There is only one lone performance left to go at the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. In the ninth go-round, there were two Canadian boys who managed to pick up some more WNFR bucks. Bareback rider Jake Vold claimed a second place check, with a 84 point ride on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Delta Glamorous. Vold …
It’s another big win in Go-Round 7 of the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, for Curtis Cassidy. The Donalda, Alta., cowboy landed his steer down in 3.4 seconds to split a first place check of $17,010 with Dakota Eldridge of Elko, Nev. Cassidy said his winning run didn’t look smooth, but it sure doesn’t matter …
“This is definitely a stepping stone,” said 20-year-old bareback rider Kody Lamb, as he held up his shiny new 2014 PRCA Best All-Around Rookie of the Year buckle. The Sherwood Park Alta., bareback rider (now a junior psychology student at Tarleton State University), was honoured with the Rookie Bareback Award by the PRCA, during the …
By Deanna Kristensen While most Canadian rodeo fans are unable to witness the action of the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, national champs like Ponoka, Alta.’s Jake Vold, are becoming international celebrities south of the boarder. “It feels good to be here for Canada,” said Vold, moments after his sixth ride of the WNFR on Dakota Rodeo’s 127 Bartender. “I am …
By Deanna Kristensen At the halfway point of the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, five-time WNFR steer wrestling veteran Curtis Cassidy of Donalda, Alta., cracked out a run that rodeo fans have been waiting for. “It felt awesome out there,” smiled Cassidy in the press room. With a time of 3.3 seconds, not only did Cassidy …