Reigning World Champ Takes Lead at National Western

By Susan Kanode For the National Western Stock Show

DENVER, Colo. --- A near capacity crowd at the National Western Stock Show got to see rodeo history on Monday afternoon. , from Decatur, Texas, made history in 2009 when he won his seventh world championship in the all-around category in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Brazile is tied with for the most all-around titles in the association and surpassed and Tom Ferguson with last year’s win. He is now working towards a record eighth championship and will stand alone as king of the cowboys when that happens, and if his performance here is any indication it could very well be in 2010. Brazile, who is also the reigning tie-down roping champion, took the lead in the first round of that event with a blazing 7.4-second run. Riding his great buckskin horse, Jaguar, he made a near perfect run that is the fastest seen in the Denver Coliseum in the past two years. Doug Pharr, from Victoria, Texas, also stopped the clock in 7.4 seconds in 2008. This was Brazile’s first of two appearances in tie-down roping. His second will be at the Tuesday matinee, beginning at 2 p.m. He competed in on Sunday where he and Patrick Smith had a time of 5.3 seconds in the first round. That is currently in third place in the round. They failed to connect in the second round, so will be waiting to see if they remain among the top eight in the first round to get a share of the prize money. If they do, Braz ile could very well earn the all-around championship here, the first one of the 2010 season’s building . Many of the National Western Stock Show Rodeo contestants have left the metropolitan area to go to Steamboat Springs to compete at the 36th Annual Downhill ski event. The event is a fund raiser for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund which helps cowboys and cowgirls pay their living expenses in the event of an injury. The contestants that competed here on Monday afternoon have their second round competition on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Then a new group starts their first round on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.

DENVER, Colo. --- The following are results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.

Eleventh Performance --

Bareback Riding: 1, Dusty LaValley, Crooked Creek, Alberta, 81 points on Mosbrucker rodeo’s Magic Wars. 2, Bo Casper, Fort Scott, Kan., 78. 3, Jake marshall, Goondiwindi, Australia, 70. 4, Gaetan Bernard, Erskine, Alberta, 69.

Steer W restling: 1, Gabe ledoux, Kaplan, La., 4.3 seconds. 2, Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo., 5.0. 3 (tie), Travis Reay, Mayerthorpe, Alberta, and Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 5.3.

Team Roping: 1, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Farmington, Calif., 4.9. 2, Trent Cornelius, Stephenville, Texas, and Bobby Baize, Anthony, N.M., 5.3. 3, Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore., and Broc Cressta, Santa Rosa, Calif., 5.6. 4, Chase Wiley, Charlotte, Texas, and Quisto, Lopez, Beeville, Texas, 6.1.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 74 points on Mosbrucker Rodeo’s Comanche Moon. 2, Cody Taton, Corona, N.M., 73. 3, Isaac Diaz, Stephenville, Texas, 70. 4, Ryan MacKenzie, Jordan Valley, Ore., 59.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 7.4 seconds. 2, Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 8.7. 3, Chad Johnson, Cut Bank, Monr., 8.8. 4, Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas, 9.4.

Women’s Barrel Race: 1, Angela Gilliam, Pelahatchie, Miss., 15.35. 2, Marlene McRae, Ramah, Colo., 15.53. 3, Deanna Ryearson, Norco, Calif., 15.65. 4, Pamela Rolph, Camp Crook, S.D., 15.88.

Bull Riding: 1, Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 85 points on Triple V Rodeo’s Multichem Babe. 2, Tony Rossi, Mack, Colo., 82. 3, Shane Proctor, moorseville, N.C., 75. 4 (tie), Josh Daries, Salinas, Calif., and James Warfield, East Helena, Mont., 72.

Leaders --

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 88 points on Burch Rodeo’s Lyin Eyes. 2, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 86. 3, Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 84. 4, Josh Luger, Fort Yates, N.D., 83. (second round) 1 (tie), Gray; Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.; and Bud Munns, Snowville, Utah; 85. 4, Gunderson, 84. (total on two) 1, Gray, 171. 2, Gunderson, 168. 3, Hooper, 167. 4, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn.,165.

Steer W restling: (first round) 1, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 3.7 seconds. 2, Jule Hazen, Protection, Kan., 4.1. 3, Jeff Richardson, Fullerton, Nev., 4.2. 4, Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 4.3. (second round) 1, Kyle Callaway, Gillette, Wyo., 3.9. 2 (tie), Clayton Morrison, Casper, Wyo.; Payden McIntyre, Douglas, Wyo., and Kody Woodward, DuPree, S.D., 4.1. (total on two) 1, Morrison, 9.0. 2, Woodward, 9.3. 3, Cassidy, 5.9. 4, K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 9.9.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Kaleb Driggers, Pageland, S.C., and Adam Plyler, Pageland, S.C., 4.0 seconds. 2, Jake Weddle, St. Joe, Ark., and Shawn Harris, Searcy, Ark., 4.3. 3, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Farmington, Calif., 4.9. 4, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 5.2. (second round) 1, Garrett Tonnozzi, Fruita, Colo., and Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas, 4.2. 2, Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas, and Britt Bockius, Claremore, Okla., 5.0. 3, Turtle Powell, Stephenville, Texas, and Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 5.1. 4, Jay McClain, Strasburg, Colo., and Bruce Reidhead, Taylor, Ariz., 5.2.(total on two) 1, Gurney and Curtis, 11.1. 2, Philipp and Bockius, 11.7. 3, Russ and Brian Sullivan, Peralta, N.M., 12.5. 4, Williams and Mayfield, 13.2.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 86 points on Burns Rodeo’s Miller Time. 2, J.R. Berg, Marwayne, Alberta, 83. 3, (tie), Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., and Jace Garrett, Alliance, Neb., 81. (second round) 1 (tie), Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Lakota’s Pet and J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., on Burch Rodeo’s Yellow Hair, 81 points each. 3, (tie), Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas, and Aaron Lide, Odessa, Texas, 79. (total on two) 1, Elshere, 167. 2, Ferley, 161. 3, (tie), Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D.; Cody Martin, Eagle, Colo.; and Andrew Counts, Stephenville, Texas; 157.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 7.4 seconds. 2, J.C. Malone, Roy, Utah, 8.5. 3, Boe Brown, Harrold, S.D., 8.6. 4, Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas, 8.7. (second round) 1, Cody Waldrop, San Angelo, Texas, 7.7. 2, Calvin Brevik, Durango, Colo., 7.8. 3, Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas, 7.9. 4, Jayce Johnson, Durant, Okla., 8.2. (total on two) 1, Johnson, 17.5. 2, Skyler Moore, Mount Vernon, Mo., 17.9. 3, J.C. Malone, Roy, Utah, 18.2. 4, (tie), Waldrop, and Lawrence McCullough, Prairie View, Texas, 18.9.

Women’s Barrel Race: (first round) 1, Angela Gilliam, Pelahatchie, Miss., 15.35 seconds. 2, Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo., 15.38. 3, Jeanne Anderson, White City, Kan., 15.45. 4 (tie), Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah and Amanda Welsh, Cedar City, Utah, 15.50. (second round) 1, Shelly Morgan, Canton, Texas, 15.37. 2, Mary Burger, 15.41. 3 (tie), Shali Lord, Lamar, Colo., and Hunter, 15.46. (total on two) 1, Hunter, 30.96. 2, Burger, 31.01. 3, Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 31.07. 4, Self, 31.09.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Will Farrell, Thermopolis, Wyo., 91 points on Cervi and Guidry’s Hot Diggity Damn. 2, Dusty Elkinton, Moundville, Mont., 87. 3, Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 85. 4, Wesley Silcox, Santquin, Utah, 83. (second round) 1, Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo., 86 points on David Bailey Rodeo Company’s Cotton Tail. 2, Tyler Johnston, Bridger, Mont., 85. 3, Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla., 83. 4, (tie) Tag Elliott, Thatcher, Utah and Carter Downing, Woodruff, Utah, 82. (total on two) 1, Navarre, and Tag Elliott, 156. 3, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 149. 4, Zack Elliott, Thatcher, Utah, 146.