Curtain up! Flint Rasmussen and "Mini-Me" get the Pueblo crowd going. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Valdiron de Oliveira, riding with a helmet for the first time in years, covers Shepherd Hills Sod Buster for 88.25 points and third place on Friday. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Strain. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Blonde Bomber takes Stormy Wing to 88.5 points and second place Friday. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Wing would end up covering two bulls in Pueblo to end up 13th in the average, and 12th overall. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Cody Nance notches a big 90.5-pointer on Hee Bee Gee Bee for the Round 1 win on Friday. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
It was Nance's second 90-pointer of the year. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Shorty Gorham doing what he does best. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Renato Nunes picks up 86.5 points on Thirteen in Round 2 Saturday, on what would turn out to be a winning weekend. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Poetry in motion. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Robson Palermo rides Super Moody West in Round 2 for 87.25 points. He would later be injured. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Effort. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Though this 87.75-point ride on Altercation would only land him in third for Round 2, Valdiron de Oliveira would lead in the average after Saturday night. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
By the end of the weekend, Valdiron de Oliveira would hold a 632-point lead over No. 2 L.J. Jenkins. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Shorty Gorham, Frank Newsom and Jesse Byrne exemplify teamwork. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
In the Built Ford Tough Championship Round Sunday, Jack Daniel's After Party would prove too much for Valdiron de Oliveira. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
The faces on the chutes tell their own stories. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
When hung up like Cody Nance, there's no better team to call than the Dickies DuraBullfighters. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
L.J. Jenkins covers his fourth bull on the weekend (Rowdy All Night) to finish second in Pueblo on Sunday. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Jenkins would end up edging Silvano Alves to take second in the world standings going into the summer break. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
2010 World Champion Renato Nunes pulls out the event win with this 90-pointer on Bucking Machine in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round Sunday. Andy Watson/Bullstockmedia.com
Nunes would parlay the win into a seventh-place ranking as the Built Ford Tough Series rests for the summer.