Bull Rider Ky Hamilton Wins First World Title With New Single Season Earnings Record (2024)

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Ky Hamilton captured his first career Gold Buckle in 2023 after earning a record $595,414 on the year.

Redding Rodeo (California), 85.5 Points

Hamilton won nearly $6,000 for his May victory with a ride on Far West of Brookman Rodeo. In that same trip to California, he also added more than $3,000 for a third place finish at the Redding Extreme Bulls.

Ky Hamilton's Remarkable Ride in NFR Round 7 Secures $99,053 Triumph.

In January of this year, it was announced to the rodeo community that 2023 PRCA World Champion Bull Rider Ky Hamilton would be sidelined for the foreseeable future due to a torn labrum in his shoulder that would require surgical repair.

For Stetson Wright, family is everything. Wright's daughter, Kingsley, is a part of a silver lining of Wright's sidelining injury. He will get to spend more time with her, although the brace might slow him down just a little.

2021 – Finished as reserve world champion with $281,156. Entered the Wrangler NFR ranked first and finished as reserve world champion with $281,156. Won $167,627 after placing in seven out of 10 rounds, winning the seventh round in a time of 13.45 seconds.

Ann Lewis was only 10 years old when she was killed in a highway crash in Arkansas before the 1968 National Finals Rodeo along with her mother, twin sister, and fellow barrel racer Sissy Thurman. Ann Lewis won the 1968 barrel race championship posthumously. She remains the youngest champion in pro rodeo history.

Although Hamilton was given a re-ride in Round 9 – which he is scheduled to take as the first bull out in Round 10 Saturday night – he clinched the world crown based on how things folded in Round 9.

After starting 4-for-4, the Aussie was knocked out and hospitalized in Round 5 and then ultimately ruled out for Round 6. Or so we thought. Hamilton not only competed, he rode for 85.5 points to take third in the round behind Josh Frost and Sage Kimzey, who won his third consecutive round.

Will Ky Hamilton ride round 10? ›

Hamilton is scheduled to get on Championship Pro Rodeo's Dark Thoughts as his re-ride bull from Round 9 as the first competitor in Round 10 and then he will be the last rider out for Round 10 aboard Rafter G Rodeo's Western Haulers Hurricane.

Most notably, Moraes became only the third man ever to ride 10 out of 10 bulls at the NFR. The other two being Jim Sharp in 1988 and Norman Curry in 1990.

After winning the World in 2023, a shoulder injury sidelined Ky Hamilton early in the 2024 season.

Peter De Luna, 22, was only a bull rider for one year, taking up the sport in May 2023. He died after he fell off a bull Friday during the Riding on Faith Rodeo Summer Series. Though stepped on, he was initially able to walk away from the incident, but he collapsed and died soon after.

Young Australian Hamilton looking to propel himself to first World Finals via Velocity Tour Finals | PBR | Professional Bull Riders. Ky Hamilton, who's already qualified for the National Finals Rodeo, will be in action in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Nov. 6-7.

Ky Hamilton became the first Australian bull rider to ever win the World Title, he also won the NFR Average and set a new single season earnings record to boot.

Although Hamilton was given a re-ride in Round 9 – which he is scheduled to take as the first bull out in Round 10 Saturday night – he clinched the world crown based on how things folded in Round 9.

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