Creek Young is 21 and the Resistol Rookie of the Year, having qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo at Thomas Mack Center.
National Finals Rodeo
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On opening night at the NFR, Mason Clements drew a horse named Colorado Bulldog and rode him to a score of 86.5 points. He finished second in the go-round and earned $26,230.77.
So you want to ride bulls, huh? Try something a lot more tame. Like football.
After traveling the rodeo circuit in an old ambulance, reigning saddle bronc champ Jacobs Crawley is facing a stiff challenge from a young rival at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Team ropers at the National Finals Rodeo embrace the technological side of sport as much as anyone, relying on wives and girlfriends to use iPads and video cameras during practice runs while taping how a cowboy’s horse might begin a run and how the steer its chasing reacts.
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