Austin Richardson held himself out of Little Rock due to aggravating his previously sprained MCL in Los Angeles. He is on track to resume competition in Glendale, AZ when the UTB tour picks back up again. Austin remains 11th in the PBR world standings with 242 points.
Kaique Pacheco went 0 for 2 this weekend and will once again need to use one of his world champion exemptions to qualify once the UTB returns in Glendale. Kaique is currently 51st in the PBR world standings with 50.50 points. He will now focus his efforts on the Global Cup as he will ride for Team Brazil once again.
Cole Melancon remains out with a torn groin muscle. He is slowly gaining his range of motion back and will start with minimal strength exercises this week. Cole is currently 21st in the PBR world standings with 114.16 points.
Austin Richardson went 1 for 2 and finished in a tie for 10th – 11th. Austin qualified for his fourth event championship round (NYC, Duluth, OKC) and earned 12 points to remain 11th in the PBR world standings with 242 points.
Kaique Pacheco continued to help his push to get inside the top 35 with a round one successful ride. Although the score wasn’t high enough to advance into the event championship round he did earn 8 standings points and improved to 46th in the PBR world standings with 50.50 points. He will be in the draw for the upcoming event in Little Rock. If needed, he will use one of his 5 World Champion exemptions.
Austin Richardson went 0 for 2 over the weekend and he is currently 11th in the PBR world standings with 230 points.
In his physician’s visit last Thursday Jess Lockwood received some good news in that surgery is not required to repair his injured riding shoulder. An MRI discovered a rare broken coracoid process, (the coracoid process (from Greek κόραξ, raven) is a small hook-like structure on the lateral edge of the superior anterior portion of the scapula (hence: coracoid, or “like a raven’s beak”). Pointing laterally forward, it, together with the acromion, serves to stabilize the shoulder joint). Jess has a follow up appointment with Dr. Tandy Freeman in 4 weeks, at which time a further assessment will be made. At the moment the thought is he will need 6 – 8 weeks of rest and rehabilitation before competing again. A much better prognosis than 6 – 9 months if a shoulder reconstruction surgery was needed.
Kaique Pacheco returned to competition and went 1 for 3, highlighted with wining round 2, his first round win of the season. Kaique qualified for his second event championship round (Indy) and finished 8th overall in the event. That ride broke an uncharacteristic 0 for 7 slide dating back to the first event in Indianapolis. Kaique hadn’t seen a stretch like this since January – March of 2018 when he was marred in an 0 for 13 stretch. He is past the shoulder injury now and feels great. He earned 33 standings points and is currently 51st in the in the PBR world standings with 42.50 points. He has one more injury exemption to secure his place on the UTB Tour and be inside the top 25. If needed, he can use one or more of his five World Championship exemptions as well.
Our professional angler, Shane Lineberger, will be competing in the Major League Fishing Pro Circuit. He will also be in the Bassmaster Open Division.