Showing posts with label Bull Legends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bull Legends. Show all posts

Friday, March 06, 2009

McCoy Has To Win

If he wants to remain on tour. Cord McCoy started the season out strong. Unfortunately the last five weeks have been rough on the Oklahoma native. He suffered broken ribs after a bizarre ride in the first go round of the Oklahoma City event. And since then he has continued to struggle to stay aboard. If he doesn't win this weekend, he will be cut from the tour. Personally I am REALLY hoping he puts up a win! If he gets cut he is going to be greatly missed. He is one of the most popular riders on the tour. His first draw for this weekend is Bo Jammin' from D&H Cattle and Jason Aduddell. This is a brand new four year old bull, so who knows what is going to happen.

Brazil's Endei Caminhas also has to have a top five weekend if he wants to continue to ride. He won the OKC Event but it isn't enough to keep him from danger, as he chose not to ride in Glendell Arizona he lost his grace event. He wanted to ride in St. Louis last weekend, but the PBR told him no but that his make up event would be Kansas City. He's got the bull Habanero from Michael and Patti Mace, yet another brand new bull.

Then there are the guys like Kody Lostroh, JB Mauney, and Zack Brown, that are safe and sound baring injuries at the top of the standings.

JB has the bull from Bryan Smith, Neon Ghost. Neon Ghost bucked off Brendon Clark last year in Kansas City in just over 5 seconds. Brendon was having a rough season at that point, and JB is having one of the best in his career. I'd say easy score here for Mauney. But he did have a horrible event last weekend. We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

Brown has Alex Hou from Shane Davis and Jim Davis. Alex Hou was ridden by Mike Lee last year for an 86.00. I'd look for Brown to ride this bull, and possibly put a slightly higher score than Lee's up. Brown loves to spur, and the judges have been giving points for that all season.

Kody is going to take on Range War from Brent Bullard. Unridden by Matt Bohon in Oklahoma City, this bull has a 44.25 score. Kody is an extraordinary rider, so my money is on Kody.

Then there are some other favorites of various people. The Mighty One Mike White is taking on Bomb Saddam from Dobbins/McFarlin/ Burgess. (Side Note I love this bulls name). Bomb Saddam bucked off Leonil Santos in OKC but only had a bull score of 41.75. With a score that low, Mike should have no trouble with him.

And finally, the man who has taken over the longest event competition run from the Iron Man JW Hart, Luke Snyder will take on Good Time Charley from D&H Cattle, Bucks and Watts. Good Time Charley has been covered by Aaron Roy for 87.50. Luke is riding pretty well right now. So this could be a good out for him, but if he wants a win he will need to be at the top of his game. He's sitting in 20th right now so he isn't in any danger of being cut, but with the 40 man instead of 45 roster, he can't afford to get down much further if he wants to keep his event streak going.

On another note, the tickets for the Glens Falls Enterprise Event May 1-2 are on sale now. Go to Ticketmaster if that is something you want to attend.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Anaheim Califonia Event

This weekend will cover two events in two states. First out in Anaheim California at the Anaheim Invitational. Followed by a single day event in Glendale Arizona, ironically the Glendale Invitational (I personally think someone needs to work on the names for these events!).

The two nights of action in California promises to be exciting. Last weekends winner was Ednei Caminhas, which I have to say it is about time he got something ridden! I am not one to be unpleasant about any rider, but Caminhas was starting to peeve me, as he just couldn't seem to stay on anything. He fixed that last weekend covering 4 of 4 for the win. Tonight he will take on Corey and Horst Rodeo Company's bull Bad Medicine. Bad Medicine is not a particularly "bad" bull, with a bull score for his only out of 2008 barely over 30. If the world champion Caminhas that was in Oklahoma last week shows up he should cover this bull and make it look like practice, and probably end up with a reride option. But we will have to wait and see because Caminhas can be two very different riders.

Our current World race leader, and the only man to officially cover Tom Teagues Bones bull, JB Mauney has Poison Oak, also from Corey and Horst. Poison Oak gets ridden a fair amount of the time, but not for overly high scores. However his bull ratings have gone up as he has gotten older. And with the way Mauney loves to spur, this could be the bull's first actually decent score.

Then there is the other man to, unofficially as he slapped, ride Bones, Matt Bohon. Bohon has Water Moccasin from Julio Moreno Bucking Bulls. On paper he is the best of the three bulls, covered just twice with a bull score over 42. However, he's also dusted Bohon once before. So this is Bohon's chance to get even and put a score on the board. Bohon is riding that rush from covering Bones even though they took the score off the stats. So I am hoping this will be a good one for him.

Colorado man Kody Lostroh has the awesome bull Encore from Jeff Robinson/ Anchor Bull Company. He and this sweet spinning black bull have already come together once before for a near 90.00 ride. I am hoping he can do it again, and maybe put together a go round win at the same time!

Mighty Mike White has his hands full and then some with his draw for tonight in Big Bend/ Flying 5 Rodeo Co.'s bull Firebird. Firebird has been around for 3 years now, and has consistently bucked off his riders, with bull scores of right around 45.00. He did get covered twice last year, but both times it was by Jarrod Craig, who seems to have this bulls number. So we'll have to see if White, who is riding really well can get by him. With how conservative scores have been through the early portion of this season this could be a high ride for the night.

That's all I have time for now. If I missed your favorite, swing on by the PBR's website and check out all 40 draws.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Mohegan Sun Invitational 2008

As I stated, now two days ago, I am going to Mohegan Sun tomorrow for the Mohegan Sun Invitational. It is the last regular season event for the year. As announced earlier in the season it is also the last regular event for the super powerful bull Super Duty. He is being retired following the finals. As those connected to the PBR as either fans or supporters etc he is the bull who for the last several years, participants in the Ford Trucks Ford Super Duty challenge had a chance to enter, and have the chance to "own" a piece of this bull for a season, as an honorary stock contractor. I entered every year but to no avail. His succesor will be named during the finals, and is now down to the bulls Holy Smoke and Huslter. Another bull, my personal pick, Jacob's Pet, was disqualified from the voting as he was injured.

As for the event, today was a draw day, which means the guys get to pick their bull for the night out of the 45 available. I was stunned this morning to find my two favorite fellas Cord McCoy and Kody Lostroh on top, so they got to pick 1st and 2nd respectively. I won't spoil who they decided they want to take on tonight for you, head on over to www.pbrnow.com to discover the "magic" matchups for yourself. Trust me it will be worth the stop.

There are a few sad things about going down to Mohegan Sun's event. One being the number of my favorites that are sitting out. Adriano is hurt, Clayton Williams is hurt, and so is Brendon Clark to name just a few. It is the end of the season so that is to be expected. But it was my last chance to see Adriano ride, and I was really hopeful. Then again I would rather he sit out while he heals, and ride like the 3 Time World Champion he is at the finals in Vegas, which are literally right around the corner!

I'm hoping to get some good pictures of everyone there. If you let me know your favorite rider who will be at the event before tomorrow I will do my best to get a really nice one of them and put it up on here.

Monday, January 28, 2008

This Weekend Was One for the Record Books

And it all happened here in upstate New York. The PBR's Built Ford Tough Series was rocking and rolling in Albany, a mere fourty three and a half miles from our home farm. And yes I went, both nights too, and I took over two hundred short videos and pictures. Everything from the leader boards to the rides, to the cowboys, to the spotlight bull. And that spotlight bull was Palace Station Deuces Wild. An old timer to the sport, I never ever thought I would actually have the chance to watch him buck live. This big and simply amazing black and white bull from the pen of Chad Berger/Low/ Rosen has been ridden just sixteen out of forty five career trips, and he once again put his rider in the dust this weekend.

Travis Briscoe however remains practically perfect in every way. He rode all of his bulls yet again this weekend for a total of 267.50 on three and yet another event win, for three total wins this season, and that is out of just six that have gone this year. So far this season he has ridden 14 out of his 15 bulls, putting together a current 93.33% riding success rate, and that is including that spectacular 95.00 aboard Copperhead Slinger in Massachusetts. It is still to early to tell, but this young 20 year old out of Edgewood, NM may be our World Champion. He is, to me, certainly showing that he has what it takes.


I am going to continue posting more on this event in the days to come, but this will have to do for now, as I have to be up early, and I am exhausted!

The video just below is of Deuces Wild. Sorry but I didn't manage to get a very good one of him, but you can see what I mean by him being a big solid boy.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

It's Here...

It's here, it's here....IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!

The Albany Invitational that is!

I am so excited I can't even handle doing a real post right now!

I will let everybody know how this goes, as I am going to both nights. I simply can't wait!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Worcester Classic Was One for the Record Books

To say that this event had a lot of good rides would be an understatement in the extreme. 90.00+ rides topped all but the very first round. And I am even starting to enjoy the cowboys getting to pick their bulls for the second and short go rounds for the three day events. Some of them, such as Davey Dyke are really making for exciting rides. He picked the same bull in the second go round as bucked him off and hung him up in New York City, Big Iron, this time covering him for an even 85.00.

Another cowboy in the same round, Colby Yates, had an equally wonderful go with Cat Man Do. He took tops in the go round with a 90.50 and looked real good doing it. Colby later covered Tiger in the third round, but California Dreaming got the better of him in the short go.

Four guys covered all four of their draws, one of them being the new daddy Ross Coleman. He mostly put up rides in the low to mid 80's for the majority of the weekend. But managed to score a 90.50 on Nervous Waters in the championship round to get him a fourth place finish.

Third place went to the Colorado man Kody Lostroh. He put up not one but two 90+ point rides this weekend. The first a 90.75 on Texas in round three, and the second a 90.50 on Live Wire. Kody is now sitting in fifth in the overall BFTS standings.

Guilherme Marchi racked up a second place out in Massachusetts. His one 90.50 ride came in the championship round versus Outsider. His other three rides were in the high 80's though, which gave him a few points advantage over Coleman and Lostroh. (He's also sitting 60.75 points back in second place in the overall standings).

The number one man for the weekend was Travis Briscoe. And for anyone who missed this ride (and one other I will talk about later) I am truly sorry! It was amazing. He couldn't have looked any better aboard Copperhead Slinger. Putting up a 95.00, he is now sitting in first place in the overall BFTS standings, and has the highest marked ride not just for the current season, but for the last several years. I was so glad I stayed up to watch it, as I really enjoy seeing those types of rides. And honestly, the fact that he picked that bull intentionally made it just that much better! While that ride was stellar both in appearance and score, there was one other that made me much much more enthusiastically happy.

And that ride was put up on Big Bucks, who has been ridden just two out of 49 trips. He's a former bull of the year and for good reason. His first, and until this past weekend only ride, was two time World Champion Justin McBride (who is currently out with the surgery for that shoulder injury last summer) for a 93.00 in Columbus of 2006. This weekend Big Bucks was the next to last bull to be selected. AND none other than my favorite cowboy in the whole world Cord McCoy decided to take a chance on him. AND it was amazing. Cord put up a 92.25 on him, and in my personal opinion he deserved at least another point or so. But still, it bounced him up into 20th in the world, which is just fabulous!!

All in all the weekend was amazing. For this coming weekend the cowboys are facing off with the bulls of the west coast in California. Good luck to all the riders! Then the next weekend they are back here in the Northeast, actually in Albany, and yes, I do have tickets, and I am SO excited!

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

And We Have Officially Gotten Started

First off let me wish everybody a Happy New Year. May 2008 be a great one for you and your family and friend.

And second, as of this past weekend, the 2008 Built Ford Tough Series Season has finally started with the Copenhagen Bull Riding Invitational. Mike Lee, the 2004 World Champion, ran off with first place, putting up 261.00 points on three. Following him, Adriano Moraes and Paulo Crimber tied for second with 258.00 on three. The top five was rounded out with Brian Canter (257.50), and Travis Briscoe (251.75). All in all it was a pretty good weekend. Kody Lostroh put up two scores, winning go round number one with a 88.50 on Dark Side. Cord McCoy took on two bulls the first night, covering them both ( he was offered a re ride after his first bull had a lacking performance).

This weekend will find the cowboys squaring off with the roughest bulls in my own state of NY. They're riding at Madison Square Garden with the Versus Invitational and this will be the first event where following the first round the riders will be allowed to select their bull for each go round. It will be interesting to see how that goes. Some (myself included) are very curious to see how this is going to work out. We'll finally find out.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

McBride Re-Writes the PBR's Record Books

As usual, world leader and 2005 World Champion Justin McBride has once again managed to re-do the record books. Down in Dallas, TX this weekend at the Dickies Invitational, he put together three stellar rides, to win his seventh event of the season. He now leads the race for this year's championship title by over 1000 total points, with JB Mauney still clinging close to his heels. And just another couple thousand points behind them sit Georgia cowboy Sean Willingham and Brazilian Guilherme Marchi. Mauney lost a bit of ground this weekend, bucking off both of his long go bulls. Willingham picked that ground up covering two of three, with a first go round win aboard Red Man with a 88.25. The other young gun from North Carolina, Brian Canter who is currently sitting fifth in the world, picked up some more points by also covering both of his bulls, including a 88.75 aboard Just A Dream. All in all it was a stellar weekend for the bulls. With only McBride covering all three, and just 18 more men putting up one or more rides. The bull power was so impressive that super star bulls such as McCoy Ranches Bells Blue and Fronteir and Teague Buckin Bulls California Dreaming got bumped down to the long go. But then again, they were in Texas for the weekend. And some of the best bulls in the world come out of the mid west and that area. So it makes a lot of sense.

This coming weekend will find the guys a bit further west, riding in Glendale AZ at the Cheeseburger IslandStyle Restraunts Invitational on June 29th and 30th. Check it out June 30th and July 1st, at 9:00 pm EST only on Versus.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Ford Country Classic

Last night, May 19th, was the first Built Ford Tough Series event for the cowboys of the PBR in two long weeks. The single night event down in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome, was packed with awesome rides. In all, 22 of the top 45 riders in the world covered one bull, with three of the 22 mastering both of their draws for the weekend. First place was taken by young Colorado cowboy Tyler Smith, with a combined two bull total of 176.75. Smith made it to the whistle on Mud Flap (Bonsall Bucking Bulls)in the first go round, making it back to the championship round with a 86.75, sitting in 13th. He then came back to put up the only 90.00 point score of the weekend, aboard Chumley Cattle Company's Re-Vamp. Following Smith in the weekend's standings was Texas's own Mike Lee, the 2004 World Champion, with a two bull total of 176.5 Lee posted a 87.25 aboard Prime Time from Davis/Wilson in the long go, and came back to ride my favorite bull in the PBR, McCoy Ranches Bells Blue with a score of 89.25. That is the first successful ride they have put on Blue since the World Finals last year when Cody Whitney topped him for 92.00. With a combined score of 174.75, which was good enough for third, was Georgia cowboy Sean Willingham. Willingham had a successful trip aboard the Mossy Oak Mudslinger son Lil' Slinger from Page & Teague Bucking Bulls. He came back to top another Page & Teague bull, Sunshine, in the short go for a third place finish in the round. Rounding out the top five were Brazil's Ednei Caminhas and Guilherme Marchi. The next event will be the Jack Daniels Invitational down in Nashville, Tenn. on June 16th and 17th.

Friday, February 02, 2007

February 2, 2007- Stop Number Six

This weekend will find our favorite cowboys battling the bulls in Tampa Florida on February 2, and then they will hop up to Atlanta Georgia for another single day event on February 3. Draws for round one, as well as the short go bulls have been posted for the Southern Ford Dealers Invitational. One of our newer additions, Ryan McConnel will take on one of the best veteran bulls still bucking, Gator out of the pens of Boyd/Floyd/ Paradise Farms. This big old bull has only been covered 10 times in his career. If Ryan can stay up and look good doing it he should have a score from the mid to high eighties. With the way the last two events have gone this could be a go round winner. Our winner from last weekend, Silvanei Dias, will take on another bull from the Boyd/ Floyd/ Paradise Farms pens, Vigilante. A younger bull, he has been coverd once in five trips, by 2005 World Champion Justin McBride. Dias is ridding well, so this could be a good match-up. However, McBride's score on this bull was in the low 80's, so it will probably only put Dias in the middle of the standings for the weekend, and with only one long go round of competition might not give him enough to make it back for a second bull. McBride has drawn Texas Two Step, another bull from this same contractor. This bull was ridden once last season, and has bucked off his last five riders. However, McBride is riding like the champion he is, so he should be able to get a score. Our current world number one, 2004 World Champion Mike Lee, has drawn Grim Reaper from Tony Sharp. He's a new bull so it will be hard to know what we will see from him, or if the change of setting will have any effect on his performance. Paulo Crimber has a second Sharp bull, Taz. Taz has been unridden in his three career trips, so it will be interesting to see if Crimber, who limped from the arena last weekend after landing badly, will have a shot on this animal. Diamond S Bucking Bulls has brought in several bucking veterans, including Stray Cat, Blizzard, Panama Red, and Black Willy, for long go round competition. While these bulls, as older, more seasoned individuals will have been seen by their riders, many of them have very low riding percentages. Panama Red, who will face Scott Schiffner, has one of the higher percentages, with seven rides in 15 outs. Blizzard, whose going to get taken on by my favorite, Cord McCoy, has never been ridden in 10 attempts, even bucking off two time World Champion Chris Shivers (still out on injury with that broken leg and ankle). Cord is going to have his hands full, but he did gain a little momentum when he covered Chain Reaction last weekend for a go round win. Maybe he can carry some of that over to this weekend and become the first man to ride this bull. Tater Porter will pull his rope on Stray Cat, who has been covered 20% of the time, with an average score of 85.0. Robson Palermo just covered this bull last weekend in NC, so maybe we will see a successful ride. Black Willy gets ridden about 45% of the time, with an average ride score just above 85. Leandro Mattos is going to try to get it done on him this weekend. We'll have to see how this turns out, I really don't have a strong feeling towards either individual in this match up. Leandro is incredibly talented, but so is Black Willy, so it could go either way. Robson Palermo is going to take a new bull from Rickey West, Mr Wiggles.

The short go round is going to be jam packed with stunning bulls for this event. Boyd/ Floyd and Paradise Farms are bringing us Big Show (formerly known as Fronteir Justice), Player, Paleface, and younger bulls Hondo, and Lost In Paradise. These bulls combine for easily over 100 total outs. And include buck-offs of such greats as Justin McBride, Mike Lee, Adriano Moraes, Guilherme Marchi, Ednei Caminhas, the iron man JW Hart, and the retired Michael Gaffney just to name a few. Big Show's career alone stretches from mid 2003 to now, with over 60 total outs and only eleven successful trips. Diamond S Bucking Bulls has brought us another five stellar individuals. They range from young Smash Hit to older bulls Okeechobee Spots and Cat Daddy, as well as Avalanche and Shanghai. These bulls bring together a similar level of power as the previous pen. They also add in buck offs of Chris Shivers, and Sean Willingham. Keep in mind that Cord McCoy covered Okeechobee Spots for 93.0 back at the challenger tour in Denver, so we know this bull can provide an opportunity for massive scores. The final five short go bulls come from various contractors. One bull who I am interested to see how he got into the short go draw is Slim Slam from Robinson and Tedesco. He is new, never bucked on the Built Ford Tough Series. It will be interesting to see what it was the officials saw in this young bull to include him in this weekend's first championship round.

You can catch the Southern Ford Dealers Invitational Saturday, February 3 at 8:00pm EST on Versus.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Two Stops This Weekend

The PBR's Built Ford Tough Series will blast through not one, but two cities in California this weekend. The top forty-five riders in the world will spend one day in Fresno (January 19), for The Table Mountain Casino Invitational with two rounds of competition (one long and the short go round). Then they will hop over to Sacramento, for stop number four on the 2007 season, to compete in the Sacramento Classic. Sacramento will involve three go rounds: two long and then the championship for the top fifteen riders of the two night event. The draws, and available short go bulls are up for the Fresno event.

J.B. Mauney, current world number one after two events, last year's Rookie of the Year, and the only man in the top forty five to cover all eight of his previous bulls, has drawn Outkast, from Flying U/ Moreno Bucking Bulls. Outkast is brand new to the BFTS, but with the way the young North Carolina cowboy has been riding, he shouldn't pose to much of a challenge.

Three time, and reigning World Champion
Adriano Moraes, will try to get it done aboard Hellfire, out of Corey and Horst Rodeo Co. Inc.'s pens. This is yet another new bull, but as Adriano is one of the most talented, and is definitely the most seasoned rider on tour, he should be able to handle whatever the bull should choose to throw his way.

Oklahoma cowboy
Cord McCoy, whose family is putting on a production sale this weekend, will take on one of the older bulls in the pens, Kaycee Simpson's Red Alert. Red Alert will certainly not be a night off for Cord. He's been ridden just fourteen times in over 30 career outs, with an average score of 88 points. Cord did manage to stay up on, I believe it was, Okeechobee Spots for 93.0 at a challenger event in Denver. It is hard to determine if this is the right bull, as only BFTS outs are recorded on the bull's bucking page. Hopefully this will give him some much needed momentum to get a ride this weekend.

Dusty LaBeth, who recently returned from injury, will tie himself in aboard Josey Wales from Sis & Stan Bucking Bulls. It's been two years since we have seen this bull on the BFTS, so it will be interesting to see what made the PBR bring him back to the top tour. His last out involved the recently retired Gilbert Carrillo, who bucked off back in Jacksonville during the 2005 season. Josey Wales had a modest bull rating of 20.2, not great, but not the worst. It is apparent why he is in the long go round, but maybe the two years we haven't seen him will have put a little more power into his bucking.

One bull who I am shocked to see in the long go round as opposed to the short go, where you would normally expect to find him, is
Page and Teague Bucking Bulls super star, Lefty. Lefty has bucked off all but 16 of the riders to attempt him. He has put past world champions like Mike Lee, Chris Shivers, and Justin McBride in the dirt long before the 8 second whistle blew. And he is the bull, who, during the Mossy Oak Shoot Out Ride in Grand Rapids, Michigan, broke Justin McBride's leg, and effectively killed his World Champion dreams for that season. Though McBride did do remarkable well considering his injuries during the World Finals Event. This weekend, Canadian representative Rob Bell will take on Lefty, hoping not just to stay on for eight, but to avoid the injuries that this bull has a strange ability to deal out when it is the worst thing for your season.

Last year's number two man,
Guilherme Marchi, will take on the Page /Buck/ Watts bull, Big Deal. Though Big Deal has only been ridden three out of thirteen outs, his last showing, versus Marchi's fellow Brazilian Paulo Crimber, only scored 76.8, with a bull rating of 18.8. It will be interesting to see if the bull who provided Matt Bohon with a 91.3 point score shows up and he just had a rough day on that last out, or find out that Big Deal has lost a major step in his bucking career.

Speaking of Crimber, he has drawn
Rice Ranch's Akin for 8. He is yet ANOTHER new bull for this weekend. Man, there sure are a lot of rookie bulls floating through the pens.

One piece of irony, though it is a painful one, is that, with his brother, Cory Rasch, out for the next few months,
Evan Rasch, has secured at least a temporary position on the BFTS roster. He will take on another bull provided by Kaycee Simpson, White Lightning. Ridden four out of 12 trips, he will likely be a handful for the lesser known Rasch brother. However, Evan is well enough liked to have, through fan voting, previously secured a spot on the Hawiian invitational's cowboy listing.

The short go round is filled with big, bad, mean tempered bulls, just waiting to show their dominance over the PBR's top fifteen riders for the event. The bull lineup includes such heavy hitters as Flying U/ Moreno Bucking Bulls stars
Werewolf Snuff, who has been ridden 12 out of over 40 trips, and Reindeer Dippin', a legendary bad boy, who was unridden throughout the 2006 season. Reindeer has only been ridden twice. The last time way back in Laughlin 2005, by LJ Jenkins, who is unfortunatly still out on injury. The two powerhouses combined for a tremendous score of 93.0. Joining these two will be several big names from Page and Teague Bucking bulls. Certainly one of the best known will be Crossfire Hurricane. This legendary copper colored cross breed bull has been covered just seven times in a career that is entering its fifth year. He's thrown off a large number of the worlds greatest cowboys, but the ones who stayed on have very widely varying scores. It will be interesting to see who draws this impressive bull, and to see how they fair against his powerful, and nasty lunges.

Sadly for us fans, and the cowboys involved, the
PBR's Injury Page is rapidly filling up with big names. Young Travis Brisoe has joined Ross Coleman, Cory Rasch, Chris Shivers, and LJ Jenkins on the list of cowboys sitting out as a result of their run-ins with the best, or depending on how you look at it worst, bulls the world has to offer. Also out is Chad Denton, who suffered a possible broken knee cap in a challenger event Pueblo, CO. We're also going to be missing Michael Riggs, Australian Jared Farley, and Brazilian Allan Moraes. And to these men, you can add guys like Australian Brendon Clark, the mighty one Mike White, Sevi Torturo, Shane Proctor, and more, all of which are competing with other various injuries. These injuries range from sprained necks, wrists, thumbs and knees, to banged up and bruised legs. Not a whole lot of fun.

If I missed anyone's favorite cowboys, you can check out http://www.pbrnow.com/competition/bfts/eventDrawLoad.cfm?ID=07-103 to learn more about this weekend's first event's draws.

Monday, January 01, 2007

The Passing of a Legend

December 29, 2006 will be a day long remembered in the minds of bull riding fans as it marked the passing of one of the greatest bulls the PBR has ever seen. Herrington Cattle Company's legendary bull Red Wolf passed away at the ripe ole age of 18. The 2000 lb. red and white bull was ridden just 20 out of 47 trips with an average score of 92.5. The Herrington's retired Red Wolf back in 2000 at the age of 12 at the PBR World Finals, to a standing ovation.

Good bye old son. You will be missed.

For more on this incredible bull : PBR Mourns the Passing of Red Wolf