Matt Austin Wins The CBR's Red Rock Championship Bull Riding
by Sheila Totten
I wish I had been able to attend this event.There is something magical about Red Rock and there sure were great people there.I know I had a great time meeting many members of the Navajo Nation last year. They really support this event. And it was even more so this year as there were many Indians riders who competed.
This event is always like a homecoming to CBR President Tuff Hedeman as he spent many of his formative years in and around Gallup and went to many high school rodeo events there.I really hated missing the event because its one of the few I get a chance to see his mother Clarissa Hedeman at ;and she is always a delight to be around. Her little anecdotes are precious.
You can always tell a pen of bulls that has been picked by CBR President Tuff Hedeman. You find short go bulls in the long go because there are so many good bulls.
In the first section of the long go Friday Sterling Yancy rode R/W's Bounty Hunter for 81.5 while Jeff Hansen rode R/W's Video Games for 77.5. Brian Canter tied with Wesley Silcox with 84 points in the section.Brian rode the Harlan Robertson/Henry Wilson bull Tyrone while Wesley has Wes Bruce's Night Stalker.
In section two Cody White rode Jessie Hill's Icon for 84.5 and that was the only qualified ride in that section as the bulls from Owen Washburn , Bruce/Goodale and Owen Washburn reigned supreme.
Terry Williams' son Clayton didn't fare well aboard BG/G's Chicken Hawk while Owen Washburn's Hacky Sack had Mike Moreno down early and Owen's Zombie blanked INFR World Champion Bull Rider Shawn Best.
In section three Jesse Schellhamer rode JM's Dirty White Bull for 72 points while Steve Woolsey rode R/W's Crimson Tide for 86.5.
JB Mauney rode Lufkin Ranch and Rodeo's American Freedom for 84.PRCA World Champion Cody Hancock got "no respect" from Wes Bruce's Detour and Lufkin's Surprise treated Gabe Benally the same.Cooper Kanngieeser was also among those who didn't make a qualified ride as Owen Washburn's Scobby II dusted him.
In the final section Jarod Wright rode MJ's Brother for 78 while reigning PRCA/CBR World Champion Matt Austin rode MJ's Cat Daddy for 85.I can't wait for Red Rock to be televised.I heard it was a great ride.
Travis Sellers rode Owen Washburn's Black Sheep for 82.5 while Chad Castillo looked good aboard DA's Captain , scoring 87.5.
Caspar Baca brought a lot of his good bulls and Ardie Maier,Jason McClain and Trent Cormier all fell victim to them.Trent Broussard scored 88 aboard Caspar's Alien while Bonner Bolton scored 83 aboard his Jelly Roll. Trent Broussard won the round while Chad Castillo was second.Steve Woolsey was third with Matt Austin fourth. Because there were only 13 qualified rides Marcus Michaelis and Jason McClain got into the Short Go on draw backs.
Jason made a great ride aboard Caspar Baca's Corral West staying in complete control and riding aggresively while scoring 92.5 to come in second in the round. Marcus was blanked by R/W's Bad Whiskey as was Jeff Hansen by their Trickle Charge.Their Law Dog blanked Jarod Wright also.
Streling Yancy was blanked by LRR's Torque and R/W's Mercury Rising beat Travis Sellers.MJ's Legally Blonde got the best of Bonner Bolton and WS's Stacie's Pet beat JB Mauney.Brian Canter could not score aboard JH's Gung Ho either.
Wesley Silcox thrilled the crowd with a great 94 point ride aboard Caspar Baca's Painted Wolf. Wesley is riding hot and Painted Wolf is one great bull.He's either going to put you down early or you are going to score big.Wesley jumped into the lead with 178 aboard two head.
He was followed by Cody White aboard Jessie Hill's Wolf with 90 points in another great ride.Cody took over second place in the round with 174.5 on two and ended fourth for the night.Its so much easier when the judges stick to this traditional method of scoring.
Then came Matt Austin's ride aboard R/W's Renegade. Matt was picture perfect with good free arm action and stayed centered He finished second in the round with 93.5 and took the lead in the event with 178.5. One of my favorites LRR's Zorro blanked Steve Woolsey but Owen Washburn and the Five Ladies Ladies' Choice gave up an 88 point ride to Chad Castillo who was fifth in the short go and third for the night with 176.5 on two.
Trent Broussard went into the short go in the lead but only scored 78 on Wes Bruce's Flack Jacket which gave him 166 on two and placed him in fifth place for the night's event.
On Saturday there were even less qualified rides in the long go.In section one Ronnie Kitchens scored 79.5 aboard Caspar Baca's ZZ Top. Well we have several bulls named after Tuff from Tuff Nut to Tuff Stuff but now we have one of Caspar's named Roach. Too bad none of the Tuff bulls were in Gallup.
Caspar's bulls blanked everyone but Ronnie. Riders like Danny Ted McDowell and Tye Odden were just a few the Baca bulls overpowered.
Lee Woolsey had the only other qualified ride in the first section aboard R/W's Crimson Tide for 87.5.
In the second section Kasey Hayes made a great ride aboard R/W's Lady Luck for 89.5.He was followed by McKennon Wimberley aboard JH's Bad Bob with 82 while JH's Wolf set down Monty Yazzie early.PRCA World Champion Blue Stone was blanked by MJ's Blindside while Kolt Miller was also among other riders who were blanked.
Section three had the most qualified rides beginning with Zack Elliott aboard MJ's Malpractice for 84.5 points. Derald Riche scored 76 aboard OW's Zombie while Brendon Bond scored 79 aboard OW's Old School.Klee Jones scored 79 aboard OW's Scooby II and Brian Frost scored 83.5 aboard OW's Big Shot.
Bennie Begay,yet another of our Navajo riders had the only qualified ride in the fourth section.I am really glad that so many of our Indian riders took part.I had said before that I wished more of our Indian riders would also ride in the CBR and PRCA along with riding in the INFR and IIFR tours; and it was great to see such a good turn out here. I hope they continue to ride in the CBR. Bennie scored 76 aboard R/W's Video Games
Shane Ludeman,Tye Odden , Josh Kendrick, Cain Patterson and Blue Stone all got draw backs for the Championship Round.
Blue made a good ride aboard R/W's Hillbilly Rock while Tye Odden scored 85 aboard LRR'sTorque.Ronnie Kitchens rode the Bruce-Goodale bull El Lobo for 89 points.This is a great season for Ronnie who is currently second in the PBR World Standings. He has really gotten his life and his head together and it shows in his riding. These were the only qualified rides in the round. You know the bulls are going to be "tuff" when 4X World Champion and CBR President Tuff Hedeman picks them.
Ronnie won the short go and had 168.5 on two head to finish fifth in the event which pushed Trent Broussard down to sixth place.Kasey Hayes was seventh on one head with his 89.5 score and lee Woosley was eighth with 87.5 on one head.
As both nights are grouped into one event and considered part one long go and part two long go the placement is not computed till the second night is over.Although Trent Broussard was in first place in the long go on Friday he was bumped to second by Kasey Hayes score on Saturday. Chad Castillo and Lee Woosley tied for 3/4 in the cumulative long go with 87.5 and Lee's brother Steve was fifth with 86.5.Matt Austin was sixth in the long go with 95 and Zack Elliott and Cody White tied for 7/8 with 84.5.
In the cumulative short go it was Wesley Silcox in 1st with 94 points from Friday.Matt Austin was second with his 93.5 score and Jason McClain was third with 92.5. Cody White was fourth with 90 while Ronnie Kitchens was fifth with 89 and Chad Castillo was sixth with 88.
Matt who is currently in first place in the Crown Royal World Standings earned $10,000 for the win to add to his lead over second place Ronnie Kitchens.JB Mauney is in third place less than three thousand behind Ronnie while BJ Schumacher is $1060 behind JB in fourth and Zack Oakes is in fifth place
Matt Austin is phenomenal and has received the highest praise from CBR President Tuff Hedeman.Matt broke and set records last year while winning four titles.He won the national Collegiate Championship ,The National PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour Championship,The CBR's World Championship and the PRCA's World Championship. Who else can boast of all that? As Tuff said in a quote from the CBR Press Release by Montica Wilmschen: "This guy is on fire and if last year's performance of breaking multiple records and winning two world championships wasn't enough, he is on track to win the world title again this year." And that is true also in the PRCA. The CBR's next is on May 27th in Myrtle Springs,Texas.
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