RENO, Nev.—June 21, 2010 – Rusty Allen has had a very successful saddle bronc riding career having qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo five times.

The talented athlete is looking for a sixth having just missed being among the top 15 in the world standings in 2009. And while he is currently ranked 34th in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world standings, he might have just changed everything at the fourth performance of the Reno Rodeo.

Allen matched up with the reigning world champion saddle bronc horse, Spring Planting of the Flying Five Rodeo Company, for an outstanding 88-point effort. Combined with his ride here on Sunday night, he now has command of the over-all standings with a total of 167 points.

“There’s nothing better than coming to Reno and have that kind of horse drawn and to have it work out,” Allen said. “Every jump you’re on the edge. You never feel like you’re in control.”

Having control of the standings now should earn him a trip back here for Saturday night’s final round. Allen has yet to win a set of championship spurs from the Reno Rodeo and with the big paychecks available, it could improve his position in the standings significantly.

The top of the leaderboard in bareback riding was packed with 82-point rides at the Reno Rodeo on Monday night. The five contestants are part of a six-man tie for first place in the second round. Ethan McNeill from Grantsville, Utah, Matt Bright from Azle, Texas, Jared Keylon from Fort Scott, Kan., Joe Gunderson from Agar, S.D.., and Jessy Davis from Payson, Utah, are all hoping to get a check.

Bright and Gunderson are now tied for second place in the over-all standings with 159. Dusty LaValley from Bezanson, Alberta leads with 163.

In the women’s barrel racing, Jolene Stewart, from Springer, Okla., took the lead in the over-all standings after winning the first round and having the fast time of the rodeo Monday. She took her horse J.L. Dash to Heaven around the pattern in 17.15 seconds, just off of her previous time of 17.14. Stewart is training the horse for Jud Little Ranches and has primarily just competed at futurities. This is the first big rodeo the duo has competed at. .

The fourth performance of the “Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West” begins at 7 p.m. Monday. 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, 2010 --- Following are results after the fourth performance of the Reno Rodeo.
Bareback Riding: 1 (tie), Ethan McNeill, Grantsville, Utah; Matt Bright, Azle, Texas; Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.; Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., and Jessy David, Payson, Utah, 82 points.

Steer Wrestling: 1, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 4.2 seconds. 2, (tie) Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., and Darrell Petry, Beaumont, Texas, 4.3. 4, Zane Hankel, Red Cliff, Alberta, 4.5.

Team Roping: 1, Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, 5.7 seconds. 2, Justin Davis, Madisonville, Texas, and Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas, 6.0. 3, L.D. Gill, Madera, Calif., and Ron Rogers, Bakersfield, Calif., 6.6. 4, Scooter Nolen, Jr., Collinsville, Texas, and Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 8.4.

Saddle Bronc Riding: 1, Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 88 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Spring Planting. 2, (tie), Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., and Jace Garrett, Alliance, Neb., 83. 4, Ty Atchison, Jackson, Mo., 81.

Tie-Down Roping: 1, Nate Baldwin, Blackfoot, Idaho, 8.7 seconds. 2, Murray Pole, Erskine, Ablerta, 10.6. 3, Mike Arnold, Huntsville, Texas, 11.1. 4, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, 14.0.

Barrel Racing: 1, Jolene Stewart, Springer, Okla., 17.15. 2, Marguerite Happy, Saugus, Calif., 17.32. 3, Linda Vick, Hesperia, Calif., 17.35. 4, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, 17.79.

Bull Riding : (three rides) 1, Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 82 points on Big Bend Rodeo’s McNasty. 2, Jordan Hooton, Daingerfield, Texas, 68. 3, Garrett Vig, Newell, S.D., 55.

The following are current leaders –

Bareback Riding : (first round) 1, Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta, 83 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Wind Chimes. 2/3 (tie), Bo Casper, Fort Scott, Kan., and Eric Swenson, Denison, Texas, 81 points each. 4, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 80. 5, Dave Worsfold, Queensland, Australia, 79. 6/7 (tie), Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, 78 points each. (second round) 1-6: Heath Ford, Elkhart, Texas; Ethan McNeil, Grantsvile, Utah; Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan.; Matt Bright, Azle, Texas; Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D.; and Jessy Davis, Payson, Utah, 82 points. 7, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, 81. 8, (tie), Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 80 points each.. (total on two) 1, Dusty LaValley, Bezanson, Alberta, 162. 2, (tie) Matt Bright, Azle, Texas, and Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D.,159. 4, Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 158. 5, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 157. 6, Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 156. 7 (tie), Eric Swenson, Denison, Texas, Heath Ford, Elkhart, Texas, and Cody DeMers, Kimberly, Idaho, 155 points each.

Steer Wrestling: (first round) 1, Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 3.9. 2, Gabe LeDoux, Kaplan, La., 4.1. 3, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 4.3. 4, Andy Weldon, Greenleaf, Idaho, 4.5. 5, Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas, 4.6. 6, Cole Edge, Durant, Okla., 4.8. (second round) 1, Gabe LeDoux, Kaplan, La., 3.7 seconds. 2, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 3.9. 3, Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 4.0. 4 (tie), Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., and Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, 4.2. 6 (tie), Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore.; Ben Goodman, Beaumont, Texas; Jule Hazen, Ashland, Kan., and Darrell Petry, Beaumont, Texas; 4.3. (total on two) 1, Gabe LeDoux, Kaplan, La., 7.8. 2, Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 7.9. 3, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 8.2. 4, (tie) Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo., and Andy Weldon, Greenleaf, Idaho, 9.0 seconds each. 6, Matt Reeves, Pampa, Texas, 9.1.

Team Roping: (first round) 1, Colby Siddoway, Hooper, Utah, and Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D., 5.3. 2, Pace Freed, Pocatello, Idaho and Jason Werner, Chubbock, Idaho, 5.5. 3, Kaleb Driggers, Albany, Ga., and Cody Doescher, Oklahoma City, Okla., 5.7. 4, Caleb Mitchell, Pollok, Texas, and Casey Chamberlain, Colorado City, Texas, 5.8. 5, (tie) Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore., and Russell Cardoza, Farmington, N.M.; Justin Davis, Madisonville, Texas, and Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas; and Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas; 5.9. (second round) 1, Matt Sherwood, Pima, Ariz., and Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 5.3. 2, Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore., and Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 5.4. 3, Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas and Martin Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, 5.7. 4, Justin Parish, Mineral Wells, Texas, and Trey Johnson, Midland, Texas, 5.9. 5, (tie) Chad Masters, Justin Dvais, Madisonville, Texas, and Cole Davison, Madisonville, Texas, 6.0. (total on two) 1, Brown and Lucero, 11.6. 2, Davis and Davison, 11.9. 3, Masters and Corkill, 12.0. 4, Parish and Johnson, 12.2. 5, Crawford and Cardoza, 12.3. 6, (tie) Justin Yost, Hico, Texas, and Kyle Crick, Lipan, Texas; and Driggers,and Doescher,12.8.

Saddle Bronc Riding: (first round) 1, Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La., 85 points on Rosser Rodeo’s Flood Light. 2/3 (tie), Anthony Bello, Kamas, Utah and Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D., 81 points each. 4, Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 79. 5, Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., 77. 6, Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 74. (second round) 1, Rusty Allen, Eagle Mountain, Utah, 88 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Spring Planting. 2, (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., and Jace Garrett, Alliance, Neb., 83. 4, Ty Atchison, Jackson, Mo., 81. 5, Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 80. 6, Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 79. (total on two) 1, Allen, 167. 2, Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., 156. 3, Justin Arnold, Santa Margarita, Calif., 154. 4, Joe Heguy, Elko, Nev., 148.

Tie-Down Roping: (first round) 1, Scot Meeks, Wills Point, Texas, 9.0. 2, Joe Parsons, Marana, Texas, 9.3. 3/4/5, Seth Hopper, Stanfield, Ore., Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif., and Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas, 9.4 seconds each. 6, Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M., 10.3. (second round) 1, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 7.5 seconds. 2, Bradley Bynum, Sterling City, Texas, 7.6. 3, Trent Creager, Stillwater, Okla., 8.3. 4, Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M., 8.4 seconds. 5, Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev., 9.1. 6, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 9.5.
(total on two) 1, Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M., 18.7 seconds on two. 2, Joseph Parsons, Marana, Ariz., 18.8. 3, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 20.9. 4, Austin Adams, Logandale, Nev., 21.1. 5, Jack Vanderlans, Temecula, Calif., 21.8. 6, Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta, 24.3.

Barrel Racing: (second round) 1, Brenda Mays, Terrebonne, Ore., 16.95 seconds. 2, Jolene Stewart, Springer, Okla., 17.15. 3, Kyna Johnson, Middleton, Idaho, 17.16. 4, Marcie Jarvis, Spanish Fork, Utah, 17.18. 5, (tie) Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, and Jody Sheffield, South Weber, Utah, 17.20 seconds each. 7, Kelli Tolbert, Beaumont, Calif., 17.22. (total on two) 1, Stewart, 34.29. 2, Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta, 34.56. 3, (tie) Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., and Nellie Williams, Cottonwood, Calif., 34.66. 5, Mays, 34.69. 6, Carmen Creekbaum, Carson City, Nev., 34.78.

Bull Riding: (first round) 1, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, 90 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s #689. 2/3 (tie), Ben McPherson, Nephi, Utah, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 83 points each. 4, Corey Maier, Timber Lake, S.D., 82. 5, Rankin Lindsay, Hillsboro, N.M., 81. 6, Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla., 80.