Clay Smith

Name and Hometown: Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Oklahoma

9-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifier

2-time World Champion

Joined PRCA: 2012

Regular Season Earnings: $103,154

Starting 2023 NFR in 11th place

Major regular season wins –

• National Western Stock Show Rodeo (Denver), $6,822
• Rodeo Houston, $5,000
• Reno (Nevada) Rodeo, $7,371
• Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), $10,556
• Washington State Fair Rodeo (Puyallup), $9,013
• Governor’s Cup Rodeo (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), $10,000

Fun Facts about Clay: Most of rodeo’s injuries happen at the opposite end of the arena than where Clay enters from, but it hasn’t kept him from enduring his own. In 2018, he broke his leg at the Timed Event Championship and his wife, Taylor, helped him secure his leg so he could go ahead and rope. Then last year he had a freak accident at the rodeo in Prescott, Arizona and had another broken leg. He’s come back from both injuries and didn’t let them slow him down. He started the 2023 season roping with Jake Long. When the summer run kicked off, his partner was Coleby Payne. He was just outside of the top 15 with four weeks to go in the regular season. He earned enough to start the NFR in 11th place, but his partner was just outside at 17 th . His partner in life has been through it all with him. They have three children, son Jade, and daughters Scarlett and Noah.