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Kaique Pacheco went 1 for 2 and qualified for the event championship round.  Kaique finished in a tie for 11^th overall in the event earning 9.50 points.  He is currently 37^th in the PBR world standings with those 9.5 points.

PACHECO PUTS UP POINTS – Since world No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme sustained a groin injury in mid-September, 2018 PBR World Champion and world No. 2 Kaique Pacheco has steadily been chipping away at his countryman’s lead in the title race. And while Pacheco may have lost ground to Leme in Round 4, he kept his hopes of a second World Championship alive courtesy of a 10th-place finish.

Pacheco became just the second rider in 40 attempts across all levels of competition to cover Capone when he reached the requisite 8 for 87.75 points. The qualified ride netted him 16 world points and he now trails No. 1 Leme by 591 points.

Pacheco, who has gone 3-for-4 at the sport’s most prestigious event, is now tied for fourth on the event leaderboard. He trails the top spot by 86.75 points.

Pacheco is having arguably the best season of his career and is on pace to surpass his totals from his 2018 championship campaign. Pacheco has tied his career-high for event wins (5) by going 48-for-91 (52.74%). In 2018, he won four events and had 42 qualified rides. Pacheco set a career-high with 52 qualified rides five years ago, but he fell just shy of holding off Cooper Davis for the 2016 world title.

On the final day of the season, Pacheco drafted Kid Knapper as his Round 5 opponent.

Jess Lockwood has been recruited by PBR for event Advance PR responsibilities and some competition commentary.  They are still ironing out the details but he is excited to be a part of the finals, albeit disappointed he is not competing.

Kaique Pacheco rode his bulls in rounds 1 and 2 qualifying for the event championship round.  He failed to cover his final round bull and finished 5^th overall in the Velocity Tour Final earning 17 world standings points.  Kaique now enters the 2021 PBR World Finals Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena 590 points behind world No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme.  If he can overtake Leme Kaique will become the seventh rider in PBR history to win multiple world titles.  Kaique is one of four riders still in contention for the 2021 crown; one rider can earn a maximum of 1,094 world points at the World Finals. Winning the event average is worth 560 world points, and round wins are worth 80 points.  Like he has been for 17 weeks of the season, Pacheco remains 2^nd in the PBR world standings with 1,510.50 points.

Jess Lockwood returned to action this past weekend however it didn’t go as he would have hoped or planned for.   Jess bucked off his round one attempt and in doing so he realized that he wasn’t ready for the rigors of PBR UTB quality bulls.  By his own account everything felt good going in, but his post ride follow-up with Dr. Freeman revealed that Jess has what is believed to be scar tissue build up on the groin which needs to be addressed.  Lockwood will not compete in the upcoming Velocity Tour Finals and will now focus on the start of the 2022 season.  Jess will finish his season ranked 48^th in the PBR world standings with 119.50 points.

2021 was an injury plagued season that saw Jess enter and compete in 9 PBR UTB events and one 15 / 15 Bucking Battle round.  Jess had some success in Glendale winning the event championship round (his lone round win of the year) and finishing 2^nd in the event.  He rode 3 of 20 attempts (15%) over the course of the season and will finish no higher than 48^th in the world standings.  Although he will finish the season outside the top 35, Jess will begin the 2022 season on the UTB tour as he will have 2021 injury exemptions and his World Champion exemptions guaranteeing his spot.

Once again Kaique Pacheco rode 2 of 3 bulls and qualified for the event championship round.  Kaique finished 8^th overall in the event and earned 28 standings points.  This was Kaique’s 16^th event championship round and 14^th top 10 finish to date.  He remains 2^nd in the PBR world standings with 1,493.50 points.

All active PBR World Champions receive an invitation to the Velocity Tour Finals and Kaique has informed the PBR competition department that he will compete at the Tour final prior to PBR World Finals.  One rider can earn a maximum 105 world standings points in the two day, 3 round with championship round event format.

Below are a few statistical achievements for Kaique leading into finals week:

• 5 – UTB event wins (Arcadia, Glendale, Louisville, Nampa, Deadwood)
• Qualified for 16 UTB event championship rounds; rode 7 of 16 bulls (43.75%)
• 9 – round wins (Arcadia, Louisville (2), Oklahoma City 15/15, Nampa, Billings, Little Rock, Deadwood, Manchester)
• 3 – UTB event championship round wins (Arcadia, Nampa, Deadwood)
• 6 – 90 pt. rides
• 5 weeks ranked #1
• Has attempted the most bulls on tour with 87 attempts in 41 events (45 of 87 ridden, 51.72%)
• Ranks 1^st on tour with 45 bulls ridden
• Ranks 3^rd on tour with 51.72% riding percentage

Kaique Pacheco rebounded from his streak of 5 consecutive buckoffs to ride 2 of 3 in Manchester highlighted by winning round one, his ninth round win of the year and finishing 2^nd overall in the event.  Kaique earned 91.50 points and remains 2^nd in the PBR world standings with 1,465.50 points.  His 91.00 point ride in round 1 was his 27^th career 90-point cover, and 16^th on the PBR Elite UTB Tour.

Jess Lockwood remains extremely cautious on his return to competition. He plans on horseback riding and getting on another practice bull early this week before making a decision on Manchester. Jess is currently 47^th in the PBR world standings with 119.50 points.