Roughstock
The Reno Rodeo was Creek Young’s first major rodeo back from injury and he made it count. Young went 88 points in the Short Round and was crowned champion, earning over $17,000 along the way
Chad Rutherford was the highest marked cowboy of the night in Reno after an 84-point Bareback Ride. The ride put him in sixth place in the average at 164.5 points.
Zeke Thurston’s 89.5 point ride on Monday upended Sage Newman’s Round 2 ride as the highest of the rodeo so far in Reno.
Stetson Wright has the high marked ride in bull riding in Reno after an 86.5 point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Bringin Brother.
Sage Newman rode Powder River’s Wicked Dreams for 89 points Saturday night to bring his two-head Average to 172 points to lead the Reno Rodeo after the first three Long Round performances.
Rookie Cooper Cooke and three-time NFR qualifier Wyatt Denny have had matching scores in both rounds of the bareback riding to lead the Average at the Reno Rodeo through four of eight Long Round performances.
The Reno Rodeo Xtreme Bulls paid out $60,000 total and four cowboys kicked off their summer run with a payday of $9,000 or more on Thursday night.
Garrett Smith was not going to be stopped last night at the Reno Xtreme Bulls. He was one of just two of the 40 cowboys to ride two bulls and capped his evening off with a rodeo-winning 91-point ride.
Rookie Waylon Bourgeois is hoping to make it four straight months with a rodeo win as he leads the bareback riding after the first performance of Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days.
Waylon Bourgeois made a huge leap in the World Standings to now be sitting 30th after he has continuously brought in money over the last two weeks.
