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Moore Cashes in at Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

Amberleigh Moore of Keizer, Ore., bested 209 barrel racers to win the first round of the 100th anniversary World’s Original Indoor Rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas. Moore’s time of 16.35 on CP Dark Moon earned her $5,175. The top 70 times from the first round compete Wednesday through Saturday afternoon in a second round with the 12 fastest overall times qualifying for Saturday night’s championship round. Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo photo by James Pfifer

FORT WORTH, Texas (January 30, 2018) — One year ago, Amberleigh Moore and her mare CP Dark Moon that she calls Paige saw the highs and lows of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.

It was the first time they had ever competed in Will Rogers Coliseum and after a very successful Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) they were hopeful that their momentum would continue. They stopped the clock in 16.62 seconds and won third in the first round.

That earned them a second opportunity and then disaster struck. Coming away from the third barrel, Moore’s cinch broke. As they were exiting the arena, she came off and hit the gate. Despite the mishap, she finished in ninth place overall in 2017.

Putting all of that behind her and checking her cinches twice, she and Paige ran again here last Saturday in the 14th performance. They stopped the clock in 16.35 seconds That was the fastest time of the rodeo so far and earned them a $5,175 check for the top spot in the first round. The remaining seven performances before Saturday night’s Championship Finals will see the 70 barrel racers with the fastest times in a second round of competition. The 12 with the fastest overall times compete in the finals.

Two world champions, partnered in the team roping, have taken the overall lead here. Matt Sherwood, from Pima, Arizona, and Walt Woodard, from Stephenville, Texas, stopped the clock in 5.0 seconds at the Tuesday matinee to give them a total time of 10.1 seconds.

They now have an edge of one-tenth of a second over the team in second place, Luke Brown from Rock Hill, South Carolina and Jake Long from Coffeyville, Kansas. At Tuesday night’s performance, teams had their first round of competition. Three teams had runs under six seconds and have the potential to move into the overall standings. Among those are Shane Philip from Washington, Texas, and Joel Bach from Mount Vernon, Texas. Bach won this rodeo in 2010 roping with Paul Eaves.

The World’s Original Indoor Rodeo® continues its 100th-anniversary edition Wednesday with performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m., in the historic Will Rogers Coliseum.


The following are unofficial results from Tuesday at the World’s Oldest Indoor Rodeo® at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, January 30, 2018.

Twentieth Performance

Bareback Riding: (one ride) 1, Chance Ames, Big Piney, Wyo., 68.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Rockin Robin.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Royce Johnson, Checotah, Okla., 4.3 seconds. 2, Brad Loesch, Graham, Texas, 7.4. 3, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, 14.4. 4, Scott Guenthner, Provost, Alberta, 17.5.

Team Roping: 1, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jake Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.6 seconds. 2, Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., and Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 5.0. 3, Jeff Flenniken, Caldwell, Idaho, and Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 5.2. 4, Cale Markham, Vinita, Okla., and Stitches Stanley, Wagoner, Okla.,9.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (three rides) 1, Kash Deal, Dupree, S.D., 81.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Buck Wheat. 2, Blaise Freeman, Snyder, Texas, 80. 3, Taygen Schuelke, Newell, S.D., 76.

Tie-Down Roping: (three times) 1, Weldon Watson, Huntsville, Texas, 8.5 seconds. 2, John Douch, Huntsville, Texas, 9.8. 3, Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 22.3.

Barrel Racing: 1, Bailee Snow, Bentonville, Ark., 16.79 seconds. 2, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 16.93. 3, Morgan Breaux, Tomball, Texas, 16.96. 4, Cindy Smith, Hobbs, N.M., 17.02.

Bull Riding: (one ride) Esteban Bustamamte, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, 79 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Sweet Home Alabama.

Twenty-First Performance

Bareback Riding: (no qualified rides)

Steer Wrestling: 1, (tie) Ross Mosher, Augusta, Mont., and K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 4.5 seconds. 3, Will Lummus, West Point, Miss., 4.6. 4, Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii, 4.9.

Team Roping: 1, Tom Richards, Humboldt, Ariz., and Jake Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., 4.7 seconds. 2, Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas, and Joel Bach, Mount Vernon, Texas, 4.8. 3, Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta, and Cole Davison, Stephenville, Texas, 5.7. 4, Cory Kidd V, Statesville, N.C., and Caleb Anderson, Mocksville, N.C., 6.1.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (three rides) 1, Jade Blackwell, Rapid City, S.D., 75.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Dun Busted. 2, Dawson Dahm, Tomahawk, Calif., 69. 3, Leland Wood, Quanah, Texas, 64.

Tie-Down Roping: (one time) 1, Shane Allan Smith, Wimborne, Alberta, 8.3 seconds.

Barrel Racing: 1, (tie) Carman Pozzobon, Aldergrove, British Columbia, and Sadye Simpson, Stephenville, Texas, 16.63 seconds.3, Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 16.73. 4, Nikki Hansen, Dickinson, N.D., 16.95.

Bull Riding: 1, Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 88.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Blitzkrieg Bop. 2, Dustin Boquet, Bourg, La., 83. 3, Trevor Kastner, Roff, Okla., 79. 4, Ty Harris, Arcadia, Fla., 75.

Current Leaders

Bareback Riding: (first round) 1, JR Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., 88.5 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Painted Brush. 2, Tyler Scales, Buffalo, Wyo., 88. 3, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 86.5. 4, Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 85.5. 5, Justin Miller, Billings, Mont., 85. 6, Jake Brown, Cleveland, Texas, 84.5. (second round) 1, (tie) Breuer on Andrews Rodeo’s Rags to Riches and Clements on J Bar J Rodeo’s Live Bunny, 85 points. 3, (tie) Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, and Miller, 82.5. 5, Vezain, 82. 6, Paden Hurst, Cypress, Texas, 80.5. (third round) 1, Clements on United Pro Rodeo’s Jungle Cat, 89 points. 2, (tie) Hooper and Hardwick, 86. 4, Hurst, 82.5. 5, Larsen, 82. 6, (tie) Hibler and Zack Brown, Red Bluff, Calif., 81.5 (total on three) 1, Clements, 254. 2, Breuer, 241.5. 3, Vezain, 251. 4, Miller, 246.5. 5, Hibler, 245. 6, Hardwick, 244.

Steer Wrestling: (second round leaders) 1, Shayde Etherton, Borden, Ind., 4.1 seconds. 2, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., and Royce Johnson, Checotah, Okla., 4.3. 4, (tie) Tyler Pearson, Louisville, Miss.; Rowdy Thames, Buda, Texas, and Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas, 4.4. (total on two) 1, Pearson, 8.5. 2, Tanner Brunner, Ramona, Kan., 9.0. 3, Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas, 9.2. 4, Cody Cabral, Hilo, Hawaii, 9.3. 5, (tie) Sean Mulligan, Coleman, Okla., and Taz Olson, Prairie City, S.D., and Will Lummus, West Point, Miss., 9.4.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Cody Snow, Los Olivos, Calif., and Wesley Thorp, Throckmorton, Texas, 4.1 seconds. 2, Dustin Egusquiza, Mariana, Fla., and Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas, and Tom Richards, Humboldt, Ariz., and Jake Smith, Broken Bow, Okla., 4.7. 4, (tie) Kaleb Driggers, Hoboken, Ga., and Junior Nogueira, Presidente Prude, Brazil, and Shane Philipp, Washington, Texas, and Joel Bach, Mount Vernon, Texas, 4.8. 6, (tie) Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M., and Logan Medlin, Tatum, N.M., and Luke Brown, Rock Hill, S.C., and Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 4.9. (second round) 1, Spencer Mitchell, Orange Cove, Calif., and Jason Duby, Klamath Falls, Ore., 4.0 seconds. 2, Mitchell Barney, Logan, Iowa, and J.W. Beck, Moville, Iowa, 4.5. 3, (tie) Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., and Billie Jack Saebens, Nowata, Okla.; Jake Orman, Prairie, Miss., and Will Woodfin, Marshall, Texas, and Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., 4.6. 6, (tie) Brandon Beers, Powell Butte, Ore., and Daniel Braman IV, Victoria, Texas, and Jesse Stipes, Salina, Okla., and Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., 4.8. (total on two) 1, Sherwood and Woodard, 10.1 seconds. 2, Brown and Long, 10.2. 3, (tie) Tyler Wojciechowski, Hico, Texas, and Ross Ashford, Lott, Texas; Snow and Thorp and Beers and Braman, 10.7. 6, Begay and O’Brien Cooper, 11.0.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, 87 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Tiger Lily. 2, Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo., 86.5. 3, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., 86. 4, Mitch Pollock, Winnemucca, Nev., 84. 5, Dawson Jandreau, Kennebec, S.D., 83.5. 6, Blaise Freeman, Snyder, Texas, 83. (second round) 1, Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, 86.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Orange Crush. 2, Colt Gordon, Comanche, Okla., 85.5. 3, Cress, 84. 4, Sterling Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, 83.5. 5, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, 82.5. 6, Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas, 82. (total on two) 1, Cress, 170.5. 2, Rusty Wright, 168. 3, Dawson Jandreau, 164. 4, (tie) Crawley and Hardy Braden, Welch, Okla., 163.5. 6, (tie) Gordon and Blaise Freeman, Snyder, Texas, 163.

Tie-Down Roping: (second round leaders) 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.1 seconds. 2, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, 8.2. 3, Shane Allan Smith, Wimborne, Alberta, 8.3. 4, Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.4. 5, Weldon Watson, Huntsville, Texas, 8.4. 6, Dane Kissack, Spearfish, S.D., 8.7. (total on two) 1, Kormos, 16.7 seconds. 2, Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas,18.1. 3, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, 18.2. 4, Cody Quaney, Cheney, Kan., 19.1. 5, Solomon, 19.2. 6, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La.,19.5.

Barrel Racing: (first round winners) 1, Amberleigh Moore, Keizer, Ore., 16.35 seconds, $5,175. 2, Kylie Weast, Comanche, Okla., 16.39, $4,436. 3, Shelly Anzick, Shepherd, Mont., 16.51, $3,696. 4, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 16.57, $3,204. 5, Taci Bettis, Round Top, Texas, 16.58, $2,464. 6, Tracy Nowlin, Nowata, Okla., 16.60, $1,971. 7, Cayla Small, Burneyville, Okla.,16.61, $1,479. 8, Jodi Colton, Spring Hill, Tenn., 16.62, $976. 9, (tie) Kellie Collier, Hereford, Texas; Carman Pozzobon, Aldergrove, British Columbia, and Sadye Simpson, Stephenville, Texas, $411 each.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, (tie) Elliot Jacoby, Fredericksburg, Texas, on Silver Creek Rodeo’s Sudden Debt and Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas, 88.5 points. 3, Lane Nobles, Gatesville, Texas, 86.5. 4, Garrett Wickett, Battle Creek, Neb., 85.5. 5, Dustin Boquet, Bourg, La., 83. 6, Cody Rostockyj, Lorena, Texas, 82. 681. (second round) 1, Chase Dougherty, Canby, Ore., 88 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Cold Dice. 2, Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas. 3, Tyler Bingham, Honeyville, Utah, 85. 4, Josh Frost, Randlett, Utah, 84.5. 5, (tie) Tristan Mize, Bryan, Texas, and Reid Barker, Comfort, Texas, 84. (total on two) 1, Bingham, 166.5 points. 2, Colby Demo, Red Bluff, Calif., 161.5. 3, Mize, 156. 4, Colby Hill, Del Rio, Texas, 150. 5, Jimy Marten, Donahue, Iowa, 148.5. 6, Jed Jones, Garden Valley, Idaho, 129.

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