Four-legged athlete takes center stage at Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo

FORT WORTH, Texas, (Feb. 2, 2025) — No one has been more successful at this year’s Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ProRodeo Tournament than a Canadian athlete that has four legs.

Logan Bird, from Nanton, Alberta, is the proud owner of one of the most famed and beloved tie-down roping horses going down the road today. And while Bird has been riding Daddys Shiner Cat commonly known as “Peso,” that’s not all that has made the 14-year-old buckskin horse famous.

The quick-footed athlete has been the chosen mount for a lot of competitors at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) for several years. In fact, he has been in Las Vegas for rodeo’s championships four times and had five different riders. None of them were Bird.

However, Bird had enough success in 2024 to qualify for the rodeo in Dickies Arena. He and fellow Albertan Kyle Lucas both rode Peso in Bracket 5 and are advancing to the Semi-Finals.

Bracket 6 started Saturday night and was completed Sunday afternoon. The buckskin gelding was in familiar territory with San Angelo, Texas, roper Ty Harris on his back. During last year’s NFR, Harris rode Peso for nine of the 10 rounds in Las Vegas.

Harris placed third on Saturday, then came back on Sunday, and stopped the clock in 8.7 seconds for first place. Because of his success in Bracket 6, he is now the third man to advance to the Semi-Finals riding the talented “Peso.”

Halyn Lide made her first appearance at the NFR in December and is using that momentum to start her 2025 season. Riding her great horse Jettin Ta Heaven that she calls “Keeper,” she tied for first in the first round of Bracket 6 then won round two outright.

A year ago, Lide, from China Spring, Texas, was competing here for the first time. This year, she is at the top of the bracket and returning to compete in the Semi-Finals.

Monday night’s rodeo will be round one of Bracket 7. Action starts at 7:30 p.m. and fans will see the final group of 2025 tournament contestants. Tuesday night’s competition in Dickies Arena will determine the final contestants to advance to the Wild Card and Semi-Finals rounds where they will have a spot in the Championship Finals on Saturday, February 8, in their sights.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The following are unofficial results from the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Pro Rodeo Tournament, Bracket 6, Round 2, February 2, 2025.

Bareback riding: 1, Jess Pope, Waverly, Kan., 85 points on Calgary Stampede’s Forged Warrior, $2,375. 2, (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Strawbs Jones, Clermont, Queensland, Australia, 81, $1,675 each. 4, Cooper Cooke, Victor, Idaho, 76, $1,075.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Pope, $4,193, and Cooke, $3,393. Wild Card qualifier: Jones, $3,093.

Steer wrestling: 1, Winsten McGraw, Gill, Colo., 4.8 seconds, $2,318. 2, Cody Devers, Perryton, Texas, 5.9, $1,818. 3, Mike McGinn, Haines, Ore., 6.6, $1,418. 4, Dalton Massey, Hermiston, Ore., $1,018.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Devers and McGinn, $3,290 each. Wild Card qualifier: Shane Frey, Duncan, Okla., $2,515.

Breakaway roping: 1, Jenna Dallyn, Nanton, Alberta, Canada, 2.1 seconds, $2,425. 2, Rickie Fanning, Martin, S.D., 2.8, $1,925. 3, Shaya Biever, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada, 4.6, $1,525. 4, Suzanne Williams, Standish, Calif., 12.1, $1,125.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Dallyn, $4,767, and Biever, $2,967. Wild Card qualifier: Fanning, $1,925.

Saddle bronc riding: 1, Jake Finlay, Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, 89 points on Generations Pro Rodeo’s Shamus, $2,300. 2, (tie) Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah; Damian Brennan, Injune, Queensland, Australia; Dawson Hay, Wildwood, Alberta; and Zeke Thurston, Big Valley, Alberta, 87, $1,081 each.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Finlay, $3,700, and Thurston, $3,381. Wild Card qualifier: Hay, $2,881.

Tie-down roping: 1, Ty Harris, San Angelo, Texas, 8.7 seconds, $2,342. 2, Chris McCuistion, Collinsville, Texas, 11.3, $1,842. 3, Garrett Jacobs, Bosque Farms, N.M., 12.8, $1,442. 4, Colton Farquer, Oakdale, Calif., 14.6, $1,042.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Jacobs, $3,817, and Harris, $3,417. Wild Card qualifier: Farquer, $2,517.

Team Roping: 1, Kreece Thompson, Munday, Texas, and Jace Helton, Tolar, Texas, 4.3 seconds, $2,375 each. 2, Lightning Aguilera, Athens, Texas, and Patrick Smith, Athens, Texas, 4.6, $1,875 each. 3, Cody Carter and Blake Bentley, Stephenville, Texas, 4.7, $1,475 each. 4, Jake Clay, Sapulpa, Okla., and Tanner Braden, Dewey, Okla., 4.9, $1,075 each.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Thompson and Helton, $3,393 each; and Carter and Bentley, $3,093 each. Wild Card qualifiers: Clay and Braden, $2,693 each.

Barrel Racing: 1, Halyn Lide, China Spring, Texas, 16.21 seconds, $2,300. 2, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 16.30, $1,800. 3, Stevi Hillman, Granbury, Texas, 16.65, $1,400. 4, Keyla Costa, Tolar, Texas, 16.67. $1,000.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Lide, $4,350, and Smalygo, $3,200. Wild Card qualifier: Costa, $3,050.

Bull Riding: (two rides) 1, Jestyn Woodward, Custer, S.D., 88.5 points on Rafter G Rodeo’s Whiskey River, $3,750. 2, Taylor Toves, Stephenville, Texas, 88, $3,250.

Semi-finals qualifiers: Woodward and T.J. Gray, Dairy, Ore., $3,750 each. Wild Card qualifier: Rawley Johnson, Swan Valley, Idaho, $3,250. (advances on tiebreaker)