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Round 3 – December 6, 2025
The 67th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada traces its roots to the birth of professional rodeo’s crescendo, beginning 1959–1961 in Dallas, Texas. The finals moved to Los Angeles from 1962–1964, then settled in Oklahoma City from 1965–1984, with a one-year stop in Arlington, Texas in 2020. In 1985—40 years ago—the Wrangler NFR moved to Las Vegas, where it remains today. The 2025 championship features a historic $17.5 million purse, presented by Wrangler and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
American Indian and First Nations athletes are well represented. The Navajo Nation includes Bailey Bates and Derrick Begay. The Oglala Lakota Nation is represented by Zack Dallas, while the Cherokee Nation features Jacob Roper and Chance Howard in addition to the indigenous owned animal athletes including Cree owned C5 Rodeo Companies Saddle Bronc of the Year #F13 Virgil. The top 15 competitors in seven events compete 10 rounds, facing the best for the PRCA World Championships. Results and round 3 winners interviews with Waylon Bourgeois and Ty Erickson are coming up.
Stay tuned to this station for coverage of all the excitement of the 2025 world title races on the Native Voice 1 Radio Network.
Many thanks to:
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@wranglerjeans
Long live cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!
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