Ep. 58 - National Finals Rodeo 2020 Round 5 Recap
Arlington, Texas (December 8, 2020) - Welcome to the halfway point of the 2020 National Finals Rodeo. If you haven’t been paying attention as of yet, you’re going to want to from here on out! From a flat out HORSE RACE in the barrel racing between the number one and number two barrel racers to unpredicted outcomes looming on the horizon for tie down roping and bull riding - 2020 refuses to be considered normal!
Round 5 Quiz Recap
Again, we want to give a big shoutout to Toolin’ Turquoise Leatherworks who was our Round 5 quiz sponsor. We highly suggest you jump on over to their shop HERE to check out all things leather working to finish out that 2020 holiday gift list!
Round 5 Quiz Answers
ANSWER: Ryder Wright
Most of you had this answer on lockdown, Ryder Wright is putting together one heck of a performance in the saddle bronc riding! While not winning money every round, his brother Stetson is on track to take his second consecutive all-around title.
ANSWER: Rodeo Quincy
There was no fooling you! Quincy Freeman Eldridge created Rodeo Quincy when she was a rodeo athlete at CalPoly University in San Luis Obispo. She continues to do big work in the world of rodeo fashion and is a WPRA card holder as well.
ANSWER: Ryder Wright
We’re always pretty happy when we trip up our followers! While this may have flipped after Round 5, this quiz was prior to Hailey Kinsel’s 17.00 second barrier smashing barrel run that moved her to first in the round, first in the projected average and first in the projected world.
ANSWER: Platinum Performance
If you listened to our Round 4 recap than you already knew the answer to this! Jessie Telford had to leave in a rush and was thankful for her community from Caldwell, Idaho, to Arlington, Texas, that helped make everything possible.
There was no right or wrong answer to this question, we were just curious to hear what our fans were more interested in and you answered - TIMIES! We’ll make sure to focus a little bit more on adding some additional timed event tidbits into the show!
Round 5 Winner
Congratulations to Abby Nicole on Instagram - you’re the winner of the Round 5 prize of Toolin’ Turquoise Leather’s donated white CC beanie with Pendleton print, leather tooling and matching earrings!
Make sure to tune in everyday during the National Finals Rodeo for all things rodeo, rodeo stats, and some really cool giveaways via our Instagram and Facebook.
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