Here’s Where the Calf Roping Top 15 Stands With Cowboy Christmas on Deck

With ProRodeo’s Cowboy Christmas a week away, Riley Webb leads the calf roping world standings by nearly $42,000 and eight tie-down ropers sit within one good weekend of the top 15 cutline.

Riley Webb sits at $166,694.06, $41,949.88 ahead of Kincade Henry at #2. The three-time defending world champion and four-time NFR qualifier has won $20,345.11 in June alone, anchored by his $4,829 Woodward win and a four-rodeo check cashing weekend at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa that included splitting Round 1 for $4,483 and a fourth place average check for another $4,379. He tied the Strawberry Days win with a 7.9 for $4,62 and added another $2,029 to his tally in Vernal.

The chase pack reshuffled this last week. Shane Hanchey, the 2013 world champion and 16-time NFR qualifier, climbed from sixth on June 1 to third on June 22 with $72,144.30, a $19,179.35 month. His best stretch was last week when he collected a total of $12,539.43. He picked up third at Elko for $4,427, tied for third at the Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove, Utah, for $3,180, was sixth at Vernal earning $2,952, and a fifth place tie in Nampa’s second round for another $1,981.

Joel Harris held fourth in the PRCA world standings with $68,740.32. Brushton Minton, who held third in the world for most of the spring, slid to fifth at $66,072.98. Minton’s earnings in the past two weeks came from an eighth-place tie at Vernal for $2,029. Kincade Henry, a four-time NFR qualifier, continues to hold #2 with $124,744.18 won.

New Faces in the Top 15

Three names entered the top 15 since June 1: Trevor Hale, Blane Cox and Ty Harris. Trevor Hale was 24th in the world on June 1 with $31,519.53 and now sits 13th at $48,891.90, a $17,372.37 climb thanks to consistent checks. He placed second at Eagle for $4,442, split ninth at Union to win $1,156, tied for fifth at Sisters for $4,335 and picked up second at Elko for $4,796.

Blane Cox, a two-time NFR qualifier, climbed six spots in the past week alone—20th to 14th—with a $8,710.03 weekend split between his Vernal split with Kincade Henry (7.9 seconds, $5,165 each) and a fourth place check in Nampa’s Round 1 for another $2,919. Seven-time NFR Qualifier, Ty Harris, made his way to 15th with $44,079.53 won on the year with a runner-up finish at Sisters behind Brodey Clemons for $6,629, plus an eighth-place finish at Driggs for $2,115 and another eighth-place check at Union for $1,734.

Three names dropped out of the top 15 since June 1: Marty Yates, who has been out with a knee injury since April; Tyler Calhoun, who slipped from 14th to 16th; and Bryce Derrer, who held 15th on June 1 and now sits 18th.

The bubble is what’s worth watching. Only $692.26 separates Ty Harris at #15 from Tyler Calhoun at #16, and just $2,984.09 separates the cutline from #17 Brodey Clemons—the 19-year-old Weatherford, Texas, Resistol Rookie contender who climbed 18 spots in three weeks. Brodey won Sisters outright for $7,649 and split Driggs with Shane Hanchey for another $4,935 each during a single weekend that pushed him from 33rd on June 8 to 15th on June 16. He’s currently second in the Resistol Rookie standings behind Kyan Wilhite.

Counting Brodey, Bryce Derrer, Quade Hiatt, Bo Pickett, Chase Webster and Beau Cooper, eight ropers sit within $5,000 of the cutline. With Reno, Greeley, Calgary and Cheyenne all on the calendar in the next 30 days, the top 15 shift is just getting started.