2008 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

Round 4 Results and Highlights
Sunday, December 7th

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Round 4 Bareback Riding Results:

1 Kelly Timberman - 87.5 on South Point
2 Justin McDaniel - 87.0 on Coconut Roll
3 Royce Ford - 86.5 points on Sweeney Todd

"I had him (South Point) a month ago in Dallas and won second on him in the first round," said Timberman. "I came here to the Finals and had kind of a rough start.

To find out last night that I got this horse was a big boost, because I knew if I just showed up and put a good ride on him I'd have a chance to win the round. I think it's their first buckle for him (the horse), and it's going to be a good time on the (Gold Buckle) stage. I got on South Point and am going to the South Point, so I'm excited."
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Round 4 Steer Wrestling Results:

1 Dean Gorsuch - 3.7 seconds
2 Cash Myers - 4.0 3 Beau Franzen - 4.2
3 Luke Branquinho - 4.2
3 Stockton Graves - 4.2

I'm just getting good starts, and that was a good steer tonight," said Gorsuch, who is ranked third in the world with $129,889. "I didn't know he was going to stop like that, but I was just happy to catch him because he really stopped with his head down to the right. It worked though. That steer really stepped toward the hazer, and then he stopped, which rolled me in front of him. I had to bring it all back. If I could have gotten off my horse (cleaner), I would have been really fast."

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Round 4 Team Roping Results:

1 Jake Stanley / Walt Woodard - 4.1 seconds
2 Matt Sherwood / Randon Adams - 4.2
3 Chad Masters / Michael Jones - 4.3

It's a dream come true," Stanley said of winning a round at his first career Wrangler NFR. "I got a good start. We knew the steer from what he did the first night, and we had a solid idea of what he was going to do, and that helped us out a bunch. Every day you rope, you think of winning a go-round here ... it's satisfying."

"This is an exciting place to rope, absolutely fantastic," said Woodard, the two-time and reigning world champion who is going to retire from full-time competition after this season. "When I came back to compete full-time in 2006, it wasn't to win a world championship. I came back to prove to myself and to all the people who believe in the style I rope with that I could still do it. And, I wanted to see if a 50-year-old man could qualify for the WNFR."
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Round 4 Saddle Bronc Results:

1 Cody Wright - 88.5 on Sundance
2 Cody Taton - 87.5 on Vitalix Grit Your Teeth 3 Billy Etbauer - 85.0 points on Gross Beetle

"It definitely helps boost your confidence, but I guess you don't want to get overconfident because you're riding against the Top 15 guys and the best horses in the world, so I'll just keep going at them every night," Wright said. "The eliminator pen - the ducks, the dives, rolling swells, the rearing out, walking and skipping on the front end; my horse definitely fit in there. I wasn't expecting the rear out, so I had to hurry up and get in there."
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Round 4 Tie-Down Roping Results:

1 Clint Robinson - 7.9 seconds
2 Stran Smith - 8.0
3 Tyson Durfey - 8.6

"Going last was a huge advantage," Robinson said. "The round was so easy, and I had one of the calves I wanted. I knew I could tie him in a long seven (seconds), and I knew I had to. That's what happened, and it was a good calf."
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Round 4 Barrel Racing Results:

1 Brittany Pozzi-Pharr - 13.84 seconds
2 Cassie Moseley - 13.99
3 Lindsay Sears - 14.01

"This is really great," said Pozzi-Pharr, of Victoria, Texas. "It is a really great feeling tonight. I'll just keep going at 'em. We are only half way through the week, so things are looking up."
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Round 4 Bull Riding Results:

1 Bobby Welsh - 88.0 on North Star 2 Cody Hancock - 87.5 on Wolf Can Do
3 Kanin Asay - 82.5 points on Alabama

"That bull actually kind of had a different day than normal," Welsh said. "He is supposed to turn back. Like when we started going left, he is supposed to stay left for about three or four seconds and then come back to the right, and he just blew up and then came back to the right. I knew in the back of my mind to be set and ready for that direction change. It came a little bit early, but everything worked out absolutely perfectly."

(All Quotes are Courtesy of the PRCA.)

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