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Eguche captures first PBR win in Sacramento

01/30/2012

 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Closing the weekend with a 92.25-point ride on Priceless (D&H Cattle Company), Marco Eguche registered his first career Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series victory, winning the Ariat Invitational at Power Balance Pavilion on Sunday.

The 92.25-point ride in the Built Ford Tough Championship Round is a career high for Eguche, and was also the high-marked ride of the event. The leader heading into the final round, Eguche selected Priceless with the first pick in the draft. It is the second straight week that Eguche has ridden Priceless and posted the high-marked ride, having scored 90.5 points on Priceless in the championship round a week ago at Portland.

The 22 year old finished with 267 points and earned $38,750 for the win. He leads the season earnings with $84,409 after four events, and his win moved him up from seventh to fourth in the Built Ford Tough Series season standings.

Defending PBR World Champion Silvano Alves finished second with 259.75 points, and Jory Markiss was third with 255.5 points. Markiss was the average leader after riding Blue Emu After the Pain (Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls) for 88.25 points. Alves then took over first with 89.5 points on How We Roll (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger Bucking Bulls). Eguche, Alves, and Markiss were the only riders to go 3-for-3 on the weekend.

Smackdown (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Struve/Rosen) won the Pabst Blue Ribbon Bull Award for being the high-marked bull of the event, earning 47 points after bucking off Ryan Dirteater in the championship round.

Valdiron de Oliveira continues to lead the BFTS standings with 1,959.25 points. Oliveira earned 294 points for winning the first PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle with a career-high and BFTS season-high 94 points on Buckey (Wentz Bucking Bulls), and tied for 13th in the average to earn another 152.25 points.

Austin Meier is in second with 1,831.5 points, followed by Luke Snyder with 1,760 points, Eguche with 1,512 points, and J.B. Mauney with 1,267.75 points.

CBS Sports Network will have air the action on Monday, Jan. 30, at 9 p.m. ET, and Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 12 a.m. ET.

Sacramento is the fourth stop on the BFTS, which opened the 2012 season on Jan. 6-8 with capacity crowds at Madison Square Garden in New York. The BFTS will make 28 stops in 23 states before the Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas on Oct. 24-28, 2012. The World Finals are where the PBR World Champion will be crowned and awarded the coveted championship buckle and a $1 million bonus. The richest bull riding event in the world, the World Finals has a total purse of more than $2 million.

The BFTS travels to Maryland next weekend for the Baltimore Invitational presented by Cooper Tires. Bull riding at 1st Mariner Arena begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, and at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. Tickets are available at the 1st Mariner Arena box office, www.Ticketmaster.com, and by telephone at (800) 745-3000.

The BFTS is televised every week on CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network, and YouTube. BFTS telecasts are produced for the PBR under a multi-year agreement with David Neal Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company led by 34-time Emmy® Award winner and Peabody Award winner David Neal, who serves as executive producer.