Ted Harbin, Media Director, San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – Toby Deudney isn’t just carrying the Australian flag as he rides bucking horses in the United States. He’s trying to create something back home while competing 8,500 miles away. He crossed a hemisphere and the Pacific Ocean to live out his dreams.
“There are not very many bareback riders in Australia. I’m hoping to build a legacy for bareback riders in Australia so we can have some more” said Deudney, 20, of Tumut, New South Wales, Toby attends Odessa (Texas) College.
Deudney is making it so far. He arrived in the United States two and a half years ago. On Saturday night, he scored the biggest ride – and the biggest win – of his young career during Saturday’s San Angelo Cinch Chute-Out held in the CRC Roofers Coliseum. The driving force was his dance partner, Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, the 2023 and ’24 PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year. The match-up was worth 93 points.
Night Crawler is an electric bay that has been featured in the “TV pen” of bareback horses at the National Finals Rodeo. The last Australian bareback rider to make it to the NFR was Jamie Howlett. The 35-year-old from Roma, Queensland, qualified in 2020.
The Aussie entered the weekend No. 6 in the Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year Race. The $7,500 he earned in San Angelo will move him into the top five.
San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo
Cinch Chute-Out
April 18
Bareback riding: First round: 1. Keenan Hayes, 93 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Nite Faded; 2. Brayze Schill, 90; 3. Toby Deudney, 88. Championship: 1. Toby Deudney, 93 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler, $7,500; 2. Brayze Schill, 90.5, $3,000; 3. Keenan Hayes, 87, $2,000.
Steer wrestling: First round: 1. Jesse Brown, 3.5 seconds; 2. Tyler Waguespack, 4.1; 3. Ty Erickson, 4.3. Championship: 1. Tyler Waguespack, 3.9 seconds, $7,500; 2. Ty Erickson, 4.3, $3,000; 3. Jesse Brown, no time.
Tie-down roping: First round: 1. Kincade Henry, 8.8 seconds; 2. Tom Crouse, 8.9; 3. Kyle Lucas, 9.1. Championship: 1. (tie) Tom Crouse and Kyle Lucas, 7.5 seconds, $5,250 each; 3. Kincade Henry, 9.4, $2,000. Crouse wins tie-breaker.
Saddle bronc riding: First round: 1. (tie) Blake Steuck, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Chilly Winds, and Coleman Shallbetter, on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Stockyards Babe, 87 points; 3. (tie) Roper Kiesner and Damian Brennan, 86.5. Championship: 1. Blake Steuck, 88 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Straight Moonshine, $7,500; 2. Coleman Shallbetter, 87.5, $3,000; 3. Roper Kiesner, 77, $2,000.
Team roping: First round: 1. Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres, 3.8 seconds; 2. Tanner Tomlinson/Coleby Payne, 4.0; 3. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.1. Championship: 1. Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres, 16.1 seconds; 2. (tie) Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira and Tanner Tomlinson, Coleby Payne, no time.
Barrel racing: 1. Jana Bean, 14.48 seconds; 2. Taylor Baize, 14.51; 3. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.55. Championship: 1. Jana Bean, 14.35 seconds, $2,000; 2. Taylor Baize, 14.42, $1,250; 3. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 19.53, $250.
Bull riding: First round: 1. Tristen Hutchings, 86.5 points on Pete Carr Pro Rodeo’s Bone Tomahawk; 2. Sage Vance, 85.5; 3. Jhett Wheeler, 81.  Championship: 1. (tie) Sage Vance, Tristen Hutchings and Jhett Wheeler, 0, $4,167 each.