The lone Playoff Series Rodeo of the weekend took us to the Oklahoma Panhandle for Guymon Pioneer Days, where we saw a repeat winner in the bareback riding and a young steer wrestler continue to make his mark.

Meanwhile, the PRCA’s best bull riders got together again, this time at the Cactus Jack Xtreme Bulls in Uvalde, Texas.

Bareback rider Jess Pope wins Guymon for the third time in four seasons and second consecutive year. There is possibly no one in ProRodeo that has dominated a single event more than Jess Pope has at the Guymon Pioneer Days over the last handful of years. In 2025, he won with 90.5 points on Breaking News, the same horse he won on with 90 in 2024. In 2022, the first time he competed there, he rode Gun Fire for 92 and the win. Pope is up to No. 4 in the PRCA World Standings.

Bull rider TJ Gray is No. 2 in the World after a dominant performance at the Cactus Jack Xtreme Bulls. Since the Clovis Xtreme Bulls on April 13, Gray has ridden 66 percent of his bulls and every qualified ride has gotten him a check. Most recently in Uvalde, he was 86 points on Bill Dog and 89 points on Red Bone. On the season, he is covering 56.9 percent of his bulls.

Steer wrestler Holden Myers gets first career PRCA Playoff Series win in Guymon. The 25-year-old continues to hold steady in the PRCA Steer Wrestling Top 5 and got his biggest payday since his second place finish in Houston over the weekend. He kicked off the rodeo with a 3.6 to win Round 1 and ended up finishing with an aggregate time of 13.0 seconds on three to win by two tenths over veteran Matt Reeves.

Since March 15, saddle bronc rider Kade Bruno has made 14 straight rides of 83.5 points or better.In that span, Bruno has won the Cinch World’s Toughest on Charlottesville, Virginia and the San Angelo Cinch Chute Out. In his previous 14 outs, he had just four rides of 83.5 or better. Bruno is No. 3 in the World Standings.

Bull rider Lukasey Morris broke a streak of six straight buckoffs to win Guymon. Sometimes it only takes one to get hot, and there’s no better place to do it than your home state. Morris rode Frontier Rodeo’s Moon Flower for 88.5 points and became just the fourth cowboy ever to cover the bull in PRCA competition.

The No. 4-13 bareback riders in the World are within $11,000 of one another. Bradlee Miller has established himself at No. 1 with about $120,000 and after that, Rocker Steiner and Dean Thompson are both over $80,000. From there, things get tight, from Jess Pope down to Waylon Bourgeois, every cowboy ranked 4-13 has between $59,886 and $48,889 on the year. Other notable names in that mix include Cole Franks (No. 6), Mason Clements (No. 8), Jayco Roper (No. 10), and RC Landingham (No. 12).

Rookie Thayne Elshere rode two bulls and pulled in over $7,000 on the weekend.

After Wacey Schalla last year, we could be seeing the emergence of another great all-around roughstock rider. Elshere entered the PRCA more known for his saddle bronc riding, but has surged in the bull riding of late as well and now has made more in that event this season. He was 89 to win the American Royal Rodeo and 84.5 for second in Guymon. This season, he has made $24,874 riding bulls and $17,331 riding broncs. He is second in the PRCA Permit Standings in both events.