2021 In Review – Top 5 Bull Scores in PBR Canada Competition

NEW YORK CITY – While the top riders of PBR Canada were making headlines in every city the elite Cup Series travelled to in 2021, so to were the league’s top animal athletes.

With the record-breaking year concluding with the historic 2021 PBR Canada National Finals, held for the first time ever inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, the season was headlined by some of the rankest outs by Canadian bovines in recent memory.

As the 2022 campaign begins to take shape, we look back at the Top 5 bull scores recorded this past season on Canadian soil – all of which were for 45 points or more!

We begin the countdown with looking back at those outs which were registered on the elite Cup Series.

 

5 (tie). Norse God (Wild Hoggs Bucking Bulls) marked 45 points on Oct. 30 for his 2.19-second buckoff of Dawson Shannon during the championship round of the Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

In 2021, 10 45-point bull scores were logged on Canadian soil, including four on the elite Cup Series. In late October, Norse God registered his career-best 45-point score in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Matched up with Dawson Shannon, Norse God proved the dominant athlete, sending the young contender to the ground in a swift 2.19 seconds during the championship round.

 

5 (tie). Gaume Farms Stickin “n” Movin (Eno Bucking Bulls) marked 45 points on Oct. 30 for his 3.1-second buckoff of Tyler Craig during the championship round of the Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

The latest star bovine athlete to buck under the Eno Bucking Bulls banner, Gaume Farms Stickin “n” Movin was a top contender all season for the 2021 Canadian Global PBR Canada Bull of the Year honor. While he concluded the season No. 2 in the standings, Stickin “n” Movin’s campaign was not without several head-turning trips. One of those efforts was also registered at the late October Cup Series event in Saskatoon. Drawn by Tyler Craig in the tour stop’s championship round, Stickin “n” Movin sent him to the ground in 3.1 seconds to earn a 45-point score. The effort was one of three bull scores in excess of 45 points registered by the bovine athlete and tied for the second-best score of his career.

 

5 (tie). Rico (Vold Rodeo/Robinson) marked 45 points on Oct. 29 for his 5.94-second buckoff of Dakota Buttar during the 5/5 Bucking Battle held in tandem with the Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Vold Rodeo sensation Rico also earned a spot on the 2021 countdown of top bull scores for his chart-topping out during the 5/5 Bucking Battle held in tandem with the Cup Series event in Saskatoon at the SaskTel Centre. Matching up with then reigning PBR Canada Champion Dakota Buttar, Rico brought the Saskatoon man to the ground in a hard-fought 5.94 seconds to earn a career-best 45-point bull score.

 

5 (tie). Happy Camper (Two Bit Bucking Bulls) marked 45 points on Oct. 16 for his 6.09-second buckoff of Jordan Hansen during the championship round of the Cup Series event in Medicine Hat, Alberta

In 2021, Happy Camper accomplished something never before done in PBR Canada history – he bucked his way to becoming the first-ever multi-time Canadian Global PBR Canada Bull of the Year. After concluding the regular season tied for the No. 1 ranking, Happy Camper clinched the year-end honour with a monstrous trip at the 2021 PBR Canada National Finals. One of the trips that helped Happy Camper surge to the top of the national standings was his mid-October out at the Cup Series event in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Selected by Jordan Hansen in the championship round, Happy Camper registered his second-best bull score of the year. The “Bucking Sensation from the Two Bit Nation,” was scored 45 points when he sent the Albertan rider flying in 6.09 seconds.

 

Several of the Top 5 bull scores from the 2021 season were also on the Touring Pro Division, including the top trips of the season for Canada’s animal athletes. Four times this past season a bull was marked a PBR Canada best 45.5 points. Tallying those impressive outs were Stickin “n” Movin, Uncle Kranky and Happy Camper, all of whom made multiple appearances on this countdown, as well as Ripped at the Seams.

The remaining outs that earned a spot on the Top 5 bull score countdown from the 2021 PBR Canada season are:

5 (tie). Happy Camper marked 45 points on July 2 for his 3.09-second buckoff of Nick Tetz during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Cluny, Alberta

5 (tie). Lil’ Hooch (Flying High Rodeo Co.) marked 45 points on Aug. 5 for his 5.68-second buckoff of Callum Miller during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Magrath, Alberta

5 (tie). Black Dust (Vold Rodeo) marked 45 points on Aug. 21 for his 3.19-second buckoff of Logan Biever during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Stavely, Alberta

5 (tie). Unkle Kranky (Vold Rodeo) marked 45 points on Aug. 21 for his 7.53-second buckoff of Griffin Smeltzer during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Stavely, Alberta

5 (tie). Gaume Farms Stickin “n” Movin marked 45 points on Sept. 9 for his 5.97-second buckoff of Cody Coverchuk during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Calgary, Alberta

5 (tie). Hanna Motors Winston Bruce (Skori Bucking Bulls) marked 45 points on Sept. 23 for his 4.47-second buckoff of Coy Robbins during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

1 (tie). Happy Camper marked 45.5 points on June 10 for his 4.13-second buckoff of Aaron Roy during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

1 (tie). Ripped at the Seams (Vold Rodeo/Rafter G Cattle Co.) marked 45.5 points on Aug. 21 for his 5.85-second buckoff of Brock Radford during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Stavely, Alberta

1 (tie). Unkle Kranky marked 45.5 points on Sept. 8 for his 3.87-second buckoff of Smeltzer during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Calgary, Alberta

1 (tie). Gaume Farms Stickin “n” Movin marked 45.5 points on Sept. 8 for his 3-second buckoff of Robbins during the championship round of the Touring Pro Division event in Calgary, Alberta