Wild Buckin' Bullriding
Thursday, August 19 and Friday, August 20 at 7 p.m.
Pioneer Livestock Pavilion

Hang on as Wild Buckin’ Bullriding kicks up some dust in the Iowa State Fair Pioneer Livestock Pavilion on Thursday, August 19 and Friday, August 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the action-packed events are on-sale through Ticketmaster.

The National Federation of Professional Bullriders (NFPB)-sanctioned events combine the toughest bullriders with notoriously nasty bulls to create non-stop, gut-wrenching, edge of your seat action.  Each night 30 cowboys will compete with the top eight returning for the championship round.  Each night’s winner receives a trophy buckle and $2,500 in prize money.

Contestants are coming from all over the Midwest, including three top ten NFPB riders from Iowa:

• Jimmy Twedt of Ellsworth, the reigning NFPB Finals champion.

• Davey Dyke of Freemont, NFPB qualifier and qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

• Dusty Green of Osceola, NFPB qualifier.

The fierce and powerful bucking bulls will be provided by three-time Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Stock Contractors of the Year, Joe and Chad Berger of Mandan, North Dakota.  Berger bulls have been bucking riders since the mid-1960s and are among the most respected bulls in the sport.