Mote

LAS VEGAS — The old Culver cowboy is still at the top of his game.

Bareback rider Bobby Mote, 38, placed third during the third round of the National Finals Rodeo on Saturday, posting an 82.5-point ride atop the horse Big Easy. Mote, who is currently fourth in the bareback world standings, earned $11,340.14 for his third-place effort at the Thomas & Mack Center. Justin McDaniel, of Porum, Oklahoma, won Saturday’s third round with an 89-point ride. Terrebonne’s Austin Foss placed fourth with an 80-point ride while Redmond cowboy Steven Peebles finished out of the money — but stayed alive in the average — with a ride worth 68.5 points.

With seven rounds left in the 10-day event, Utah cowboy and three-time defending champion Kaycee Feild leads the bareback world standings with $195,370 in winnings.

Peebles is second with $145,932, Foss is third with $133,751, and Mote is fourth with $111,553.

Central Oregon’s team ropers, Charly Crawford and Brandon Beers, just missed out on checks Saturday. Crawford, of Prineville, and his partner, Shay Carroll, of La Junta, Colorado, turned in a time of 4.8 seconds and finished seventh, one spot out of the money. Beers, from Powell Butte, and his roping partner, Jim Ross Cooper, of Monument, New Mexico, were right behind Crawford and Carroll at 5.2 seconds. Dustin Bird, of Cut Bank, Montana, and Paul Eaves, of Millsap, Texas, were the top team ropers Saturday night, posting a blistering fast time of 3.9 seconds.

Clay Tryan, of Billings, Montana, sits atop the team roping header standings with $139,144 in winnings. Beers is eighth ($90,831) and Crawford is 10th ($86,577).

The National Finals Rodeo continues tonight with its fourth round.