Saturday night was a lucrative one at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Saturday night was a lucrative one at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
Champions were crowned during the final performance of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s ProRodeo tournament. While prize money is earned in individual rounds throughout the two-week-long event, the top prizes are awarded to each event’s champion. In all, the historic rodeo doled out more than $1.3 million in added money this year, one of the richest rodeos in the country.
Here were the champions, their event-clinching score or time, and how much they earned in Fort Worth, according to the Stock Show:
Bareback riding:Â Tilden Hooper, 92, $27,418
Steer wrestling: (tie) Bridger Anderson, 3.8, $24,042 and Trisyn Kalawaia, Hilo Hawaii, 3.8 $21,760
Breakaway Roping: Jill Tanner, 2.0 seconds, $27,308
Saddle Bronc Riding:Â (tie) Rusty Wright, 91, $24,617, and Darcy Radel, 91, $21,435
Tie-Down Roping:Â Kincade Henry, 7.5 seconds, $27,517
Team Roping:Â Corben Culley and Trent Vaught, 5.4 seconds, $26,400 each
Barrel Racing: Kassie Mowry, 16.04*, $25,500
Bull Riding: Trey Kimzey, 88.5, $27,400
Billy and Pam Minick All-Around Award: Payden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, $5,675
Of course, the rodeo athletes weren’t the only ones taking home a nice paycheck from the Stock Show events. Hood County teen Caiman Cody, of Tolar, won the Stock Show’s Grand Champion Steer award for his steer named White Castle. The fluffy White Castle then sold for $550,000 on Saturday, shattering the previous auction record of $440,000.