Merritt bull rider Ty Pozzobon successfully rode three of his four bulls to finish fifth overall at the Build Ford Tough Series stop in Oklahoma City on the weekend.
Pozzobon, 22, finished ninth in round one on Friday night with an eight-second score of 81.75 on Comal County Blue. He followed that up with a seventh-place finish aboard Main Event in the second round, scoring 83.5 points.
In the third and final preliminary round, Pozzobon was a 10-place finisher, taking Kat Hour to an 84-point score.
Unfortunately, Pozzobon’s luck ran out in the championship round as he was bucked off a bull named Jack Daniel’s Winter Jack.
Pozzobon picked up 559.25 points for his work on the weekend, which moves him into 14th place in the BFTS world standings. His weekend earnings of $4,350 brings his total for the young 2014 season to $15,895.
The winner in Oklahoma City was Grassy Butte, North Dakota’s Nathan Schaper, the only cowboy to successfully ride all four of his bulls.
Pozzobon returns to action this weekend as the BFTS tour moves on to the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif.
