X6 Ranch’s Carlier Cartel Leads Canadian Contingent of Bulls and Riders at Billings, Montana PBR Unleash The Beast Event

BILLINGS, Mont. – For the first time in 2021, this past weekend’s PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event in Billings, Montana, featured a Canadian flare, with the contingent of Canuck rider and bovine athletes at the PBR Wrangler Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires, led by X6 Ranch’s Carlier Cartel (X6 Ranch Bucking Battle).

Marking the bull’s first time bucking on the league’s premier series since 2018, Carlier Cartel turned heads in Round 2 when he dispatched two-time PBR World Champion Jess Lockwood (Volborg, Montana) in a quick 3.78 seconds to earn a 44.75-point bull score.

Not only did the score mark the top marks of any bull in Round 2, and third-best of the PBR Wrangler Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires, but the effort was the second-best of Carlier Cartel’s career.

Carlier Cartel earned a second trip in Montana, selected to buck in the championship round. Drawn by Chase Dougherty (Stephenville, Texas), Carlier didn’t leave the chutes with Dougherty disqualified.

The powerful bovine athlete was one of three from the Alberta outfit, joined by Off The Grid (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle) and Muzzle Blast (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle). Both making their Unleash The Beast debut in Round 2, Off The Grid bucked off Mauricio Moreira (Gaviao, Brazil) in 6.21 seconds to earn a 42.75-point bull score, and Muzzle Blast dispatched Joao Henrique Lucas (Bastos, Brazil) in 2.4 seconds to earn a 41.75-point score.

Logan Biever (Claresholm, Alberta) made his PBR premier series debut in Billings.

Drawing Spotted Snake (Weber Bucking Bulls) in Round 1, the 23-year-old’s first-ever Unleash The Beast outing came to a quick end, bucked off in 3.93 seconds.

Biever is now ranked No. 57 in the world, 57.17 points outside of the Top 30 and a seeded position on the league’s elite tour.

Seven-time and reigning PBR Canada Stock Contractor of the Year Nansen Vold and Vold Rodeo was the most represented Canadian outfit in the draw, hauling five bulls stateside for the event.  

In his elite tour debut, Diamond Show (Vold Rodeo) led the Ponoka, Alberta-based quintet, marked 44.25 points in Round 1 when he bucked off Derek Kolbaba (Walla Walla, Washington) in 3.26 seconds. The marks tied for the eighth best of the main event and were the best of the young bovine’s career to date.

Trapped (Vold Rodeo/Prescott) was Vold Rodeo’s second bovine athlete. Bucking in Round 1, Trapped sent Kyle Jones (Troy, Missouri) to the ground in 5.74 seconds to earn a 43-point score.

The other Vold Rodeo bulls that bucked who made journey to the United States were:

• Hard Not To Get (Vold Rodeo) in Round 1 vs. Rodrigo Melgar (Santa Rosa, Guatemala) | 3.27-second buckoff | 42.5-point bull score
• Timber Jam (Vold Rodeo) in Round 1 vs. Marcelo Procopio Pereira (Rinopolis, Brazil) | 85-point ride | 42-point bull score
• Kalit Karma (Vold Rodeo) in Round 1 vs. Rafael Henrique dos Santos (Sebastianopolis, Brazil) | 3.99-second buckoff (Re-Ride Taken) | 37-point bull score

Hailing from Braithwaite Ranches, Midnight Flyer (Braithwaite Ranches) joined the Vold Rodeo pen in Montana.

Earning two trips, the bovine athlete made his debut in Round 1, bucking off Hunter Ball (Carsonville, Michigan) in 2.54 seconds to earn a 43.25-point score.

Midnight Flyer then improved in his second out, scored 43.75 points in Round 3 when be sent Luciano de Castro (Guzolandia, Brazil) to the ground in 2.72 seconds.

While they may now call the United States home, six Vold Rodeo-raised bulls who now hail from Hart Cattle Co. also bucked in Big Sky Country.

Those outs were:

• Oz (TNT Bucking Bulls/Hart Cattle Co.) in the Championship Round vs. Caic Cassio Carvalho (Goias, Brazil) | 3.01-second buckoff | 44.15-point bull score (Note: This was the eighth best bull score of the main event.)
• CopperPoint Swagger (Hart Cattle Co./Hale) in the 15/15 Bucking Battle vs. Dougherty | 7.24-second buckoff | 44-point bull score
• Oz in Round 2 vs. Melgar | 1.68-second buckoff | 44-point bull score
• Jayded (Vold Rodeo/Hart Cattle Co.) in Round 2 vs. Dougherty | 4.7-second buckoff | 44-point bull score
• Wicked Dreams (TNT Bucking Bulls/Hart Cattle Co.) in Round 2 vs. Jesse Petri (Palestine, Texas) | 2.35-second buckoff | 44-point bull score
• Vertigo Spy (Vold Rodeo/Hart Cattle Co.) in Round 2 vs. Andrew Alvidrez (Seminole, Texas) | 4.34-second buckoff | 43.25-point bull score
• Fig Jama (TNT Bucking Bulls/Hart Cattle Co.) in Round 1 vs. Manoelito de Souza Junior (Itamira, Brazil) | 5.15-second buckoff | 42.75-point bull score
• Fig Jama in Round 3 vs. Joao Henrique Lucas (Bastos, Brazil) | 3.2-second buckoff (Re-Ride Taken) | 42.5-point bull score

Eno Bucking Bulls was the final Canadian stock contractor in the draw, represented by 2019 PBR Canada Bull of the Year Homegrown (Eno Bucking Bulls).

Homegrown earned two outs in Billings, marked 42.5 points in Round 1 for his 2.28-second trip with Carvalho, followed by his 42-point effort in Round 3 when he bucked off Ezekiel Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas) in 3.83 seconds.

Fans can relive all the action from Montana on Monday, April 11 at 8 a.m. EDT at RidePass.com or via the RidePass mobile app.

The PBR Unleash The Beast next travels Jacksonville, Florida to the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena for the PBR Bad Boy Mowers Invitational, presented by Union Home Mortgage on Saturday, May 22 at 6:45 p.m. EDT and Sunday, May 23 at 1:45 p.m. EDT.

PBR Unleash The Beast - Wrangler Invitational, presented by Cooper Tires
First Interstate Arena at MetraPark -Billings, Montana
Event Leaders (Round 1-Round 2-Round 3-Event Aggregate-Event Points)
1. Jose Vitor Leme, 0-89.5-91.25-93.25-274.00-181 Points.
2. Kaique Pacheco, 0-89.5-89.5-87.5-266.50-121 Points.
3. Cody Teel, 85.5-86-0-90.25-261.75-95 Points.
4. Chase Dougherty, 90.5-0-88-0-178.50-73 Points.
5. Silvano Alves, 87.5-0-87.75-0-175.25-57 Points.
6. Caic Cassio Carvalho, 0-87-86.5-0-173.50-50 Points.
7. Luciano De Castro, 0-86.25-0-0-86.25-28 Points.
8. João Henrique Lucas, 85.75-0-0-0-85.75-25 Points.
9. Marcelo Procopio Pereira, 85-0-0-0-85.00-20 Points.
10. J.T. Moore, 84.25-0-0-0-84.25-17 Points.
11. Junior Patrik Souza, 0-83-0-0-83.00-16 Points.
12. Leonardo Lima, 80.75-0-0-0-80.75-13 Points.
13. Dener Barbosa, 76.75-0-0-0-76.75-4 Points.
14. Paulo Ferreira Lima, 71.5-0-0-0-71.50-3 Points.
15. Alex Cerqueira, 68.75-0-0-0-68.75-2 Points.
Derek Kolbaba, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Marco Eguchi, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Rafael Henrique dos Santos, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Mauricio Gulla Moreira, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Boudreaux Campbell, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Taylor Toves, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cody Nance, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Jess Lockwood, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Austin Richardson, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Eli Vastbinder, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Claudio Montanha Jr., 0-0-0-0-0.00
Jesse Petri, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Ezekiel Mitchell, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Brennon Eldred, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Kyle Jones, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Hunter Ball, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Rodrigo Melgar, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Andrew Alvidrez, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Dakota Louis, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Manoelito de Souza Junior, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Logan Biever, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Hunter Kelly, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Cole Skender, 0-0-0-0-0.00
Wyatt Rogers, 0-0-0-0-0.00