Bradi Whiteside – 2024 Falkland Stampede photo by Billie-Jean Duff
That plan includes getting back to the CFR and work - ing towards the talented bronc rider’s bigger goals. “I want to keep making the CFR and eventually win Canada a time or two and one of these days soon get to the NFR as well.” Roberts comes from a ranching background with a little rodeo thrown in. “My dad and his brother figured they were riding broncs all the time at the ranch so they might as well try to ride some at the rodeos but it didn’t work out as well as they thought,” he chuckled. “But my parents made the World Series of Team Roping and my brother steer wrestled so rodeo was definitely a big deal for us. “For me, I saw some bronc riding on TV when I was about five years-old and I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do.” After a solid novice career and a productive 2023 sea - son, the young cowboy looks ready to take the next step in what is shaping up to be a long and successful career. He spent the winter on the south side of the
49th parallel, all part of the career development of an up and coming rough stock hand. “It was kind of a long winter. I didn’t draw that good at most of the places I went so I was pretty excited to be coming back to Canada and getting on some good bucking horses up here.” After a big win at Falkland that will see the BC talent move up from the tenth place ranking he had entering the weekend, we’ll be seeing Tyrel Roberts at CPRA rodeos throughout 2024. He’ll be the guy in the van. Two-event cowgirl Bradi Whiteside has been a picture of consistency through the early stages of the 2024 rodeo season and the Longview, AB athlete continued to set a torrid pace in both of her events. Whiteside picked up a 5-6 spilt in the Falkland barrel race and won the breakaway roping with a 2.0 flat for a tidy $2650 haul out of British Columbia. The second gen - eration horsewoman will climb a few notches in the breakaway standings where she was sitting fifth head - ing into the weekend and will maintain a solid hold on second-place in the barrel racing standings as well.
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