DAYS OF ’47 COWBOYS GAMES AND PAYS OUT MORE THAN $1,125,000
DAYS OF ’47 COWBOYS GAMES AND RODEO PAYS OUT MORE THAN $1,125,000 IN SALT LAKE CITY The World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) concluded their third $1,000,000 major paying out more than $1,125,000 to rodeo athletes during the Days of ’47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (DO47).A total of 288 athletes competed in the five-day performance in Salt Lake City with 90 athletes battling it out in the gold medal championship round on Wednesday night in front of a sold-out crowd. With the conclusion of the DO47, WCRA and their partners have paid out more than $5,578,890 to athletes since May 2018. For the third straight year, barrel racer Hailey Kinsel earned a gold medal in Salt Lake City when she notched a 16.79 time to beat Maggie Poloncic’s 16.83 second place run and Titletown Stampede’s Champion Michelle Darling’s third place time of 16.86. Kinsel made it a $50,000 payday. Matt Reeves took the gold medal and $50,000 in steer wrestling after topping Dakota Eldridge after a 3.92