Parker Breding

 

Tour Finale qualifications: 1 (2013)
RNCFR qualifications: 3 (2014-16)
RNCFR titles: 1 (2014)

Professional
2016 Highlights
• Won the Ropin Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo (Jourdanton, Texas)
Career Highlights
• 2016: Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), the Fort Mohave (Ariz.) Classic PRCA Etreme Bulls, A Tribute to the Great American Cowboy (Casper, Wyo.), the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo Champion Challenge, the Augusta (Mont.) American Legion Rodeo, the Bear Paw Roundup (Chinook, Mont.) and the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.)
• 2015: Won Round 1 and placed in two other rounds at the Wrangler NFR; the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Kissimmee, Fla.); the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur D'Alene); the EOLS Ed Miller Xtreme Bulls Division 2 (Union, Ore.); the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay); the 55th Belt (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo; the Augusta (Mont.) American Legion Rodeo; the Bear Paw Roundup (Chinook, Mont.); the Caribou County Pair & Rodeo (Grace, Idaho); the Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo (Glasgow, Mont.); the Fort Benton (Mont.) Summer Celebration and the Montana's Biggest Weekend (Dillon). Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $176,247
• 2014: Won the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Guthrie, Okla.); the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls); the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days Division 2 Xtreme Bulls; the Maah Daah Hey Stampede (Grassy Butte, N.D.) and the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho). Suffered a fractured right arm at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished 27th in the world standings with $45,694
• 2013: Placed in three rounds of his Wrangler National Finals Rodeo debut. Won the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; the Xtreme Bulls Division 2 (Oklahoma City, Okla.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.); A Tribute to the Great American Cowboy (Casper, Wyo.); the Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo; the Northwest Montana ProRodeo (Kalispell, Mont.); the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo and the Richland County Fair (Sidney, Mont.). Finished 10th in the world standings with $114,189

• 2012: Won the 102nd Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the Augusta (Mont.) American Legion Rodeo; the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede; the McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Circle, Mont.) and the Montana Pro Rodeo Fall Finale (Vaughn, Mont.). Finished 25th in the world standings with $39,338
• 2011: Co-champion at the Bear Paw Round-Up (Chinook); earned $3,534 in the first year on his permit

Amateur
Won the Montana high school bull riding title twice; went to the National High School Finals Rodeo twice, placing 10th his senior year.

Personal
6-0, 150 … Single … Mom, Jana, works for a horse ranch; father, Scott, was a five-time NFR qualifier as a bull rider (1994-97, 1999) who now works for the highway department and judges bull riding in Montana … Sister, Lacey, 24, is a barrel racer; brother, Jase, 8 … Started riding calves and sheep when he was seven years old … Played guard on the Joliet (Mont.) High School basketball team … Favorite rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days … Rodeo idols are his father and Jim Sharp … Hobbies include team roping and hunting … Favorite Musician is Lil Wayne … Travels in a Chevy Astro van … Favorite sports teams are the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Cowboys … Favorite TV show is Ridiculousness and favorite movie is Anchorman