Monday,  Dec. 09, 2013 • Vol. 16--No. 146 • 12 of 25

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an 88.5 on Medicine Show and leads the standings with $171,549. Harris tops the field with $41,166 in NFR earnings and is first in the aggregate standings with 262.5 points for three rides.
• "It's still early, and tomorrow will be the halfway point, but I just have to keep building on it," Harris said. "I haven't looked at the world standings or watched any replays of any of the rides so far. I've just been going home and going to bed and trying to stay rested. This place will get you worn down if you let it."
• Trevor Kastner of Ardmore, Okla., and Chandler Bownds of Lubbock, Texas, tied for second with 87.5 rides.
• In steer wrestling, two-time season champion Dean Gorsuch of Gering, Neb., won in 3.1 -- the best time ever in the fourth round. He broke the mark of 3.2 set by Mike Smith in 1990.
• "I want to go at it (the Thomas & Mack Center arena record of 3.0, set by Steve Duhon in 1986 and Bryan Fields in 2001) every night, and I have tried to," Gorsuch said. "I've been trying to be too aggressive at the wrong times. I tried to calm down tonight and let things happen."
• Gorsuch is fifth in the standings with $85,986.
• Casey Martin of Sulphur, La., leads the standings with $126,365.
• In bareback, defending season champion Kaycee Feild of Spanish Fork, Utah, remained in first place in the standings, finishing fourth with an 81.5 on Hombre. Feild, seeking a third consecutive world title, has earned $148,119. Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., leads the standings with $137,305.
• Jessy Davis of Power, Mont., won the round with an 86 on Raggidy Ann.
• In team roping, header Nick Sartain of Dover, Okla., and heeler Rich Skelton of Llano, Texas, won the round in 4.2. They lead the NFR aggregate standings with a total time of 19.60.
• Header Clay Tryan of Billings, Mont., and heeler Jade Corkill, of Fallon, Nev., finished third in 5.2 and remained first in the standings. Tryan has earned $136,569, and Corkill has made $134,938.
• In saddle bronc, Jake Wright of Milford, Utah, won with an 86 on Kid Rock to move into second place in the standings with $125,354.
• "He got a lot of air and felt good," Wright said. "He was kicking hard, and when he jumped in the air he'd try to drop out and throw me off the front, but I set my feet and kept rocking back and he felt awesome. He dang near fell down coming out of the chute and I think when he got up he was mad because he really got after it."
• Wright's brother, two-time season champion Cody Wright, also of Milford, leads the standings with $135,013.
• In all-around, defending season champion Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas,

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