BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo completed its second of seven brackets on Monday night and the performance started with a bang.
Six-time World Champion Kaycee Feild matched up with Night Crawler in the bareback riding for 93 points to tie his arena record and register the highest score of the 2023 regular season so far.
“That horse is amazing, that horse loves her job,” Feild said. “It was touch-and-go every single jump, I was lifting my feet up as high as I could.”
Other noteworthy moments from the past two days of action inside Dickies Arena included Riley Duvall’s 3.5-second steer wrestling run Mondday night, Ryder Wright winning the bracket in saddle bronc riding and three 2022 NFR barrel racers - Shelley Morgan, Dona Kay Rule and Kassie Mowry - advancing.
BAREBACK RIDING
First Round: 1. Kaycee Feild, 88 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Memory Maker, $1,760; 2. Jacob Raine, 86.5, $1,320; 3. Seth Hardwick, 84.5, $880; 4. Nick Pelke, 84, $440; 5. Leighton Berry, 83.5; 6. Hunter Ramsey, 77.
Second Round: 1. Kaycee Feild, 93 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, $1,760; 2. (tie) Seth Hardwick, Kyle Bloomquist and Hunter Ramsey, 88.5, $880 each; 5. Nick Pelke, 86; 6. Jacob Raine, 85.
Advancing: 1. Kaycee Feild; 2. Seth Hardwick. Wild Card: Jacob Raine.
STEER WRESTLING
First Round: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 4.5 seconds, $1,760; 2. Dalton Massey, 5.1, $1,320; 3. J.D. Struxness, 5.3; $880; 4. Riley Duvall, 6.7, $440; 5. Landris White, 14.5; no other qualified runs.
Second Round: 1. Riley Duvall, 3.5 seconds, $1,760; 2. Tyler Waguespack, 3.8; $1,320; 3. Sam Goings, 4.9, $880; 4. J.D. Struxness, 5.0, $440; 5. (tie) Dalton Massey and Cody Cabral, 5.6.
Advancing: 1. Tyler Waguespack; 2. Riley Duvall. Wild Card: J.D. Struxness
TEAM ROPING
First Round: 1. Marcus Theriot/Cole Curry, 4.9 seconds, $1,760 each; 2. Casey Tew/Boogie Ray, 5.0, $1,320; 3. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 5.7, $880; 4. J.C. Yeahquo/L.J. Yeahquo, 5.9, $440; 5. Aaron Tsinigine/Kyle Lockett, 6.6; 6. Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham, 7.3.
Second Round: 1. Marcus Theriot/Cole Curry and Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham, 6.0 seconds, $1,555 each; 3. Casey Tew/Boogie Ray, 11.6, $880; 4. Aarin Tsiningine/Kyle Lockett, 14.50, $440; no other qualified runs.
Advancing: 1. Marcus Theriot/Cole Curry; 2. Casey Tew/Boogie Ray. Wild Card: Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
First Round: 1. Ryder Wright, 88.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Silver Wings, $1,760; 2. Traylin Martin, 84.5, $1,320; 3. (tie) Kolby Wanchuk and Wyatt Casper, 84, $660 each; 5. Damian Brennan, 83; 6. Brody Wells, 77.
Second Round: 1. Wyatt Casper, 87.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Real Fancy, $1,760; 2. (tie) Ryder Wright and Damian Brennan, 86.5, $1,100 each; 4. Kody Rinehart, 86, $440; 5. Kolby Wanchuk, 80; 6. (tie) Traylin Martin and Jake Burwash, 74.
Advancing: 1. Ryder Wright; 2. Wyatt Casper. Wild Card: Traylin Martin
TIE-DOWN ROPING
First Round: 1. (tie) Reese Riemer and Haven Meged, 9.0 seconds, $1,540 each; 3. Hunter Herrin, 9.6, $880; 4. Logan Bird, 10.2, $440; 5. Caleb Smidt, 16.20; no other qualified runs.
Second Round: 1. Caleb Smidt, 8.5 seconds, $1,760; Reese Riemer, 9.0, $1,320; 3. Tyler Milligan, 9.2, $880; 4. Hunter Herrin, 20.0, $440; 5. Logan Bird, 21.4; no other qualified runs.
Advancing: 1. Reese Riemer; 2. Caleb Smidt. Wild Card: Haven Meged
BARREL RACING
First Round: 1. Shelley Morgan, 16.70 seconds, $1,760; 2. Bayleigh Choate, 16.71, $1,320; 3. Dona Kay Rule, 16.79, $880; 4. Cassidy Champlin, 16.87, $440; 5. Latricia Mundorf, 16.90; 6. Kassie Mowry, 17.07.
Second Round: 1. (tie) Kassie Mowry and Bradi Whiteside, 16.56 seconds, $1,540; 3. Dona Kay Rule, 16.62; 4. Shelley Morgan, 16.64, $440; 5. Lisa Thornton, 16.72; 6. Bayleigh Choate, 16.73.
Advancing: 1. Shelley Morgan; 2. Dona Kay Rule. Wild Card: Kassie Mowry
BULL RIDING
First Round: *1. Jack Gilmore, 89.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Megalomaniac, $4,400; no other qualified rides. *(all totals include ground money).
Second Round: 1. Jestyn Woodward, 86.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Outlaw, $4,400; no other qualified rides.
Advancing: 1. Jack Gilmore; 2. Jestyn Woodward.