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Guthrie Murray

Guthrie Murray – Miami, Okla. ($87,288)
First-time WNFR qualifier

Bull riding is in Guthrie Murray’s blood. His grandfather was a bull rider and discouraged Guthrie and his older brother, Kyler, from riding bulls. So Guthrie had to do some sneaking around to pursue his passion. Kyler decided to go rodeoing anyway. And Guthrie went too. It’s a move that has paid off big.

Last year’s American Cowboy Rodeo Association’s bull riding champion, Guthrie, 25, is making his first trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Sitting outside the top 15 going into the final rodeo of the season, he won enough money to move him up to the 15th spot at $87,287.73, only $274.02 over 16th place.

He’s overcome a broken back and a broken riding hand, and he’s lost a tooth or two. Guthrie doesn’t worry about past rodeo results. He studies the mental aspects of bull riding and considers success to be a state of mind.

Highlights of Guthrie’s success in 2017 are wins at Hamel (Minnesota) Rodeo and Bull Riding Bonanza, Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and a co-championship at Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Arkansas).

Guthrie and wife, Tess, celebrated their third wedding anniversary in May. While Guthrie is off traveling the country riding bulls, Tess is back home where she works in a bank. Guthrie knows that the travel and danger surrounding the life of a professional bull rider is tough on a marriage and he is thankful for the total support and understanding he gets from his wife.

Guthrie and Tess reside in Miami, Oklahoma where Guthrie graduated from Quapaw High School in 2011. His father is a rancher and Guthrie ranches too when he is home from the rodeo circuit.

It will be a proud day for Guthrie when he walks into the Thomas and Mack Center for the first time as a NFR qualifier. Tess and Guthrie’s family will be there cheering him on, glad that he made the decision to become a bull rider.

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