WINDOW ROCK, Arizona – As a raucous crowd looked on from Dean C. Jackson Memorial Arena at the kickoff of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whiskey Velocity Tour (PWVT) second half, 2017 Rookie of the Year Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas Do Rio Pardo, Brazil) turned in a flawless 2-for-2 performance to win the annual Bucking On The Rez 2019, presented by the Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture.

In a field of 20 entries, NRHA Million Dollar Rider Ann Fonck rode to a 221 top score riding Golden Paint Ranch's 8-year-old mare Spook N Perla (NRHA Five Million Dollar Sire Smart Spook x Shine On Ruff) and also qualified her two other horses: Gunners Specialolena (NRHA Three Million Dollar Sire Gunners Special Nite x Dolly Jac Olena) owned by Diego Dalla Gassa — after posting a 220.5 — as well as Made in Walla (NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire Walla Walla Whiz x Hollywood Made) for owners Sabine Lisec and Chuck Klipfel with a 218.

Augsburg, September 3 - A tight battle between 34 top-class horse-rider-combinations boiled down to 11 horses making it to the final of the prestigious even with 142 being the bubble score. Laying down a great run, Martina Annovazzi and Highbrow Time (High Brow CD x One Time Soon) closed with a 150!

Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam wins $30,000 LONGINES Rider Challenge.
The 44th edition of the Hampton Classic Horse Show ended in spectacular fashion Sunday, with two-time Canadian Olympic veteran, Mario Deslauriers, capturing the $300,000 DOHA.INC Grand Prix on his mount Bardolina.

Earlier this year, ELEMENTA joined the Tulsa Reining Classic as the sponsor of the Open Derby, which features $34,000 in added money. The Elementa Open Derby completes a busy week, and Casey Deary and Lonely At The Top won the class with a 225.5. That earned a check for $6,563, a Bob's Custom Saddles, and prizes from the Tulsa Reining Classic.

Bronte Gray-Rochon of Toronto, Canada, rode Williamstown Guidam to the win in the $25,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Show Jumping Derby Sunday morning at the Hampton Classic, on the final day of competition of this year’s horse show. The class was open to Amateur-Owner and Junior riders who had competed in the Welcome Stake earlier in the week.

End of the fifth edition of the Hubside Jumping International de Valence, with the victory in the CSI4* Hubside Grand Prix of the public of Drôme’s favourite rider, France’s Roger-Yves Bost, Bosty for the connoisseurs, the current Olympic team champion. The president of the show, the successful businessman and rider Sadri Fegaier, announced that for the sixth edition of the event, in August 2020, it will boast a CSI5* label again.

Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam captured the $72,000 LONGINES Cup for the third consecutive year, piloting Kirschwasser SCF to the top of the jump-off. American riders Catherine Tyree and Adrienne Sternlicht came within hundredths of a second but were not able to beat his time.

Collecting 125 world points for his second round win of the season, Kasel cracks into the Top 35 rising from No. 37 to No. 33.
Bringing the raucous crowd inside Bridgestone Arena to its feet, young gun Dalton Kasel (Muleshoe, Texas) made a splash competing in his first-ever PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast Major, winning Round 1 of the Jack Daniel’s Music City Knockout, presented by Cooper Tires.