PRCA Standings Shuffle: CoBurn Bradshaw Moves Inside the Top 15
The past few ProRodeo seasons for saddle bronc rider CoBurn Bradshaw have been full of ups and downs.
Recently, he’s acknowledged it’s been full of the latter over the last few years. The Beaver, Utah, cowboy, has failed to qualify for the last three Wrangler National Finals Rodeos. The lack of success even forced him to find other work for the time being.
“Actually, it was more of a head game for me there for a while,” said Bradshaw, 27. “I ended up kind of leaving rodeo and went to work. After COVID, it ran me dry on money and I wasn’t going to go broke trying to rodeo. So, I went trucking, I bought a semi.
“I wasn’t even going to come back really. I was just going to kind of circuit rodeo around the house. Then Reno went really well and the last part of last year went really good. I figured I probably better enter full time this year and try for it again.”
The tide has begun to turn for the four-time NFR qualifier in 2022. In the April 18 PRCA | RAM World Standings, he jumped nine spots from 23rd to 14th with $30,408. He said there’s no greater feeling being back where you feel like you belong.
“It definitely feels good, I’m glad to be back up with the top of the game again,” he said. “Everything has been going great this year and it’s felt better than it has in the last couple years that’s for sure.”
Being back in the Top 15 in April is only a small accomplishment on Bradshaw’s list of goals for 2022. He has his sights set on returning to the Finals for the first time since 2018. He knows consistency will be key if he wants to end the regular season with a trip to Las Vegas on the calendar.
“The last year I made was in 2018 and I won the average,” Bradshaw said. “Then it kind of all went downhill for me after that. I just haven’t been able to get over that hump. I know being consistent is key if a guy wants to make the NFR. That’s where I lost my edge for a while. I know consistent guys make the Finals and I lost my consistency there for a couple years.
“You can’t do that, you can’t waste opportunities to win money because nowadays guys are missing the Finals buy $100 in some cases. So, yeah staying consistent is the most important thing. I feel like I’m riding as good as ever right now and my confidence is as high as it’s been since the last time I made the Finals.”
Below, are the other cowboys who moved inside the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings.
37 Spots
• Steer wrestler Stetson Jorgensen went from 46th to ninth.
28 Spots
• Bull rider Ky Hamilton moved up from 43rd to 15th.
18 Spots
• Team roping header Cory Kidd V jumped from 23rd to fifth.
• Saddle bronc rider Spencer Wright leaped up from 33rd to 15th.
17 Spots
• Bull rider Toby Collins went up from 30th to 13th.
14 Spots
• Steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge moved from 20th to sixth.
• Team roping heeler Lane Mitchell jumped up from 19th to fifth.
• Team roping header Cody Snow went from 27th to 13th.
12 Spots
• Tie-down roper Zack Jongbloed moved up from 23rd to 11th.
Nine Spots
• Saddle bronc rider CoBurn Bradshaw leaped from 23rd to 14th.
• Team roping heeler Paul Eaves went from 22nd to 13th.
• Steer wrestler Payden McIntyre leaped up from 14th to ninth.
• Team roping heeler Wesley Thorp jumped up from 26th to 15th.
Seven Spots
bull; Team roping header Rhen Richard moved from 13th to sixth.
• Team roping header Tyler Wade jumped from 21st to 14th.
• Tie-down roper Marty Yates leaped up from 14th to seventh.
Five Spots
• Bareback rider Mason Clements jumped from 15th to 10th.
• Steer wrestler Dalton Massey leaped from 13th to eighth.
• Bareback rider Tim O’Connell went up from 11th to sixth.
• Steer wrestler Dirk Tavenner moved up from 19th to 14th.
Four Spots
• Saddle bronc rider Chase Brooks went from 15th to 11th.
• Bareback rider Wyatt Denny moved from 19th to 15th.
Three Spots
• Steer roper Clay Long moved up from 12th to ninth.
• Team roping header Andrew Ward leaped from 15th to 12th.
Two Spots
• Team roping header Lightning Augilera jumped up from fifth to third.
• Bareback rider Tanner Aus went from 10th to eighth.
• Team roping heeler Travis Graves moved from 11th to ninth.
• Tie-down roper Ty Harris jumped from 11th to ninth.
• Team roping heeler Buddy Hawkins II went from 14th to 12th.
• Bull rider Lukasey Morris leaped up in the standings from ninth to seventh.
• Bareback rider Cole Reiner jumped from seventh to fifth.
• Steer wrestler Tyler Waguespack leaped from fourth to second.
One Spot
• Bull rider Jeff Askey jumped in the standings from sixth to fifth.
• Bareback rider Caleb Bennett went from 12th to 11th.
• Bareback rider Leighton Berry jumped up from 13th to 12th.
• Bull rider Grayson Cole leaped from 13th to 12th.
• Tie-down roper Tuf Cooper moved up from third to second.
• Team roping heeler Jade Corkill went from fifth to fourth.
• Team roping header Kaleb Driggers moved from second to first.
• Steer roper J. Tom Fisher leaped up from third to second.
• Bareback rider Cole Franks moved from fourth to third.
• Tie-down roper Shane Hanchey jumped up from sixth to fifth.
• Tie-down roper Kincade Henry went from seventh to sixth.
• Team roping heeler Levi Lord moved up from 12th to 11th.
• Team roping heeler Junior Nogueira went up from second to first.
• Bull rider JR Stratford jumped up from 11th to 10th.
• Saddle bronc rider Kolby Wanchuk leaped in the standings from 10th to ninth.
• Steer roper Slade Wood moved from seventh to sixth.
• Saddle bronc rider Ryder Wright went from fourth to third.
On The Bubble
• Bull rider Trevor Kastner went from 20th to 16th and is $373 outside of the Top 15.
• Tie-down roper Cooper Martin moved up from 18th to 16th and is $374 outside of the Top 15.
Courtesy of PRCA