2018 Media Guide - Cowboys

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2012: (Partner Travis Graves) Won Round 7 at the Wrangler NFR in a time of 3.6 seconds and placed in four other rounds to finish seventh in the average. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the SheridanWYO Rodeo; the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo; the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo; the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo andMontana’s BiggestWeekend (Dillon). Finished eighth in the world standings with $138,787 ★ ★ 2011: (PartnerTravis Graves) Placed in four rounds at theWrangler NFR and finished second in the world standings with $189,649. Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver); the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup; the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo; the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas); the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Travis Graves) Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR, including a win in Round 9 with a time of 4.2 seconds. Finished second in the world standings with $184,739.With wins in Omaha, Neb., and Puyallup,Wash. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); Tryan and Graves won the most championship money of anyone in Omaha, collecting $34,955 each. Won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.); the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.); the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Cory Petska) Placed in four rounds of the Wrangler NFR, including second place results in Rounds 3 and 8. Won California Rodeo Salinas; the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup and the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho). Finished 11th in the world standings with earnings of $106,810 ★ ★ 2008: (PartnerWaltWoodard)Won the Days of‘47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City); Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.) and Strathmore (Alberta) Heritage Days. Finished 18th in the world standings with earnings of $51,129 ★ ★ 2007: (Partner Walt Woodard) Won Round 3 of theWrangler NFR and placed in six rounds overall to earn $94,487, an event high, and was third in the average. Finished second in the world standings to ChadMasters by just $2,683, with a total of $180,419, while partner Walt Woodard won the gold buckle for heeling. Won the Days of ‘47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) and California Rodeo Salinas; co-champion at theWest of the Pecos Rodeo (Pecos,Texas) and the Fourth of July Celebration & Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.).Won the Daines Ranch Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta), with John Robertson ★ ★ 2006: (Partner Patrick Smith)Won California Rodeo Salinas; the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper); the Walker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) and the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo. Finished 13th in the world standings with $86,835 ★ ★ 2005: (Partner Patrick Smith)Won his first world title, setting aWrangler NFR record and tying the then-PRCAworld record with a 3.5-second run in the ninth round. Also won the third round with a 4.0-second run and the fourth round in 4.4 seconds; finished the year with $167,204. Won theWallaWalla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days; the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton,Wash.); the Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup; theWrangler ProRodeoTour Round at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Tour Round and average titles at the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede and the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo. Won the Winter Tour Finale and $18,000. Also qualified for the Tour Championships (Dallas) ★ ★ 2004: (Partner Michael Jones) Won theWrangler NFR average title with a time of 77.8 seconds on 10 head. Set the then-arena record with a 3.7-second run in Round 7 and set a Wrangler NFR earnings record in team roping with $95,102. Also won Round 6 with a 3.9-second run and placed in four additional rounds. Moved from 11th in the world standings to second with $144,445. Won California Rodeo Salinas and the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, with Cory Petska; semifinalist at the Summer Tour Finale (Omaha, Neb.), with Cory Petska ★ ★ 2003: Won California Rodeo Salinas and the Heart O’Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco), with Allen Bach; won the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City), with Cory Petska; finished 12th in the world standings with $71,464 ★ ★ 2002: (Partner Caleb Twisselman) Placed 12th in the average at the Wrangler NFR; Qualified for the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo (Farmington, Utah); won the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) and the Heart O’Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco); finished 13th in the world standings with $78,972 ★ ★ 2001: (Partner Caleb Twisselman) Won the eighth round and placed seventh in the average at the Wrangler NFR; Runner-up at theTour Championships (Dallas).Won theWallaWalla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days and the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); co-champion at Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper) and La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.). Finished fourth in the world standings with $115,113 Awards Horse Dockalickin“Thumper”finished in a tie for third in the PRCA/AQHA Team Roping Head Horse of the Year race in 2006 and Bears Cash Partner“Syndicate”finished third in 2010 Personal 5-11, 170 …Wife, Bobbie; sons, Tyler (born February 2006), Braylon (born December 2007) and Dash (born April 2014) … Brothers Travis and Brady, and father, Dennis, are all team ropers; Dennis was the first Montana team roper to qualify for the NFR, in 1984 …Mother, Terri Kaye Kirkland, competes in barrel racing. At the 2003 Wrangler NFR, Terri Kaye, Clay and Travis became the first mother-sons combination to qualify in the same year; all three of them made it again in 2004 and 2005 … In 2010, Clay, Travis and Brady became the first set of three brothers to qualify for the Wrangler NFR team roping in the same year … Appeared on ESPN’s“Cold Pizza”morning show in Las Vegas on Dec. 6, 2005

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