San Antonio Bracket 4: Recap, Highlights and Payouts

BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT

Bareback rider Kaycee Feild, barrel racer Jordon Briggs and steer wrestler Brandon Harrison dominated their events, Sage Newman won a tightly contested saddle bronc riding group and Trey Benton III benefited from some bull riding ground money in a big way.

With Bracket 4 concluding Saturday night, we now have just one bracket left to go before the Semifinals in San Antone are locked in.

BAREBACK RIDING

First Round: 1. Kaycee Feild, 87.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Big Timin Houston, $2,500; 2. Rocker Steiner, 85.5, $2,000; 3. Lane McGehee, 83.5, $1,500; 4. Tanner Aus, 82.5, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. (tie) Donny Proffit, on Calgary Stampede’s Choke Cherry and Kaycee Feild, on The Cervi Brothers’ Honcho, 85 points, $2,250 each; 3. Tanner Aus, 83, $1,500; 4. Rocker Steiner, 81.5, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. Kaycie Feild, 86.5 points on Calgary Stampede’s Yesterday’s Delivery, $2,500; 2. Rocker Steiner, 84, $2,000; 3. (tie) Donny Proffit and Shane O’Connell, 83, $1,250 each.

Qualifiers: 1. Kaycee Feild, $7,250; 2. Rocker Steiner, $5,000; 3. Donny Proffit, $3,500; 4. Tanner Aus, $2,500.

STEER WRESTLING

First Round: 1. Brandon Harrison, 3.9 seconds, $2,500; 2. J.D. Struxness, 4.2, $2,000; 3. Clayton Hass, $1,500; 4. Tucker Allen, 4.6, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. Brandon Harrison, 3.7 seconds, $2,500; 2. Tucker Allen, 3.8, $2,000; 3. J.D. Struxness, 3.9, $1,500; 4. Cimarron Thompson, 4.3, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. (tie) Brandon Harrison and Tucker Allen, 4.0 seconds, $2,250 each; 3. Cody Devers, 4.3, $1,500; 4. Cody Cabral, 4.5, $1,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Brandon Harrison, $7,250; 2. Tucker Allen, $5,250; 3. J.D. Struxness, $3,500; 4. Cody Devers, $1,500.

TEAM ROPING

First Round: 1. Tanner James/Billie Jack Saebens, 4.9 seconds, $2,500 each; 2. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 5.0, $2,000; 3. Coy Rahlman/Jonathan Torres, 5.8, $1,500; 4. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 6.2, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, 3.7 seconds, $2,500 each; 2. (tie) Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira and Shay Carroll/Evan Arnold, 4.1, $1,750 each; 4. Cutter Duckett/Justin Delagarza, 4.3, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. Shay Carroll/Evan Arnold, 3.9 seconds, $2,500 each; 2. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.0, $2,000; 3. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 4.1, $1,500; 4. Cutter Duckett/Justin Delagarza, 4.5, $1,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, $5,750 each; 2. Shay Carroll/Evan Arnold, $4,250; 3. (tie) Tanner James/Billie Jack Saebens and Dustin Egusquiza/Levi Lord, $2,500 each.

SADDLE BRONC RIDING

First Round: 1. (tie) Wade Sundell, on Calgary Stampede’s Redon Acres and Sage Newman, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Palindrome, $2,250 each; 3. Riggin Smith, 85, $1,500; 4. Ross Griffin, 84, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. Leon Fountain, 87.5 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Border Town, $2,500; 2. Wade Sundell, 87, $2,000; 3. Riggin Smith, 86.5, $1,500; 4. Cort Scheer, 86, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. Sage Newman, 88 points on Carr Pro Rodeo’s Secret Agent, $2,500; 2. Kolby Wanchuk, 85, $2,000; 3. Leon Fountain, 83.5, $1,500; 4. Ross Griffin, 81, $1,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Sage Newman, $4,750; 2. Wade Sundell, $4,250; 3. Leon Fountain, $4,000; 4. Riggin Smith, $3,000.

TIE-DOWN ROPING

First Round: 1. Chance Thiessen, 8.2 seconds, $2,500; 2. Sterling Smith, 9.6, $2,000; 3. Ryan Thibodeaux, 9.8, $1,500; 4. Tuf Cooper, 9.9, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. (tie) Tyson Durfey, Riley Webb and Trenton Smith, $2,000 each; 4. Marty Yates, 8.2, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. Ryan Thibodeaux, 7.7 seconds, $2,500; 2. Chance Thiessen, 7.8, $2,000; 3. (tie) Riley Webb and Trenton Smith, 9.6, $1,250 each.

Qualifiers: 1. Chance Thiessen, $4,500; 2. Ryan Thibodeaux, $4,000; 3. Riley Webb, 3,250; 4. Trenton Smith, $3,250.

BARREL RACING

First Round: 1. Jordon Briggs, 13.93 seconds, $2,500; 2. Kelly Allen, 14.09, $2,000; 3. Bayleigh Choate, 14.10, $1,500; 4. Shelley Morgan, 14.24, $1,000.

Second Round: 1. Jordon Briggs, 13.97 seconds, $2,500; 2. Bayleigh Choate, 14.01, $2,000; 3. Shelley Morgan, 14.13, $1,500; 4. Abby Pursifull, 14.21, $1,000.

Third Round: 1. Jordon Briggs, 13.77 seconds, $2,500; 2. Abby Pursifull, 13.96, $2,000; 3. Tarryn Lee, 14.15, $1,500; 4. Shelly Morgan, 14.16, $1,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Jordon Briggs, $7,500; 2. (tie) Bayleigh Choate and Shelley Morgan, $3,500 each; 4. Abby Pursifull, $3,000.

BULL RIDING

First Round: *1. (tie) Clayton Savage, on The Cervi Brothers’ William James George and Tyler Bingham, on The Cervi Brothers’ Skin Walker, 75 points, $2,583 each; 3. Justin Rowell, 60, $1,833; no other qualified rides.

Second Round: *1. Trey Benton III, 84.5 points on The Cervi Brothers’ Major Lager, $2,833; 2. Ernie Courson Jr., 72.5, $2,333; 3. Tyler Bingham, 67, $1,833; no other qualified rides.

Third Round: 1. Trey Benton III, 86 points on Stockyards Rodeo’s Shakedown, $7,000; no other qualified rides.

Qualifiers: 1. Trey Benton III, $9,833; 2. Tyler Bingham, $4,467; 3. Clayton Savage, $2,583; 4. Ernie Courson Jr., $2,333.

BREAKAWAY ROPING

First Round: 1. Laramie Johnson, 2.20 seconds, $1,250; 2. Madison Outhier, 2.90, $1,000; 3. Kelsie Domer, 3.00; $750; 4. Bryana Lehrmann, 3.80, $500.

Second Round: 1. Sammy Taylor, 1.80 seconds, $1,250; 2. Jordi Edens, 2.00, $1,000; 3. Madison Outhier, 2.20, $750; 4. Bradi Good, 2.30, $500.

Third Round: 1. Kelsey Domer, 1.60 seconds, $1,250; 2. Josie Conner, 1.80, $1,000; 3. Tibba Smith, 2.00, $750; 4. Sammy Taylor, 2.50, $500.

Qualifiers: 1. Kelsie Domer, $2,000; 2. (tie) Madison Outhier and Sammy Taylor, $1,750 each; 4. Laramie Johnson, $1,250.