Six Canadian cowboys advance at $1.2-million rodeo
Six Canadian cowboys advance at $1.2-million rodeo
By Dwayne Erickson, For the Calgary Herald February 21, 2012
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Six Canadian cowboys, including the Cassidy brothers from Donalda, Alta., — Curtis and Cody — have advanced to the semifinals of the $1.2 million San Antonio rodeo.
The semifinals start tonight and bring together the top 20 money winners in each event from the opening elimination rounds.
The Cassidys each earned $1,965. Curtis will compete in the opening 10-man, two-round steer wrestling semifinal beginning tonight and Cody will work the second, which starts Thursday.
The five leading money winners in each event after each semifinal advance to the 10-man Saturday night final.
The money won in each stage is carried over to determine the event champions.
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LABETH COVERS TWO BULLS TO WIN EVENT IN EDMONTON
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LABETH COVERS TWO BULLS TO WIN EVENT IN EDMONTON
Dancing Australian Ben Jones takes Second
EDMONTON – On the next to last ride of the weekend, the crowd went wild for Dusty LaBeth who rode Pop Evil (Big Stone Rodeo) for the highest score of the night at 89 points.
LaBeth finished the night with 175 points to take home the event win and $7,675. In round one, he took the option for a reride after his out on Friends off, and scored 86 points on Kicking Stones (Eno/Kubinchak).
Fans got to see the dancing Australian Ben Jones do his famous jig twice in Edmonton. Jones rode Shot in the Dark (Bar UT Bucking Bulls) for 84.5 points in the long round.
And earned the second highest score of the night at 88.5 points when he made the whistle on Fig Jam (Vold Rodeo). Jones earned $4,500 qualifier dollars for his win.
Third place went to Devon Mezei for his ride on Hardcore (Braithwaite Ranches). The pair won the round with 87.5 points.
Bucking off his short go bull, Josh Ehlers came in fourth after earning 85.5 points for making the whistle on Bad to the Bone (Braithwaite Ranches). Rounding out the top 5 was Stetson Lawrence who rode for 85 points on Kin Deadly (Vold Rodeo).
Stock Director Jason Davidson said he was impressed with Pop Evil’s first trip at the Canadian Cup Series, but admits that the bull of the night was two time bull of the year VJV Slash (Vold Rodeo) who was scored at 45 points for his out with Chad Besplug who he bucked off in 1.94 seconds.
The PBR Canadian Cup Series will travel back west next weekend to Abbotsford, BC for the Abbotsford Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. Abbotsford is the last stop of a three-week stretch of the tour that included stops in Winnipeg and tonight’s event in Edmonton.
2012 Edmonton Invitational Event Standings
Dusty LaBeth 175 $7,675
Ben Jones 173 $4,500
Devon Mezei 87.5 $4,500
Josh Ehlers 85.5 $4,500
Stetson Lawrence 85 $2,800
Tyler Pankewitz 84.5
Chad Besplug 84.5
Scott Schiffner 84
Budd Williamson 84
Markus Mariluch 83.5
Jared Farley 83.5
Bart Miller 83.5
Cody Ford 83
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Besplug Repeats in Vermillion
Vermillion, AB: The 2012 Lakeland College “Buck The Cold” PBR Canada Touring Pro Event took place last night at the Lakeland College Arena in Vermilion, AB. It was a packed house as usual for the well supported community event. The yearly event coincides with the annual Johansen Brothers Bull Riding School. This year Scott Schiffner was also part of the school where Scott Byrne and Curtis Smythe teach the up and coming bull fighters in Canadian Rodeo.
Us bull riders were treated great once again with a full feed of chili before the event and a beer or two after. Thanks again for having us Vermilion! Here’s how the event went last night:
There were a ton of rides made on a great pen of bulls. Armando Davila Rodriguez took the early lead after spurring the Braithwaite bull Northern Lights to an 86 point score.
Not too long after that, Chad Besplug got matched up against the Wild Hoggs Bull Little Joe:
Jared Farley got a re ride on his first bull. 76 Pen Pal, the same bull they won the long go in Winnpeg, MB last week was who he matched up with next. This is how it went:
Bonner Bolton made his first trip to Canada this week and he will be up here until the first week of March in Lethbridge, AB. He took on the Wild Hoggs & Ty Pozzobon Bull originally from Texas by the name of 724 Lost Wages:
After the long round the Top 10 were brought back to the Short Go. I haven’t seen the results posted anywhere yet so I’m not sure on scores.
The short round qualifiers not in any order were:
Armando Davila Rodriguez, Chad Besplug, Tanner Girletz, Jared Farley, Josh Koschel, Budd Willamson, Jesse Van Nek, Marcus Mariluch, Nathan Schaper and Bonner Bolton.
There werent many rides until Bonner Bolton stepped up and rode the Braithwaite bull 740 Hardcore:
Matt Triplett made it to the whistle on the Wild Hoggs bull South of Heaven about half way through for an 85.
It all came down to the final two rides of the short round where the 2011 Canadian Champion drew the great Eno bull Unabomber:
Armando Davila Rodriguez was unable to make the whistle on the Skori Bull Smoke Ring as the last rider out so Chad Besplug ended up the champion in Vermilion once again with a total of 173.5 points on two bulls. Matt Triplett was second not far behind and Bonner Bolton was a close third.
Next up on the PBR Canada Schedule is the Edmonton Invitational tonight at Rexall Place in Edmonton, AB. It’s the 3rd stop on the PBR Canadian Cup Series schedule. With $25,000 in prize money its sure to be one of the best events in Canada all year.
Check here for videos, results and interviews from both events as it happens. Also, check out the channel on YouTube for all the videos from last night that aren’t here in the story. You can get to it from this link: www.YouTube.com/wstovin
For more on the Edmonton event, check out this story in today’s Edmonton Journal:
Bull rider Lambert relishes short burst of chaos
Ready to block out his fears at Rexall Place Saturday night
See you tonight in Edmonton!
TS
