One round record was broken twice and a World Record was matched Thursday inside the Thomas & Mack in Round 8 on Thursday night.
In the barrel racing, World No. 1 Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi started Round 8 with a 13.34-second run to break Amberleigh Moore’s round record of 13.37 seconds on the first run of the night. It only held for a few minutes as Kassie Mowry stopped the clock at 13.30 seconds to get the Go-Round win and keep the record for herself.
“Complete disbelief,” Mowry said when asked about her run. “I hardly remember any of it, I was just on go mode, I knew I had to be fast with Brittany at the top.”
In the team roping, Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp made the sixth 3.3-second run in ProRodeo history to match the NFR and World Record. Half of the 3.3s in history have come in the Thomas & Mack with Chad Masters/Jade Corkill doing it in 2009 and Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira doing it in 2017.
“I knew that steer was good, I texted Thorp before we roped and said ‘what’s your fastest time here?’ He said ‘3.6,’ I said ‘we’re going to be faster than that tonight,’” Wade said.
The other round winners were Jess Pope in bareback riding (88.5 points), Bridger Anderson in steer wrestling (3.3 seconds), Brody Cress, Zeke Thurston and Sage Newman in saddle bronc riding (87.5 points each), Hunter Herrin in tie-down roping (7.4 seconds), and Tristen Hutchings in bull riding (89 points).
BAREBACK RIDING
Round 8: 1. Jess Pope, 88.5 points on Championship Pro Rodeo ‘s The Crow, $30,706; 2. Jacob Lees, 87, $24,268; 3. Rocker Steiner, 86, $18,325; 4. Richmond Champion, 85.5, $12,877; 5. Kade Sonnier, 84.5, $7,924; 6. (tie) Leighton Berry and Keenan Hayes, 83.5, $2,476 each.
STEER WRESTLING
Round 8: 1. Bridger Anderson, 3.3 seconds, $30,706; 2. Jacob Talley, 3.5, $24,268; 3. (tie) Dakota Eldridge and Ty Erickson, 3.8, $15,601 each; 5. Stephen Culling, 3.9, $7,924; 6. (tie) Don Payne and Dirk Tavenner, 4.0, $2,476 each.
TEAM ROPING
Round 8: 1. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 3.3 seconds, $30,706 each; 2. Clay Smith/Paden Bray, 3.6, $24,268; 3. Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins II, 3.8, $18,325; 4. Erich Rogers/Paul Eaves, 4.4, $12,877; 5. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 4.8, $7,924; 6. Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres, 9.0, $4,953.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Round 8: 1. (tie) Brody Cress, on Corey & Lange Rodeo’s Monster, Sage Newman, on Three Hills Rodeo ‘s Devil’s Advocate, and Zeke Thurston, on Frontier Rodeo ‘s Yellowstone, 87.5 points, $24,433 each; 4. Wyatt Casper, 87, $12,877; 5. (tie) Damian Brennan and Dawson Hay, 86, $6,438 each.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Round 8: 1. Hunter Herrin, 7.4 seconds, $30,706; 2. John Douch, 7.5, $24,268; 3. Haven Meged, 7.7, $18,325; 4. Riley Mason Webb, 8.0, $12,877; 5. Blane Cox, 9.2, $7,924; 6. Ty Harris, 9.3, $4,953.
BARREL RACING
Round 8: 1. Kassie Mowry, 13.30 seconds, $30,706; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 13.34, $24,268; 3. Sissy Winn, 13.45, $18,325; 4. Paige Jones, 13.65, $12,877; 5. (tie) Jordon Briggs and Lisa Lockhart, 13.66, $6,438 each.
BULL RIDING
Round 8: 1. Tristen Hutchings, 89 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Pegasus, $30,706; 2. (tie) Jordan Hansen and Sage Kimzey, 88, $21,296 each; 4. Josh Frost, 86, $12,877; 5. Cody Teel, 83.5, $7,924; 6. Jared Parsonage, 83, $4,953.
