Kaycee Feild Injured at Rodeo Austin

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Four-time PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider Kaycee Feild is on the road to recovery after getting injured March 30 in the finals at Rodeo Austin (Texas).

Feild, who won four consecutive worlds titles from 2011-14, had an 87-point ride on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Nutrena’s Killer Bee but moments after the whistle was injured.

Stephanie Feild, Kaycee’s wife, described what happened on her Instagram story on April 1.

“After the whistle, Kaycee got sat forward and smacked his face on his riggin knocking him unconscious,” she wrote. “When he hit the dirt the horse then kicked him on top of his head. He is now in ICU with a small brain bleed, a fractured skull, fractured nasal and jaw and concussion. The fractures are small enough surgery is not necessary… along with the bleeding, it’s not spreading at this point, so surgery is also not necessary. With lots of rest we will be heading home to Utah in no time.”

 
Feild placed second at Rodeo Austin and earned $7,050. Before his injury, Feild was having the best season of his star-studded career. As of April 1, Feild was leading the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $115,965.

Feild gave his season earnings a massive jolt by earning a combined $95,167 toward the world standings during the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, The American, and RodeoHouston, the most of any contestant in any event at those three rodeos.

A year ago, Field finished seventh in the world standings with $241,445. He finished fourth in the aggregate at the 2018 Wrangler NFR, earning $120,423 over the 10 days in Las Vegas. He is a nine-time qualifier for the Wrangler NFR (2008-15, 2018).

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Courtesy of PRCA