FORT WORTH, Texas - Last summer, Jordan Hupp rode one bull in the five Touring Pro Division events he entered, and missed out on qualifying for the upcoming TPD Finals in Denver.

This weekend, he was the only rider of 80 entered in the Cowtown Classic to cover two bulls en route to a New Year's Eve win at the Cowtown Coliseum.

Hupp was the first rider up on Friday night, and covered Cowtown Slinger for 85 points. Later that night he rode Lil Jeje for 87.5 in the short round.

'The event was fantastic. We had a great crowd.'

Cody Campbell had a chance to take the win Saturday night on the same short-round bull. He came down just short of the 8-second whistle and finished second in the average, with 88.5 points on Super Cool Cat.

Hupp and Campbell were the only two riders from the Top 40 in the world standings to finish in the money before heading to New York for the start of the Built Ford Tough Series.

Jarrod Craig, who has ridden at numerous BFTS events, finished the two-day event sixth in the average, while venerable veteran Brendon Clark was eighth. Fan-favorite Cord McCoy was 11th. L.J. Jenkins, Ryan McConnel, Caleb Sanderson, Stormy Wing, Justin Koon, Dusty LaBeth and Matt Bohon were also competing in Fort Worth.

Cody Campbell barely missed out on a shot at the event title in Fort Worth, Texas.

The event was the first ABBI Classic competition of the 2012 season for 3- and 4-year-old bulls.

In a sign that the bucking bull industry is thriving, Brad Boyd and Toby Floyd, who produced the event, had 130 bulls enter, with room for only 80. That meant 50 were randomly drawn out of the pen.

"The event was fantastic," said Boyd. "We had a great crowd.

"Everybody's talked about how the economy has hurt the bull business - doesn't show it. Our registry is up in the ABBI, and when you have a 130 people wanting to enter bucking bulls, that just shows you how strong it really is. I wish I could have taken them all."

The most impressive of the 80 was Ringo, who had little trouble bucking off Craig Cunningham. Ringo was marked 92.5 points.

In Classic competitions, bulls are marked by six judges, with the highest and lowest scores being discarded.

'There were 10 bulls here that were good enough to go anywhere.'

Ringo scored at least 22.75 points from all six judges, with his highest mark being 23.5 points in what was a 3.25-point win over Shepherd Hills Tested, Carney Man and Gonzo, who split second, third and fourth with 89.25 points each.

"There were 10 bulls here that were good enough to go anywhere," said PBR Livestock Director Cody Lambert. "Ringo, Shepherd Hills Tested, Carney Man, Gonzo and Jungle Juice are all good enough to be in the (Built Ford Tough) Championship Round."

Lambert, who will see them again in Oklahoma City, added that "they still have a little time to prove that."

He explained that some of the contractors won't be interested in bucking their 4-year-old bulls at anything other than ABBI Classic events because they're focused on competing for this year's Classic title.

Rounding out the Top 10 Classic bulls of the event were Jungle Juice (5th), Seminole Wind (6th) and R351 (7th), while Egor, Razor Blade, Lets Take it Outside and 238 Skatman Hou split the next four spots.