8/12/2023 0 Comments Xit rodeo 2015“Being home with family and working at home refreshes me.” “I have a lot of catching up to do here, and it will be nice to be home after being gone the last four months pretty much,” he said. Smith is key part of the family construction business and ranch. It’s not like there isn’t work at home to catch up on. I might enter one or two rodeos here and there, and I’ll definitely be in The All-American Finals in Waco (in October), but I really want to get fresh before the NFR and be ready to go.” “After this week I’ll slow down tremendously. There are a bunch of jackpot ropings, and I’ll go to three or four of them. I know a lot of guys were asking for that, so I got lucky,” Smith said of finishing up the season at Lone Star Arena. “I was lucky to get that Sunday slot in Stephenville. on Friday and the Amarillo Tri-State Fair & Rodeo on Saturday before concluding the regular season at home in Stephenville on Sunday. Thursday, the Apache Stampede in Apache, Okla. Smith ropes in the American Royla Rodeo in Kansas City Wednesday, the Justin Boots Championships in Omaha, Neb. The Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo is among the more than two dozen PRCA events scheduled this week. There is still work to be done by Smith and other cowboys. With most his success coming in the Lone Star State, Smith has a commanding lead of more than $12,000 atop the Texas Circuit Standings. He did win a pair of out of state co-championships in the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. He has won six events in state – the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo in Weatherford and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion in Dalhart. The win in Albuquerque was the first outright victory outside Texas for Smith this season. Gray’s unofficial season total is now $65,798.47. Otero wasn’t in the money at any of last week’s rodeos listed on the PRCA web site,, and Gray earned $3,960 by winning a round and placing eighth in the average at the historic Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon. “Winning Albuquerque dang sure put win in my sale. “I went to TexArkana on Wednesday, Abilene Thursday morning, Pasadena Thursday night, back to Abilene Friday morning and Albuquerque on Sunday,” Smith said. The week built up perfectly for Smith, concluding on Sunday with his victorious ride at Albuquerque. Add $608 for a fourth-place tie at the 71st Annual Four States Fair & Rodeo in TexArkana, and that’s $7,231 he added for the week, and unofficially, $70,371.95 for the year. He also took care of business by winning the first round and $1,418 in 7.9 seconds at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo in Abilene, where he finished fourth in the average for another $1,026. My thing is, if you take care of your business, that will take care of (the standings).” “The last two weeks I’ve tried not to focus on (the standings) and just focus on my roping and taking care of my business. “It was a dang-sure, well-needed win,” said Smith of the Albuquerque victory. Smith won the tie-down at the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo in Albuquerque, pocketing $4,179 in 8.1 seconds to highlight his already successful week. He placed in three rounds at the 2013 NFR and finished 12th in the world standings. Smith, 32, is fighting for his second NFR appearance after making it to Las Vegas two years ago. ![]() It was just the boost he needed, as he entered the week a shade more than $500 behind No. ![]() Smith, a Stephenville tie-down roper, earned more than $7,000 last week to push his season earnings past the $70,000 mark. 16 in the world standings with a little over a week until the cutoff date to reach the top 15 and qualify for the 2015 National Finals Rodeo. STEPHENVILLE (September 21, 2015) - Sterling Smith was sitting in the least envious spot in rodeo – No.
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