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stay strong was tough. Bareback riding is simple. It's just having the right mindset."
• J.R. Vezain of Cowley, Wyo., won the round with an 86.5 on Top Flight.
• In steer wrestling, Luke Branquinho of Los Alamos, Calif., won his second straight season title and fourth overall, finishing with $147,184. He tied for fifth in the round with a 4.2.
• Branquinho is the first to win two straight titles since Ote Berry in 1990-91, and tied Berry and Jim Bynum for second place on the career steer wrestling title list with four.
• "You hear that stuff coming up before you even get in that situation," Branquinho said. "It's great. You just don't think about it. You just go out there and try to win as much money as you can. Now, to be able to say that I'm in that elite group, it's an honor. Four is just unbelievable."
• Les Shepperson of Midwest, Wyo., won the aggregate standings race at 48.60.
• Gabe Ledoux of Kaplan, La., won the round in 3.3.
• In team roping, there was a split world championship for the first time since 2007 when Chad Masters of Cedar Hill, Tenn., won the header title with $196,099, and Jade Corkill of Fallon, Nev., took the heeler crown with $190,797. Clay O'Brien Cooper of Gardnersville, Nev., who is Masters' partner, was second for heelers with $189,666, while Kaleb Driggers of Albany, Ga., who ropes with Corkill, was second among the headers with $194,888.
• Driggers and Corkill won the round in 4.0, and Masters and Cooper finished fifth in 5.2. Masters and Cooper won the aggregate standings race at 73.40 to earn the $46,821 bonus.
• Header Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas, and heeler Patrick Smith of Lipan, Texas, who led for the first nine rounds, broke the barrier and failed to earn a check after finishing outside the top six.
• Brazile, who was seeking his NFR record-tying 18th gold buckle, finished with $182,903, and Smith ended up with $184,403, which put both of them in third place in the world standings.
• In tie-down roping, Tuf Cooper of Decatur, Texas, won the title by finishing sixth in 7.9.
• Cooper earned $232,885, while second-place Justin Maass of Giddings, Texas, made $197,594.
• Adam Gray of Seymour, Texas, was the aggregate standings champion with a time of 87.80 over 10 rounds. Cooper was second at 90.60.
• Five-time world champion Cody Ohl of Hico, Texas, won the round in 7.0.
• In all-around, Brazile clinched his record 10th world championship and seventh in

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