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Saddle Bronc Rider Logan Hay Suffers Injury in Redding, Calif.

Things didn’t go according to plan for Wrangler National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc rider Logan Hay Thursday night at the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo.

Hay was aboard Brookman Rodeo’s Lonesome Joy Ride, and he was bucked off before the eight-second whistle and that’s when his problems began.

“I got some X-rays last night and I’m going for surgery today (May 19) in Redding,” said Hay, 26. “I have a broken bone in my right arm (free arm) and my triceps is pulling it up. I don’t know if there’s anything wrong with the muscles, but the ulna bone is broke off.

“The horse hit me in the head and then on my (right arm). I have a concussion as well, but my arm is the worst of it. My saddle also fell and hit me in the arm and then he (the horse) hit me in the head.”

Hay, who was getting aboard Lonesome Joy Ride for the first time, is 17th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $37,111.

“Hopefully I will not be out too long,” Hay said. “I will know more after the surgery. This (injuries) just come with rodeoing. Last year I had surgery on my (left) ankle after I broke it in Mercedes, Texas, in March, and I still ended third in the world. This is just something that comes with it, and it is unfortunate.”

Hay made his Wrangler NFR debut in 2022, finishing third in the world standings with $339,401. He earned $199,960 at the NFR in Vegas, placing in six rounds and winning Rounds 5, 6 and 7. He finished second in the NFR average with 863 points on 10 head.

Hay is the older brother of saddle bronc rider Dawson Hay, a three-time NFR qualifier (2019, 2021-22), and son of saddle bronc rider Rod Hay, who qualified 20 times for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (1989-90, 1992-2008, 2010).

Courtesy of PRCA

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