Saskatchewan’s own Dakota Buttar is the 2020 Professional Bull Riders Champion after a big win in Grand Prairie on Saturday.  Buttar who is from Kindersley, fell short of the national title in 2019, but had a dominant performance in Alberta to win it all in 2020.

More from a PBR press release:

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta – After beginning the season with one mission in mind, Dakota Buttar (Kindersley, Saskatchewan) actualized his goal Saturday evening inside Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta, capping his dominant year with the 2020 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Championship.

“I set a goal a couple years ago and when I set a goal I stick to it,” Buttar said of earning the 2020 PBR Canada Championship. “It’s just the different atmosphere at home. Every time I nodded my head, I knew I had my buddies on the chutes. These guys are family friends, we grew up together. I have been having so much fun, and I can’t wait for next season.”  Buttar entered the 2020 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour Finals week with a stronghold atop the national standings, 99.5 points in front of then No. 2 Brock Radford (De Winton, Alberta).

The Kindersley man had distanced himself from the remainder of the field compliments of a regular-season of historic proportions. Beginning the season with a record-tying 11-out ride streak on home soil, Buttar won two of the four Monster Energy Tour stops, in addition to two of the five Touring Pro Division events.  Determined to prevent a repeat of history, with the national title eluding him in 2019 after entering the PBR Canada Finals as a top-contender for the year-end honor, Buttar was electric from the moment the first bull bucked for the three-day, four-event 2020 PBR Canada Finals.  Going a perfect 2-for-2, Buttar began the week of competition with a third-place finish at the PBR Shell Rotella Challenge.

Riding Just a Jam’n (Vold Rodeo) for 86 points, and covering Tykro Pound Sand (Wild Hoggs/Corey Chmelnyk) for the fifth time in his career, this time for an 86.5 point score, Buttar garnered a critical 42 points to see his lead swell to 137 points over new No. 2-ranked rider Garrett Green (Meeting Creek, Alberta).

Buttar, who was celebrating his 28^th birthday, then made a statement at the PBR Wrangler Chute Out, logging his third and fourth consecutive qualified rides inside Revolution Place to win the second leg of the 2020 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour Finals Week.  The Saskatchewan man’s dominant performance, which was highlighted by an 86.5-point trip on Stay Black (X6 Ranch Bucking Cattle) and 87-point effort aboard Stuntman Hank (Wild Hoggs Bucking Bulls), earned him 77 Canadian points, leaving the No. 2 contender Zane Lambert (Ponoka, Alberta), 165.17 points in his rearview mirror.

Seemingly unstoppable, Buttar momentarily stumbled during the penultimate portion of the PBR Canada Finals week on Saturday night, bucked off by Jappy Feeling Dangerous (Wild Hoggs Bucking Bulls) in 6.14 seconds during the PBR Cooper Tires Classic.  Buttar, however, remained poised and returned in the PBR Built Ford Tough Championship with a vengeance.

Drawing Bull of the Year contender Finning Lil Shorty (Flying Four Bucking Bulls), Buttar matched the striking black-and-white bull jump-for-jump, as the socially-distanced crowd inside Revolution Place erupted in cheer.  Reaching the requisite 8, Buttar was marked 88 points, winning the event and clinching the 2020 PBR Canada Championship and accompanying $20,000 bonus.

Buttar is the 12^th different rider in league history to win the PBR Canada Championship, joining the likes of three-time Champion Aaron Roy (Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan) and two-time Champion Lambert.

Photos from the event, courtesy Covy Moore/CovyMoore.com

2020 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour Finals Week – PBR Cooper Tires Classic
Revolution Place – Grande Prairie, Alberta Event Leaders (Round 1- Round 2-Event Aggregate-Canadian Points)

1. Lonnie West, 85-85.00-75 Points.
2. Brock Radford, 84-84.00-52.5 Points.

(tie). Callum Miller, 84-84.00-52.5 Points.

4. Logan Biever, 83.5-83.50-17.5 Points.

(tie). Shay Marks, 83.5-83.50-17.5 Points.

(tie). Fabian Dueck, 83.5-83.50-17.5 Points.

7. Wyatt Gleeson, 81.5-81.50-6 Points.
8. Aaron Roy, 80.5-80.50-4.5 Points.

Dakota Buttar, 0-0.00

Zane Lambert, 0-0.00

Jared Parsonage, 0-0.00

Jake Gardner, 0-0.00

Nick Tetz, 0-0.00

Jordan Hansen, 0-0.00

Tanner Eno, 0-0.00

Tim Lipsett, 0-0.00

Dayton Johnston, 0-0.00

Micheal Ostashek, 0-0.00

Todd Chotowetz, 0-0.00

Coy Robbins, 0-0.00

Tyler Craig, 0-0.00

Wade Marshall, 0-0.00

Zachery King, 0-0.00

Ashton Sahli, 0-0.00

2020 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour Finals Week – PBR Built Ford Touch Championship
Revolution Place – Grande Prairie, Alberta
Event Leaders (Round 1- Round 2-Event Aggregate-Canadian Points)

1. Dakota Buttar, 88-88.00-75 Points.
2. Callum Miller, 87.5-87.50-52.5 Points.

(tie). Todd Chotowetz, 87.5-87.50-52.5 Points.

4. Dayton Johnston, 85-85.00-30 Points.
5. Fabian Dueck, 80.5-80.50-15 Points.

Brock Radford, 0-0.00

Aaron Roy, 0-0.00

Logan Biever, 0-0.00

Shay Marks, 0-0.00

Jake Gardner, 0-0.00

Nick Tetz, 0-0.00

Jordan Hansen, 0-0.00

Tanner Eno, 0-0.00

Tim Lipsett, 0-0.00

Wyatt Gleeson, 0-0.00

2020 PBR Canada National Standings
(Place, Rider, Events, Wins, Top 5’s, Points, Total Winnings)

1. Dakota Buttar, 15, 6, 10, 471.50, $48,022.07
2. Zane Lambert, 12, 1, 7, 231.33, $10,972.76
3. Brock Radford, 15, 2, 6, 230.50, $16,069.85
4. Callum Miller, 7, 1, 3, 183.00, $5,209.28
5. Garrett Green, 9, 2, 3, 182.50, $11,238.98
6. Lonnie West, 9, 2, 4, 166.50, $6,911.47
7. Jared Parsonage, 13, 0, 6, 149.50, $10,065.43
8. Aaron Roy, 13, 0, 3, 133.00, $4,563.86
9. Logan Biever, 12, 1, 4, 120.50, $7,740.55
10. Ty Ellis, 6, 1, 2, 96.50, $3,804.60
11. Tanner Eno, 11, 0, 3, 89.50, $2,800.50
12. Dayton Johnston, 9, 0, 3, 80.33, $2,869.40
13. Jake Gardner, 12, 0, 4, 69.83, $3,994.67
14. Nick Tetz, 11, 0, 2, 69.50, $3,507.36
15. Todd Chotowetz, 11, 0, 1, 67.50, $1,831.20
16. Tim Lipsett, 10, 0, 2, 52.50, $2,211.98
17. Shay Marks, 14, 0, 3, 49.50, $2,349.58
18. Fabian Dueck, 10, 0, 3, 39.50, $1,420.40
19. Jordan Hansen, 9, 1, 1, 39.00, $2,953.13
20. Thor Hoefer II, 5, 0, 1, 20.00, $2,868.75
21. Dalton Rudman, 2, 0, 0, 18.50, $1,261.40
22. Jackson Scott, 6, 0, 0, 16.50, $550.38
23. Dakota Louis, 3, 0, 1, 14.50, $1,875.31
24. Micheal Ostashek, 9, 0, 0, 14.00, $584.21
25. Wyatt Gleeson, 12, 0, 0, 10.50, $225.00
26. Zachary Laney, 2, 0, 0, 10.50, $463.25
27. Cody Casper, 2, 0, 1, 10.00, $1,275.00
28. Rosendo Ramirez, 1, 0, 0, 9.00, $370.60
29. Chad Hartman, 4, 0, 0, 8.50, $235.88
30. Wacey Finkbeiner, 5, 0, 0, 7.00, $775.63
31. Kache Moosman, 1, 0, 0, 5.00, $0.00
32. Koby Kile, 3, 0, 1, 5.00, $655.21
33. Austin Richardson, 2, 0, 0, 3.00, $0.00
34. Coy Robbins, 5, 0, 0, 2.00, $0.00
35. Riley Gagnon, 7, 0, 0, 2.00, $166.60
36. Cole Young, 5, 0, 0, 1.00, $223.13
37. Nick Goncalves, 1, 0, 0, 1.00, $0.00
38. Tyler Craig, 4, 0, 0, 1.00, $133.88
39. Marcos Gloria, 3, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
40. Lane Mellers, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
41. Weston Hartman, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
42. Italo Aguilar Goncalves, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
43. Cody Hudson, 2, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
44. Wade Marshall, 7, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
45. Isaac Mack, 2, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
46. Cawl Braithwaite, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
47. Griffin Smeltzer, 3, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
48. Lane Paley, 2, 0, 0, 0.00, $148.75
49. Zachery King, 8, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
50. Ashton Sahli, 4, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
51. Wyatt Covington, 3, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
52. Cameron Brown, 2, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
53. Jayde Murphy, 2, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
54. Austin Allred, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
55. Desmond Lambert, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
56. Cole Harris, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
57. Tehiko Neill, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00
58. Chris Young, 1, 0, 0, 0.00, $0.00