Bradley Harter
Events: Saddle Bronc Riding
Born: 9/26/1981 San Angelo, Texas
Joined PRCA: 2002
PRCA Career Earnings: $896,379.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 6 (2005-06, 2008-11)
Current Residence: Weatherford, Texas
2011 World standings place: 5th
2011 Wrangler NFR place: 4th
2011 Wrangler NFR earnings: $81,779
2011 earnings: $169,769
Tour Finale titles: 1
Championship: 2010
Tour Finale qualifications: 6
Winter: 2005
Summer: 2006
Championship: 2005-07, 2010
RNCFR qualifications: 5 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10)
Education: Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), bachelor’s degree in marketing
Professional
Career Highlights
• 2011: Placed in six rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Won the Western Frontier ProRodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas); the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.); the Jasper (Texas) Lions Benefit Rodeo and the Heart of the North Rodeo (Spooner, Wis.). Co-champion at the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo and
• 2010: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Finished eighth in the world standings with 124,603. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.) and won the most money in the saddle bronc riding with $28,446. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), tying the arena record with an 88-point ride on Kesler Rodeo’s Star Burst; the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo; the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo; the Arkansas State Fair Rodeo (Little Rock); the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas); the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas); co-champion at the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo
• 2009: Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished 15th in the world standings with earnings of $82,351. Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver); Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas); the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.); the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo; the Matagorda Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo; the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days (Weatherford, Texas) and the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo-June 6. Co-champion at the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) and the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.)
• 2008: Finished second in Rounds 5, 8 and 10 and placed in six of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Finished fourth in the world standings with earnings of $145,282. Won the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco); the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo; the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa); the Washington Parish Free Fair Rodeo (Franklinton, La.); the Mineral Wells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas); the Canton (Texas) Stampede; the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Co-champion at the Fourth of July Youth Celebration & PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.)
• 2007: Won the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the National Western Stock Show Rodeo (Denver) and the Somervell County PRCA Rodeo (Glen Rose, Texas). Co-champion at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas) and at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $41,619
• 2006: Placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, sharing the win in Round 9 with a score of 84 points and finishing eighth in the world standings with 131,758. Earned the most saddle bronc riding points on the Wrangler ProRodeo Summer Tour; tied for the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round win at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo
• 2005: Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair Rodeo. Won the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.); the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.). Won the average title and Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at California Rodeo Salinas; won the second round at RodeoHouston and finished second at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished the year ranked 12th in the world standings with $79,964
• 2004: won the Sheridan WYO Rodeo; finished 27th in the world standings with $32,418
Amateur
College National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc riding runner-up, 2003
Personal
5-8, 165 … Married WPRA barrel racer Kirby Smith on May 12, 2007; son, Houston (born September 2009) … Enjoys fishing … Parents are Ted and Linda and he has a brother, Bobby, who was the 2002 overall PRCA Rookie of the Year…Travels with Sam Spreadborough …His superstition is that he always puts his left boot on before the right one … Has a regular workout routine that includes jogging and lifting weights … Favorite food is steak, favorite movie is Facing the Giants, and favorite book is The Power of Positive Thinking … Credits his mentor, Tom Reeves, for helping his career
