NFR notes: Horse’s style points boost Hawkins in bareback win

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1999 | 10:15 a.m.

Pete Hawkins proved Monday night that it's not always how you ride, but what you ride.

Hawkins won the bareback riding competition in Monday's fourth go-round at the National Finals Rodeo, but conceded he didn't necessarily have the best ride.

Hawkins scored an 86 on Calamity Jane to win the go-round, edging Lan Lajeunesse's 85 on Python Skoal.

"Lan made the best ride of the day, I felt," Hawkins said. "The horse I had was a little bit showier, so I got a few more points from the horse."

"I like a little movement to (the horses) to keep me loose and aggressive. I'll get to showing off too much if one's too easy for me, and it might get me in trouble."

Although Hawkins continues to lead the world bareback riding standings with more than $112,000, he fell out of the running for the average championship when he failed to score in the first go-round, then failed to cash in the third.

Other fourth go-round winners:

* Steer wrestler Brad Gleason won his second go-round of the Finals with a time of 3.50 and earned $12,908.71. Todd Suhn and Ricky Huddleston tied for second at 3.70 and pocketed $8,952.81 each.

* Daniel Green and Allen Bach won the team roping competition with a time of 4.90. The team of David Motes and Bobby Harris took second at 5.10 and the Charles Pogue/Britt Bockius pairing was third at 5.20.

* Ryan Mapston and Bobby Griswold tied for first in saddle bronc riding with matching scores of 83. Ty Murray took third with 82 points.

* Blair Burke won the calf roping competition with a time of 7.40. Ricky Hyde was second at 7.50 and Jerome Schneeberger took third at 8.00.

* Rob Bell was one of only three cowboys to post qualifying rides Monday and won the bull riding competition with a score of 85. Cody Custer was second with a score of 83 and Mike White took third with a 73.

* Defending world champion Kristie Peterson won her first go-round with a time of 14.08 in barrel racing. Sherry Cervi, who leads the barrel racing world standings by more than $46,000, and Kappy Allen tied for second at 14.12.

* Lance Brittan won the first go-round of the 1999 Wrangler Bullfight Tour Finals Monday night with a score of 87. Greg Rumohr took second with an 84 and Mike Matt was third with an 83.

* All-AROUND LEADER: Cody Ohl, who took fourth in the calf roping competition Monday night, closed the gap on All-Around Cowboy leader Fred Whitfield after four go-rounds.

Ohl, who trailed Whitfield by more than $20,000 in the all-around standings coming into the NFR, gained more than $3,000 on Whitfield Monday night and closed to within $10,000 of the front-runner.