RENO, NEV., June 21, 2011 --- The championship spurs awarded to each of the event winners and the all-around champion at the Reno Rodeo are some of the most coveted awards in rodeo.

Todd Suhn, from Hermosa, S.D., knows just what it means to win the Wildest Richest Rodeo in the West. He has two sets of spurs for winning the steer wrestling here in 2005 and 2007. Suhn, who has qualified for 12 Wrangler National Finals Rodeos (NFR) and is currently fourth in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) World Standings.

“You never get tired of winning,” Suhn said. “I haven’t won a dime here the last three years, but it hasn’t kept me from coming back. The steers are all fresh and everybody has the same opportunity. It just worked out for me.”

Other former champions that did well here on Tuesday night were Jesse Bail in the saddle bronc riding, Joseph Parsons in the tie-down roping, Rhen Richard in team roping and Linda Vick in the women’s barrel race.

Bail, from Camp Crook, S.D., won the saddle bronc riding here in 2002. He had the high-marked ride of the night at 80 points on Western Rodeo’s horse named Big City. That’s setting fourth in the first round. He has his second round horse here on Wednesday and if he does well again will be here Saturday night for the finals.

Joseph Parsons, from Marana, Ariz., was last year’s tie-down roping winner and took a big lead in the over-all standings on Tuesday. He had times of 9.3 and 8.5 seconds to give him a total of 17.8 seconds on two head. This is a full second ahead of Shane Hanchey from Sulphur, La.

Rhen Richard was making a run for the PRCA Team Roping Rookie of the Year award in 2008 when he won the Reno Rodeo. He got Nick Sartain from Yukon, Okla., to come do the heading and it was the beginning of a trend that helped Richard obtain his goal. This year he is heeling for his brother Kaden. The Roosevelt, Utah residents moved into seventh in the over-all standings and will be anxiously waiting to see if they remain in the top 12 and qualify for the finals.

In the barrel race it was Linda Vick from Hesperia, Calif., that took the victory lap and the rodeo by storm. Vick has the fastest time of the rodeo at 17.01 seconds. That’s in the lead in the second round. She won this rodeo in 2005 en route to a NFR qualification. Vick is tied for sixth in the over-all standings.

The sixth performance of the 10-day Reno Rodeo begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The rodeo is streaming live on LoadedTV.com

Tickets range from $12 to $25 and are available at www.renorodeo.com or by calling 800-225-2277. For more information, please call 775-329-3877.

RENO, NEV., June 21, 2011 --- Following are results from the fifth performance of the Reno Rodeo:

Bareback Riding: 1, Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 81 points on Western Rodeo’s Lone Wolf. 2 (tie), J.R. Vezain, Cowley, Wyo., and Caleb Bennett, Morgan, Utah, 78. 4, Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 77. 5, Justin Foltyn, El Campo, Texas, 74. 6, Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta, 72.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., 4.3 seconds. 2, Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, 5.2. 3, Justin Davis, Bartonville, Texas, 5.6. 4, Payden McIntyre, Douglas, Wyo., 5.7. 5, Dean Stermer, McKinney, Texas, 8.0. 6, Seth Morgan, Azle, Texas, 18.2.

Team Roping: 1, Kaden and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 5.9 seconds. 2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 6.1. 3, Jake Stanley, Hermiston, Ore., and Austin Adams, Logandale, Nev., 6.8. 4, Justin wood, Clovis, Calif., and Cord Forzano, Kerman, Calif., 10.3.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 80 points on Western Rodeo’s Big City. 2 (tie) Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo., and Justin Berg, Marwayne, Alberta, 78. 4 (tie), Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., and Cody Martin, Eagle, Colo., 77. 6 (tie), Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., and Troy Crowser, Whitewood, S.D., 75.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 17.8 seconds. 2, Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas, 9.4. 3, Trevor Thiel, Greeley, Colo., 9.7. 4, Cody Owens, Rankin, Texas, 10.6. 5, Seth Childers, Cameron, Texas, 11.6. 6, Justin Macha, Needville, Texas, 19,3,

Barrel Racing: 1, Linda Vick, Hesperia, Calif., 17.01. 2, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 17.06. 3, Stacy Hapton, Chowchilla, Calif., 17.07. 4, Jana Kent-Isaac, White Swan, Wash., 17.51. 5, Ashley Leifeste, Willow City, Texas, 22.35. 6, Barbara Merrill, Axtell, Utah, 22.51.

Bull Riding: (one ride) 1, John Jacobs, Timber Lake, S.D., 83 points on Western Rodeo’s Cream Puff.
RENO, NEV., June 21, 2011 --- The following are leaders after the fifth performance at the Reno Rodeo.

Bareback Riding (First Round): 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 86 points on Big Bend Rodeo’s Distant Fire. 2, Kaycee Field, Payson, Utah, 83. 3, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82. 4, Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 81. 5, (tie) Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., and Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta, 80 each. (Second Round): 1, Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, 83 points on Flying U Rodeo’s Short Bar. 2, Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 82. 3 (tie), Logan Hodson, Telkwa, B.C., and Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 80. 5 (tie), Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, and Jared Smith, Cross Plains, Texas, 79. (Total on Two): 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 166. 2, Bobby Mote, Redmond, Ore., 162. 3, Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah, 161. 4, Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 160. 5, Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta, 158. 6, Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., 157. 7, Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, 153. 8, Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, 152.

Steer Wrestling: (First Round): 1, Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., 3.9 seconds. 2, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 4.0. 3, Kade Lingemann, Parkston, S.D., 4.7. 4, Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, 4.8. 5, (tie) Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, and Ross Eickhoff, Grass Range, Mont., 5.0 each. (Second Round): 1, Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 3.3 seconds. 2, Jabe Anderson III, Dillon, Mont., 3.6. 3, Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 3.8. 4/5 (tie), Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., and Rhett Kennedy, Chowchilla, Calif., 4.2 seconds each. 6 (tie), Darrell Petry, Beaumont, Texas; Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla.; Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho; Cole Edge, Durant, Okla.; and Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D.; 4.3. (Total on Two): 1, Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D., 8.2. 2, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 9.3. 3, Tommy Cook, McAlester, Okla., 9.7. 4 (tie), Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, and Cole Edge, Durant, Okla., 9.9 each. 5, Justin Davis, Bartonville, Texas, 11.2. 6, Casey Martin, Sulphur, La., 11.4. 7, Mickey Gee, Wichita Falls, Texas, 11.6. 8, Jake Hannum, Plain City, Utah, 12.7.

Team Roping: (First Round): 1 (tie); Myles Coats, San Angelo, Texas and Kipp Harrell, Wall, Texas; Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn., and Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev.; and Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz.; 5.3 seconds each. 4 (tie); Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas; and Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., and Travis Graves, Jay, Okla.; 5.5. 6, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 5.6. (Second Round): 1, David Key, Caldwell, Texas, and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 4.3 seconds. 2, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 5.0. 3, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 5.6. 4, Kaden and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 5.9. 5, Blaine Linaweaver, Irvine, Calif., and Justin Davis, Cottonwood, Calif., 6.0. 6 (tie), Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas; Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore.; and Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 6.1. (Total on Two): 1, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Walt Woodard, Stephenville, Texas, 11.3. 2, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., and Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 11.4. 3, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., and Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 11.6. 4, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 11.7. 5, Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., 11.9. 6, Kelly Barker, Central Point, Ore., and Tyler Getzwiller, Scottsdale, Ariz., 12.0. 7, Kaden and Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, 12.3. 8, Caleb Mitchell, Pollok, Texas and Monty Joe Petska, Turlock, Calif., 12.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (First Round): 1, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 89 points on Big Bend Rodeo’s Kool Toddy. 2, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 86. 3, Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, 81. 4,Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 80. 4, Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., 79. 5 (tie), Chet Johnson, Gillette, Wyo., and Justin Berg, Marwayne, Alberta, 78. (Second Round): 1 (tie), Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., on Flying U Rodeo’s Last Call and Tyrell Smith, Great Falls, Mont., Flying Five Rodeo’s Spring Blues, 86 each. 3, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 78. 4 (tie), Isaac Diaz, Davie, Fla.; and Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D.; 77 each. 6, (tie) Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, and Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 76. (Total on Two): 1, Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah, 167. 2, Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 162. 3 (tie), Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., and Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., 156 each. 5, Jake Wright, Hurricane, Utah, 154. 6, Isaac Diaz, Davie, Fla., 152. 7, Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont., 148. 8, Ty Aatchison, Jackson, Mo., 154.

Tie-Down Roping (First Round): 1, Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif., 7.9 seconds. 2, Hunter Herrin, apache, Okla., 8.6. 3, Seth Hall, Albuquerque, N.M., 9.1. 4, Jeremiah Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 9.5. 5, (tie) Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas, and Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas, 9.7. (Second Round): 1, (tie) Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, and Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 8.1 each. 3, (tie) Tyson Durfey, Colbert, Wash., and Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas, 8.2 each. 5, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 8.4. 6 (tie), Michael Otero, Lowndesboro, Ala., and Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 8.5. (Total on Two): 1, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 17.8. 2, Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La., 18.8. 3, Ace Sloan, Cuero, Texas, 19.4. 4, Cimarron Boardman, Stephenville, Texas, 19.5. 5, Cody Owens, Rankin, Texas, 19.9. 6, Jeremiah Peek, Pueblo, Colo., 20.0. 7 (tie), Jud Nowotny, La Vernia, Texas, and Houston Hutto, Tomball, Texas, 20.2.

Barrel Racing: (First Round): 1, Rylee McKenzie, St. Paul, Alberta, 17.23 seconds. 2, Sherrylynn Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 17.30. 3 (tie), Kelli Tolbert, Hooper, Utah, and Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 17.31. 5 (tie), Sheena Robbins, Fresno, Calif., and Sammi Bessert, Loma, Colo., 17.39 each. (Second Round): 1, Linda Vick, Hesperia, Calif., 17.01. 2, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 17.04. 3, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 17.06. 4 (tie) Brenda Mays, Terabonne, Ore., and Stacy Hampton, Chowchilla, Calif., 17.07. 6, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 17.13. (Total on Two): 1, Jill Moody, Letcher, S.D., 34.37. 2, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 34.44. 3, Christina Richman, Glendora, Calif., 34.52. 4, Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 34.65. 5, Rylee McKenzie, St. Paul, Alberta, 34.66. 6 (tie), Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., and Linda Vick, Hesperia, Calif., 34.67. 8, Stacy Hampton, Chowchilla, Calif., 34.70. .

Bull Riding (First Round): 1 (tie), Craig Begay, Rough Rock, Ariz., on Big Bend rodeo’s Bear Tracks, and Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, on Flying Five Rodeo’s Unreliable, 85 points each. 3 (tie), Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, and John Jacobs, Timber Lake, S.D., 83. 5, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 76. 6, Deniz Akman, Las Vegas, Nev., 71. 7, Jacob O’Mara, Prairieville, La., 70.