International field to compete in Pala's PBR Touring Pro event Oct. 6 and 7

PALA – Fifteen of Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) current leading money winners will compete in an international field for championship points and more than $25,000 in prize money starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, and Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Pala PBR Touring Pro Division competition at the Pala rodeo grounds.

There are 70 entry slots in the field and 35 will ride each day. Bull riders from Australia, Brazil, Nicaragua, and across the United States will compete. Twenty-four riders have entered both days of the competition as they vie for points and prize money to qualify for the Built Ford Tough World Finals Oct. 24-28 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The field includes:

Saturday, Oct. 6

Barbosa, Rubens (38)*, Decatur, TX; Beck, Decatur (36)*, Moses Lake, WA; Best II, Shawn, Omak, WA; Bolton, Bonner (67)*, Odessa, TX; Bowles, Tyler, Atascadero, CA; Briscoe, Travis (49)*, Edgewood, NM; Brown, Zack (70)*, Kurtistown, HI; Cates, Reese (50)*, El Dorado, AR; Coppini, Paul, Kuna, ID; Escatera, Joe, Lindsay, CA; Farley, Jared (48)*, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia; Fraunfelder, Travis, Tucson, AZ; Johansen, Cody, Kersey, CO; Johnson, Cody (30)*, Kaufman, TX; Kingsolver, Skeeter (59)*, McLouth, KS; Lovero, Kyle, Visalia, CA; Lyons, Colton, King City, CA; Markiss, Jory(31)*, Missoula, MT; Mason, Dallee, Weiser, ID; McConnel, Joseph, Bloomfield, NM; McConnel, Ryan, Colgate, OK; Miller, Bart (73)*, Oshkosh, NE; Moorer, Josh (66)*, Oneonta, AL; Price, Matt, Norco, CA; Resende, Emilio (27)*, Santa Helena do Golas, Brazil; Richardson, Lachlan (34)*, Gresford, New South Wales, Australia; Roark, Justin, Mountain City, TN; Sartor, Nicholas, Mira Loma, CA; Sherman, Tres, Riverside, CA; Svarek, Cody, Dewey, AZ; Tesch, Cody, Los Lunas, NM; Torres Ortega, Santos, Nicaragua; Timmy Vaughn, Tonganoxie, KS; Vega, Christopher, Kerrville, TX; and Willingham, Sean (39)*, Summerville, GA.

Sunday, Oct. 7

Barbosa, Rubens (38)*, Decatur, TX; Beck, Dakota (36)*, Moses Lake, WA; Best II, Shawn, Omak, WA; Bolton, Bonner (67)*, Odessa, TX; Briscoe, Travis (49)*, Edgewood, NM; Brown, Zack (70)*, Kurtistown, HI; Cates, Reese (50)*, El Dorado, AR; Farley, Jared (48)*, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia; Hand, Montana, Wittman, AZ; Hannum, Chance, Lincoln, CA; Hough, Mike, Quail Valley, CA; Hursick, Jay, Quail Valley, CA; Johnson, Cody (30)*, Kaufman, TX; Kingsolver, Skeeter (59)*, McLouth, KS; Kolich, Jeremy, Norco, CA; Lee, Mike, Decatur, TX; Markiss, Jory (31)*, Missoula, MT; Miller, Bart (73)*, Oshkosh, NE; Moorer, Josh (66)*, Oneonta, AL; Resende, Emilio (27)*, Santa Helena do Golas, Brazil; Richardson, Lachlan (34)*, Gresford, New South Wales, Australia; Rickard, Corey, Nuevo, CA; Roark, Justin, Mountain City, TN; Sartor, Nicholas, Mira Loma, CA; Skvarek, Cody, Dewey AZ; Stueve, Tyler, Marysville, CA; Tesch, Cody, Los Lunas, NM; Torres Ortega, Santos, Nicaragua; Vaughn, Timmy, Tonganoxie, KS; Watson, Tracy, Goodyear, AZ; and Willingham, Sean (39)*, Summerville, GA.

*Current PBR money list ranking