The curtain closed on the 2023 ProRodeo season Saturday, Sept. 30, at the conclusion of the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, and the field for the tie-down roping at the 2023 NFR is set.
Let’s break down the world standings earnings and earnings after this week.
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2023 NFR Qualifiers
| 1 | Riley Webb | $280,404.98 |
| 2 | Shad Mayfield | $206,603.81 |
| 3 | Haven Meged | $195,067.76 |
| 4 | Shane Hanchey | $156,660.20 |
| 5 | Ty Harris | $139,681.50 |
| 6 | Westyn Hughes | $136,447.44 |
| 7 | Caleb Smidt | $133,128.44 |
| 8 | Cory Solomon | $129,105.72 |
| 9 | Kincade Henry | $127,481.34 |
| 10 | Blane Cox | $119,607.98 |
| 11 | Beau Cooper | $117,416.88 |
| 12 | Brushton Minton | $116,551.48 |
| 13 | John Douch | $115,054.18 |
| 14 | Hunter Herrin | $114,552.04 |
| 15 | Tuf Cooper | $114,326.32 |
Shad Mayfield’s 7.3-second run in the four-man round of the 2023 Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup got him the inaugural win and $25,000. Between the $25,000 and what he won in the rounds, he was also able to jump to No. 2 in the tie-down roping world standings to finish off the year.
There are two NFR rookies in this year’s field: Beau Cooper and Brushton Minton. Cooper, the 22-year-old from Stettler, Alberta, enters the Finals No. 11 with $116,881.96, and Minton, the 25-year-old from Witter Springs, California, enters No. 12 with $116,551.48.
There was a nail-biting battle for the fifteenth spot in the tie-down roping world standings between Tuf Cooper and Luke Potter going into Sioux Falls. Potter was $8,828.91 behind Cooper going into Sioux Falls. With rounds paying $10,000 to win and Potter nabbing a spot in Sioux Falls but Cooper not, the stakes were high. Potter was unable to pick up a check in Sioux Falls, and Cooper prevailed when it was all said and done Cooper was able to pick up $4,477 between the Young Living’s Last Chance Rodeo in Mona, Utah, two Cumberland County Fair Rodeos in Maine and the Edmonton Pro Rodeo in Alberta.
