Oregon and New Mexico the sites of last weekend's top rodeos

During the past weekend, many of the world’s top pros saddled up for rodeos in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Pendleton, Oregon. At Albuquerque’s New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo, three-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion Will Lowe of Canyon clinched the bareback riding title after turning in a score of 87 aboard a bronc named Tino's Juarez, which is owned by the Cervi Championship Rodeo Co. In team roping, Aaron Macy of Post and Cody Hogan of Athens tied for first in the title race after the duo turned in a two-run time of 10.1 seconds. They shared the title with Clay Tryan and Jade Corkill. In saddle bronc riding, Audy Reed of Spearman finished No. 1 with an 85 atop a bronc named Multi-chem Forked Up, which also is owned by the Cervi Championship Rodeo Co. The Albuquerque rodeo offered competitors $158,796 in prize money. Other winners were all-around cowboy Seth Hall ($1,782, tie-down roping and team roping), steer wrestler Rowdy Parrot (7.2 seconds on two head), tie-down roper Cade Swor (15.1 seconds on two head), barrel racer Tillar Murray (15.63 seconds) and bull riders Dustin Bowen (87 points on Hurst Pro Rodeo's Yellow Hair) and Clayton Foltyn (87 points on Hurst Pro Rodeo's Captain Crunch). At the Pendleton Round Up, Will Gasperson, a former National Finals Steer Roping qualifier from Decatur, clinched the steer roping title after turning in a time of 49.0 seconds on three runs. Twenty-three time world champion Trevor Brazile of Decatur won the steer roping second round with a 12.7 and then finished fourth the average with a three-run time of 26.7. Tuf Cooper of Weatherford won the steer roping first round with a 13.1. Cooper, a three-time world champion tie-down roper, currently is ranked No. 1 in both the PRCA’s world all-around and tie-down roping title races...more