ProRodeo Sports News - July 12, 2019

Eldridge coming on strong Steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge, who was out for 5½ months with a left knee injury last sea- son, is making up for his lost season. Eldridge’s comeback season is going strong. It got even better in Greeley when he clocked an 11.9-second time to win the three-head average, earning $9,614. Eldridge has had a stellar PRCA rodeo career. He won the Wrangler NFR average in 2015 and 2017, finishing second in the world standings in 2015 and third in 2017. 90 The number of points bareback rider Pascal Isabel- Son Rodeo’s Bad In- fluence, which was a rodeo record. The mark was 89 points shared by Cimarron Gerke (2004), Royce Ford (2009), Bobby Mote (2009), Will Lowe (2013), Tim O’Connell (2014) and Shane O’Connell (2017). lenotched while aboard Beutler &

Dan Hubbell photo Tie-down roper Caleb Smidt competes during the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede with his horse, Pockets. Smidt won the average for the second year in a row in Greeley and earned $7,919.

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