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Monte Downare
Events: Bareback Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding
Born: 2/4/1981 Fairplay, Colo.
Joined PRCA: 2001
PRCA Career Earnings: $110,076.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 0
Current Residence: Hartsel, Colo.
2011 World standings place: Did not compete
Tour Finale
qualifications: 0
Education: Frank Phillips College (Borger, Texas)
Professional
Career Highlights
• 2010: Co-champion at the Evergreen (Colo.) Rodeo
• 2009: Won the Four States Fair Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.); the Young County Rodeo (Graham, Texas) and the DeRidder (La.) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo; co-champion at the Evergreen (Colo.) Rodeo; finished 39th in the world standins with $17,456
• 2006: Won the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.)
• 2005: Co-champion at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.); won the Evergreen (Colo.) Rodeo
• 2004: Won the bareback riding title at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver)
• 2001: Won bareback riding at the Colorado State Fair (Pueblo)
Personal
5-7, 175 ... Wife Lacy; son, Monte; daughters Gracy and Kally ... Parents Monte and Tracy Downare own Elk Mountain Cattle Company in Hartsel, Colo.; brothers, Myles and Micky; sisters, Mindy (married to PRCA bareback rider Tim Shirley) and Maggie (married to PRCA saddle bronc rider Travis Nevius). Middle brother Monte is also a PRCA bareback rider; they live across the street from each other in Hartsel, Colo., All of the siblings help out on the 40,000-acre family ranch, which has 800 cattle and 500 bison… Travels with Micky and brother-in-law Tim Shirley