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VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 5, 2016 – The most lucrative payout in the six
year history of the Million Dollar Bucking Bull Championship saw Ringo Kid
declared the champion with his payout checks amounting to $600,000. No one can
deny that Ringo Kid earned his money the hard way.
Owned by Halpain, Long, Thompson & Martinelli, Ringo Kid squeezed
by at the Border Town Casino Preliminary in Seneca, Mo, on October 4th.
Of the 20 spots open to advance to the Las Vegas Finals, Ringo Kid scored 85.50
to finish 17th.
In Las Vegas, as so often happens in the bucking bull world, it’s all
about peaking, and Ringo Kid showed what he was made of at exactly the right
time.
Ringo Kid, a son of Last Call, started his championship week run of
the table during the Monday, October 31st Round of 27 by collecting
a top score of 88 to advance.
On Wednesday, he jacked it up a major notch winning the All in
Preliminary Round with an impressive buck worth 90 points. His two
extraordinary outs during the Finals though were wiped clean as all the MDBBC
entries to buck on November 5th started with no points accumulated
from past events.
 Competing against
the 10 top Bucking Bull Games Bulls in addition to the top 7 All in Players
Championship bulls, Ringo Kid once again shone as he won the Championship and
weeklong Tri-fecta by winning the buckle and having his name engraved on the
Championship bell with a solid 88.67.
Ringo Kid’s MDBBC win was worth $500,000 with an addition $100,000
added to the pot by also winning the All In bounty.
Jerry Halpain, one of the first major trainers and breeders to see the
benefit of getting involved in the Bucking Bull Games program was elated after
the win. Halpain said, " There is no event like this one, nothing even close,
and no feeling like this either, nothing even close” shortly after winning the
$600,000
In the Championship Final, the Whisnat and Mogg bull Go Blue
scored 86.17 to finish second and leave Las Vegas $100,000 richer. The
Jeri Harmon owned Mr. Allen finished the MDBBC All In Class second with a 86.33
worth $29,000.
Other Champions crowned at Bucking Bull Games included -
Foreplay owned by Bob Whisnant was the champion bull in
the Bull & Rider tournament winning $30,000 Sean Willingham takes down his second Bull & Rider Tournament
victory with a pay window visit worth $15,000 Calico Kickin owned by David Hale was the Second Chance champion
winning $15,000
Over 1.3 million was paid out during the week.
The All In Players Championship draft continues to thrive as
close to $800,000 was bid as owners selected their picks eligible to compete in
the 2017 BBG and MDBBC.
Billy Jaynes, CEO of Exclusive Genetics and the Bucking Bulls
games has seen his vision for lucrative winners payouts continue to grow.
Jaynes said about the draft, "This is closer to what my vision is. Ever since I
attended the Saratoga Springs horse racing sale and watched horses bring
$300,000 on average, I have been committed to bringing our industry more in
line with this. We did not average $300,000 but we averaged well over $20,000
per bull, and I think that will open the eyes of breeders and cause them to
consign there better bulls in years to come which should drive the prices up!!”
Maybe, just maybe, the luckiest number is Las Vegas is a 9. Ringo Kid was the 9th draft
pick in the All In draft last year which is the same as former 2014 MDBBC Ms
Kitty’s Peacemaker was when he was drafted in 2013
Number 9 this year? It was Tippin Point drafted by Rock River
Bucking Bulls with a draft bid of $37,500.
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