The big prize is the $50,000 offered for the PBR's world champion bucking bull, narrowly missed last year by Allen's Air Time, which ended the year as the third-best bull on tour. They win another $1,000 if they get the highest score of any bull that weekend. For the PBR, bulls make $1,000 each meet. Like horse breeding, mixing the right cow with the right bull is part of the science, as is a lot of luck, Allen said. While Allen still buys bulls, he is now in the business of breeding them, which lowers the cost - as long as the breeding works.

The cost to buy a PBR-ready bull could cost more than $100,000. When Allen first got into raising bulls for competition, he said he overpaid for some of them. 'They're treated at every level like athletes, including what goes into their bodies.' Scharping is now in charge of the day-to-day business on Allen's ranch in Arlington, Minnesota, where 20 bulls roam when they aren't on tour. Now the 12-year NFL veteran isn't straying too far away from his upbringing on a California ranch.Īllen is the owner of Jared Allen's Pro Bull Team and supplies his bulls to the top-level Professional Bull Riders tour and the lower-level Championship Bull Riding.Īllen was introduced to the business by Minnesota stock contractor Matt Scharping, who in 2012 showed him how the business worked. Jared Allen tackling another sport in retirement: raising bulls for PBRĪfter a Super Bowl 50 appearance with the Carolina Panthers, defensive end Jared Allen retired, literally riding off into the 'sunset' in a video posted online. Last year in Las Vegas at the World Finals, two years to that day, Cooper’s Comet took top prize.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Tragically, Tonneson passed away at the age of 19. He was raised on the Vold farm and his success is flanked by a story that would make any cowboy cry.Ĭooper’s Comet was named after Vold’s step-brother, Cooper Tonneson. READ MORE: Northlands sees CFR and PBR as ‘different products’ but hopes to coordinate better in future His bull Cooper’s Comet is tearing up the charts in the U.S. Vold’s Ponoka-area rodeo business has started to become a household name south of the border.

“A good bull will buck for a rider from the age of three to probably eight.” By age three, it’s clear if a bull is meant to buck. Training the animals starts when they’re about one year of age. Whiskey Hand telling other bulls who’s boss.

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