{"id":686138,"date":"2026-05-22T10:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:18:15","slug":"jake-gardners-strong-season-continues-with-win-at-cloverdale-rodeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686138\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Gardner\u2019s strong season continues with win at Cloverdale Rodeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jake-Gardner-Cloverdale-win-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339767\"  \/>Jake Gardner celebrates during the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair. Gardner took the victory in bull riding during the event (Photo by Sean Libin\/ Libin Sports Photography)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CLOVERDALE, B.C. \u2014 The dream season continues in 2026 for Fort St. John bull rider Jake Gardner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now living in Alberta, Gardner entered the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair near Surrey, which ran for four days in mid-May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gardner was entered into \u2018Pool A\u2019 for his first ride under the lights at the Stetson Bowl on Friday, May 15th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riding Handsome Devil, Gardner cruised to an 87.5-point score and took over first place in the pool and $3,450 in purse money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the second day, Saturday, May 16th, Gardner followed it up with a ride worth 86-point ride upon Bonito, winning an additional $2,800 and securing his spot in the finals on Victoria Day, Monday, May 18th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gardner, who has taken victories in Houston and Del Rio, Texas, earlier this year, finished off the finals with a bull named Alberta Prime Devil\u2019s Advocate, riding to a score of 89 and wrapping up the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having been ranked<a href=\"https:\/\/prorodeo.com\/standings?eventType=BR&amp;standingType=world&amp;id=&amp;circuitId=&amp;year=2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> as high as number one in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) standings earlier in 2026<\/a>, Gardner currently sits in third this season with $101,604.05 in earnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 78th Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair took place from Thursday, May 14th to Monday, May 18th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energeticcity.ca has reached out to Gardner for an additional comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Jake Gardner celebrates during the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair. Gardner took the victory in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-686138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}