BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN
The Semifinals are officially set at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
The third place finisher in every bracket got to come back for Wild Card Wednesday and two of them in every event earned their spot in the Semifinals.
In bareback riding, Clayton Biglow was victorious with 88 points on Pistol Princess from Championship Pro Rodeo. The other roughstock winners had big scores as well. Stetson Wright was 88.5 points in saddle bronc riding and Trey Benton III scored a whopping 92.5 in bull riding.
“We had some things go wrong on my second one and luckily, I had the chance to come back today and we can still win Fort Worth,” Benton III said. “So it’s not over.”
In barrel racing, fan favorites Dona Kay Rule and her two-time AQHA Horse of the Year Valor had a run of 16.26 seconds to win the Wild Card and she was far from the only popular timed event athlete to get the job done. In team roping, it was Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin with a time of 3.8 seconds and in tie-down, Cory Solomon was 7.6.
“Man, between my horse and this guy right here (Medlin), he still makes an old man like me fast enough, so I really enjoyed it,” Proctor said.
In steer wrestling, Rowdy Parrott stopped the clock at 5 seconds flat to move on.
Bareback riding
Wild card round: 1. Clayton Biglow, 88 points on Championship Pro Rodeo’s Pistol Princess, $1,000; 2. Bill Tutor, 87, $600; 3. Kody Lamb, 86, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Clayton Biglow and Bill Tutor.
CLAYTON BIGLOW’S 88 POINT RIDE
Steer wrestling
Wild card round: 1. Rowdy Parrott, 5.0 seconds, $1,000; 2. (tie) Stockton Graves and Curtis Cassidy, 5.2, $500 each.
Semifinal qualifiers: Rowdy Parrott and Stockton Graves.
ROWDY PARROTT’S 5.0 SECOND RUN
Team roping
Wild card round: 1. Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin, 3.8 seconds, $1,000; 2. Clay Tryan/Jake Long, 4.5, $600; 3. Tyler Wade/Trey Yates, 14.2, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Coleman Proctor/Logan Medlin and Clay Tryan/Jake Long.
COLEMAN PROCTOR/LOGAN MEDLIN’S 3.8 SECOND RUN
Saddle bronc riding
Wild card round: 1. Stetson Wright, 88.5 points on Bridwell Pro Rodeo’s Beaver Bend, $1,000; 2. (tie) Lefty Holman and Sterling Crawley.
Semifinal qualifiers: Stetson Wright and Sterling Crawley.
STETSON WRIGHT’S 88.5 POINT RIDE
Tie-down roping
Wild card round: 1. Cory Solomon, 7.6 seconds, $1,000; 2. Shad Mayfield, 7.8, $600; 3. Hunter Herrin, 8.4, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Cory Solomon and Shad Mayfield.
CORY SOLOMON’S 7.6 SECOND RUN
Barrel racing
Wild card round: 1. Dona Kay Rule, 16.26 seconds, $1,000; 2. Stephanie Fryar, 16.35, $600; 3. Ivy Saebens, 16.52, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Dona Kay Rule and Stephanie Fryar.
DONA KAY RULE’S 16.26 SECOND RUN
Bull riding
Wild card round: 1. Trey Benton III, 92.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Goin Brandin, $1,000; 2. Ruger Piva, 85.5, $600; 3. Trey Kimzey, 72, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Trey Benton III and Ruger Piva. *(all totals include ground money).
TREY BENTON III’S 92.5 POINT RIDE
Breakaway roping
Wild card round: 1. Tacy Webb, 2.2 seconds, $1,000; 2. Kelsie Domer, 2.3, $600; 3. Jordi Edens, 2.7, $400.
Semifinal qualifiers: Tacy Webb and Kelsie Domer
TACY WEBB’S 2.2 SECOND RUN
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