The standings are getting tight.

One more round to go and the World Champions will be crowned! Last night in the barrel racing Cassie Mosely won her second round with Brittany Pozzi second behind her. Pozzi is closing in on the gap between her and Lindsay Sears. Sears leads the average, but Pozzi is in third. Pozzi had regained the lead in the world title with $8750 between them. We will see both girls riding for the win in the last round as it will come down to the last barrel racer to know who wins the 2009 Championship. In either case, both have given it a great go.


The team roping couldn't have been more exciting with two world records broke in one night! Team ropers JoJo LeMond and Randon Adams electrified the audience with a world record 3.4-second run. LeMond and Adams tied the previous world record of 3.5 seconds earlier in the year. Chad Masters and Jade Corkill won the round with a new world record of 3.3 seconds in a night that featured jaw-dropping team roping. Both teams received standing ovations.
Here is a clip of that record breaking run:

In the steer wrestling...
The two-man race for the steer wrestling world title got a considerable amount tighter in Round 9. Reigning and two-time World Champion Luke Branquinho finished second in the round with a 3.5-second run -- Casey McMillen won the round in 3.3 seconds -- to close the gap to less than $900 between himself and 2005 World Champion Lee Graves. Branquinho, of Los Alamos, Calif., earned $13,546 for second place, while Graves' 3.8-second time was good enough for a tie for third place and a $7,280 check.

Heading into the final round, Graves leads the PRCA World Standings with $196,849, and Branquinho is nipping at his heels with $196,039. That $810 difference will be resolved, one way or another, in Round 10, as Branquinho leads the Wrangler NFR average with a 37.5-second total time and Graves ranks third in 41.6 seconds. Branquinho has earned an event-best $83,486 at this year's Wrangler NFR, while Graves has added $76,275 to his season earnings in Las Vegas.
Curtis Cassidy is second in the average.

In the saddle bronc Dustin Flundra took home the second place cheque for riding Frontier Rodeo's Ace of Spades. He has drawn Little Iron from Flying 5 Rodeo for the last round.

Here are a couple interviews. One of Lindsay Sears and one of Brittany Pozzi. It is interesting to hear their take on things and their plans for the future rounds (they were taken after round 8).