Consistent Season Lands JD Struxness a Fifth NFR Qualification
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Dakota Eldridge Eyes World Championship After Locking in a 10th NFR
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Dirk Tavenner Picks Up Major Regular Season Wins on his Climb Toward a Gold Buckle
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Cody Devers Set to Make Big Return to Thomas and Mack
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Canadian Steer Wrestler Stephen Culling Makes First NFR
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Steer Wrestler Jacob Talley Set to Return to the Thomas & Mack
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Steer Wrestler Stan Branco Makes Return to Las Vegas A Decade After First Qualification
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Nick Guy Locks in Back-to-Back NFR Qualifications and Eight Overall in the Steer Wrestling
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Bridger Anderson Cinches Second NFR and First Trip to Las Vegas
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Don Payne Makes Steady Strides in Regular Season to Qualify for First NFR
TEAM ROPING
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Kaleb Driggers Enters NFR No. 1 With Third Consecutive Gold Buckle in Sight
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Heeler Wesley Thorp Heads to Eighth NFR With Sights on a Second Gold Buckle
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November 18, 2023 07:03 PM
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Tyler Wade Has Huge Summer to Finish Regular Season No. 2 Ranked Header
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December 05, 2023 12:35 PM
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Junior Noguiera Enters NFR No. 2 Looking for Third Straight Gold Buckle
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November 28, 2023 10:30 AM
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Texas Swing Success Powers Nelson Wyatt into NFR as No. 3 Header in the World
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November 09, 2023 06:57 AM
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Colter Todd Makes First NFR in 15 Years and is in the Thick of the Gold Buckle Race
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November 29, 2023 03:00 PM
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Header Dustin Egusquiza Has Chance at Fourth Straight Top 10 Finish, First Gold Buckle at 2023 NFR
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November 20, 2023 03:23 PM
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After Top 5 Finish in 2022, Levi Lord Heads Back to NFR Within Striking Distance of First Gold Buckle
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November 28, 2023 01:46 PM
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Derrick Begay in Position for Best Finish Since 2015 as he Ranks Fifth Going into NFR
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November 21, 2023 05:54 PM
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Heeler Logan Medlin Heads to Fourth Straight NFR in No. 5 Spot
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November 30, 2023 05:21 PM
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Coleman Proctor Makes Another NFR, Looks for Another Big Finish Alongside Logan Medlin
November 29, 2023 10:37 AM
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Jeremy Buhler Back in Vegas for Fifth Time After Winning Final Two Rounds in 2022
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November 30, 2023 06:39 PM
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Rhen Richard Heads to Sixth NFR after Strong 2023 Campaign
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December 01, 2023 10:46 AM
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Paul Eaves Returns to NFR for 10th Time and First Since 2020 World Championship
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December 01, 2023 03:04 PM
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Erich Rogers Makes it a Dozen NFRs in 2023
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December 01, 2023 10:03 AM
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Patrick Smith Looks to Defend Average Title, Cross $2.5 Million in Earnings at 2023 NFR
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December 01, 2023 03:53 PM
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Tanner Tomlinson Looks to Build off of Reserve World Championship in NFR Debut in 2022
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November 30, 2023 04:38 PM
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Buddy Hawkins Make it Four Straight NFRs Roping With Andrew Ward
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December 01, 2023 06:25 PM
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Andrew Ward is in Top 10 Once Again After Best Career Finish in 2022, NFR Average Title in 2021
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November 30, 2023 09:44 PM
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Jake Long Makes 10 Straight NFRs, 13 Overall
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December 04, 2023 09:47 PM
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Clay Smith Looks to Restart Top 10 Finish Streak at Ninth Straight NFR Since 2015
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November 30, 2023 03:41 PM
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Paden Bray Back at NFR in 2023 After Coming Close to World Titles in 2020 and 2021
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December 04, 2023 10:33 PM
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Cole Curry’s Breakout Year Leads to First NFR Berth
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December 05, 2023 04:09 PM
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Hunter Koch Makes Third NFR, First With Partner Luke Brown
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December 05, 2023 03:57 PM
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TIE-DOWN ROPING
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Riley Webb Enters 2023 NFR At No. 1 to Follow Up A Remarkable Rookie Season
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Shad Mayfield Finishes No. 2, Notches Fifth National Finals Rodeo Qualification
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Haven Meged Enters Fifth Straight NFR as No. 3 Tie-Down Roper in the World
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Shane Hanchey Cracks Top 5 as he Qualifies for 14th Straight NFR
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Ty Harris Heads to Fifth Straight NFR as Fifth-Ranked Man in the Tie-Down Roping
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Westyn Hughes Makes Third NFR in Last Four Years
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Caleb Smidt Heads to 10th NFR as Two-Time Defending World Champion
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Cory Solomon Makes it 10 NFRs Since 2011 as he Looks for Fourth Straight Top 5 Finish
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Kincade Henry Looks to Make it Two Straight Top 10 Finishes at Age 21
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Blane Cox Makes Second NFR of Career, First Since 2016
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Canadian Cowboy Beau Cooper Makes First NFR At Age 22
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Brushton Minton Uses Fast Start to Make First Career NFR
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John Douch Makes Third NFR in 2023 After Best Career Finish in 2022
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Hunter Herrin Uses Terrific Texas Swing to Make 13th NFR
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Tie-Down Roper Tuf Cooper Makes Craziest NFR Qualification Yet
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