LAS VEGAS Brooke Choate and Braley Hudnall, both of Midland, qualified to compete in the Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Championship this December.
Brooke and Braley will be one of the 840 contestants from 28 different states including four provinces in Canada competing Dec. 1-5 at the Mike and Sherrylynn Johnson Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Championship which is held the first weekend of the Nationals Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We held 38 qualifiers across the United States and Canada to give our rodeo youth an equal chance to make it to Vegas and the opportunity to win their share of $ 1 million in cash & prizes,” Sherrylynn Johnson, the event’s organizer and four time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo, said.
Johnson and her husband Mike Johnson, an ironman of rodeo who has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo a whopping 23 times, said the event offers barrel racing, double mugging, goat tying, breakaway roping and tie down roping.
“We have different age groups, 19 & Under, 15 & Under, 12 & Under and 10 & Under,” Johnson said. “Each Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Champion will take home $10-30K in cash. We’re the highest stakes payout in four events for youth in rodeo history.”
Mike Johnson also noted that the total payout, including two Dodge Ram dually trucks is to exceed $1 million in cash and awards this year. “Winners will take home saddles, rope cans, buckles, World Champion rings, and plenty of swag from our A-list group of sponsors like 5 Star, Cowgirl Tuff, Total Feed, Spalding Fly Predators, Wrangler, BeneFab, Absorbine, MVP, American Hat Co., Hebert’s Town & Country Dodge, Red River Arenas and Re-Vita EQ.”
It is free to attend, starting each morning at 8:15 a.m. at The Expo at the World Market Center Las Vegas, 435 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas. The event will also be live webcasted at www.Johnsonsportline.com
