Bull Riders Continue To Take Center Stage At National Western

Bull Riders Continue To Take Center Stage At National Western

Jordan Hansen takes the lead of the first round in the Bull Riding at the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver, Colo.

Jan 17, 2017 by Cassie Emerson Emerson
Bull Riders Continue To Take Center Stage At National Western
DENVER (January 16, 2017) --- Jordan Hansen entered the National Western Stock Show Rodeo confident and ready to ride bulls.

That attitude comes from momentum from being the 2016 Canadian Pro Rodeo Association champion bull rider, a title he earned in Edmonton, Alberta, last December. That was a title that he had worked very hard to achieve after missing four months of action with a broken ankle suffered at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming last July.

He returned to Canada for a doctor to put the pieces back together. Tocthree plates and 10 screws later, doctors weren't sure he would be ready to ride at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. Hansen had other plans, worked hard at rehabilitating the ankle and rode five out of six bulls there.

He took the lead in the first round here at the National Western on Monday afternoon with an 87.5-point effort on Cervi Championship Rodeo's bull named Vitalix White Smoke. Soon after he made his ride, Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Joe Frost, from Randlett, Utah, rode Bar T Rodeo's Back To Black for 86.5 ride. Frost is now in second place in the first round.

Both of these men will ride their second bulls in the Denver Coliseum Tuesday night, Jan. 17th at the 7 p.m. performance. There is also an Exceptional Rodeo featuring contestants and special needs children at 11:30 a.m. in the Denver Coliseum.

See results from the National Western Stock Show Rodeo here

-Information Courtesy of Susan Kanode

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