The American
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Luke Brown & Paul Eaves
Caleb Smidt
Ty Erickson
pions to take their share of the million dollar payout. Although they are no strangers to success, each having qualified four times to the National Finals Rodeo, they qualified through the Semi-Finals and dominated over the invited teams. Brothers Brady and Riley Minor took second place in the shootout round with a time of 4.75. Ty Erickson repeated his 2016 win at The American this year. His momentum from win- ning the short go of in 4.33 seconds carried him into the shootout round, where he ran down his steer and $100,000 with an even faster time of 4.20 seconds. The American’s 2014 champion Hunter Cure finished second in both rounds and took home $25,000 with 4.30 second run.
Stephen Culling, the only steer wres- tler from the Semi-Finals, finished third with 4.61 and Scott Guenthner came in fourth. As Ryder Wright said while waiting for the final results of the sad- dle bronc shootout round, no matter the outcome, the win was coming back to Utah. The 2017 PRCA world champion was referring to whether he or his father Cody Wright, the last rider of
the shootout round, would take the win. Ryder won the short go with a score of 90.25 and came back to ride to a score of 88.5 in the shootout round, securing his win and $100,000. Second and third place both went to Semi-Finals qual- ifiers Jake Watson and Mitch Pollock. Fourth went to the exemption rider, Cody Wright, who rode his first bronc in 14 months in the long go. Ryle Smith won the short go of the tie
down roping with an aggregate time of 15.65 but fell short to Caleb Smidt in the shootout round. The 2018 PRCA world champion flanked and tied his calf in 6.97 seconds to win $100,000 and his first American champi- onship. Although Rhen Richard fell short in the shootout round of the team roping just shortly before, he earned second place and $25,000 with a time of 7.35 in the tie down. With a 7.47 second run, Ty Harris took third place and Ryle Smith finished fourth.
Ryder Wright
When Hailey Kinsel rocked the third barrel, every fan’s heart dropped. When it reset without falling, all of AT&T Stadi- um erupted. The 2018 world champion continues to be unstoppable. She and her partner SISTER won The American for a
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second time, finishing the shootout round with a time of 14.217. In 2016, she split the million and this year she won $100,000. Coming in second was Kylie Weast with a time of 14.462. Craig Brooks, the only Semi-Finals qualifier and male rider, won the short go and ran to third place in the shootout round in 15.361 sec- onds. Amberleigh Moore finished fourth. The third and final champion eligible for the million-dollar payout came from the last event of the night, bull riding. Joao Ricardo Vieira qualified through the Semi-Finals and earned a score of 87 points. Live results are available at
www.amer-
icanrodeo.com/live-results and photos can be found at
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Hailey Kinsel
Ricardo Vieira
Joao
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