Day three of the Ariat WSTR Finale XV put New Mexico team
ropers center stage. Clay Acuna, originally from New Mexico and now residing in
Dublin, Texas, and his partner Johnny "Mad Cat" Salvo, from Las Cruces, New
Mexico, put together four runs in 29.72 seconds to take home $206,000 in the
YETI #13.5 division.
"Being honest, I don't remember much of it," Acuna said of
their short-round run. "We just backed in there and did the same thing we'd
done on the other steers."
With a total $1,168,000 up for grabs, the pressure was on.
The winning duo was fifth call back and watched from the warm-up pen as the top
four teams all went out with a no-time.