Kaycee Feild wins The American for second time in three years

Feild, a four-time PRCA world champion (2011-14), earned $100,000 for his win Sunday. He earned $433,333 when he won The American in 2018 with a 90.75-point ride on Virgil in the Shoot-Out. Of the $100,000 Sunday, $50,000 counted toward the PRCA | RAM World Standings. Virgil was the 2017 and 2018 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year, and he lived up to his reputation again. “That horse is amazing,” Feild said. “He’s big and strong and it is different every time. Sometimes he comes around close and sometimes he goes straight and hops, and today he came around left and he meant business. The harder I spurred him, the harder he bucked. It was a lot of fun. That was probably the most memorable ride I have ever had in my career. I could hear his feet hitting the ground. I could hear my spurs hitting his neck. That was a good feeling. Then, getting off and hearing that crowd was a special moment for me.” Other winners at The American were steer wrestler Matt Reeves (4.05 seconds); team ropers Luke Brown/Joseph Harrison (4.30 seconds); saddle bronc rider Wyatt Casper (91.25 points on Northcott Macza's Get Smart); tie-down roper Shad Mayfield (7.75 seconds); breakaway roper Kaycee Hollingback (2.17 seconds); barrel racer Stevi Hillman (15.405 seconds); and co-champion bull riders Sage Kimzey and Joao Ricardo Vieira. There were no qualified rides by bull riders in the four-man Shoot-Out...MORE