Logan Hay gets confidence boost with Livingston (Mont.) Roundup Rodeo title
Cowboy Christmas definitely creates some long-lasting memories even before contestants arrive to compete.
Saddle bronc rider Logan Hay put a story in his memory bank traveling from Cody, Wyo., to Livingston, Mont., on the Fourth of July.
“Yeah, we were in Cody (Saturday), and then we hauled a**. I did some extreme NASCAR driving to get here, which is one of my favorite parts of rodeoing,” said Hay, 29, about the trip which was supposed to take three-and-a-half hours. “I tried to blow up Ben’s (Andersen, his traveling partner’s) truck on the way here. I kept the tires on, fortunately. I’m very good at blowing tires, but I kept them on and we arrived in excellent fashion. We got here right before the (saddle) bronc (riding), and it worked out.”
Yes it did.
Hay registered a stout 88.5-point ride on Triple B Rodeo’s Bravo Brunson to win his first career title at the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup Rodeo Saturday night.
“That’s a really nice horse and he’s a new stock contractor, Triple B Rodeo,” Hay said. “Yeah, it is one you’d like to get on every day. He just stacked up in front of the chutes, nice as you could want.”
Hay is a two-time qualifier to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2022 and 2024, and he’s trying to make up ground to make a third trip to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 3-12.
Hay’s younger brother, Dawson Hay is a six-time NFR qualifier – 2019, 2021-25 – in saddle bronc riding. Their father, Rod Hay, was a saddle bronc rider and he qualified 20 times for the National Finals Rodeo (1989-90, 1992-2008, 2010), second only to Billy Etbauer, who had 21 qualifications.
Logan entered Saturday 30th in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings with $37,609. A win in Livingston will help his cause to move up the standings as he collected a $6,514 check. Hay just missed making the 2025 NFR finishing 17th in the world standings with $135,682.
“It’s nice to get this win,” Hay said. “I was having a pretty rough couple of weeks, so this helps a lot. I jumped into a new saddle, and it feels a lot better, and it’s good to get a bit of confidence going into the Calgary (Stampede). We head straight up there now and hopefully just keep rolling.”
Logan and his traveling partners, Andersen, and Q Taylor are competing in Pool B of the Calgary (Alberta) Stampede, July 6-8. Logan won the Stampede in 2022.
“It (the Calgary Stampede) is my favorite rodeo of all time,” said Logan, who is from Wildwood, Alberta. “It’s just a blessing to ride there and it would be great to win it again. The game plan is always to make the NFR and wins like (Livingston) help for the confidence. I just need to keep it rolling in Calgary.”
Other winners at the Playoff Series rodeo were all-around cowboy Chance Grill ($3,123, tie-down roping and steer wrestling); bareback rider Keenan Hayes (89 points Silver Creek Pro Rodeo’s Little Big Man); steer wrestler Tristan Martin (3.8. seconds); team ropers Cash Duty/Trent Vaught (4.2 seconds); tie-down roper John Douch (7.3 seconds); barrel racer Loralee Ward (17.15 seconds); and bull rider Noah Lee (89 points on Bailey Pro Rodeo’s Cowboy Dreams).
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