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BAREBACK RIDING
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Canadian Bareback Rider Orin Larsen Returning to Las Vegas For Ninth Straight Year
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An Impressive Summer Run for Wyoming Bareback Rider Cole Reiner Secures Him Fourth NFR
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Rocker Steiner Heads Back to NFR After Finishing No. 10 as a Rookie in 2022
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Jess Pope Locks in His Chance at a Second Gold Buckle and Fourth NFR Average Title
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Rookie Bareback Rider Kade Sonnier Lands Bucket List Wins on way to First NFR
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Leighton Berry is Top 5 in the Bareback Riding Heading to the Thomas & Mack
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Unfinished Business in Las Vegas has Veteran Bareback Rider Tim O’Connell Hungry for Gold
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World Champion Clayton Biglow Qualifies for Eighth Straight NFR as Second-Ranked Bareback Rider
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Rookie Bareback Rider Keenan Hayes Eyes Gold Buckle After Dominant Regular Season
BARREL RACING
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Kassie Mowry Adds Another NFR Qualification on Just 28 Rodeos in 2023
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Emily Beisel Looks to Continue NFR Success as She Qualifies for Fifth Straight Time
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Lisa Lockhart Makes it 17 Straight NFR Qualifications, Making 2023 in the No. 5 Spot
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Taycie Mattews Seals First NFR With Top 5 Spot in Regular Season
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Jordon Briggs Enters NFR in World Title Contention Once Again
BULL RIDING
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Trey Kimzey Heads to Second Straight NFR After Top 10 Regular Season
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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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Sage Kimzey Grinds Through Injury-Plagued Season to Ninth NFR Appearance
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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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Ky Hamilton Enters NFR No. 2 After Totaling More than $250,000 in 2023 Regular Season
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Stetson Wright Enters NFR in Familiar No. 1 Spot in Bull Riding
SADDLE BRONC
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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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Defending Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Zeke Thurston Enters NFR With Fourth Gold Buckle in Reach
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Brody Cress Makes September Surge to Sneak into Seventh NFR
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Ryder Sanford Makes Rookie Year Look Easy as He Lands First NFR Qualification
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Ben Andersen Bounces Back in 2023 to Enter NFR No. 6 in the World
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Personal Bests and an Arena Record Make Up Saddle Bronc Rider Kade Bruno’s 2023 Season
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Sage Newman Cruises to Third NFR After Thriving in Regular Season Once Again
STEER WRESTLING
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Nick Guy Locks in Back-to-Back NFR Qualifications and Eight Overall in the Steer Wrestling
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Another Consistent Season Lands JD Struxness a Fifth NFR Qualification
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Steer Wrestler Jacob Talley Set to Return to the Thomas & Mack
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Tyler Waguespack Looks for Three-Peat as No. 3 Man in the World Entering NFR
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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
TEAM ROPING
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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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Coleman Proctor Makes Another NFR, Looks for Another Big Finish Alongside Logan Medlin
November 29, 2023 10:37 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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Brett Nierengarten
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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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Brett Nierengarten
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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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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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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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Kaleb Driggers Enters NFR No. 1 With Third Consecutive Gold Buckle in Sight
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November 08, 2023 05:49 PM
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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
TIE-DOWN ROPING
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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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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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Haven Meged Enters Fifth Straight NFR as No. 3 Tie-Down Roper in the World
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Shad Mayfield Finishes No. 2, Notches Fifth National Finals Rodeo Qualification
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Riley Webb Enters 2023 NFR At No. 1 to Follow Up A Remarkable Rookie Season
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