News and Notes from the Rodeo Trail, January 16

Steer wrestler Colin Wolfe was the winner of the slalom competition at the 43rd annual Cowboy Downhill in Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 15. Wolfe beat WNFR bareback riders Wyatt Denny and Evan Jayne. Bull rider Kris Newman, of Casper, Wyo., won the Stampede race. Best crash of the day went to bareback rider Jamie Howlett of Snyder, Texas. The Legends and Friends Race winner was Todd Fike. The Cowboy Downhill is held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver and began in 1975. The Downhill has become a fundraiser for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, which provides financial assistance to injured PRCA cowboys.

WranglerNetwork.com will livestream the Xtreme Bulls Division 1 event in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 16-17 at 7:30 p.m. (CT) each day. ProRodeoLive.com will also broadcast the Xtreme Bulls Division 1 event Jan. 16-17 in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning at 7:30 p.m. (CT) each day.

Wright Howington, a former PRCA bullfighter, barrelman and specialty act, passed away in Bowie, Texas, Jan. 10. He was 77. Howington started his rodeo career at age 15 in 1955 and retired in 1994. He was born Feb. 20, 1940, in Fort Worth, Texas. During his career he also competed in five events, but his love was bullfighting and entertaining. He worked in 41 states and three provinces of Canada. He was the barrelman at the National Finals Rodeo in 1970 and was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. Howington is survived by two daughters. His ex-wife, Terry, took care of him during his illness the past several years.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“You get to see a lot of new country, get to do a lot of new things you’d never get to do and meet a pile of people you’d never meet.”

­­­– Bull rider Cain Smith about why he enjoys competing in the PRCA, in the Jan. 14 issue of The Denver Post.

Courtesy of PRCA