ANAHEIM, Calif. - Riding Speckled Ivory (Circle
T Ranch & Rodeo) for 89.75 points in the Built Ford Tough Short
Round, 2008 Professional Bull Riders World Champion
Guilherme Marchi is the leader after the first day
of action at the PBR Built Ford Tough Series Anaheim Invitational
presented by Full Metal Jousting on HISTORY.
Marchi rode Big Hoss (Ace of Spades/Franks) for
86.5 points in Round 1, and has a 2.25-point lead over
Austin Meier. Meier rode Pit Boss
(Ace of Spades/Franks) for 88 points to finish second in the short
round after scoring 86 points in Round 1 on
Rainbow (Circle T Ranch & Rodeo).
Justin Koon is in third place with 88.5 points,
followed by Douglas Duncan with 88 points, and
Sean Willingham with 87.75 points. Koon, Duncan,
and Willingham finished first, second, and third in Round 1, but
did not ride in the short round.
Round 3 begins at 2 p.m. PT on Sunday, followed by the Built Ford
Tough Championship Round. Tickets are sale at the Honda Center box
office, www.Ticketmaster.com, and by
telephone at (800) 745-3000.
Each of the 40 riders will ride in Round 3 on Sunday. Following
Round 3, the riders with the 10 highest cumulative scores will
advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round where they will
compete with one more bull. The overall event winner will be the
rider with the highest combined score from all four rounds.
The BFTS features the best, highest-paid bull riders on the
planet, including current PBR World Champion Silvano
Alves, who reached $1 million faster than any rider in
history, earning $1.8 million in his first 18 months.
CBS Sports Network will broadcast Sunday's action at 6 p.m. ET on
Sunday, and will rebroadcast it on Sunday at 11 p.m. ET. It will
also be rebroadcast on Monday at 1 a.m. ET, and 9 p.m. ET.
Anaheim is the second stop on the BFTS, which opened the 2012
season on Jan. 6-8 with capacity crowds at Madison Square Garden in
New York. The BFTS will make 28 stops in 23 states before the Built
Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas on Oct. 24-28. The World
Finals are where the PBR World Champion will be crowned and awarded
the coveted championship buckle and a $1 million bonus. The richest
bull riding event in the world, the World Finals has a total purse
of more than $2 million.
The BFTS is televised every week on CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBC,
NBC Sports Network, and YouTube. BFTS telecasts are produced for
the PBR under a multi-year agreement with David Neal Productions, a
Los Angeles-based production company led by 34-time Emmy® Award
winner and Peabody Award winner David Neal, who
serves as executive producer.
Saturday's Professional Bull Rider Built Ford Tough Series
Results
Anaheim Invitational presented by Full Metal Jousting on
HISTORY
Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Event Total
Points)
1. Guilherme Marchi, 86.5-89.75-176.25 points.
2. Austin Meier, 86-88-174 points.
3. Justin Koon, 88.5-0-88.50 points.
4. Douglas Duncan, 88-0-88 points.
5. Sean Willingham, 87.75-0-87.75 points.
6. Ty Pozzobon, 86.5-0-86.50 points.
7. Ben Jones, 85.5-0-85.50 points.
Harve Stewart, 85.5-0-85.50 points.
9. Paulo Lima, 85-0-85 points.
Rubens Barbosa, 85-0-85 points.
11. Douglas Ferreira, 84.5-dnq-84.50 points.
12. Dusty Ephrom, 83.5-dnq-83.50 points.
13. Cord McCoy, 82.5-dnq-82.50 points.
14. L.J. Jenkins, 82-dnq-82 points.
15. Silvano Alves, 81.25-dnq-81.25 points.
16. Ryan Dirteater, 79.5-dnq-79.50 points.
Valdiron Oliveira, 79.5-dnq-79.50 points.
18. Elton Cide, 74.75-dnq-74.75 points.
Aaron Roy, 0-dnq-0 points.
Caleb Sanderson, 0-dnq-0 points.
Chris Shivers, 0-dnq-0 points.
Cody Campbell, 0-dnq-0 points.
Cody Nance, 0-dnq-0 points.
Corey Navarre, 0-dnq-0 points.
Dakota Beck, 0-dnq-0 points.
Dustin Elliott, 0-dnq-0 points.
Elliot Jacoby, 0-dnq-0 points.
J. B. Mauney, 0-dnq-0 points.
Jordan Hupp, 0-dnq-0 points.
Jory Markiss, 0-dnq-0 points.
Josh Faircloth, 0-dnq-0 points.
Kody Lostroh, 0-dnq-0 points.
Luke Snyder, 0-dnq-0 points.
Marco Eguche, 0-dnq-0 points.
Mike Lee, 0-dnq-0 points.
Renato Nunes, 0-dnq-0 points.
Ryan McConnel, 0-dnq-0 points.
Sevi Torturo, 0-dnq-0 points.
Stormy Wing, 0-dnq-0 points.
Tyler Thomson, 0-0-0 points.
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