PRCA for the Record: Dodge City
By Matt Naber
Instead of “getting out of Dodge,” many of the PRCA’s most competitive cowboys are heading to the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup this week in hopes of winning their share of the prize money, collecting ProRodeo Tour points and possibly setting a Dodge City record.
Since its inception in 1977, many stunning rides and runs have been made at the Dodge City Roundup – but only the best make the record book.
Steer roper Guy Allen, fittingly nicknamed “The Legend,” set Dodge City records two years in a row after being inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2000, the Texas cowboy made an 8.4-second run and returned in 2001 to clock in at 28.6 seconds on three head.
Allen is an 18-time world champion (1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1991-2001, 2003 and 2004) and qualified for every National Finals Steer Roping from 1977 through 2008 and made it back in 2016, 20 years after his induction to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
Now 60, Allen served as Grand Marshall for Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell earlier this month.
This year’s competitors have from July 31 through Aug. 4 to leave their mark by topping one of Dodge City’s best rides and runs while also collecting valuable ProRodeo Tour points.
Rodeo records
• Total payout: $333,008, 2018
• All-around: $9,944, Trevor Brazile, 2005
• Bareback riding: 91 points, Jason Jeter, 2004 (174/2, Jason Jeter, 2004; Seth Hardwick, 2018)
• Steer wrestling: 3.2 seconds, Dean Gorsuch, 2012; Bray Armes, 2013 (11.3/3, Ronnie Fields, 2003; 8.3/2, Rick Bradley, 1996)
• Team roping: 4.1 seconds, Jake Barnes/Boogie Ray, 2003 (15.2/3, Jake Cooper/Matt Garza, 2011)
• Saddle bronc riding: 93 points, Isaac Diaz, 2015 (175/2, Cody Wright, 2013)
• Tie-down roping: 6.9 seconds, Trevor Brazile, 2005 (24.4/3, Cash Myers, 2007; 16.8/2, Jerome Schneeberger, 1997)
• Barrel racing: 15.59 seconds, Lanita Powers, 1997 (48.68/3, Sheri Sinor-Estrada, 2007; 31.64/2, Kristie Peterson, 1997)
• Steer roping: 8.4 seconds, Guy Allen, 2000 (28.6/3, Guy Allen, 2001)
• Bull riding: 94 points, Clayton Foltyn, 2013 (180/2, Clayton Foltyn and Trevor Kastner, 2013)
Courtesy of PRCA