We recently attended a P.B.R. event in Chihuahua, Mexico and were actually quite surprised and pleased with how well it was ran and the overall quality of the show, production and so on. First off, we made contact with one of the guys that worked for P.B.R. Mexico and he got us lined up with the trip, came through with everything they said they would, and took really good care of us. The P.B.R. sent down mark ward to assist with the production and questions and issues and also had former P.B.R. Finals qualifier Nate Thorston there to judge as well. They also did a great job of putting together a talent filled roster from Brazil, America, Mexico, Canada, and Australia. They condensed the format to 25 guys, who all got on two bulls with a 6 man short round after night two. The show ran fairly quickly and smoothly and had no major hiccups or delays, overall, i think they did a really good job.
The bulls were pretty decent in my opinion. I've seen a lot ranker pens, especially at good quality P.B.R's, but I've also seen a lot worse pens, here in America. I know they don't have the bull pool to choose from that we do in America so for what I seen as far as bulls, compared to events here in America, I think it was nothing to bark about. I actually thought they would ride a lot more bulls and they didn't. I think one guy got in to the short round on one head, which means, if you would have stayed on both your bulls, you would have made the short round, so nobody should be complaining.
Overall, I tip my hat to PBR Mexico and the PBR in general for sending their own U.S. representatives in and effort to assist and make the PBR competition in other countries as good as possible while including international competitors and increasingly better bucking bulls, formats, competition and the whole show in general. I would definitely be willing to go back. Keep your eye on PBR Mexico and their events as I expect them to continue to develop and increase in quality even more.
