Submitted Photo Bareback rider Jamie Howlett rode with a broken foot and smashed hand to win the third round of the 2019 Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo. The fourth and final round takes place Oct. 6. Photo by Cowboy Images/Peggy Gander.

Jamie Howlett has never been the kind to let a little injury get him down.

And being a bareback rider, he’s had his share of injuries.

The Rapid City, S.D., cowboy won the third round of the RAM Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo, hosted by the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo, riding with broken bones in his foot and a smashed hand.

The injury occurred during the second round of the rodeo, held as a matinee on Saturday, but he rode through it. “I didn’t know how tonight’s ride would go,” he said, “if I could squeeze properly” with his hand, which was his riding hand, the hand that goes into the bareback rigging.

He scored 88.5 points on Championship Rodeo’s horse Blessed Day, his third check in as many rounds of the circuit finals. The 29-year-old won second place in both the first and second rounds, and is neck and neck with fellow bareback rider Ty Breuer, Mandan. Both cowboys have 250 points in the average, the combined scores after three rides.

Breuer has also had a good circuit finals, having won first place in the first and second rounds and second place tonight. Howlett was complimentary of his fellow competitor. “Ty’s a very tough competitor here, and just to get in front of him, that’s a big deal.”

Howlett has had other injuries more serious than the broken foot and smashed hand. Competing at the National High School Finals Rodeo in 2010, he tore his groin and rotater cuff. A native of Australia, he had planned to stay in the U.S. to go to college and rodeo at Western Texas College in Snyder. But because of the injury, he went back to Australia to heal.

Two years later, he returned to the U.S. and college, competing collegiately and qualifying for the College National Finals Rodeo in 2015, where he finished as reserve champion bareback rider. After graduating with an associate’s degree in welding, he moved to South Dakota.

This is his first Badlands Circuit Finals qualification; he has competed at the Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo four times.

South Dakotan Shorty Garrett put on a show during the third night of the Badlands Circuit Finals.

He scored ninety points on the Sutton Rodeo Co. horse Prom Night to win the round.

It was the third time he and Prom Night had tangoed, and each time they’ve danced, the horse has won him money.

“She’s taken me to the winner’s circle every time,” he said. “In fact, on our way up here, I told my girlfriend it sure would be nice to draw Prom Night up here, and I’ll be darned if I didn’t get her.”

He rode the horse, a 10-year old mare, at the Badlands Circuit Finals four years ago, at the Fort Pierre, S.D., bronc match, where he was 90 points, and at Rodeo Rapid City.

The Dakotas are known for their excellent saddle bronc riders, so setting a new arena record is an honor, Garrett said. “It isn’t very often you’re ninety points at the Badlands Circuit Finals,” he said. “You have to work for it. There’s a lot of good guys here that dang sure could be anywhere in the world standings right now.”

In the average race, Garrett is one and a half points ahead of Ty Manke. Garrett has 249.5 points on three head; Manke has 248. The winner of the average (the combined total on four head) qualifies for the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo, along with the season winner.

Other winners from the third round of the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo include steer wrestler Scott Kleeman (4.2 seconds); team ropers Wyatt Bice and Parker Murnion (5.1 seconds); barrel racer Lisa Lockhart (13.55 seconds); tie-down roper Trey Young (9.0 seconds); bull rider Ethan Lesiak (86.5 points) and breakaway roper Taryn Sippel (2.5 seconds).

The final performance of the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo wraps up on Sunday, October 6, with a 1:30 pm matinee, with the 2020 Miss Rodeo North Dakota coronation at 1:15 pm. Badlands Circuit champions for the year-end and the average will be crowned and will qualify for the Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Kissimmee, Florida April 2-5, 2019. For full results, visit ProRodeo.com. For rodeo information, visit MinotYsMensRodeo.com.

Results, 2nd and 3rd rounds Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo, hosted by the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo

Bareback riding

2nd round – matinee

1.Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., on Fettig Pro Rodeo’s Hanna Bear, 85.5 points; 2. Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D. 84; 3. Ben Kramer, Towner, N.D. 72.5; 4. Blake Smith, Zap, N.D. 71.5.

3rd round

1. Jamie Howlett, Rapid City, S.D., 88.5 points on Championship Rodeo’s Blessed Day; 2. Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., 83.5; 3. Nate S McFadden, Elsmere, Neb., 77; 4. (tie) Jake Carmody, Mobridge, S.D. and Ben Kramer, Towner, N.D. 76 each.

Steer Wrestling

2nd round – matinee

1. Joe Nelson, Alexander, N.D., 4.2 seconds

2. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D. 4.5

3. (tie) Tyler Thorson, Manning, N.D. and Colt Floyd, Buffalo, S.D. 4.6 each

3rd round

1. Scott Kleeman, Killdeer, N.D. 4.2 seconds; 2. Colt Floyd, Buffalo, S.D. 4.3; 3. Tyler Thorson, Manning, N.D. 4.6; 4. (tie) Reed Kraeger, Elwood, Neb. and Cameron Morman, Glen Ullin, N.D. 5.0 each.

Team Roping

2nd round – matinee

1. Jade Schmidt, Box Elder, S.D./Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D. 4.9 seconds

2. Cameron Irwin, Buffalo, Wyo./Rory Brown, Edgemont, S.D. 5.4

3. J.B. Lord, Sturgis, S.D./Jake Beard Menoken, N.D. 5.7

4. Eli Lord, Sturgis, S.D./Cash Hetzel, Lemmon, S.D. 6.0

3rd round

1. Wyatt Bice, Killdeer, N.D./Parker Murnion, Bowman, N.D. 5.1 seconds; 2. Turner Harris, Killdeer, N.D./Jade Nelson, Midland, S.D., 5.3; 3. Jade Schmidt, Box Elder, S.D./ Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D., 6.1; 4. Guy Howell, Belle Fourche, S.D./Levi O’Keefe, Mohall, N.D., 6.5.

Saddle bronc riding

2nd round – matinee

1. Dusty Hausauer, Dickinson, N.D., on Mosbrucker’s Bay Watch 87 points; 2. Chet Smith, Rapid City, S.D. 83; 3.Ty Manke, Rapid City, S.D., 79; 4. (tie) Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. and Jeremy Wilson, Martin, S.D. 64 each.

3rd round

1. Shorty Garrett, Eagle Butte, S.D., on Sutton’s Prom Night 90 points; 2. Ty Manke, Rapid City, S.D. 86.5; 3. (tie) Taygen Schuelke, Newell, S.D. and Cole Elshere, Faith, S.D. 84 each.

Barrel racing

2nd round – matinee

1. Cally Kindred, Harrold, S.D. 13.76 seconds; 2. Carey Rivinius, Carson, N.D. 13.79; 3. Molly Otto, Grand Forks , N.D. 13.92; 4. Kristi Steffes, Vale, S.D. 13.97.

3rd round

1. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. 13.55 seconds; 2. Jessica Routier, Buffalo, S.D. 13.60; 3. Cally Kindred, Harrold, S.D. 13.76; 4. Amanda Harris, Spearfish, S.D. 13.69.

Tie-down roping

2nd round – matinee

1. Jon Peek, Bismarck, N.D. 8.9 seconds; 2. Myles Kenzy, Iona, S.D., 9.4; 3. Trey Young, Dupree, S.D., 9.7; 4. Chase Lako, Arthur, N.D., 10.3.

3rd round

1. Trey Young, Dupree, S.D. 9.0 seconds; 2. Clint Kindred, Oral, S.D. 9.1; 3. Rex Treeby, Hecla, S.D. 9.5; 4. Jason Vohs, Dickinson, N.D. 9.7.

Bull riding

2nd round- matinee

1. Chance Schott, McLaughlin, S.D. 85.5 points on Sutton’s Crime Boss; 2. (tie) Keenan Kvamme, Carrington, N.D., and Jeff Bertus, Avon, S.D. 83.5 each; 4. Riley Blankenship, Killdeer, N.D., 81.

3rd round

1. Ethan Lesiak, Clarks, Neb. 86.5 points on Championship Rodeo’s HD; 2. Chance Schott, McLaughlin, S.D. 83.5; 3. Jeff Bertus, Avon, S.D. 83; no other qualified rides.

Women’s Breakaway Roping

2nd round -matinee

1. Tanegai Zilverberg, Holabird, S.D. 2.4 seconds; 2. Jennifer Belkham, Blunt, S.D. 3.1; 3. Sadie Dale, Halliday, N.D. 3.2; 4. Brooke Howell, Belle Fourche, S.D. 3.3.

3rd round

1. Taryn Sippel, Pierport, S.D. 2.5 seconds; 2. Tanegai Zilverberg, Holabird, S.D. 2.8; 3. Jennifer Belkham, Blunt, S.D. 3.0; 4. Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, N.D. 3.1

– All results are unofficial. For more information on the rodeo, visit www.MinotYsMensRodeo.com. For complete results, visit www. ProRodeo.com.