{"id":2394,"date":"2017-12-17T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2018-01-16T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T20:47:43","slug":"wnfr-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wnfr-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 WNFR Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s day 11 after 10 days of WNFR.\u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s a bit depressing to think we won&#8217;t have a rodeo to watch or follow tonight.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like the day after your wedding after all the build up.\u00a0 \u00a0I suspect there may still be a few world champions riding the high of their success and excitement\u00a0into the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The world champions crowned in 2017 were as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Bareback:\u00a0 Tim O&#8217;Connell &#8211; for his second world championship<br \/>\nSaddle Bronc: Ryder Wright &#8211; the youngest SB rider to ever be crowned and breaking the money won record for the season.<br \/>\nTiedown Roping: Marcos Costa &#8211; the first Brazilian to win a tie-down world championship.\u00a0 He also won the Ram Top Gun Award for earning the most money in a single event at the finals.\u00a0 \u00a0He also won the average in the TD roping and the last round with a 7.8.<br \/>\nTeam Roping: Erich Rogers and Corey Petska &#8211; best friends who won their first world championship together, both setting a record for season earnings for both the header and heeler.<br \/>\nSteer Wrestling -Tyler Pearson &#8211;\u00a0 wasn&#8217;t wrapped up in the standing so his first world championship came as a surprise!<br \/>\nBarrel Racing &#8211; Nellie Miller made up for a disappointing\u00a0NFR in 2010 by coming back in 2017 to win the average and the world and add almost $178,000 to her season earnings putting her over $308,000 for the year.<br \/>\nBull Riding &#8211; Sage Kimzey won his 4 back to back bull riding title.\u00a0 He also won the average and set a record for season earnings of\u00a0$436,479. Kimzey is 23 years old.<br \/>\nAll Around &#8211; Tuf Cooper won the all around Word Championship and used this acceptance speech to propose to his longtime girlfriend Tiffany.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great video of Nellie Miller before she was crowned the World Champion barrel racer.\u00a0 \u00a0I think it shows what a well grounded, focused person she is.\u00a0 \u00a0 And a mom of two as well!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcowgirlmagazine%2Fvideos%2F10154898840141227%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pedigree for &#8220;Sister&#8221;\u00a0 The horse of the year and World Champion horse who was ridden all 10 rounds to win the average.\u00a0 \u00a0Sister is a mare Nellie and her Dad have raised and trained.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sister.jpg\" alt=\"Sister\" width=\"800\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sister.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sister-400x213.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sister-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Video from the Word Championship award ceremony.\u00a0 Some great acceptance speeches.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frodeoathletes%2Fvideos%2F1544904772258267%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nHailey Kinsel was a flash to watch at the NFR and one to keep your eye on in 2018!\u00a0 Her first qualification and her horses second year of rodeo!\u00a0 They set the arena record with a 14.11 and then set the round record for round 10 with a 14.17 to wrap it up.\u00a0 \u00a0They ended up second in the world as well.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hailey&#8217;s horses barn name is Sister, just like Nellie&#8217;s horse!\u00a0 \u00a0 Here&#8217;s how she is bred:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sisterhailey.jpg\" alt=\"sisterhailey\" width=\"809\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sisterhailey.jpg 809w, http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sisterhailey-400x214.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sisterhailey-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to a great NFR!<\/p>\n<p>This post sponsored by:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/rodeoclassifieds.com\/category\/194\/Steer-Wrestling-Horses\/listings\/6220\/Seasoned-Steer-Wrestling-Horse.html\">Seasoned Steer Wrestling Horse.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Greyhound&#8221; is a 19 year old appendix quarter horse papered gelding. 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