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Saddle bronc rider Jesse Kruse, of Great Falls, Mont., won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo by scoring an arena record of 91 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Kool Toddy in the finals on Sept. 7. Kruse broke the previous record of 89 points set by South Dakota’s Jesse Bail in 2007.

ELENSBURG, Wash. – It is not too difficult to imagine the possible newspaper headlines – “Kruse Control” or maybe just “Krusin.”

Jesse Kruse took over the spotlight at the finale of the Wrangler Million Dollar Tour presented by Justin Boots Sept. 7 by matching up with one of the sport’s great saddle bronc horses and producing an arena record 91-point ride at the Ellensburg Rodeo.

Kruse’s effort on Flying Five Rodeo’s Kool Toddy also lifted him to the average title and weekend earnings of $4,327 in what has been a career year for the Great Falls, Mont., cowboy.

“It feels great,” Kruse said. “I can’t ask for much more. I got on a great horse, and I was able to get a little revenge on her. I had her at the Dodge (National Circuit) Finals (Rodeo in April in Pocatello, Idaho) and got bucked off.”

Kruse was ready this time, breaking the previous arena record of 89 points set by South Dakota’s Jesse Bail in 2007. Kruse finished with a total of 176 points on two head, giving him a nice surge of momentum heading toward the Justin Boots Playoffs in Puyallup, Wash., Sept. 11-13, and the Justin Boots Championships in Omaha, Neb., Sept. 24-26.

And heading into the postseason, few cowboys have been as hot as Kruse. The 23-year-old holds the No. 1 spot in the PRCA World Standings and is third in the Tour standings. He has finished first at more than 15 rodeos and has won more than $120,000 this year. He is poised to win more cash en route to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December.

Kruse demonstrated his athletic form and quick feet spurring on Kool Toddy and was doubly rewarded. Along with prize money, Kruse and Flying Five Rodeo Company each were awarded a $3,000 bonus from the rodeo committee for the arena record.

“I have just gotten more consistent this year,” Kruse said. “(Saddle bronc rider and travel partner) Jake Hayworth is doing my entries for me this year, and he is getting me to where I need to be.”

Other top talents, along with Kruse, demonstrated that they are at the top of their game during crunch time of the ProRodeo season.

The steer wrestling was loaded with world-class cowboys, including 2005 World Champion Lee Graves who was the lone competitor to post a sub-four-second time in the finals with a 3.8-second mark. The Calgary, Alberta, cowboy won the average with a time 12.7 seconds on three head. He prevented an Ellensburg repeat for Luke Branquinho, the reigning and two-time world champion, who finished second.

“Luke and I were tied going in there (to the finals),” Graves said. “When you’re with company like that, you know you’re doing pretty well.”

While Graves is safely among the leaders in the standings, bareback rider Matt Bright was among the cowboys who really needed a lift with the regular season winding down. Bright, from Azle, Texas, is outside the top 20 in both standings. He shined with an 87-point ride in the finals to win the average with a score of 173 points on two head. Steven Dent, back to competition after a knee injury, had the highest-scored ride in the finals. The Mullen, Neb., cowboy scored 88 points on five-time and reigning U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Bareback Riding Horse of the Year Grated Coconut of the Calgary Stampede string.

All-around hand Clint Robinson clinched the tie-down roping title with a 9.0-second run in the finals. The Spanish Fork, Utah, cowboy finished with a time of 27.3 seconds on three head, and the prize money won should help him narrow the gap on world standings leader Trevor Brazile. Robinson is third behind Brazile and Ryan Watkins.

In other events, Texas cowgirl Jordon Peterson – the daughter of four-time World Champion Kristie Peterson – locked up the Ellensburg barrel racing title with a 17.42-second run in the finals. The duo of Garrett Tonozzi of Fruita, Colo., and Ryan Motes of Weatherford, Texas, were the team roping champions with a 6.3-second run in the finals and an average time of 17.2 seconds on three head. Tonozzi and Motes should make a considerable rise in both standings. The cowboys were both outside the top 20 in both standings coming into the weekend. Meanwhile, bull rider Corey Navarre further solidified his top-five spot in the standings with a win in Ellensburg. The Weatherford, Okla., cowboy scored 90 points on Corey & Horst’s Due North in the finals and finished with 176 points on two head.

Ellensburg, Wash.: Ellensburg Rodeo, Sept. 4-7

All-around cowboy: Trevor Brazile, $5,413, tie-down roping, team roping and steer roping.
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Matt Bright, 86 points on Calgary Stampede’s Licorice Baby, $3,668; 2. Tilden Hooper, 85, $2,812; 3. Ryan Gray, 84, $2,078; 4. Zac Compton, 83, $1,345; 5. (tie) Joe Gunderson and Josi Young, 82, $734 each; 7. Steven Dent, 81, $487; 8. (tie) Justin McDaniel and Kaycee Field, 80, $183 each. Finals: 1. Steven Dent, 88 points on Calgary Stampede’s Grated Coconut, $1,650; 2. Matt Bright, 87, $1,250; 3. Will Lowe, 84, $900; 4. (tie) Zac Compton and Ryan Gray, 83, $475 each; 6. (tie) Justin McDaniel, Bobby Mote and Josi Young, 81, $83 each. Average: 1. Matt Bright, 173 points on two head, $3,668 2. Steven Dent, 169, $2,812; 3. Ryan Gray, 167, $2,078; 4. Zac Compton, 166, $1,345; 5. (tie) Will Lowe and Josi Young, 163, $734 each; 7. Justin McDaniel, 161, $489; 8. (tie) Bobby Mote and Joe Gunderson, 160, $183 each.
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Jon Ragatz, 3.7 seconds, $2,490; 2. Luke Branquinho, 3.9, $2,165; 3. Clayton Morrison, 4.0, $1,840; 4. Tommy Cook, 4.3, $1,515; 5. Rod Paschke, 4.4, $1,191; 6. Lee Graves, 4.5, $866; 7. (tie) Hunter Cure, Wade Sumpter and Dean Gorsuch, 4.7, $253. Second round: 1. Cody Cassidy, 4.0 seconds, $2,490; 2. Gade Ledoux, 4.1, $2,165; 3. (tie) Curt La Duke and Michael Reger, 4.2, $1,678 each; 5. (tie) Trevor Knowles, Alex Robinson and B.J. Taruscio, 4.3, $866 each; 8. (tie) Lee Graves, Matt Reeves and Ethan Thouvenell, 4.4, $72 each. Finals: 1. Lee Graves, 3.8 seconds, $1,059; 2. Luke Branquinho, 4.1, $876; 3. Kyle Hughes, 4.3, $794; 4. Ronnie Fields, 4.6, $511; 5. Joey Bell Jr., 5.1, $329; 6. Cody Cassidy, 5.2, $183. Average: 1. Lee Graves, 12.7 seconds on three head, $3,735; 2. Luke Branquinho, 13.0, $3,248; 3. Ronnie Fields, 14.4, $2,760; 4. Cody Cassidy, 15.0, $2,273; 5. Joey Bell, Jr., 15.1, $1,786; 6. Kyle Hughes, 15.2, $1,299; 7. Clayton Morrison, 15.6, $812; 8. Blake Knowles, 19.3, $325.
Team roping: First round: 1. (tie) Garrett Tonozzi/Ryan Motes and David Motes/Travis Woodard, 5.4 seconds, $2,362 each; 3. Charly Crawford/Russell Cardoza, 5.5, $1,868; 4. Joel Bach/Allen Bach, 5.6, $1,538; 5. (tie) Riley Minor/ Brady Minor and Mike Fuller/Shawn Brown, 6.1, $1,044 each; 7. Jason Minor/Taylor White, 6.2, $549; 8. (tie) Steve Purcella/Jhett Johnson and Derrick Begay/Cesar de la Cruz, $110 each. Second round: 1. Ty Blasingame/Cody Hintz, 4.7 seconds, $2,527 each; 2. Justin Yost/Britt Bockius, 4.9, $2,198; 3. Turtle Powell/Travis Graves, 5.2, $1,868; 4. Waylon McCurley/Brandon Bates, 5.3, $1,538; 5. Garrett Tonozzi/Ryan Motes, 5.5, $1,209; 6. Jake Stanley/Justin Davis, 5.6, $879; 7. Derrick Begay/Cesar de la Cruz, 6.0, $549; 8. Mel Coleman/Casey Smith, 6.2, $220. Finals: 1. Kelsey Parchman/J.W. Borrego, 6.0 seconds, $1,100 each; 2. Garrett Tonozzi/Ryan Motes, 6.3, $825; 3. Jake Stanley/Justin Davis, 6.5, $550; 4. (tie) Joel Bach/Allen Bach and Steve Purcella/Jhett Johnson, 6.6, $138 each. Average: 1. Garrett Tonozzi/Ryan Motes, 17.2 seconds on three head, $3,791 each; 2. Jake Stanley/Justin Davis, 19.7, $3,296; 3. Joel Bach/Allen Bach, 19.9, $2,802; 4. Steve Purcella/Jhett Johnson, 20.5, $2,307; 5. Kelsey Parchman/J.W. Borrego, 21.6, $1,813; 6. Tyler Smith/Andy Carlson, 25.9, $1,319; 7. (tie) Jason Minor/Taylor White and Charly Crawford/Russell Cardoza, 26.8, $577 each.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Dustin Flundra, 87 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Blue Blazes, $3,127; 2. Shaun Stroh, 86, $2,397; 3. Jesse Kruse, 85, $1,772; 4. Cody Wright, 84, $1,146; 5. Ryan MacKenzie, 83, $730; 6. (tie) Louie Bronson, Rod Hay, Sam Spreadborough, Cody Taton and Chad Ferley, 82, $250 each. Finals: 1. Jesse Kruse, 91 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Kool Toddy (new arena record), $1,200; 2. Rod Hay, 89, $900; 3. Dustin Flundra, 87, $600; 4. Sam Spreadborough, 86, $300. Average: 1. Jesse Kruse, 176 points on two head, $3,127; 2. Dustin Flundra, 174, $2,397; 3. (tie) Rod Hay and Shaun Stroh, 171, $1,459 each; 5. Sam Spreadborough, 168, $730; 6. Louie Brunson, 166, $521; 7. Ryan MacKenzie, 165, $417; 8. Justin Arnold, 164, $313.
Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Clint Cooper, 8.1 seconds, $2,592; 2. Trevor Brazile, 8.3, $2,254; 3. Justin Maass, 8.5, $1,916; 4. Clif Cooper, 8.6, $1,578; 5. Tuf Cooper, 8.9, 1,240; 6. Cole Bailey, 9.0, $902; 7. Clint Robinson, 9.1, $563; 8. (tie) Murray Pole and Seth Childers, 9.2, $113 each. Second round: 1. Fred Whitfield, 7.4 seconds, $$2,592; 2. Cody Ohl, 8.1, $2,254; 3. Ryan Watkins, 8.2, $1,916; 4. Shane Hanchey. 8.4, $1,578; 5. Shank Edwards, 8.6, $1,240; 6. Sterling Smith, 8.8, $902; 7. Cimarron Boardman, 8.9, $563; 8. Blair Burk, 9.0, $225. Finals: 1. (tie) Trevor Brazile and Ryan Jarrett, 8.6 seconds, $1,047 each; 3. (tie) Cimarron Boardman, Kody Curry and Clint Robinson, 9.0, $553 each; 6. Hunter Herrin, 9.6, $198. Average: 1. Clint Robinson, 27.3 seconds on three head, $3,888; 2. Ryan Jarrett, 27.4, $3,381; 3. Cimarron Boardman, 27.5, $2,874; 4. (tie) Trevor Brazile and Kody Curry, 28.6, $2,113 each; 6. Blair Burk, 28.9, $1,352; 7. Hunter Herrin, 29.0, $845; 8. Murray Pole, 30.2, $338.
Barrel racing: First round: 1. Rachael Ross, 17.37 seconds, $2,070; 2. Jordon Peterson, 17.41, $1,774; 3. Sue Smith, 17.43, $1,479; 4. Lindsay Sears, 17.52, $1,282; 5. (tie) Serena Mote and Brittany Pharr, 17.57, $887 each; 7. Sabra O’Quinn, 17.65, $591; 8. Lisa Lockart, 17.68, $394; 9. (tie) Kathy Grimes and Andrea Bruch, 17.69, $246 each. Second round: 1. Natalie Deking, 17.39 seconds, $2,070; 2. Sheena Robbins, 17.45, $1,774; 3. Deb Renger, 17.59, $1,479; 4. Kelli Tolbert, 17.63, $1,282; 5. Judi MacDonald, 17.68, $986; 6. Brenda Mays, 17.69, $789; 7. Benette Barrington, 17.70, $591; 8. Kim Kammenzind, 17.73,$394; 9. (tie) Rachael Myllymaki and Kathy Grimes, 17.74, $296 each. Finals: 1. Jordon Peterson, 17.42 seconds, $1,533; 2. Kelli Tolbert, 17.72, $1,150; 3. Sue Smith, 17.79, $767; 4. Rachael Myllymaki, 17.86, $383.Average: 1. Jordon Peterson, 53.00 seconds on three head, $3,105; 2. Kelli Tolbert, 53.17, $2,662; 3. Sue Smith, 53.25, $2,218; 4. Rachael Myllymaki, $53.32, $1,922; 5. Deb Renger, 53.64, $1,479; 6. (tie) Benette Barrington and Sheena Robbins, 53.87, $1,035 each; 8. Kathy Grimes, 53.90, $591; 9. Layna Kight, 53.92, $444; 10. Brittany Pharr, 55.19, $296.
Bull riding: First round: 1. Tyler Smith, 90 points on Corey & Horst’s King of Hearts, $2,770; 2. Chad Denton, 89, $2,123; 3. (tie) Wesley Silcox and Corey Navarre, $1,293; 5. (tie) Shawn Waite and Jason Beck, 84, $554 each; 7. Clayton Savage, 83, $369; 8. J.W. Harris, 82, $277. Finals: 1. Corey Navarre, 90 points on Corey & Horst Rodeo’s Due North, $1,650; 2. Steve Woolsey, 87, $1,250; 3. Chad Denton, 86, $900; 4. (tie) Zack Elliott and J.W. Harris, 85, $475 each. Average: 1. Corey Navarre, 176 points on two head, $2,770; 2. Chad Denton, 175, $2,123; 3. J.W. Harris, 167, $1,570; 4. Steve Woolsey, 165, $1,016; 5. Zack Elliott, 164, $646; 6. Tyler Smith, 90 points on one head, $462; 7. Wesley Silcox, 86, $369; 8. (tie) Jason Beck and Shawn Waite, 84, $138 each.
Steer roping: First round: 1. Rocky Patterson, 9.5 seconds, $1,630; 2. Shandon Stalls, 9.7, $1,349; 3. Chance Kelton, 10.0, $1,068; 4. Chet Herren, 10.5, $787; 5. Jason Stewart, 10.7, $506; 6. Rod Hartness, 11.2, $281. Second round: 1. Shandon Stalls, 11.3, $1,630; 2. Buster Record Jr., 11.5, $1,349; 3. Rocky Patterson, 11.6, $1,068; 4. Mike Beers, 12.1, $787; 5. Chet Herren, 12.5, $506; 6. Rocket Freeman, 13.3, $281. Average: 1. Shandon Stalls, 21.0 seconds on two head, $1,630; 2. Rocky Patterson, 21.1, $1,349; 3. Chet Herren, 23.0, $1,068; 4. Mike Beers, 24.7, $787; 5. Jason Stewart, 25.6, $506; 6. Landon McClaugherty, 40.8, $281.
Total payoff: $303,972.

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