By Sheila Totten
Kasey Hayes may be a familiar face to many PRCA and CBR fans but this past weekend the 20 yr old from Liberal,KS made his first appearance at a PBR BFTS event; and did it in a big way as he scored 260.75 on three bulls to take the event title. Hayes had been riding in PBR lower tier events for the past two years and was brought up as an alternate for an injured rider. Hayes had his biggest PBR payday as yet with earnings of $36,198 as he dominated the competition during the three day event at the Tulsa Convention Center .As the Annual Tulsa Pow Wow was also going on there lots of our Indian people probably took the time to attend also.
Kasey not only won the event but won the Ford Truck Moment of Truth Bonus and the Bud Light Short Go Top Qualifiers Bonus. He also qualified for the Ford Super Duty Challenge.
The red head from Tupelo , OK., Cord McCoy ,won round one aboard Sonny Williams/J Bar W's Superman. Round one was an ABBI Classic for three and four year olds and Superman tied for top honors in that with Stray Kitty. Cord scored 90.5 to take an early lead in the event while the bull scored 90.25 in the ABBI Classic.
Ross Coleman, coming off of his big win at Calgary was second with 88.75 on Shippy's Ropers Like Mike.Kody Lostroh was third aboard Anchor Bull Company's Knox with 87.75 and Chris Shivers was fourth aboard McCoy's Ranch Buffalo Bob with 87.25.
I guess I am a dyed in the wool traditionalist because I just cannot get into this four judges scoring system. I prefer the tried and true method that has been used forever in rodeo and bull riding but that is just my opinion.
Brazil's Guilherme Marchi scored 90.25 aboard the Davis /White/PMS bull Chief while JW Hart tied with Mike Lee at 88 for 2/3.Hart rode Danny Lemmons' Splat Kat and Lee rode Herrington Cattle's Smokin' Joe. My hometown boy,Clarksville's own(and the pride of the Clarksville HealthSouth Physical Therapy Center) Cory Rasch was fourth with 86.75 aboard Frontier Rodeo's Woodstock.
In round three Kasey Hayes scored 90 aboard the Page and Teague bull Wild One to take that round .Guilherme Marchi and Sean Willingham tied for 2/3 with 88 points. Marchi rode P&T's Red One while Sean rode Carter/Jones Niagra. J.B. Mauney was fourth with 87.75 aboard Boyd /Floyd/Paradise Farms' Wild Life.
In the Championship Round it was Chris Shivers stealing the show aboard Sammy Andrews' Fender Bender with a great 91 point ride.The bull ,typical of Sammy's great breeding program, spun to the left into Chris' hand with lots of kick and action. Chris tied for 4/5 in the average with Guilherme Marchi.
Beau Hill had the only other qualified ride with 89.25 aboard Diamond S's Cat Daddy who spun to the right away from Beau's hand . beau was third in the average.
Event winner Kasey Hayes was the last to ride and he faced the Nelson/Teague bull Just A Dream who leaped to the right with all fours off of the ground .He's wild and powerful and had Kasey off down into the well in the blink of an eye.
J B Mauney finished second in the average with 257 points as Sunshine rained on his parade in the short go. J B is lucky he walked away as the bull spun JB off right over his head in a helicopters spin as the bull spun to the left .J B hit the ground hard but on the way down the bull caught him with a horn and gave him a new shaving scar on his chin.he also suffered a groin injury.
Guilherme Marchi got leaned too far back on his hand as Super Duty spun to the right into Marchi's hand but Marchi still tied for 4/5 in the average.
Sean Willingham was 6th in the average as Big Bucks quickly faked left then went right in a trip far from his normal style.It was herky jerky with hop,skips and jumps. J.W.Hart and Justin McBride tied for 7/8 in the average. Justin McBride drew Gunsmoke who had a horrible trip and only scored 38.5. The bull skipped sideways as he faked right then hopped and skipped.No real timing at all and Justin was down early. Wildfire was a stronger bull who spun to the right hard and fast into J.W.Hart's hand to buck J.W. off at 3.3. Brian Herman drew the great Mossy Oak Mudslinger who looked like he has never lost a step.He spun to the left with lots of rear end action to get Brian off at 3.2 seconds. Mudslinger scored 45. Brian was 9th in the average.
Black Smoke spun to the left into Cord McCoy's hand to toss Cord right off while Cord finished 10th. Bells Blues,a big ,gray Brahma looked more like a bronc as he kicked high and out with both rear legs.Cody Whitney who finished 11th was on the ground at 4.1.
Scene of the Crash took two leaps forward then spun fast to the left to buck off 12th place finisher L. J. Jenkins .Okeechobee Spots took two leaps out then faked left then faked right to score 45.25 and buck off Kody Lostroh who finished 13th.
Colby Yates who finished 14th did not ride in the short go as he was sent to the hospital for a CT Scan after suffering a concussion with a loss of consciousness as Avalanche hit Colby in the head during round three ,knocking him out immediately. Colby was carried out on a backboard and awoke in the medicine room.His place in the short go was taken by Mike Lee who bucked off of Holy Moly as the bull spun into Mike's hand with sluggish movements.Mike finished 16th.
Ross Coleman drew Cow Pix who spun to the right into his hand with good kicks and then went flat then kicked again sending cross off to the outside.Ross was 15th.
Adriano Moraes did not make the short go so he sat in with Michael Gaffney and OLN's announcer Adam who was very refreshing.Adam seems to be loaded with personality and Charisma.And we welcomed back the lovely Leah Garcia who was sorely missed. She adds sparkle to the broadcasts and the riders love talking to her. Justin McKee was absent due to commitments elsewhere.
