Brady Minor
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Events: Team Roping (Heeling)
Born: 12/16/1984 Ellensburg, Wash.
Joined PRCA: 2004
PRCA Career Earnings: $552,083.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 4 (2006, 2008-09, 2011)
Current Residence: Ellensburg, Wash.
2011 World standings place: 15th
2011 Wrangler NFR place: 15th
2011 Wrangler NFR earnings: $6,058
2011 earnings: $71,267
Tour Finale qualifications: 2
Winter: 2005
Championship: 2008
Professional
2011 Highlights - partner Riley Minor
• Tied for fourth place in Round 8 of the Wrangler National National Finals Rodeo
• Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.)
• Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo
• Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo
• Won the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.)
• Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.)
• Won the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Last Stand Rodeo (Coulee City, Wash.)
• Won the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta)
• Won the Cheney (Wash.) Rodeo
• Co-champion at the Sundre (Alberta) ProRodeo
Career Highlights
• 2010: (Partner Riley Minor) Won the Parada del Sol Rodeo (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; co-champion of the Chief Joseph (Ore.) Days Rodeo. Finished 17th in the world standings with $59,866
• 2009: (Partner Riley Minor) Won Round 5 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a time of 3.8 seconds and placed second in two other rounds; finished 10th in the world standings with $115,693. Won the average and year-end title at the Dodge Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo (Redmond, Ore.). Won the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo; the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo (Joseph, Ore.) and the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede
• 2008: (Partner Riley Minor) Placed in five of 10 rounds of the Wrangler NFR and finished fifth in the average. Finished seventh in the world standings with earnings of $120,345. Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.); the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas); the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver); the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo; the Fort Dalles Pro Rodeo (The Dalles, Ore.); the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede and the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo. Co-champion at the War Bonnet Roundup (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
• 2007: (Partner Riley Minor) Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, with an arena record time of 4.4 seconds; the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo (Joseph, Ore.); the Caribou County Fair & Rodeo (Grace, Idaho) and the Lions Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah). Co-champion at the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia)
• 2006: Placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR with partner Garrett Tonozzi, winning the sixth round in 4.1 seconds; finished 10th in the world standings. Won the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.) and the Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco, Texas), with Garrett Tonozzi. Won the Central Washington Fair Rodeo (Yakima, Wash.), with Jason Stewart, and the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, with Jake Stanley
• 2005: Won the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Fair and Rodeo, with Pat Boyle, and the Wrangler ProRodeo Classic (Spokane, Wash.), with Brandon Beers. Finished the year ranked 30th in the world with $23,594
• 2004: Won the average title at the Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo (El Paso, Texas), with Chris Lawson
Amateur
Washington state high school team roping champion, 2001-03
Personal
5-10, 170…Single…Ropes with his younger brother, Riley…The Minor family was inducted into the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2007 for their contributions to the sport through seven decades…When Brady won the sixth round of the 2006 Wrangler NFR he presented the buckle to his grandfather “Buck”…Ranches and trains roping horses when he is not competing…Hobbies include skiing, watching basketball and fishing…Dad, Brent, ranches and mother, Mary, teaches school…Favorite rodeo is the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up…Rodeo idols are Clay O’Brien Cooper and Allen Bach…Primary competition horse is CD Quixote “Dugout,” a 14-year-old sorrel gelding, and his backup is “Cruiser,” a 13-year-old bay gelding
