PRCA Standings Shuffle: Garrett Smith Climbs Inside Top 15
Garrett Smith knows what it’s like to compete on rodeo’s biggest stage. He qualified for three Wrangler National Finals Rodeos (2016-2017,2019), but hasn’t been able to stay healthy since.
His latest injury came last July, when we broke his right foot in four places. The injury required surgery and ultimately ended his year. The setback didn’t stop him from getting right back on bulls in 2022.
Smith has been on a tear on the ProRodeo trail the past week. In a two-day stretch, he not only claimed the bull riding title at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, but he finished second at the Cactus Jack Xtreme Bull Riding in Uvalde, Texas.
Those two days of work earned him $14,589, bumping him from 25th in the most recent PRCA | RAM World Standings to now 13th. A run of success he credits to the animals he’s had the opportunity to climb aboard.
“Drawing good bulls, that’s really the reason for a lot of my success over the past couple of weeks,” said Smith, 27. “I was able to stay positive and just take things one bull at a time. It ended up all working out for me.”
In Guymon, he had a 91-point ride on Frontier Rodeo’s Gladiator’s Hammer to secure the title. It was a rematch from last year, where Smith wasn’t quite as lucky.
“That bull felt awesome, I was really excited for that rematch,” he said. “I fell off of him in San Antonio last year at the 7.8-second mark. So, I knew he felt good, and I knew he bucked. I was just glad to get him ridden and come out on top this time.”
As we enter the summer run, Smith has his sights set on returning to the Finals, but he knows there’s a lot of rodeo left. So, he’s taking things one bull at a time.
“You can’t think about it too much you just have to keep going one by one,” he said. “It’s way too early to start looking at the standings right now. Like I’ve always said the season doesn’t until Reno (Nev.) after that is when things start getting really good.”
Below, are the other cowboys who moved inside the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings.
12 Spots
• Bull rider Garrett Smith moved up from 25th to 13th.
Seven Spots
• Steer roper Bryce Davis leaped from 19th to 12th.
Six Spots
• Team roping heeler Cory Petska jumped in the standings from 20th to 14th.
Five Spots
• Steer wrestler Nick Guy went from 14th to ninth.
• Team roping header Chad Masters moved up from 14th to ninth.
Three Spots
Saddle bronc rider CoBurn Bradshaw leaped in the standings from 12th to ninth.
• Team roping heeler Buddy Hawkins II jumped from seventh to fourth.
• Steer roper Cody Lee went up from fourth to first.
• Tie-down roper Cooper Martin moved up in the standings from 14th to 11th.
• Steer roper Corey Ross leaped from 18th to 15th.
• Team roping header Andrew Ward jumped up from seventh to fourth.
Two Spots
• Saddle bronc rider Dawson Hay went up in the standings from 17th to 15th.
• Steer roper Clay Long moved up from 12th to 10th.
• Bull rider Lukasey Morris leaped from eighth to sixth.
• Steer roper Slade Wood jumped up from seventh to fifth.
One Spot
• Steer wrestler Tanner Brunner went up from sixth to fifth.
• Saddle bronc rider Wyatt Casper moved up in the standings from fifth to fourth.
• Saddle bronc rider Brody Cress leaped up from fourth to third.
• Team roping heeler Travis Graves jumped from 11th to 10th.
• Tie-down roper Ty Harris went up in the standings from ninth to eighth.
• Team roping heeler Joseph Harrison moved up from 13th to 12th.
• Bull rider Sage Kimzey leaped from third to second.
• Tie-down roper Marty Yates jumped in the standings from sixth to fifth.
Courtesy of PRCA