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DODGE CITY, Kan. – J.D. Struxness is standing on a steer wrestling ledge. He entered this week of PRORODEO 15th in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings. It’s precarious this time of year, when there are just two months remaining in the regular season. He knows that he needs to be among the Top 15 in the world standings if he hopes to return to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the eighth time in his career. That’s why winning the Dodge City Roundup Rodeo title was a big deal.
It took four consistent runs and catching when the chips were down for Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin to dash out of Calgary with a Stampede bronze. They were the winners of the second edition of the rich Rocky Mountain Cup, paying each $12,500 for winning the final four. “It’s huge,” said Medlin, the heeler. “We were at a point in the summer where we needed a big win, and this is going to help us get to where we want to be.
Steer wrestler Tristan Martin gets things rolling with Prineville win Momentum is huge in the sport of ProRodeo and Tristan Martin has been battling to get it back on his side in 2023. After a long winter of borrowing rides on different horses, the two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo steer wrestler got things going in the right direction with the purchase of a new horse and immediately began picking up checks.
Just one week ago, San Angelo tie-down roper Ty Harris gave his season a shot in the arm with a reserve finish at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo behind PRCA World Champion Shane Hanchey. Seven days later, the ropers switched positions after moving east to the Oklahoma Panhandle with Harris taking home his first win at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days on May 7 with 26.0 seconds on three head, besting Hanchey by just a smidge over a second.
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