Five local cowboys reach finale in first year event is dubbed state’s official rodeo.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tristan Martin of Sulphur, Texas, competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
If the Utah Days of ‘47 Rodeo is going to be known as the official rodeo of the State of Utah — a moniker hung on the newly rebranded event this year — then it seems only right that a Utah cowboy should win.
And five of the state’s best bull riders, bulldoggers and bronc busters did their best to defend Utah’s honor, and win a share of the $562,500 in prize money Monday night in the Gold Standard finale at the Days of ‘47 Arena at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City. Two of them were successful, with Cash Robb of Altonah winning the steer wrestling event and Allen Boore of Axtell prevailing in saddle bronc riding.
Dean Thompson of Altamont secured $6,000 for placing third in bareback bronc riding. Dalton Rudman of Wellington and Austin Allred of Cleveland each competed in bull riding, which finished late.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Riley Duvall of Checotah, Okla., competes in steer wrestling at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Donny Profit, from Diamondville, Wyo., competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wenda Johnson, from Pawhuska, Okla., competes in the barrel racing event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) RC Landingham, from Hat Creek, Calif., competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mason Couch, Cassville, Mo., competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tanner Brunner, from Ramona, Kansas, competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) RC Landingham, from Hat Creek, Calif., competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tristan Martin of Sulphur, Texas, competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordan Briggs competes in the barrel racing event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alan Boore competes in saddle bronc at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mason Couch, Cassville, Mo., competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sam Powers of Sonora, Texas, competes in the steer wrestling competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) RC Landingham, from Hat Creek, Calif., competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alan Boore competes in saddle bronc at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dean Thompson, from Altamont, Utah, competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dean Thompson, from Altamont, Utah, competes in the bareback riding competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bronson Baldwin holds on to the sheep to win the mutton bustin' competition at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cole Fischer, from Jefferson City, Mo., competes in bull riding at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ednei Caminhas of Brazil competes in the bull riding event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deklan Garland, from Marlow, Okla., competes in bull riding at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deklan Garland, from Marlow, Okla., competes in bull Riding at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Halyn Lide, from China Spring, Texas, competes in the barrel racing event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Stephanie Fryar, from Waco, Texas, competes in the barrel racing event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cole Fischer, from Jefferson City, Mo., competes in bull riding at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ednei Caminhas of Brazil, competes in the bull riding event at the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo at the State Fairpark, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
Of 288 total entries in eight events, those five were the only Utahns to make it through one of the three semifinal rodeos, held Thursday through Saturday, to Monday’s final round. In addition to the paycheck, the rodeo offered medals for just the seventh time in its history, according to the rodeo’s website. Each cowboy also won up to $1,600 during the qualifying rounds.
While no Utah rodeo athlete has won a Days of ‘47 competition in the past five years, five have taken second. However, one of them, bareback rider Kaycee Feild of Spanish Fork, has a gold medal. Feild was awarded the gold medal by the rodeo committee in 2019 after a technical scoring error resulted in him initially being named the winner before a recalculation revealed the champion to actually be Caleb Bennett of Corvallis, Montana.
