Trevor Brazile secured his 14th all-around championship Saturday by winning the final go-round in tie-down roping to finish with $335,679.98 at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Caleb Bennett has made $240,389.73 this year and is second entering the 10th and final go-round of the NFR. He trails Tim O’Connell, the two-time defending world champion, by $12,988.38.
Sage Kimzey is pledging $10 for every point he scores during the NFR to the American Valor Foundation — a non-profit that supports veterans and first responders founded on behalf of the late Navy Seal Chris Kyle, whose life was depicted in the 2014 Academy Award winning film American Sniper .
George Taylor, who was tabbed in April as the PRCA’s new CEO, is relishing his first NFR, and addressed members of the media during a 30-minute press conference Tuesday afternoon.
The world’s best cowboys and cowgirls will congregate in Las Vegas for the 60th annual National Finals Rodeo, which runs from Thursday to Dec. 15 at the Thomas Mack Center.
