Blackfalds cowboy hitting his stride ahead of CFR

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Patterson admits to being a bit of a late bloomer as he didn’t get on his first saddle bronc until he was 20 years old. “I was team roping with the Mestons and they convinced me to get on a saddle bronc they had and I was hooked.”

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Turns out that was a game-changing moment for the central Alberta cowboy as he now heads off to his first CFR where he expects there just might be a few friends and family on hand from nearby Blackfalds to cheer him on.

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The bronc riding wasn’t the only event providing drama at the season’s final rodeo as there was a shake-up among the team roping headers as well. The 13^th and 14^th ranked men, Wyatt Hayes and Travis Speer, both made big moves on their last runs of the regular season. Speer, the Blue Ridge, Alta. cowboy, and header Chase Simpson (Claresholm, Alta.) turned in a 4.1 second run to split the win (worth $2292) with two sets of brothers, Tyce and Tuftin Mcleod and Keely and Logan Bonnett. Meanwhile Hayes, a Granum, Alta. roper, and his partner, Lachlan Richardson (Nanton, Alta.) stopped the clock in 5.5 seconds for a 5/6 split with fellow Albertans, Jeremy Buhler and Roland McFadden, to collect a much needed $1292. The solid performances from Hayes and Speer moved Hayes to 11^th and Speer to 12^th in the heading standings and bumped Utah header Rhen Richard and Waldeck, Saskatchewan’s Tee McLeod to the sidelines.

And there’ll be additional intrigue in the days ahead as a couple of headers, Hayes and former World and Canadian Champion, Levi Simpson – along with heelers Jeremy Buhler and Tyce McLeod – will all head to Red Deer without their regular partners. Simpson and Buhler have a celebrated history together as in 2016 they became the first Canadians to win a world team roping title but no decisions on new alliances have been announced so far.

For complete unofficial results from Edmonton, go to rodeocanada.com.

(CPRA news release)