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Cooper Davis did not compete in Everett after injuring his groin in the Billings event Championship round.  He is considered ‘day to day’ and is planning to join the tour in Tacoma this weekend.  He has an MRI scheduled this morning (Friday) which will reveal the next steps.  He is currently fourth in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 645.50 points.

Kaique Pacheco was unable to build off of his Billings momentum and went 0 for 3.  He qualified for the event championship round due to his #1 world standing position but he couldn’t convert.  He remains 1^st overall in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 916.50 points.  Kaique has now held the top spot for four consecutive weeks, and remained inside the top 4 of the standings for 14 consecutive weeks; he leads the Tour with 13 event championship round qualifications (riding 7 of those 13 attempts, and leads the tour with 2 round wins); he leads in both bulls attempted (59) and bulls ridden (28); his 47.46 % riding percentage ranks 4^th; his 6 event round wins ranks 2^nd; his 2 event wins T – 2^nd; and he has 8 top 5 finishes and 10 top 10’s.

Three times he has ridden for 90+ points which ranks T – 3^rd, one of which was in the Indianapolis 15 – 15 (1-28-2023) aboard Ricky Vaughn for 93 Points.  This score remains the highest marked ride on the UTB Tour so far this season.  In honor of fallen PBR rider Mason Lowe (1993 – 2019), PBR awards the rider with the highest score of the season with The Mason Lowe Award.

Post-Race Quote: “Pretty frustrated with how things went for us on our Champion Power Equipment Chevy. I feel like we had overall a decent truck to contend with, but we opted to try a differing strategy than what most of the field chose to do, and had it went green we would have been in good shape, but we never got to see it play out all the way. Regardless, I’m thankful for everybody’s effort this week. It’s been a tough few weeks for our No. 23 team but I think we will be able to get regrouped over these next two off weekends and come back stronger in Kansas.”

Briggs Madsen is scheduled to make his return to action this week in Everett and Tacoma.  Qualifying for the world finals is not out of the question, but he needs to work quickly with only 3 regular season events remaining.  He is currently 56^th in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 40 points.  Briggs needs to climb into the top 35 to guarantee a spot in the finals and 35^th position currently has 146.50 points.

Eli Vastbinder went 1 for 3 this weekend, placing 6^th in round 2 and finishing 12^th overall in the event.  He earned 14 points and remains 24^th in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 233.50 points.

Cooper Davis rode 3 of 4 bulls and lead wire to wire to win his 2^nd event championship of the season, earning a critical cache of points and confidence.  Cooper won Round 1, his 4^th of the season, placed 2^nd in Round’s 2 and 3 and had won the event already before failing to cover his event championship round attempt.  However that failed ride may have more consequences than a clean sheet in Billings.  Cooper appeared to injure his groin on the attempt; initial observations from Sports Med are that it may not be too serious, but that remains to be seen with two events in the next 6 days.  Cooper earned 163.50 points and improved 2 positions to fourth in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 645.50 points.  This was Cooper’s 10^thevent championship round qualification (ridden 3 of 10 bulls), he has ridden 22 bulls in total which ranks T – 2^nd on Tour and his 47.83 % riding percentage ranks 5^th.  Cooper has been ranked inside the top 7 since the first week of the season; no other rider has been able to maintain this level of consistency throughout the season.

Kaique Pacheco rode 3 of 4 bulls highlighted by winning the event championship round, his 6^th round win of the season and finishing 2^nd overall in the event.  This marks his 7^th top 3 UTB event finish and he earned a critical 116 points to remain 1^st overall in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 916.50 points.  Kaique has now held the top spot for three consecutive weeks, and remained inside the top 4 of the standings for 13 consecutive weeks; he leads the Tour with 12 event championship round qualifications (riding 7 of those 12 attempts); he leads in both bulls attempted (56) and bulls ridden (28); his 50.00 % riding percentage ranks T – 3^rd; his 6 event round wins ranks 2^nd; his 2 event wins T – 2^nd; and he has 8 top 5 finishes and 10 top 10’s.

Three times he has ridden for 90+ points which ranks T – 3^rd, one of which was in the Indianapolis 15 – 15 (1-28-2023) aboard Ricky Vaughn for 93 Points.  This score remains the highest marked ride on the UTB Tour so far this season.  In honor of fallen PBR rider Mason Lowe (1993 – 2019), PBR awards the rider with the highest score of the season with The Mason Lowe Award.

Eli Vastbinder went 0 for 2 this weekend and is currently 24^th in the PBR UTB world finals standings with 219.50 points.