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Jesse Bail

Events: Saddle Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, Steer Wrestling
Born: 12/28/1979 Spearfish, S.D.
Joined PRCA: 1997
PRCA Career Earnings: $1,550,653.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications:11
Current Residence: Camp Crook, SD

2009 World Standings place: 9th (AA), 12th (BR), 28th (SB)
2009 earnings: $55,214 (AA*), $75,412 (BR), $30,699 (SB) *does not include Xtreme Bulls earnings
Tour Finale titles: 2
    Winter:  2002 & 2003 (SB)
Tour Finale qualifications:  16
    Winter:  2000-03, 2006 (BR); 2002-03 (SB)
    Summer:  2001-02, 2005 (BR); 2001, 2003 (SB), 2006 (SB)
    Championship:  2003 (SB & BR), 2004 (BR)
Education:  Oklahoma Panhandle State University (Goodwell)

Professional
2009 Highlights
All-around titles
• Rodeo Austin (Texas)
• Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.)
• Silver Spur Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.)
• First Chance Bonanza (Brookings, S.D.)
• Gladewater (Texas) Roundup Rodeo
• Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
• Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.)
• Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.)
Saddle bronc riding titles
• Silver Spur Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.)
• Kansas' Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg, Kan.)
• Box Elder County Fair and Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Wash.) 
Bull riding titles
• Gladewater (Texas) Roundup Rodeo
• Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta)
• Dillon (Mont.) Jaycee Rodeo
Box Elder County Fair and Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Wash.) 
Career Highlights
• 2008: Won the all-around titles at the Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo; won the bull riding title at the NILE Pro Rodeo (Billings, Mont.). Finished 12th in all-around world standings
• 2007: Won all-around titles at the North Central Rodeo (Medford, Wisc.); the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days and the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Won saddle bronc titles at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Daines Ranch Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta); the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede;  the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo and the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, B.C.). Co-champion at the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) and the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo. Won bull riding titles at the North Central Rodeo (Medford, Wisc.); the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo and co-champion at the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo
• 2006: Tied for the 10th round saddle bronc riding  title at the Wrangler NFR with an 89-point ride on Vold Rodeo’s MF4. Won all-around and saddle bronc riding titles at the  Extreme Pro Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.). Co-champion in saddle bronc riding at the Arkansas State Fair & Rodeo (Little Rock); the Washington Parish Free Fair Rodeo (Franklinton, La.) and the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco, Texas). Won saddle bronc riding titles at the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo and the Four States Fair Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.)
• 2005: Co-champion at the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo in the saddle bronc riding and won the saddle bronc title at the Kitsap County Fair & Rodeo (Bremerton, Wash.). Won the Wrangler Tour round and average saddle bronc riding titles at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver. Broke his leg during the PRCA Xtreme Bulls competition in Guthrie, Okla., the end of January. Was out of competition until the first of August with the leg injury and elbow surgery. Won the bull riding title at the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo. Finished the year ranked 23rd in the saddle bronc riding with $42,514 and 14th in the all-around with $55,086
• 2004: Co-champion at the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.); won Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo and Bull Ridin’ Bonanza and Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); finished third in Round 3 at the Wrangler NFR with an 83.5-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s Spectacular Snuff; was co-champion saddle bronc rider at the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas); finished ninth in the all-around with $133,291, 13th in the bull riding with $93,832 and 19th in saddle bronc riding, $50,572
• 2003:  Won the first round of the Wrangler NFR bull riding with a 90-point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Dirty Water. Won saddle bronc titles at Southwestern Livestock Show and Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Winter Tour Finale (Las Vegas); the Sheridan (Wyo.) Rodeo and the Walla Walla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days. Co-champion at Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and Pendleton (Ore.) Round-up. Only contestant to qualify for the Winter Tour Finale and Tour Championships in two events. Finished the year 4th (SB), 11th (BR), 4th (AA) with $152,966, $104,336 and $196,430, respectively
• 2002: Winter series points leader in saddle bronc and bull riding (first time in Tour history for one contestant to lead two events); summer series points leader in bull riding with 55; won all-around titles at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition; the Puyallup (Wash.) Fair & Rodeo, the Jaycee Botheel Rodeo (Sikeston, Mo.); the Navajo Nation Fourth of July Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.); the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo and the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo. Won saddle bronc riding titles at the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Cup Finale (Las Vegas); the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo and the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo; co-champion saddle bronc rider at the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.). Won bull riding titles at the Puyallup (Wash.) Fair & Rodeo; the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up
• 2001: Won saddle bronc riding titles at RodeoHouston and the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up; won bull riding titles at Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa) and Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas)
• 2000: Won all-around titles at California (Salinas) Rodeo and the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; won bull riding titles at Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and RodeoHouston; runner-up in bull riding at the Copenhagen Cup Finale (Las Vegas)

Awards
Linderman Award winner, 2000-01

Amateur
College National Finals Rodeo all-around champion and the NIRA all-around champion, 2000. National High School Finals Rodeo saddle bronc riding champion,1998. National High School Finals Rodeo saddle bronc riding runner-up, 1997

Personal
5-10, 180…Single…Hobbies include ranching, riding colts…Won $33,456 during Cowboy Christmas 2002; competed in six states, two countries, traveled 17,497 miles and worked for three minutes. It still stands as the third highest earnings figure in Cowboy Christmas annals…His parents are Bunny and Wade Bail, and he has four sisters

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