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Jess Pope talks about his journey and what it means to be a cowboy both inside, and outside of the arena.
The top bareback rider in the PRCA in 2022 matched up with the 2021 Reserve PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year in Guymon on Saturday and did not disappoint.
The Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo had its first performance and Dean Thompson went to the lead in the bareback riding with an 85-point ride.
In the first ride ever at the inaugural Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol, Waylon Bourgeois won the Long Round in the bareback riding with 83 points on United Pro Rodeo’s Jungle Cat.
Stetson Wright continued his remarkable season by winning the bull riding at the Clovis Rodeo.
The top 5 in Bareback riding is full of big names, but now cowboy has had a better season than Jess Pope who continues to separate himself from the field.
Cole Reiner broke a tie at the top between Bronc Marriott and Jayco Roper by riding C5 Rodeo’s Make Up Face for 88 points on Sunday to win the Clovis Rodeo.
Sage Newman entered Clovis as the number one Saddle Bronc rider in the world and proved the ranking was no fluke.
Caleb Bennett is going to miss between four and six weeks after he had surgery on his right elbow on April 18, according to ProRodeo.com.
Over the last three years, Jess Pope has been impossible to ignore in the bareback riding world. After winning consecutive NFR Average titles in 2020 and 2021, he now leads the PRCA World Standings in 2022 after a win in Houston.
