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Brandon Bates

Events: Team Roping (Heeling)
Born: 1/21/1982 Orange, Calif.
Joined PRCA: 2004
PRCA Career Earnings: $59,147.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications:0
Current Residence: Norco, Calif.

2009 World standings place: 23rd
2009 earnings: $40,330
DNCFR qualifications:   1 (2009)


Professional
2010 Highlights
partner Jake Rodriguez
Career Highlights
• 2009: (Partner Waylon McCurley) Won the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo; the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Posse Pro Rodeo (Turlock, Calif.); the Glennville (Calif.) Round-Up Rodeo; co-champion at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); won the Barstow (Calif.) Rodeo Stampede, with Jesse McNett and the Industry Hills (Calif.) Charity Pro Rodeo, with Blaine Linaweaver
• 2008: (Partner Blaine Linaweaver) Won the Dodge California Circuit Finals Rodeo (Norco); the Jurupa Community Rodeo (Riverside, Calif.) and the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.); co-champion at the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo. Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo (Montgomery, Ala.), with Miles Kobold

Personal
6-3, 195…Wife Erin (married 2009) trains barrel horses; daughter Madison…Works as a horse trainer when not out on the road competing…Father Ben was a two-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier (1968, 1970) as a steer wrestler who works as a movie stuntman, and mother Belinda trains barrel horses; has three siblings, Bliss, Eddy and Ben…Primary competition horse is 20-year-old Dunny…Rodeo idols are his dad and Clay O’Brien Cooper…Favorite movie is Lonesome Dove…Favorite rodeos are the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo and California Rodeo Salinas…Enjoys fishing, riding young horses and watching professional sports; his favorite teams are the Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Lakers…Graduated from Norco (Calif.) High School in 2000, where he participated in baseball, basketball and football

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