PRCA Indian Cowboys

 Recognizing Native Indian Cowboys competing in the PRCA 

Brought to you by IRN reporter: Carmela Scott

Indian Rodeo News Reporter for:

Indian Cowboys in the PRCA

Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Indian Rodeo News Readers:

Hello All!  I hope every ones Fourth of July went well.  I have some of the results re: 4th and prior to the fourth.  Good Luck Cowboys on your ProRodeo Trail!  I would like to get a line or two from each Cowboy-  What I would like to do is a ProRodeo Smoke Signalz-  And list your line to your sponsors and your families and fans.  Every year a cowboy will leave home not return until late fall ... following his dream of rodeo...If you don't know it... It gets awfully lonely out there... especially when cowboys are travel ling with friends or cowboys he just met. I think the movie "8 Seconds" gave the impression that rodeo was all fun and games.. When in fact... Its is hard to discipline you self for practice, rest and keeping oneself healthy...   ProRodeo Cowboys these days are walking "Bill Boards" to their sponsors.  I am thankful for "Good Ole Country Folk...  When I rodeo'd .. And I had a flat tire or truck problems, there was always a nice cowboy to help me out...   Not that I was a "Danzel in  Distress"  But I think I have always been a nice person to all.  In return.. when I left a rodeo, and If I seen a group of roughstock riders standing at the rodeo contestant exit gate.. I would load em all up and take whom ever to the airport or to my next show...   I think that was the nice thing to do... Well Cowboys Ride hard and be safe y'all!

Carmela/Indian Rodeo News .com

Story courtesy of- ProRodeo Sports News 

Carmela@indianrodeonews.com

Xmas Bonus

There may not be snow on the ground or elves at the mall, but that didn't stop competitors like Dan Mortensen, Rod Hay and Rod Warren from partaking in some early Christmas cheer last weekend. The eggnog is on Warren .

COLORADO SPRINGS , Colo. — Canadian saddle bronc rider Rod Warren will go down in the history books as the PRCA contestant that won the most money during the 2005 Cowboy Christmas campaign.

Warren (Big Valley, Alberta) won $22,441 to outdistance timed event all-around hand Ryan Jarrett (Summerville, Ga.), who pocketed $19,343 in steer wrestling and tie-down roping, seven time world champion Dan Mortensen who finished third with $18,447, fellow Canadian saddle bronc rider Rod Hay with $18,415, and three-time World All-Around Champion Trevor Brazile with $17,808.

Warren 's biggest paycheck came at the Greeley Independence Stampede, where he finished third in the average. He won the first round with an 87-point ride on Beutler and Son Rodeo's Rodeo Drive for $6,618, and he picked up another $3,750 for the average. All totaled, he left Greeley $10,368 richer.

Warren picked up another check worth $6,345 at the Cody ( Wyo. ) Stampede after finishing tied for second with an 82-point score aboard Sankey Rodeo's Solo. He added another $1,143 in Window Rock, Ariz. , after posting an 80 aboard Andrews Rodeo's Jet Ski, which was good enough for a fourth-place tie.

The remainder of his money came North of the border, with him winning the Williams Lake Stampede in Williams Lake, British Columbia, with a score of 84 points and a check totaling $4,179. He picked up the final $406 in Airdrie , Alberta .

Last year, Warren made his ninth appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and won his second consecutive saddle bronc riding average title with 757.5 points on 10 head. Warren became the first saddle bronc rider since Monty Hawkeye Henson (1984-85) to win back-to-back Wrangler NFR average titles.

Ryan Jarrett, the young timed-event hand from Georgia , tremendously helped his chances of qualifying for his first Wrangler NFR. Jarrett finished his 2005 Cowboy Christmas campaign $19,343 richer. Unlike Warren, who won all his money in one event, Jarrett used his skills in steer wrestling and tie-down roping to collect his money in just four rodeos. His biggest check came in Cody , Wyo. , after tying Brazile for the tie-down roping title. Jarrett and Brazile both roped and tied their calves in 8.3 seconds and walked away with a check worth $8,101. Jarrett also collected checks in Greeley , Colo. ; St. Paul , Ore. ; and Prescott , Ariz.

Seven-time world champion Mortensen ( Billings , Mont. ) finished third in this year's Cowboy Christmas earnings with $18,447. In 2004, Mortensen was the big money winner during the Independence Day holiday with $26,415. He had planned to travel with Cody Martin over the Fourth of July, but had to change his plans. Martin, who broke his leg the end of April in Clovis, Calif., was not ready to return to the arena, so Mortensen decided to have his father, Don, travel with him.

Mortensen won the St. Paul ( Ore. ) Rodeo with an 86-point ride on Rosser Rodeo's Smokin Smurf and picked up his biggest check for the week worth $10,018. He also won money in Greeley , Colo. ; Molalla , Ore. ; and Oakley , Utah .

Hay (Wildwood, Alberta ) collected his money at five rodeos, with his biggest check totaling $7,501 in Greeley , Colo. He won the average title at the Ponoka Stampede in Ponoka , Alberta , and pocketed $6,286. He finished his run by picking up checks in Airdrie , Alberta ; Oakley , Utah ; and Williams Lake, British Columbia.

Brazile's biggest check ($8,101) came in Cody , Wyo. , after he tied for the average in tie-down roping. He picked up another $6,009 in Prescott after he and team roping partner Michael Jones won the average with a total time of 10.7 seconds on two head. Brazile also won money in Window Rock, Ariz. , and Pecos , Texas .

Saddle bronc rider Cody Wright, who won the Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out in Reno last month, didn't have the Cowboy Christmas he was hoping for. Wright ( Milford , Utah ) suffered a broken leg during the Cody ( Wyo. ) Stampede, bringing his season to an abrupt halt.