PRCA Weekly Recap: Dustin Boquet Stays in Top 15 With 92-Point Ride
The past three weeks have been anything but easy for veteran bull rider Dustin Boquet. The two-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier (2018, 2020) went through a stretch of being bucked off 10 straight bulls.
But his luck changed over the weekend in Spanish Fork, Utah, with the highest bull riding score of the week of July 19-25.
The Bourg, La., cowboy, put together the highest-scored ride of his nine-year ProRodeo career at the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo, going for 92 points on Frontier Rodeo’s Glory Days. It was the first time that bull had been ridden this season.
“I knew Jordan Hansen got on him at the Xtreme Bulls there, so I knew guys were familiar with him,” Boquet said. “I just kind of went at him, I didn’t go watch a video of him, I didn’t go look him up, I just took their word and went with it. They had said you could be 88 on him and the next thing I know I’m 92 on him. He was a really good bull.”
The win in Spanish Fork earned him $8,347, which bumped him up to 10th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $58,727. It provided a much-needed confidence boost for the 27-year-old headed into the “Daddy of ’em All,” Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.
“It’s given me a lot of confidence; it was taking a toll on me not staying on anything for a while,” Boquet said. “I kept my faith strong; I knew I could do it, I just didn’t know when it was going to turn around and I’m thankful that it turned around at Spanish Fork right before Cheyenne.”
Boquet is scheduled to ride in the third performance at Cheyenne Frontier Days July 26. The rodeo is being broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and streamed on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App through Aug. 1.
Below are the other top times and rides for the week of July 19-25.
Two cowboys tied for the highest-scored bareback ride of the week. Jess Pope went for 89.5-points on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire July 24, while Garrett Shadbolt put up the same score on Frontier Rodeo’s Short Night July 21. Both rides were at Spanish Fork.
Ty Erickson not only had the fastest steer wrestling time of the week, but the fastest time this season in the PRCA. He clocked a 3.0-second run at the Fiesta Days Rodeo July 24.
Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan put together the fastest team roping time of the week. The duo connected for a 3.5-second run at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, July 24.
Riggin Smith and Lefty Holman tied for the highest-scored saddle bronc ride of the week. Smith went for 90.5 points on Korkow Rodeos’ Onion Ring at Odgen (Utah) Pioneer Days July 22, while Holman scored 90.5 on C5 Rodeo’s Virgil in Spanish Fork July 23.
Shad Mayfield put up the fastest tie-down roping time of the week once again. The reigning world champ had a 7.1-second run at the Snake River Stampede on July 23 a week after going for 6.5 in Calgary.
Taylor Hanchey and McKenna Hickson finished with identical 2.1-second runs for the fastest breakaway roping times of the week. Hickson accomplished hers at the Plentywood Breakaway Roping July 23, while Hanchey’s top run came at the Mesquite (Texas) Breakaway Roping July 24.
Nicole Love had the fastest barrel racing time of the week. She clocked a 14.31-second run at the Neshoba County Fair & Rodeo in Philadelphia, Miss., July 24.
Blake Deckard put together the fastest steer roping run of the week July 22. He was clocked in 11.9 seconds at Cheyenne.
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