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2003 Season
Picture courtesy of Rapid
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Photographer: Dick Kettlewell/Journal staff
Terry Don riding Rambler-K for a score of 93 and the win.
This page will chronicle Terry Don's journey through 2003. The format will change as we decide how best present the information. Please make any suggestions or make a request for information by emailing the webmaster.
Terry Don wins it all!
January
February
Terry West, Henryetta, OK; 86 points on Double Trouble Xtreme Bulls - San Antonio, TXTerry Don jumped from 24th to 3rd in the PRCA Bull Riding Standings by winning at Grand Rapids with a final ride of 93 points on Rambler! Complete article. He then moved to 1st by placing 2nd in San Antonio.
Wednesday (2-13) in San Antonio he took 1st place day money on Baby Cowtown with an exciting 88 point ride. Mike Lee a former student of Terry Don's finished 3rd with a 74 point ride. Terry Don is currently sitting at 4th overall at San Antonio just 3 points out of the lead.
Saturday Terry Don won the second round with a ride of 92 points on Alligator and advanced into Sunday's the final round.
March
Sometimes you win and sometimes you don't and of course TD takes it hard when he doesn't.
This week at Tucson TD made the tour round (finals) but didn't make the 8 seconds on his bull. The good news is he picked up some day money and is still at the top in the point standings.
TD is now competing at the Houston Rodeo where he won the Xtreme Bullriding event and is leading the Bull Riding after two rounds.
April
May
June
July
August
September
As of September 10th Terry Don has won $136,531
October
November
December
Finished fourth in the NFR winning over $61,500 there to clinch his second World Bull Riding Championship.
2003
Highlights
•Xtreme Bulls:
San Antonio — finished 4th in the aggregate after an 86.0 points on Salt River’s Double Trouble in the final round and 81.0 points on Salt River’s Emotional Rescue in the semis;
Houston — scored 92 points on Andrews’ Helter Skelter in the semis and 91 points on Salt River’s T-Bird in the finals to win the stop;
Austin – scored 84 points on Andrews’ All Star in the semis and 87.50 points on Big Stone’s Wipe Out in the finals to finish 3rd for the stop;
Reno — was bucked off Flying 5’s Flack Jacket;
Salt Lake City — .scored 86 points on Kerby’s Black Out in the semis and 83.5 on Diamond G’s Sakia in the finals to finish 5th in the Tour stop’s overall standings;
Caldwell -- scored 83.5 points on Corey/Horst’s Red Man in the semis and was bucked off Russell’s Sharp Shooter in the finals to finish 8th in the Tour stop’s overall standings
• Won the bull riding event at Rapid City, Houston and Molalla, Ore.
• Pace Picante ProRodeo Tour Finale: scored an 82 on Rafter’s Smokeless Pet in the first round, an 88 points on Salt River’s Diamond’s Ghost in the semis and a 93 on Diamond G’s Wanna Dance in final round, with a buck-off in the second round (Flying U’s Werewolf Snuff); tied with Clint Craig for 1st place in finals with his 93- point ride on Diamond G’s Wanna Dance; finished in a tie for 2nd
• Won bull riding at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City,S.D.)
and RodeoHouston, as well as the rodeo in Molalla
World
champion bull rider picks up Tour win in Rapid City - Press
Release from Pro Rodeo Tour
RAPID CITY, .S.D. Feb. 9,
2003 1996 World Champion Bull Rider
Terry Don West showed the packed house at the 26th annual Black Hills
Stock Show and Rodeo that he's still got plenty left in his tank by
winning the ProRodeo Tour Round with a 93-point ride.
West, 37, bested longtime friend Myron Duarte, who banged out a 90-point
ride just moments before West took center stage at the Rushmore Plaza
Civic Center.
The Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, voted in 2002 as the top indoor
rodeo in the PRCA, is the second stop on the 10-city ProRodeo Tour and
will air on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. ET.
West, a two-time NFR qualifier, stuck his winning ride and earned 12
valuable Tour points aboard Kesler's Rambler.
"Myron told me he was a good bull and that I'd really like
him," West said. "Myron and I are good friends and go way
back, so I just went on his word."
Duarte, runner-up to the world titlist last year, recorded his 90-point
ride on Kesler's Shiver & Shake.
Road to the Wrangler NFR: West blazes unprecedented trail to Thomas & Mack
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is the dream of every rodeo cowboy. The 45th Wrangler NFR, where world champions are annually crowned, is Dec. 5-14 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
While records are made to be broken, bull rider and 1996 world champion Terry Don West of Henryetta, Okla., may make it extremely difficult for one mark to be topped.
Through just half the year, West already has eclipsed the PRCA's single-season mark. The record was previously held by ProRodeo Hall of Famer Tuff Hedeman, who earned $97,791 in 1986. After earning more than $11,000 at the Reno Rodeo, West bumped his annual earnings to an eye-boggling $108,288.
The year is half over.
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