Trevor Brazile (born November 16, 1976) is a semi-retired American

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who competed in the

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(PRCA) and partners with a cowboy named Miles Baker. He was inducted into the

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in 2022. He holds the record for the most PRCA world championship titles with 26. He won his 26th title in 2020. He also holds the record for the most all-around cowboy world champion titles at 14, breaking the record of 7 titles held by

Ty Murray Ty Monroe Murray (born October 11, 1969), is an American former professional rodeo cowboy. He competed in the three "roughstock" events; bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, and bull riding. He won nine world championships in the Profe ...

; Murray's last earned was in 1998. In 2010, Brazile won his 8th all-around title, surpassing Murray's seven titles from 1998. Murray's titles were won all in roughstock events, as opposed to Brazile's timed-event wins, and he is still the youngest winner of the title. Brazile won the all-around world championship in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 through 2015, and in 2018. He won the tie-down roping world championship in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He won the

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world championship in 2010. He won the

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world championship in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020. He won four

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(NFSR) Average titles in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2020. He also won two

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(NFR) Average titles. One was in team roping in 2008 and one was in tie-down roping in 2010. The late

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set the record of 16 world championships in 1959 when he won his 15th and 16th titles. Steer roper Guy Allen matched the record in 2001 after winning his 16th steer roping title. Two years later in 2003, he broke Shoulder's record after winning a 17th title. Allen won his 18th and final record to date in 2004. In 2013, Brazile won another all-around title and his total number of world titles moved to 19. This broke Allen's record of 18 world titles. As of 2020, Brazile has 26 world titles, eight more than Allen, who is in second place with 18 titles, and Shoulders is in third place with 16 titles. In 2008, Brazile became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings. Brazile announced his retirement from full-time rodeo at the end of the 2018 NFR. Brazile was born in

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, and says that "he wants to be remembered as a great

". Brazile has been married since 2001 to Shada Cooper, the daughter of

cowboy,

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, who mentored Brazile early in his rodeo career. They live in

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, with their three children.

Career highlights

2019

This season Brazile was on a reduced schedule as per his announcement at the end of the previous year's season. It did not stop him from winning the steer roping event this year and his 25th gold buckle. Brazile placed in all ten rounds of the PRCA

(NFSR) in

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, and he was the only cowboy who did. He earned $56,707 at the NFSR. Part of that check was $27,347 for winning the NFSR Average title, making a 10-run time of 131.0 seconds. He won the championship with total earnings of $129,834. His total earnings at the NFSR was $60,989, which was the most of all the competitors.

2015

* 2015 NFR All-Around Cowboy Champion * 1st place Tie Down Roping Round 1 NFR with a time of 6.8 seconds * 1st place Tie Down Roping Round 8 NFR with a time of 6.5 seconds. Ties arena record set by Cody Ohl

2010

All-Around titles * National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver) * Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo * Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) * Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo * Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) * Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) * Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas) * Butterfield Stage Days (Bridgeport, Texas) Tie-Down Roping titles * National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver) * San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo * Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo * Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo * Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) Team Roping titles — partner Patrick Smith * Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) * Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo Steer Roping titles * Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas) * Butterfield Stage Days (Bridgeport, Texas)

2009

2009 Highlights

He tied for first place in Round 5 of the tie-down roping with a time of 7.1 seconds and placed in three other rounds en route to clinching his second world championship in that event in three years and a record-tying seventy all-around gold buckle; placed in one round of the team roping with Patrick Smith. By earning his 11th world championship, Brazile moved into a tie for third place on the career list with Dean Oliver and Charmayne James."

All-around titles * San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; * World's Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); * Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; * Cody (Wyo.) Stampede * Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup * Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) * Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo * Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.) * Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo * Canby (Ore.) Rodeo * Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo * Kansas' Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg, Kan.) * Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) * Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo * Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days Rodeo * Walker County Fair (Huntsville, Texas) * Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo, Colo.) * Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas) * Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) * Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.) * Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo * Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas) * Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.) * Eastland County ProRodeo (Ranger, Texas) * Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) * Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) Tie-down roping titles * Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.) * Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) * Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) * Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.) * Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo * Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo * Kansas' Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg, Kan.) * Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta) * Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) * Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.) * Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas) * Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) * Eastland County ProRodeo (Ranger, Texas) * Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) Team roping titles (with Patrick Smith) * Greeley (Colo.) * Independence Stampede * Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup * Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days Rodeo * Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.) * Daines Ranch Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta) * Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) Co-champion * Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.) Steer roping titles * Heartland ProRodeo Steer Roping Championships (Waco, Texas) * Matagorda Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas) * Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.) * Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) * Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) * Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup

2008

He became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings. All-Around Titles * Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round Ariat Playoffs) * Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco) * Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo (Austin) * SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) * Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo * Redding (Calif.) Rodeo * St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo * Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo * Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) * Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo * YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas) * Lonestar Stampede (Conroe, Texas) * Canby (Ore.) Rodeo * Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) * Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo * Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) * Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) * Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo * Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) * Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) * Black Gold Pro Rodeo (Andrews, Texas) Tie-Down Roping Titles * Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round Ariat Playoffs) * Walker County Fair & Rodeo, Huntsville, Texas * La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Tucson, Ariz. * Co-champion YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas) * Redding (Calif.) Rodeo * World's Oldest Rodeo Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days * St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo * Livingston (Mont.) Round-up Team Roping Titles — with partner Patrick Smith * Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo * Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) * Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) * Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) * Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo * YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas) Steer Roping Titles * Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo * Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.) * Butterfield Stage Days Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas) * Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas)

2007

Became first Triple Crown winner in 24 years and just the 10th in history by winning the all-around, tie-down roping and steer roping gold buckles. Broke his own single-season record with earnings of $425,115 and moved from seventh to third on the career earnings list

All-Around Titles * Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas * Walker County Fair & Rodeo * Grand National Rodeo * Pioneer Days Rodeo * West of the Pecos Rodeo * Snake River Stampede * Deadwood Days of '76 Rodeo * Sonora Outlaw Pro Rodeo * New Mexico State Fair Rodeo * Amarillo Tri-State Fair Rodeo * Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo * With partner Patrick Smith won the team roping in Rounds 4 and 5 of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo * Rodeo Killeen * Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo * Deadwood Days of '76 Rodeo * Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Co-Champion * Pioneer Days Rodeo * Sonora Outlaw Pro Rodeo Tie-Down Roping Titles * Round 7 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas, in a rodeo-best time of 6.7 seconds * La Fiesta de los Vaqueros * Grand National Rodeo * Clovis Rodeo * Pioneer Days Rodeo * Snake River Stampede * Lawton Rangers Rodeo Steer Roping Titles * San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo * Coleman PRCA Rodeo * Jawhawker Roundup

2006

Won the most money during the Fourth of July week for the 2006 season with $24,894 and became the youngest PRCA cowboy and the seventh overall to cross the $2 million mark in career earnings.

All-Around Titles * Lewiston Roundup * Colorado State Fair & Rodeo * Ellensburg Rodeo * Lea County Fair & Rodeo * Deadwood Days of '76 Rodeo * World's Oldest Rodeo * West of the Pecos Rodeo * Parker County Frontier Days Pro Rodeo * Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo * Will Rogers Stampede * Clark County Fair & Rodeo * Laughlin River Stampede Team Roping Titles (with partner Rich Skelton) * Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo * Lewiston Roundup * Moses Lake Roundup * Days of '47 Rodeo * Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo * Clark County Fair & Rodeo Co-Champion * Canby Rodeo * Red Bluff Round-Up Tie-Down Roping Titles * Lewiston Roundup * Colorado State Fair & Rodeo * Horse Heaven Roundup * Fourth of July Youth Celebration and PRCA Pro Rodeo * West of the Texas Rodeo * Clark County Fair & Rodeo * Walker County Fair & Rodeo * Rodeo Austin * RodeoHouston * La Fiesta de los Vaqueros * Also won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average titles at the Ellensburg Rodeo. * Won first single-event world title after earning $87,090 and claiming first steer roping world title. Steer Roping Average Titles * Southern Oklahoma Stampede PRCA Rodeo * Amarillo Tri-State Fair Pro Rodeo * Lewiston Roundup * Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo * West of the Pecos Rodeo * Parker County Frontier Days Pro Rodeo * Northeast Texas Stampede PRCA Rodeo Co-Champion * Bell County Youth Fair and Livestock Show and PRCA Rodeo

Honors

* 2002 Rodeo Hall of Fame of the

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* 2008 Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame * 2012 Texas Trail of Fame * 2012 Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame * 2016 Texas Sports Hall of Fame * 2018 Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame * 2018 PBR Ty Murray Top Hand Award * 2019 Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame * 2022 Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame * 2022

* 2024 Ben Johnson Memorial Award of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

References

External links

An interview with Trevor Brazile

LEGEND: Horsemanship from Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith
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