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Heath Ford
Events: Bareback Riding, Bull Riding
Born: 8/22/1977 Greeley, Colo.
Joined PRCA: 1998
PRCA Career Earnings: $673,689.00
World Titles Won: 0
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 3 (2006-07, 2009)
Current Residence: Greeley, Colo.
2017 world standings place: 113rd
2017 earnings: $2,123
Tour Finale qualifications: 3
Summer: 2005
Championship: 2007, 2009
RNCFR qualifications: 3 (2004, 2007-08)
Education: Central Wyoming College (Riverton) and University of Wyoming (Laramie)
Professional
2018 Highlights
• Won the Summer Celebration (Fort Benton, Mont.)
• Won the Bear Paw Roundup (Chinook, Mont.)
• Won the C.M. Russell Stampede (Stanford, Mont.)
Career Highlights
• 2016: Won the Parada Del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.), the 22nd Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.) and the Marshall (Texas) Pro Rodeo. Finished 45th in the world standings with $17,204
• 2015: Won the West Monroe (La.) ProRodeo andthe Eastern Montana Fair Rodeo (Miles City, Mont.). Co-champion at the Roughrider Days Rodeo (Dickinson, N.D.). Finished 63rd in the world standings with $10,188
• 2014: Won the Lions Club Rodeo (Leesville, La.); the Belt (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo; the Big Horn Stampede Rodeo (Hardin, Mont.); the Arlee (Mont.) ProRodeo and the Boundary County ProRodeo (Bonners Ferry, Idaho). Finished 41st in the world standinds with $17,852
• 2013: Won the Lincoln County Fair Rodeo (Afton, Wyo.). Co-champion at the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) ProRodeo Series, June 28-29 and the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.). Finished 66th in the world standings with $9,819
• 2012: Won the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas); the 101 Wild West Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.) and the Central Arkansas PRCA Rodeo (Conway, Ark.). Co-champion at the American Royal (Kansas City, Mo.) and the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo. Finished 24th in the world standings with $37,862
• 2011: Won the Guadalupe County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Seguin, Texas); the Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Trinity Valley Exposition Fair & Rodeo (Liberty, Texas); the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.); the Cheney (Wash.) Rodeo; the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta). Won the all-around at the Mighty Fraser Rodeo (Abbotsford, British Columbia). Co-champion at the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas). Finished 28th in the world standings with $35,489
• 2010: Won A Tribute to Chris Ledoux Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.); the Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo & Bull Ridin' Bonanza and the Old West Trail Rodeo (Crawford, Neb.). Co-champion at the Treaty Day Celebration & PRCA ProRodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.) and the Lincoln County Fair Rodeo (Afton, Wyo.); finished 20th in the world standings with $43,185
• 2009: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo; finished seventh in the NFR average and eighth in the world standings with season earnings of $146.401. Won the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; the Helldorado Days Rodeo (Las Vegas); the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo; the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); the Yuma County Fair & Rodeo (Yuma, Colo.); the Logan County Fair & Rodeo (Sterling, Colo.) and the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series-Aug. 8. Co-champion at Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo; the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward, Calif.) and the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show & Rodeo (Union)
• 2008: Won the all-around and bareback riding at the Lakes Region Horse Fest (Little Falls, Minn.); the all-around at the National Cattle Congress (Waterloo, Iowa) and co-champion in the bareback riding at the Red Lodge (Mont.) Home of Champions Rodeo. Finished 40th in the world standings with $21,877
• 2007: Placed in three of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, including a second-place result in Round 10. Won Round 5 at the Canadian National Finals Rodeo and finished fourth in the average. Won the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Spring Rodeo; the Luxton (Victoria, British Columbia) Pro Rodeo; the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta); the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and the Sheridan WYO Rodeo; co-champion at the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.). Finished 13th in world standings with earnings of $91,308
• 2006: Finished 10th in the average at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and 14th in the world standings with $71,162. Won the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) and the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas). Co-champion at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) and the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede
• 2005: Won the Elks Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo (Jackson, Wyo.); the Fremont County Fair & Rodeo (Riverton, Wyo.) and the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days; co-champion at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah). Finished 17th in the world standings with $66,053
• 2004: Co-champion at the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; won the year-end bareback riding title in the Mountain States Circuit; finished 21st in the world standings with $39,356
• Mountain States Circuit champion in 2004, 2006-07
Amateur
Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in bareback riding, 1998-2001, and in bull riding, 2000.
Personal
5-9, 168 …Wife, Brittney; son, Pecos (born June 13, 2013) … Hobbies include writing old-style country and country gospel music, hanging out with friends and family, fishing and hunting … Is the nephew of five-time World Champion Bareback Rider Bruce Ford. Heath’s father, Glen, qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 1976, and his cousin, Royce, reached the Wrangler NFR from 2003-09 and again in 2011. Glen, works as a bus driver and Heath's mother, Jane, is a teacher and a rodeo secretary. He has two brothers, Jarrod (2005-06 Wrangler NFR qualifier as a bull rider) and Nic, a PRCA photographer … Graduated with 80 classmates from Platte Valley High School in Kersey, Colo., where he participated in football and wrestling … Spent part of 2008 coaching Platte Valley High wrestling team ... Serves as the PRCA event representative on the Contestant Executive Council ... Favorite livestock to draw is Wise Guy of Classic ProRodeo and favorite rodeo is Greeley Independence Stampede, his hometown rodeo. Favorite sports teams are the Denver Broncos and Michigan Wolverines, favorite meal is Mexican food, favorite book is the Bible, favorite TV show is House, favorite movie is Colorado Cowboy (a documentary on his uncle, Bruce Ford) and favorite music is old country and Christian