Cole Reiner breaks through in finals to win Darby Xtreme Bareback.
Bareback rider Cole Reiner has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo four times and finished as high as fifth in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.
But he'd never recorded a 92-point ride, until Sunday during Darby (Mont.) Xtreme Bareback.
The 25-year-old from Buffalo, Wyo., did enough to advance out of the sectional round and drew Pickett Pro Rodeo's Night Crawler, the 2023 Pendleton Whisky Let 'er Buck Bareback Horse of the Year in the finals.
Reiner made the most of his opportunity on the familiar bucking horse with a 92-point ride to claim the top spot and $13,335 at Richard Cromwell Memorial Rodeo Grounds.
"I could've been at 93 (points) and beaten Kaycee (Feild) on her but no big deal," Reiner joked. "Anytime you're at 90 it's a ride that you'll remember. But to go 92 in that arena where there have been some really huge scores and to be in there with the rest of them is something you'll remember. An...