![]() ![]() “Now, I live probably a quarter-mile from Cline (Cline Pro Rodeo). I ended up being able to buy it,” Fugate said. “I was spending a lot of time down here (in Ash Flat), and a place came up for sale. ![]() Fugate relocated to Ash Flat, Ark., at the beginning of the year with the intent of improving his bull riding skills. ![]() “I had been getting on bulls throughout the whole quarantine-shutdown deal. Getting to travel with my buddies again was great.” "I was more than excited to get back to it. When rodeos began to return, he was more than ready. Fugate rode Cervi Rodeo’s bull Jack Hammer for 93 points and the highest marked ride of his season.įugate had $32,127 by mid-March and was in the top ten standings when rodeos were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() The Missouri-Arkansas cowboy boosted his PRCA standings and bank account, winning round one at Rodeo Houston before the rodo shut down. He thrilled the crowd with a 90 point ride aboard Andrews Rodeo’s Make My Day in the final round to put $23,000 in his bank. 22 in San Antonio at the annual Stock Show. He earned 8 round wins with the first on Feb. He completed 23 qualified rides from 80 attempted beasts in anything but a regular season of pro rodeo. The biggest reward is being able to ride an 1800 pound beast that there’s no possible way that you should be able to ride.” You’ve got to enter the right dates to be able to go to the biggest rodeos. “The biggest challenge would probably be entering and staying healthy. "I like raising bulls whenever I'm home, bucking futurity bulls, and raising up one so I can see if I can have one that can go to bigger shows one day," he says. “Both of my parents, my mom ran barrels, and my dad team roped, and I got started getting on sheep, and it kind of stuck with me,” he says of climbing through the ranks up to bull riding he attended Three Rivers College and was on the rodeo team. Earning six rodeo bull riding titles for a total of $52,236.09 in 2020, Fugate enjoyed his highest season riding average and won six PRCA event titles. Eight years later and several association title buckles on his mantel, Fugate reached a turning point in his career and qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo. In the beginning, Denton Fugate was the 2011 Youth Bull Riders Junior Bull riding World Champion while still studying for his high school diploma. ![]()
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