Field Set For Gold Medal Round in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY (July 24, 2026) – The final tickets were punched to the Gold Medal round in front of a sold-out crowd on Pioneer Day in Salt Lake City at the 2026 Utah Days of ’47 Rodeo presented by Zions Bank.

Utah’s own Ryder Wright wowed the crowd in the saddle bronc riding posting a 90-point ride on Championship Rodeo’s Heartbreaker. That ride was just 2.5 points off the arena record set in 2023 by four-time world champion Zeke Thurston. Wright will be looking to add the first gold medal to the Wright legacy on Saturday and take it back to the ranch in Beaver. It was a tie for second on the night with Cooper Thatcher and Q Taylor posting 85-point rides but only one would advance to Saturday. Q Taylor won the tiebreaker which went back to world standings where he is ranked sixth.

The Gold Standard in Rodeo has featured a total of nearly 400 competitors, who have battled it out for their shot at a share of over three-quarters of a million in prize money and a gold, silver or bronze medal that will be awarded on Saturday, July 25. There have been 40 competitors in all the events competing this week in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, breakaway roping, barrel racing and bull riding.

Grabbing the final two spots in the bareback riding were No. 1 ranked bareback rider Bradlee Miller and Taylor Broussard both posting 86-point rides on Friday night. Miller matched up with Ward Macza ProRodeo’s Side Show, while Broussard drew Diamond G Rodeo’s Hella Bella. Both will be spurring for gold on Saturday night at the Days of ’47 Arena in downtown Salt Lake City.

The timed events, excluding barrel racing, are a two-go average with the top two advancing to the final round. The roughstock has been a one go with the top two advancing to the gold medal round. The barrel racing has been a one go with a total of 40 barrel racers with the top two advancing each night to the gold medal round.

Another Utah contestant landed atop the leaderboard in the barrel racing to earn her spot in gold medal Saturday. McKenna Coronado of Kanarraville stopped the clock in 17.03 seconds, just edging Gracen Harman who finished in 17.08 seconds. Both will be back on Saturday to see if they can earn a spot on the medal stand.

Scores/times will NOT carry forward to the Gold Medal Round (only to break ties). The eight (8) competitors in each event in the Gold Medal Round will compete in a sudden-death format with the winner collecting a Gold Medal.

Gold medal action at the Utah Day of ’47 Rodeo kicks off July 25 at 8 p.m. MT.

For more information on the event visit www.utahdaysof47rodeo.com.

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Results: - Performance 4 – July 24, 2026

Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Taylor Broussard, Estherwood, LA, on Diamond G Rodeo’s Hella Bella and Bradlee Miller, Huntsville, TX, on Ward Macza’s Side Show, 86 points, $2,096 each; 3. (tie) Kashton Ford, Sturgis, SD., and Garrett Shadbolt, Merriman, NE, 84, $898.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Carson Hildre, Cole Franks, Jess Pope, Kade Sonnier, Nick Pelke, Owen Brouillette, Taylor Broussard, Bradlee Miller

Steer wrestling: Overall first round results: 1. Jace Melvin, Fort Pierre, SD, 3.8 seconds. $3,619; 2. Traver Johnson, Eltopia, WA, 4.0, $3,147; 3. (tie) Cash Robb, Altamont, UT, Bridger Anderson, Carrington, ND, Trisyn Kalawaia, Hilo, HI, 4.3, $2,023; 6. Colin Fox, Manvel, TX, 4.4, $1,259; 7. (tie) J.D. Struxness, Milan, MN and Clay Hurt, Dilley, TX, 4.7, $551. Overall second round results: 1. Chance Howard, Sallisaw, OK, 3.8 seconds, $3,619; 2. Travis Munro, Townsville, QL, 3.9, $3,147; 3. Ty Erickson, 4.0, $2,675; 4. J.D. Struxness, Milan, MN, 4.1, $2,203; 5. (tie) Jesse Brown, Baker City, OR and Gavin Soileau, Bunkie, LA, 4.2, $1,494; 7. Rowdy Parrott, 4.3, $787; 8. (tie) Holden Myers, Collin Fox and Riley Reiss, 4.4, $105.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: J.D. Struxness, Mason Couch, Rowdy Parrott, Kaden Greenfield, Traver Johnson, Cash Robb, Colin Fox, Jace Melvin

Team roping: Overall first round: 1. Lightning Aguilera/Kaden Profili; 4.0 seconds, $3,619 each; 2. Cory Kidd/Carson Johnson, 4.4, $3,147; 3. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp, 4.5, $2,675; 4. (tie) Clay Tryan/Will Woodfin and Ketch Kelton/Denton Dunning, 4.6, $1,967; 6. Jr Dees/Landen Glenn, 4.7, $1,259; 7. (tie) Tyler Tryan/Nicky Northcott and Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 4.8, $551. Overall second round: 1. Jaxon Hill/Jessen James, 3.7 seconds, $3,619; 2. Curry Kirchner/Tanner Braden, 4.1, $3,147; 3. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp, 4.4, $2,675; 4. (tie) Ketch Kelton/Denton Dunning and Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, 4.5, $1,967; 6. Cory Kidd/Carson Tomlinson, 4.6, $1,259; 7. Dawson Graham/Dillion Graham, 4.8, $787; 8. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, 4.9, $314.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Jr Dees/Landen Glenn, Brenten Hall/Wyatt Cox, Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, Clay Tryan/Will Woodfin, Clay Smith/Coleby Payne, Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves, Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp and Cory Kidd/Carson Johnson

Saddle bronc riding: 1. Ryder Wright, Beaver, UT, 90 points on Championship Rodeo’s Heartbreaker, $2,395; 2. (tie) Q Taylor, Nanton, AB, and Cooper Thatcher, Darbalara, SW, 85, $1,497 each; 4. (tie) Kaden Horrocks, Carson Bingham and Stalter Wright, 83, $200 each.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Sage Newman, Coleman Shallbetter, Cash Wilson, Jake Finlay, Brody Cress, Brody Wells, Ryder Wright and Q Taylor

Tie-down roping: Overall first round: 1. John Douch, Huntsville, TX, 7.0 seconds, $3,619; 2. (tie) Bo Pickett, Caldwell, ID and Joel Harris, San Angelo, TX, 7.4, $2,911; 4. (tie) Quade Hiatt, Canyon, TX, and Trevor Hale, Perryton, TX, 7.5, $1,967; 6. Ty Harris, San Angelo, TX, 1,259; 7. Macon Murphy, Keatchie, LA, 7.7, $787; 8. Semaj Collins, Cleveland, TX, 7.8, $315. Overall second round: 1. Jake Pratt, 7.2 seconds, $3,619; 2. (tie) Shane Hanchey, Beau Cooper, Blane Cox, 7.3, $2,675; 4. Joel Harris, 7.5, $1,731; 6. Semaj Collins, 7.6, $1,259; 7. (tie) Kincade Henry and Bo Pickett, 7.7, $551.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Joel Harris, Ty Harris, Britt Bedke, Brey Yore, Bo Pickett, Semaj Collins Jr., Tyler Calhoun and Blane Cox

Breakaway roping: First round: 1. Danielle Lowman, Gilbert, AZ, 2.0 seconds, $899; 2. Beau Peterson, Council Grove, KS, 2.2, $674; 3. (tie) Aspen Miller, Santa Fe, TX and Laramie Jackson, 2.3, $337 each. Second round: 1. Laramie Jackson, Dillon, MT, 2.0 seconds, $899; 2. Beau Peterson, Council Grove, KS, 2.1, $674; 3. Sawyer Gilbert, Buffalo, SD, 2.6, $450; 4. Kinlie Brennise, Craig, CO, 11.8, $225. Average: 1. (tie) Laramie Jackson and Beau Peterson, 4.3, seconds, $1,180; 3. Kinlie Brennise, 14.4, $674; 4. Sawyer Gilbert, 14.7, $337.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Cadee Williams, Rylee George, Maddy Jacobs, Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, Amy Ohrt, Hali Williams, Laramie Jackson, Beau Peterson

Barrel racing: 1. McKenna Coronado, Kanarraville, UT, 17.03 seconds; $3,147; 2. Gracen Harman, Hempstead, TX, 17.08, $2,360; 3. Loralee Ward, Fort Lupton, CO, 17.27, $1,573; 4. Brylee Wall, Marietta, OK, 17.30, $787.

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Carlee Otero, Megan McLeod-Sprague, KariAnn Cross, Whitley Sharp, Lisa Lockhart, Hayle Gibson Stillwell, McKenna Coronado, Gracen Harman

Bull Riding: 1. John Crimber, Decatur, TX, 90 points on Stockyards’s Karl Childers, $2,594; 2. Quinn Anderson, Challis, ID, 86.5, $1,996; 3. Dawson Branton, Aguila, AZ, 86, $1,397; no other qualified rides

Gold Medal Round current qualifiers: Dalton Allred, Koby Jacobson, TJ Gray, Clayton Sellars, Tristen Hutchings, Sam Southern, Quinn Anderson

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